Digital Garage

BST:DGK

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Moderate growth potential with mediocre balance sheet.

The Snowflake is generated from 30 checks in 5 different areas, read more below.

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Last updated 2019/04/22 21:59

Company description

Digital Garage, Inc. operates as a context company in Japan and internationally. The last earnings update was 69 days ago. More info.

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DGK Share Price and Events

7 Day Returns

-3.8%

BST:DGK

6.2%

DE IT

1.8%

DE Market

1 Year Returns

-8.7%

BST:DGK

7.3%

DE IT

-6%

DE Market

DGK Shareholder Return

	7 Day	30 Day	90 Day	1 Year	3 Year	5 Year
Digital Garage (DGK)	-3.8%	-3.9%	20.9%	-8.7%	42.9%	128.8%
DE IT	6.2%	16.7%	-11.2%	7.3%	150%	231.8%
DE Market	1.8%	6%	7.8%	-6%	10.1%	15.3%

1 Year Return vs Industry and Market

DGK underperformed the IT industry which returned 7.3% over the past year.
DGK underperformed the Market in Germany which returned -6% over the past year.

Price Volatility

DGK

Industry

5yr Volatility vs Market

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DGK Value

Is Digital Garage undervalued based on future cash flows and its price relative to the stock market?

Value is all about what a company is worth versus what price it is available for. If you went into a grocery store and all the bananas were on sale at half price, they could be considered undervalued.

INTRINSIC VALUE BASED ON FUTURE CASH FLOWS

Here we compare the current share price of Digital Garage to its discounted cash flow analysis.value.

The discounted cash flow value is simply looking at what the company is worth today, based on estimates of how much money it is expected to make in the future.

Raw Data

Below are the data sources, inputs and calculation used to determine the intrinsic value for Digital Garage.

BST:DGK Discounted Cash Flow Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
Valuation Model		2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity
Levered Free Cash Flow	Average of 3 Analyst Estimates (S&P Global)	See below
Discount Rate (Cost of Equity)	See below	7.3%
Perpetual Growth Rate	10-Year DE Government Bond Rate	0.2%

An important part of a discounted cash flow is the discount rate, below we explain how it has been calculated.

Calculation of Discount Rate/ Cost of Equity for BST:DGK
Data Point	Calculation/ Source	Result
Risk-Free Rate	10-Year DE Govt Bond Rate	0.2%
Equity Risk Premium	S&P Global	6%
IT Unlevered Beta	Simply Wall St/ S&P Global	1.05
Re-levered Beta	= Unlevered beta (1 + (1- tax rate) (Debt/Equity)) = 1.054 (1 + (1- 30.86%) (30.45%))	1.185
Levered Beta	Levered Beta limited to 0.8 to 2.0 (practical range for a stable firm)	1.19
Discount Rate/ Cost of Equity	= Cost of Equity = Risk Free Rate + (Levered Beta * Equity Risk Premium) = 0.23% + (1.185 * 5.96%)	7.29%

Discounted Cash Flow Calculation for BST:DGK using 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Model

The calculations below outline how an intrinsic value for Digital Garage is arrived at by discounting future cash flows to their present value using the 2 stage method. We try to start with analysts estimates of free cash flow, however if these are not available we use the most recent financial results. In the 1st stage we continue to grow the free cash flow over a 10 year period, with the growth rate trending towards the perpetual growth rate used in the 2nd stage. The 2nd stage assumes the company grows at a stable rate into perpetuity.

BST:DGK DCF 1st Stage: Next 10 year cash flow forecast
	Levered FCF (JPY, Millions)	Source	Present Value Discounted (@ 7.29%)
2019	5,853.00	Analyst x1	5,455.22
2020	6,130.00	Analyst x1	5,325.11
2021	5,175.82	Est @ -15.57%	4,190.64
2022	4,615.40	Est @ -10.83%	3,482.93
2023	4,268.74	Est @ -7.51%	3,002.40
2024	4,047.22	Est @ -5.19%	2,653.14
2025	3,902.97	Est @ -3.56%	2,384.69
2026	3,808.27	Est @ -2.43%	2,168.70
2027	3,746.19	Est @ -1.63%	1,988.36
2028	3,706.00	Est @ -1.07%	1,833.35
Present value of next 10 years cash flows			¥32,484.54

BST:DGK DCF 2nd Stage: Terminal Value
	Calculation	Result
Terminal Value	= FCF₂₀₂₈ × (1 + g) ÷ (Discount Rate – g) = ¥3,706.00 × (1 + 0.23%) ÷ (7.29% – 0.23%)	¥52,585.14
Present Value of Terminal Value	= Terminal Value ÷ (1 + r)¹⁰ = ¥52,585.14 ÷ (1 + 7.29%)¹⁰	¥26,013.69

BST:DGK Total Equity Value
	Calculation	Result
Total Equity Value	= Present value of next 10 years cash flows + Terminal Value = ¥32,484.54 + ¥26,013.69	¥58,498.22
Equity Value per Share (JPY)	= Total value / Shares Outstanding = ¥58,498.22 / 45.95	¥1273.18

BST:DGK Discount to Share Price
	Calculation	Result
Non-primary Listing Adjustment Factor	1 share in BST:DGK represents 0.00771x of TSE:4819 (This could be a different class, a depositary receipt, a different currency, or all of these things.)	0.00771x
Value per Share (Listing Adjusted, EUR)	= Value per Share (JPY) x Listing Adjustment Factor = ¥ 1,273.18 x 0.00771	€9.81
Value per share (EUR)	From above.	€9.81
Current discount	Discount to share price of €23.82 = -1 x (€23.82 - €9.81) / €9.81	-142.7%

Learn more about our DCF calculations in Simply Wall St’s analysis model .

The current share price of Digital Garage is above its future cash flow value.

Often investors are willing to pay a premium for a company that has a high dividend or the potential for future growth.

PRICE RELATIVE TO MARKET

We can also value a company based on what the stock market is willing to pay for it. This is similar to the price of fruit (e.g. Mangoes or Avocados) increasing when they are out of season, or how much your home is worth.

The amount the stock market is willing to pay for Digital Garage's earnings, growth and assets is considered below, and whether this is a fair price.

Price based on past earnings

Are Digital Garage's earnings available for a low price, and how does this compare to other companies in the same industry?

Raw Data

BST:DGK PE (Price to Earnings) Ratio Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
Earnings Per Share *	Company Filings (2018-12-31) in JPY	¥107.18
TSE:4819 Share Price **	TSE (2019-04-18) in JPY	¥3090
Germany IT Industry PE Ratio	Median Figure of 20 Publicly-Listed IT Companies	25.77x
Germany Market PE Ratio	Median Figure of 424 Publicly-Listed Companies	19.59x

* Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual GAAP earnings per share excluding extraordinary items.

** Primary Listing of Digital Garage.

BST:DGK PE (Price to Earnings) Ratio Calculation
	Calculation	Outcome
PE Ratio	= TSE:4819 Share Price ÷ EPS (both in JPY) = 3090 ÷ 107.18	28.83x

Learn more about our ratios and growth rates in Simply Wall St’s analysis model >

Digital Garage is overvalued based on earnings compared to the DE IT industry average.
Digital Garage is overvalued based on earnings compared to the Germany market.

Price based on expected Growth

Does Digital Garage's expected growth come at a high price?

Raw Data

BST:DGK PEG (Price to Earnings to Growth) Ratio Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
PE Ratio	See PE Ratio Section	28.83x
Net Income Annual Growth Rate	See Future Growth Section. Line of Best Fit* through Consensus Estimate Earnings of 3 Analysts	13.3%per year
Germany IT Industry PEG Ratio	Median Figure of 14 Publicly-Listed IT Companies	1.56x
Germany Market PEG Ratio	Median Figure of 270 Publicly-Listed Companies	1.56x

*Line of best fit is calculated by linear regression .

BST:DGK PEG (Price to Earnings to Growth) Ratio Calculation
	Calculation	Outcome
PEG Ratio	= PE Ratio ÷ Net Income Annual Growth Rate = 28.83x ÷ 13.3%	2.16x

Learn more about our ratios and growth rates in Simply Wall St’s analysis model >

Digital Garage is poor value based on expected growth next year.

Price based on value of assets

What value do investors place on Digital Garage's assets?

Raw Data

BST:DGK PB (Price to Book) Ratio Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
Book Value per Share	Company Filings (2018-12-31) in JPY	¥792.74
TSE:4819 Share Price *	TSE (2019-04-18) in JPY	¥3090
Germany IT Industry PB Ratio	Median Figure of 24 Publicly-Listed IT Companies	4.04x
Germany Market PB Ratio	Median Figure of 574 Publicly-Listed Companies	1.84x

BST:DGK PB (Price to Book) Ratio Calculation
	Calculation	Outcome
PB Ratio	= TSE:4819 Share Price ÷ Book Value per Share (both in JPY) = 3090 ÷ 792.74	3.9x

* Primary Listing of Digital Garage.

Learn more about our ratios and growth rates in Simply Wall St’s analysis model >

Digital Garage is good value based on assets compared to the DE IT industry average.

Value checks

We assess Digital Garage's value by looking at:

Is the discounted cash flow value less than 20%, or 40% of the share price? (2 checks) ( Click here or on bar chart for details of DCF calculation. )
Is the PE ratio less than the market average, and/ or less than the IT industry average (and greater than 0)? (2 checks)
Is the PEG ratio within a reasonable range (0 to 1)? (1 check)
Is the PB ratio less than the IT industry average (and greater than 0)? (1 check)

Full details on the Value part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

DGK Future Performance

How is Digital Garage expected to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 3 analysts?

The future performance of a company is measured in the same way as past performance, by looking at estimated growth and how much profit it is expected to make.

Future estimates come from professional analysts. Just like forecasting the weather, they don’t always get it right!

13.3%

Expected annual growth in earnings.

Earnings growth vs Low Risk Savings

Is Digital Garage expected to grow at an attractive rate?

Digital Garage's earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 0.2%.

Growth vs Market Checks

Digital Garage's earnings growth is expected to exceed the Germany market average.
Digital Garage's revenue growth is expected to exceed the Germany market average.

Annual Growth Rates Comparison

Raw Data

BST:DGK Future Growth Rates Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value (per year)
BST:DGK Future Earnings Growth Rate	Line of Best Fit* through Consensus Estimate Earnings of 3 Analysts	13.3%
BST:DGK Future Revenue Growth Rate	Line of Best Fit* through Consensus Estimate Revenue of 3 Analysts	15%
Germany IT Industry Earnings Growth Rate	Market Cap Weighted Average	23.6%
Germany IT Industry Revenue Growth Rate	Market Cap Weighted Average	15.9%
Germany Market Earnings Growth Rate	Market Cap Weighted Average	11.6%
Germany Market Revenue Growth Rate	Market Cap Weighted Average	4.8%

*Line of best fit is calculated by linear regression .

Industry and Market average data is calculated daily.

Learn more about our growth rate calculations in Simply Wall St’s analysis model.

Analysts growth expectations

Raw Data

BST:DGK Analysts Growth Expectations Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
Past Financials	Company Filings (3 months ago)	See Below
Future Estimates	Average of up to 3 Analyst Estimates (S&P Global)	See Below

All numbers in JPY Millions and using Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.

BST:DGK Future Estimates Data
Date (Data in JPY Millions)	Revenue	Cash Flow	Net Income *	Avg. No. Analysts
2021-03-31	80,910		7,490	2
2020-03-31	60,775	7,230	6,854	3
2019-03-31	54,077	6,953	6,114	3

BST:DGK Past Financials Data
Date (Data in JPY Millions)	Revenue	Cash Flow	Net Income *
2018-12-31	67,052		5,013
2018-09-30	64,805	6,656	6,110
2018-06-30	62,400		6,080
2018-03-31	60,168	14,293	5,460
2017-03-31	48,740	5,531	6,157
2016-12-31	47,737	8,555	7,070
2016-09-30	44,985		6,658
2016-06-30	43,763	-2,618	5,165
2016-03-31	43,297		4,309

*GAAP earnings excluding extraordinary items.

High Growth Checks

Digital Garage's earnings are expected to grow by 13.3% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
Digital Garage's revenue is expected to grow by 15% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).

Past and Future Earnings per Share

The accuracy of the analysts who estimate the future performance data can be gauged below. We look back 3 years and see if they were any good at predicting what actually occurred. We also show the highest and lowest estimates looking forward to see if there is a wide range.

Raw Data

BST:DGK Past and Future Earnings per Share
Data Point	Source	Value
Past Financials	Company Filings (3 months ago)	See Below
Future Estimates	Average of up to 3 Analyst Estimates (S&P Global)	See Below

All data from Digital Garage Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago, and in Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.

BST:DGK Future Estimates Data
Date (Data in JPY Millions)	EPS *	EPS High Estimate	EPS Low Estimate	Avg. No. Analysts
2021-03-31	148.49	148.80	148.18	2.00
2020-03-31	140.41	150.20	133.10	3.00
2019-03-31	131.68	134.90	128.47	2.00

BST:DGK Past Financials Data
Date (Data in JPY Millions)	EPS *
2018-12-31	107.18
2018-09-30	129.77
2018-06-30	128.88
2018-03-31	115.79
2017-03-31	130.82
2016-12-31	150.27
2016-09-30	141.56
2016-06-30	109.82
2016-03-31	91.63

*GAAP earnings excluding extraordinary items.

Performance in 3 years

In the same way as past performance we look at the future estimated return (profit) compared to the available funds. We do this looking forward 3 years.

Digital Garage is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).

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Future performance checks

We assess Digital Garage's future performance by looking at:

Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to beat the low risk savings rate, plus a premium to keep pace with inflation?
Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to beat the average growth rate in earnings of the Germany market? (1 check)
Is the annual revenue growth rate expected to beat the average growth rate in revenue of the Germany market? (1 check)
Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to be above 20%? (1 check)
Is the annual revenue growth rate expected to be above 20%? (1 check)
Is the Return on Equity in 3 years expected to be over 20%? (1 check)

Some of the above checks will fail if the company is expected to be loss making in the relevant year.
Digital Garage has a total score of 3/6, see the detailed checks below.

Note 1: We use GAAP Net Income Excluding Exceptional Items for our Earnings in all our calculations.

Full details on the Future part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

DGK Past Performance

How has Digital Garage performed over the past 5 years?

The past performance of a company can be measured by how much growth it has experienced and how much profit it makes relative to the funds and assets it has available.

Past earnings growth

Below we compare Digital Garage's growth in the last year to its industry (IT).

Past Earnings growth analysis

We also check if the company has grown in the past 5 years, and whether it has maintained that growth in the year.

Digital Garage's year on year earnings growth rate has been positive over the past 5 years.
Digital Garage's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the 5-year average.
Digital Garage's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the DE IT industry average.

Earnings and Revenue History

Digital Garage's revenue and profit over the past 5 years is shown below, any years where they have experienced a loss will show up in red.

Raw Data

All data from Digital Garage Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago, and in Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.

BST:DGK Past Revenue, Cash Flow and Net Income Data
Date (Data in JPY Millions)	Revenue	Net Income *	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
2018-12-31	67,052.00	5,013.00	10,540.00	252.00
2018-09-30	64,805.00	6,110.00	9,894.00	252.00
2018-06-30	62,400.00	6,080.00	8,733.00	252.00
2018-03-31	60,168.00	5,460.00	8,141.00	252.00
2017-03-31	48,740.00	6,157.00	6,235.00	170.00
2016-12-31	47,737.00	7,070.00	6,780.00	56.00
2016-09-30	44,985.00	6,658.00	6,621.00	56.00
2016-06-30	43,763.00	5,165.00	6,478.00	56.00
2016-03-31	43,297.00	4,309.00	5,934.00	79.00
2015-12-31	40,043.00	3,370.00	5,534.00	79.00
2015-09-30	40,297.00	5,497.00	5,210.00	79.00
2015-06-30	38,087.00	5,081.00	4,892.00	79.00
2015-03-31	36,121.00	5,053.00	4,934.00	59.00
2014-12-31	36,016.00	4,928.00	4,910.00	59.00
2014-09-30	34,604.00	3,238.00	4,764.00	59.00
2014-06-30	33,751.00	2,847.00	4,595.00	59.00
2014-03-31	31,530.00	2,380.00	4,123.00	38.00
2013-12-31	29,740.00	3,228.00	3,963.00	38.00
2013-09-30	29,930.00	2,891.00	4,126.00	38.00
2013-06-30	27,964.00	2,715.00	3,921.00	38.00
2013-03-31	23,731.00	1,956.00	4,332.00	52.00
2012-12-31	22,452.00	2,409.00	3,847.00	52.00
2012-09-30	16,792.00	1,786.00	3,020.00	52.00
2012-06-30	14,903.00	2,106.00	2,600.00	52.00

*GAAP earnings excluding extraordinary items.

Performance last year

We want to ensure a company is making the most of what it has available. This is done by comparing the return (profit) to a company's available funds, assets and capital.

Digital Garage has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
Digital Garage used its assets less efficiently than the DE IT industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
Digital Garage's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).

Past performance checks

We assess Digital Garage's performance over the past 5 years by checking for:

Has earnings increased in past 5 years? (1 check)
Has the earnings growth in the last year exceeded that of the IT industry? (1 check)
Is the recent earnings growth over the last year higher than the average annual growth over the past 5 years? (1 check)
Is the Return on Equity (ROE) higher than 20%? (1 check)
Is the Return on Assets (ROA) above industry average? (1 check)
Has the Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) increased from 3 years ago? (1 check)

The above checks will fail if the company has reported a loss in the most recent earnings report. Some checks require at least 3 or 5 years worth of data.
Digital Garage has a total score of 1/6, see the detailed checks below.

Note: We use GAAP Net Income excluding extraordinary items in all our calculations.

Full details on the Past part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

DGK Health

How is Digital Garage's financial health and their level of debt?

A company's financial position is much like your own financial position, it includes everything you own (assets) and owe (liabilities).

The boxes below represent the relative size of what makes up Digital Garage's finances.

The net worth of a company is the difference between its assets and liabilities.

Net Worth

Digital Garage is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
Digital Garage's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.

Balance sheet

This treemap shows a more detailed breakdown of Digital Garage's finances. If any of them are yellow this indicates they may be out of proportion and red means they relate to one of the checks below.

Assets

Liabilities and shares

The 'shares' portion represents any funds contributed by the owners (shareholders) and any profits.

Low level of unsold assets.
Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 2.1x debt.

Historical Debt

Nearly all companies have debt. Debt in itself isn’t bad, however if the debt is too high, or the company can’t afford to pay the interest on its debts this may have impacts in the future.

The graphic below shows equity (available funds) and debt, we ideally want to see the red area (debt) decreasing.

If there is any debt we look at the companies capability to repay it, and whether the level has increased over the past 5 years.

Raw Data

All data from Digital Garage Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago.

BST:DGK Past Debt and Equity Data
Date (Data in JPY Millions)	Total Equity	Total Debt	Cash & Short Term Investments
2018-12-31	37,217.00	43,228.00	41,926.00
2018-09-30	37,146.00	52,279.00	49,415.00
2018-06-30	40,576.00	28,621.00	29,113.00
2018-03-31	39,016.00	23,027.00	32,922.00
2017-03-31	34,378.00	24,144.00	23,029.00
2016-12-31	34,082.00	22,734.00	25,794.00
2016-09-30	31,445.00	20,797.00	18,137.00
2016-06-30	30,662.00	18,570.00	15,703.00
2016-03-31	29,467.00	22,585.00	16,843.00
2015-12-31	29,107.00	21,900.00	20,319.00
2015-09-30	28,551.00	27,207.00	25,198.00
2015-06-30	29,073.00	29,079.00	30,956.00
2015-03-31	43,103.00	17,947.00	31,317.00
2014-12-31	41,781.00	14,936.00	34,122.00
2014-09-30	37,255.00	16,001.00	25,427.00
2014-06-30	36,488.00	12,531.00	24,294.00
2014-03-31	36,466.00	14,629.00	24,436.00
2013-12-31	36,712.00	9,026.00	22,836.00
2013-09-30	27,870.00	9,984.00	13,717.00
2013-06-30	27,257.00	7,104.00	15,329.00
2013-03-31	26,271.00	13,473.00	19,336.00
2012-12-31	20,802.00	11,609.00	11,814.00
2012-09-30	20,132.00	11,557.00	11,195.00
2012-06-30	20,475.00	10,923.00	12,308.00

Digital Garage's level of debt (116.2%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
The level of debt compared to net worth has increased over the past 5 years (24.8% vs 116.2% today).
Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (15.4%, less than 20% of total debt).
Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 49.4x coverage).

Financial health checks

We assess Digital Garage's financial health by checking for:

Are short term assets greater than short term liabilities? (1 check)
Are short term assets greater than long term liabilities? (1 check)
Has the debt to equity ratio increased in the past 5 years? (1 check)
Is the debt to equity ratio over 40%? (1 check)
Is the debt covered by operating cash flow? (1 check)
Are earnings greater than 5x the interest on debt (if company pays interest at all)? (1 check)

For companies that are loss making and have been so on average in the past we replace the last 2 checks with:

Does cash and short term investments cover stable operating expenses (recurring G&A and R&D) for more than 3 years? (1 check)
Does cash and short term investments cover growing operating expenses (recurring G&A and R&D) for more than 3 years? (1 check)

Full details on the Health part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

DGK Dividends

What is Digital Garage's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividends are regular cash payments to you from the company, similar to a bank paying you interest on a savings account.

Annual Dividend Income

0.91%

Current annual income from Digital Garage dividends. Estimated to be 1.04% next year.

If you bought €2,000 of Digital Garage shares you are expected to receive €18 in your first year as a dividend.

Dividend Amount

Here we look how much dividend is being paid, if any. Is it above what you can get in a savings account? It is up there with the best dividend paying companies?

Digital Garage's pays a lower dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in Germany (1.43%).
Digital Garage's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in Germany (3.71%).

Annualized Historical and Future Dividends

It is important to see if the dividend for a company is stable, and not wildly increasing/decreasing each year. This graph shows you the historical rate to count toward your assessment of the stock.

We also check to see if the dividend has increased in the past 10 years.

Raw Data

BST:DGK Annualized Past and Future Dividends
Data Point	Source	Value
Past Annualized Dividend Yield	S&P Global Market Data	See Below
Past Dividends per Share	Company Filings/ Annualized Dividend Payments	See Below
Future Dividends per Share Estimates	Average of up to 3 Analyst Estimates (S&P Global)	See Below
Germany IT Industry Average Dividend Yield	Market Cap Weighted Average of 13 Stocks	0.6%
Germany Market Average Dividend Yield	Market Cap Weighted Average of 327 Stocks	3%
Germany Minimum Threshold Dividend Yield	10th Percentile	0.8%
Germany Bottom 25% Dividend Yield	25th Percentile	1.4%
Germany Top 25% Dividend Yield	75th Percentile	3.7%

Industry and Market average data is calculated daily.

Note all dividend per share amounts are annualized and not quarterly or other period.

BST:DGK Future Dividends Estimate Data
Date (Data in ¥)	Dividend per Share (annual)	Avg. No. Analysts
2021-03-31	36.00	1.00
2020-03-31	30.00	2.00
2019-03-31	28.00	2.00

BST:DGK Past Annualized Dividends Data
Date (Data in ¥)	Dividend per share (annual)	Avg. Yield (%)
2018-06-22	28.000	0.870
2018-05-11	28.000	0.621
2017-06-19	24.000	0.902
2017-05-12	24.000	1.200
2017-02-10	20.000	0.891
2016-09-29	15.000	0.760
2016-08-10	15.000	0.825
2015-09-18	15.000	0.753
2015-08-14	15.000	0.886
2014-09-25	5.000	0.288
2014-08-13	5.000	0.281
2013-09-26	5.000	0.253
2013-08-13	5.000	0.184
2012-09-27	5.000	0.444
2012-08-13	5.000	0.751
2012-05-11	5.000	0.633
2012-02-09	5.000	0.473
2011-05-16	0.000	0.000
2011-05-13	0.000	0.000
2011-02-14	0.000	0.000
2011-02-09	0.000	0.000
2010-11-12	0.000	0.000
2010-11-11	0.000	0.000
2010-09-29	0.000	0.000
2010-08-13	0.000	0.000
2009-09-29	25.000	3.052
2009-08-28	25.000	3.171
2009-08-13	25.000	4.979

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Dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.

Current Payout to shareholders

What portion of Digital Garage's earnings are paid to the shareholders as a dividend.

Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (4.5x coverage).

Future Payout to shareholders

Insufficient estimate data to determine if a dividend will be paid in 3 years and that it will be sustainable.

Income/ dividend checks

We assess Digital Garage's dividend by checking for:

Firstly is the company paying a notable dividend (greater than 0.8%) - if not then the rest of the checks are ignored.
Is current dividend yield above the bottom 25% of dividend payers? (1 check)
Is current dividend yield above the top 25% of dividend payers? (1 check)
Have they paid a dividend for 10 years, and during this period has the dividend been volatile (drop of more than 25%)? (1 check)
If they have paid a dividend for 10 years has it increased in this time? (1 check)
How sustainable is the dividend, can Digital Garage afford to pay it from its earnings today and in 3 years (Payout ratio less than 90%)? (2 checks)

Full details on the Dividends part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

DGK Management

What is the CEO of Digital Garage's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?

Management is one of the most important areas of a company. We look at unreasonable CEO compensation, how long the team and board of directors have been around for and insider trading.

CEO

Kaoru Hayashi

COMPENSATION	¥133,065,000
AGE	59
TENURE AS CEO	14.4 years

CEO Bio

Mr. Kaoru Hayashi has been the President of econtext Asia Limited since January 24, 2015. Mr. Hayashi serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Wheel, Inc. Mr. Hayashi has been Group Chief Executive Officer and President of Digital Garage, Inc. since November 2004 and has been its Executive Officer since September 2016. He serves as the President of CGM Marketing, Inc. Mr. Hayashi established Digital Garage, Inc. in August 1995. He serves as the Representative Director, Chairman, and CEO at DG Incubation, Inc. Mr. Hayashi serves as Director at DG Daiwa Ventures. He served as an Executive Director of econtext ASIA Limited since September 10, 2012 until January 24, 2015. He serves as the Chairman of Open Network Lab, Inc. and of econtext Asia Limited. Mr. Hayashi has been the Chairman of Kakaku.com., Inc. since July 2002. He serves as the Chairman at VeriTrans Inc. Mr. Hayashi served as Chairman of the Board at Digital Garage, Inc. since June 2007. He has been a Director of econtext ASIA Limited since January 24, 2015. Mr. Hayashi has been a Representative Director for Digital Garage, Inc., since August 1995. He serves as a Representative Director of CGM Marketing, Inc. Mr. Hayashi serves as a Director of DG & Partners Inc. He has been an Outside Director at Credit Saison Co. Ltd. since June 2016. Mr. Hayashi served as an Outside & Independent Director of Monex Group, Inc. since June 2012 until July 18, 2017. He served as a Director at Neo Innovation, Inc. Mr. Hayashi served as an External Director of Media Do Co., Ltd. since May 2011. He graduated from the University in 1983.

CEO Compensation

Insufficient data for Kaoru to compare compensation growth.
Kaoru's remuneration is lower than average for companies of similar size in Germany.

Management Team Tenure

Average tenure and age of the Digital Garage management team in years:

3.1

Average Tenure

Average Age

The tenure for the Digital Garage management team is about average.

Management Team

Kaoru Hayashi

63

TENURE

2.5 yrs

Hiroki Yokota

TITLE

Senior Corporate Officer

TENURE

3.8 yrs

Board of Directors Tenure

Average tenure and age of the Digital Garage board of directors in years:

10.1

Average Tenure

Average Age

The average tenure for the Digital Garage board of directors is over 10 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced board.

Board of Directors

Kaoru Hayashi

6.6 yrs

Hideo Edasawa

TITLE

Senior Executive Officer & Director

TENURE

Recent Insider Trading

No 3 month insider trading information.

Recent Insider Transactions

Announced	Type	Name	Entity	Role		Start	End	Shares	Max Price (€)	Value (€)

Management checks

We assess Digital Garage's management by checking for:

Is the CEO's compensation unreasonable compared to market cap? (1 check)
Has the CEO's compensation increased more than 20% whilst the EPS is down more then 20%? (1 check)
Is the average tenure of the management team less than 2 years? (1 check)
Is the average tenure of the board of directors team less than 3 years? (1 check)

Note: We use the top 6 management executives and board members in our calculations.

Note 2: Insider trading include any internal stakeholders and these transactions .

Full details on the Management part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

DGK News

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DGK Company Info

Description

Digital Garage, Inc. operates as a context company in Japan and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Financial Technology, Marketing Technology, Incubation Technology, and Long-term Incubation. The Financial Technology segment provides payment solutions for the monetization of the Internet business. The Marketing Technology segment engages in marketing promotions; and creates and offers solutions to customer's specific requests. The Incubation Technology segment incubates startups and develops new businesses. The Long-term Incubation segment provides business foundation in areas, such as medical treatments and biotechnology. Digital Garage, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Details

Name:	Digital Garage, Inc.
Ticker:	DGK
Exchange:	BST
Founded:	1995
Market Cap:	¥1,126,562,492
Shares outstanding:	45,946,448
Website:	http://www.garage.co.jp/en/
Address:	Digital Garage, Inc. DG Building, 3-5-7 Ebisu Minami, Tokyo, 150-0022, Japan

Listings

Exchange Symbol	Ticker Symbol	Security	Exchange	Country	Currency	Listed on
TSE	4819	Common Shares	The Tokyo Stock Exchange	JP	JPY	14. Dec 2000
OTCPK	DLGE.F	Common Shares	Pink Sheets LLC	US	USD	14. Dec 2000
BST	DGK	Common Shares	Boerse-Stuttgart	DE	EUR	14. Dec 2000

Number of employees

Current staff

744

Digital Garage employees.

Industry

Industry:	IT Consulting and Other Services
Sector:	Software

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Area	Date (UTC time)
Company Analysis updated:	2019/04/22 21:59
End of day share price update:	2019/04/18 00:00
Last estimates confirmation:	2019/04/19
Last earnings filing:	2019/02/12
Last earnings reported:	2018/12/31
Last annual earnings reported:	2018/03/31

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