JAP0 Stock Overview

Engages in the railway and related businesses in Japan. More details

JAP0 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	1/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (10.2x) is below the German market (16.2x)

Earnings are forecast to grow 2.87% per year

Earnings grew by 153.5% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow

Shares are highly illiquid

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Central Japan Railway Company Competitors

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Central Japan Railway
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	JP¥10.80
52 Week High	JP¥12.00
52 Week Low	JP¥2.48
Beta	0.33
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	-0.92%
1 Year Change	-4.32%
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-8.78%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	JAP0	DE Transportation	DE Market
7D	0%	0.2%	-0.2%
1Y	-4.3%	3.8%	7.0%

Return vs Industry: JAP0 exceeded the German Transportation industry which returned -21.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: JAP0 underperformed the German Market which returned -2.6% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is JAP0's price volatile compared to industry and market?
JAP0 volatility
JAP0 Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Transportation Industry Average Movement	4.9%
Market Average Movement	4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	11.7%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.4%

Stable Share Price: JAP0 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine JAP0's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1987	29,854	Shunsuke Niwa	www.jr-central.co.jp

Central Japan Railway Company engages in the railway and related businesses in Japan. The company operates through Transportation, Merchandise and Other, Real Estate, and Other segments. It primarily operates Tokaido Shinkansen, a transportation artery that links metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, as well as a network of 12 conventional lines centered on the Nagoya and Shizuoka areas.

Central Japan Railway Company Fundamentals Summary

How do Central Japan Railway's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
JAP0 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€22.92b
Earnings (TTM)	€2.24b
Revenue (TTM)	€10.35b

10.2x

P/E Ratio

2.2x

P/S Ratio

Is JAP0 overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
JAP0 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	JP¥1.65t
Cost of Revenue	JP¥894.29b
Gross Profit	JP¥759.87b
Other Expenses	JP¥402.34b
Earnings	JP¥357.53b

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2023

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	363.34
Gross Margin	45.94%
Net Profit Margin	21.61%
Debt/Equity Ratio	106.1%

How did JAP0 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

0.8%

Current Dividend Yield

4%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/02/05 00:01
End of Day Share Price	2023/11/08 00:00
Earnings	2023/12/31
Annual Earnings	2023/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Central Japan Railway Company is covered by 34 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Takayuki Hayano	Barclays
Yasuharu Sugimura	BNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Nathan Gee	BofA Global Research