Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

TSE:6098 Stock Report

Market Cap: JP¥16.1t

Recruit Holdings Valuation

Is 6098 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 6098 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 6098 (¥10865) is trading below our estimate of fair value (¥10968.22)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 6098 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 6098?

Key metric: As 6098 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 6098. This is calculated by dividing 6098's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 6098's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio44.3x
EarningsJP¥363.08b
Market CapJP¥16.10t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 6098's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 6098 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.1x
2181 Persol HoldingsLtd
15.2x10.4%JP¥525.6b
6028 TechnoPro Holdings
19.2x12.4%JP¥296.9b
4194 Visional
23.5x13.9%JP¥318.6b
9744 MEITEC Group Holdings
18.4x4.9%JP¥222.7b
6098 Recruit Holdings
44.3x10.1%JP¥16.1t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 6098 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.3x) compared to the peer average (19.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 6098's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the JP Professional Services Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
2168 Pasona Group
0.8x-152.3%US$488.80m
No more companies available in this PE range
6098 44.3xIndustry Avg. 15.0xNo. of Companies24PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 6098 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.3x) compared to the JP Professional Services industry average (15x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 6098's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

6098 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio44.3x
Fair PE Ratio36x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 6098 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 6098 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentJP¥10,865.00
JP¥10,407.69
-4.2%
13.3%JP¥12,600.00JP¥7,300.00n/a13
Dec ’25JP¥10,385.00
JP¥9,984.62
-3.9%
15.6%JP¥12,600.00JP¥7,300.00n/a13
Nov ’25JP¥9,141.00
JP¥9,361.54
+2.4%
13.2%JP¥11,400.00JP¥6,900.00n/a13
Oct ’25JP¥8,903.00
JP¥9,246.15
+3.9%
11.9%JP¥11,000.00JP¥6,900.00n/a13
Sep ’25JP¥9,047.00
JP¥9,214.29
+1.8%
11.9%JP¥11,000.00JP¥6,900.00n/a14
Aug ’25JP¥8,431.00
JP¥9,015.38
+6.9%
13.2%JP¥11,000.00JP¥6,700.00n/a13
Jul ’25JP¥8,468.00
JP¥8,607.69
+1.6%
10.9%JP¥9,800.00JP¥6,700.00n/a13
Jun ’25JP¥7,948.00
JP¥7,748.57
-2.5%
14.3%JP¥9,200.00JP¥5,600.00n/a14
May ’25JP¥6,840.00
JP¥6,971.43
+1.9%
12.7%JP¥8,100.00JP¥5,300.00n/a14
Apr ’25JP¥6,627.00
JP¥6,776.92
+2.3%
13.1%JP¥8,000.00JP¥5,300.00n/a13
Mar ’25JP¥6,261.00
JP¥6,376.92
+1.9%
9.7%JP¥7,400.00JP¥5,300.00n/a13
Feb ’25JP¥5,927.00
JP¥6,023.08
+1.6%
13.5%JP¥7,400.00JP¥4,700.00n/a13
Jan ’25JP¥5,963.00
JP¥5,769.23
-3.2%
12.9%JP¥7,400.00JP¥4,700.00n/a13
Dec ’24JP¥5,469.00
JP¥5,540.00
+1.3%
17.7%JP¥7,100.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥10,385.0015
Nov ’24JP¥4,476.00
JP¥5,479.33
+22.4%
18.8%JP¥7,100.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥9,141.0015
Oct ’24JP¥4,609.00
JP¥5,459.33
+18.4%
19.0%JP¥7,100.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥8,903.0015
Sep ’24JP¥5,330.00
JP¥5,359.33
+0.6%
18.7%JP¥7,100.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥9,047.0015
Aug ’24JP¥4,955.00
JP¥5,146.67
+3.9%
18.7%JP¥6,700.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥8,431.0015
Jul ’24JP¥4,563.00
JP¥5,113.33
+12.1%
18.4%JP¥6,700.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥8,468.0015
Jun ’24JP¥4,330.00
JP¥5,046.67
+16.6%
18.2%JP¥6,700.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥7,948.0015
May ’24JP¥3,828.00
JP¥4,916.67
+28.4%
17.7%JP¥6,300.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥6,840.0015
Apr ’24JP¥3,650.00
JP¥5,096.67
+39.6%
18.5%JP¥6,500.00JP¥2,800.00JP¥6,627.0015
Mar ’24JP¥3,672.00
JP¥5,298.67
+44.3%
15.2%JP¥6,500.00JP¥3,500.00JP¥6,261.0015
Feb ’24JP¥4,259.00
JP¥5,622.00
+32.0%
18.5%JP¥7,500.00JP¥3,500.00JP¥5,927.0015
Jan ’24JP¥4,177.00
JP¥5,825.33
+39.5%
16.9%JP¥7,500.00JP¥3,500.00JP¥5,963.0015
Dec ’23JP¥4,400.00
JP¥5,852.00
+33.0%
16.6%JP¥7,500.00JP¥3,500.00JP¥5,469.0015

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 06:20
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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

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Analyst Sources

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. is covered by 28 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Yoshitaka NagaoBofA Global Research
Siti Bte SalikinCFRA Equity Research
Zijie YangChina International Capital Corporation Limited