Nippon Steel Corporation

TSE:5401 Stock Report

Market Cap: JP¥3.1t

Nippon Steel Valuation

Is 5401 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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 5401 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 5401 (¥3346) is trading below our estimate of fair value (¥7060.19)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 5401 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 5401?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

5401 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA5.4x
PEG Ratio0.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 5401's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 5401 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.5x
5411 JFE Holdings
7.5x5.1%JP¥1.5t
5406 Kobe Steel
7.1x-3.0%JP¥772.3b
5444 Yamato Kogyo
7.8x-5.5%JP¥556.9b
5463 Maruichi Steel Tube
11.6x0.7%JP¥307.2b
5401 Nippon Steel
5.6x8.5%JP¥3.1t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 5401 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.6x) compared to the peer average (8.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 5401's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the JP Metals and Mining Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a6.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a6.8%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 5401 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.6x) compared to the JP Metals and Mining industry average (10.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 5401'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.

5401 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.6x
Fair PE Ratio19.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 5401 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.2x).


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 5401 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentJP¥3,346.00
JP¥4,130.00
+23.4%
16.7%JP¥4,900.00JP¥2,600.00n/a10
May ’25JP¥3,476.00
JP¥4,160.00
+19.7%
16.1%JP¥4,900.00JP¥2,600.00n/a10
Apr ’25JP¥3,614.00
JP¥4,060.00
+12.3%
15.4%JP¥4,700.00JP¥2,600.00n/a10
Mar ’25JP¥3,784.00
JP¥3,991.00
+5.5%
14.6%JP¥4,600.00JP¥2,600.00n/a10
Feb ’25JP¥3,546.00
JP¥3,831.00
+8.0%
16.0%JP¥4,600.00JP¥2,500.00n/a10
Jan ’25JP¥3,230.00
JP¥3,856.00
+19.4%
15.4%JP¥4,600.00JP¥2,500.00n/a10
Dec ’24JP¥3,479.00
JP¥3,856.00
+10.8%
15.4%JP¥4,600.00JP¥2,500.00n/a10
Nov ’24JP¥3,318.00
JP¥3,770.00
+13.6%
15.8%JP¥4,600.00JP¥2,500.00n/a10
Oct ’24JP¥3,505.00
JP¥3,607.27
+2.9%
15.8%JP¥4,600.00JP¥2,400.00n/a11
Sep ’24JP¥3,506.00
JP¥3,552.73
+1.3%
14.0%JP¥4,250.00JP¥2,400.00n/a11
Aug ’24JP¥3,291.00
JP¥3,412.50
+3.7%
16.1%JP¥4,000.00JP¥2,050.00n/a12
Jul ’24JP¥3,004.00
JP¥3,384.17
+12.7%
17.5%JP¥4,100.00JP¥2,050.00n/a12
Jun ’24JP¥2,756.50
JP¥3,420.83
+24.1%
17.5%JP¥4,100.00JP¥2,050.00n/a12
May ’24JP¥2,901.50
JP¥3,414.17
+17.7%
17.1%JP¥4,100.00JP¥2,050.00JP¥3,476.0012
Apr ’24JP¥3,120.00
JP¥3,301.67
+5.8%
19.6%JP¥4,100.00JP¥2,050.00JP¥3,614.0012
Mar ’24JP¥3,095.00
JP¥2,968.18
-4.1%
25.2%JP¥4,000.00JP¥1,650.00JP¥3,784.0011
Feb ’24JP¥2,719.00
JP¥2,689.09
-1.1%
21.9%JP¥3,500.00JP¥1,650.00JP¥3,546.0011
Jan ’24JP¥2,292.00
JP¥2,655.45
+15.9%
23.2%JP¥3,500.00JP¥1,650.00JP¥3,230.0011
Dec ’23JP¥2,194.00
JP¥2,660.00
+21.2%
23.6%JP¥3,600.00JP¥1,650.00JP¥3,479.0011
Nov ’23JP¥2,080.00
JP¥2,679.00
+28.8%
24.7%JP¥3,600.00JP¥1,600.00JP¥3,318.0010
Oct ’23JP¥2,006.50
JP¥2,679.00
+33.5%
24.7%JP¥3,600.00JP¥1,600.00JP¥3,505.0010
Sep ’23JP¥2,236.50
JP¥2,617.00
+17.0%
25.0%JP¥3,500.00JP¥1,600.00JP¥3,506.0010
Aug ’23JP¥2,003.50
JP¥2,592.00
+29.4%
25.6%JP¥3,500.00JP¥1,500.00JP¥3,291.0010
Jul ’23JP¥1,899.50
JP¥2,657.00
+39.9%
21.8%JP¥3,500.00JP¥1,650.00JP¥3,004.0010
Jun ’23JP¥2,225.50
JP¥2,712.00
+21.9%
19.2%JP¥3,500.00JP¥1,700.00JP¥2,756.5010
May ’23JP¥2,069.50
JP¥2,707.00
+30.8%
19.4%JP¥3,500.00JP¥1,700.00JP¥2,901.5010

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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