LY Corporation

TSE:4689 Stock Report

Market Cap: JP¥3.0t

LY Valuation

Is 4689 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • 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 4689 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 4689 (¥419.4) is trading below our estimate of fair value (¥538.94)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 4689 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 4689?

Key metric: As 4689 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 4689. This is calculated by dividing 4689's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 4689's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio28x
EarningsJP¥106.72b
Market CapJP¥2.99t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 4689's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 4689 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.7x
2371 Kakaku.com
24.2x10.0%JP¥478.5b
9438 MTI
27.2x6.5%JP¥64.3b
3679 ZIGExN
12.3x10.8%JP¥48.0b
3491 GA technologies
31.1xn/aJP¥57.3b
4689 LY
28x12.8%JP¥3.0t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 4689 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28x) compared to the peer average (23.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 4689's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the JP Interactive Media and Services Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
4689 28.0xIndustry Avg. 21.6xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 4689 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28x) compared to the JP Interactive Media and Services industry average (21.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 4689'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.

4689 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio28x
Fair PE Ratio28.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 4689 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.7x).

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 4689 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentJP¥419.40
JP¥504.08
+20.2%
15.9%JP¥650.00JP¥300.00n/a12
Dec ’25JP¥411.90
JP¥499.08
+21.2%
16.3%JP¥650.00JP¥300.00n/a12
Nov ’25JP¥414.10
JP¥488.85
+18.1%
17.2%JP¥650.00JP¥300.00n/a13
Oct ’25JP¥420.40
JP¥488.85
+16.3%
17.2%JP¥650.00JP¥300.00n/a13
Sep ’25JP¥399.70
JP¥478.25
+19.7%
18.7%JP¥650.00JP¥300.00n/a12
Aug ’25JP¥367.10
JP¥487.69
+32.8%
14.0%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00n/a13
Jul ’25JP¥377.80
JP¥487.69
+29.1%
14.0%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00n/a13
Jun ’25JP¥372.90
JP¥489.29
+31.2%
13.6%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00n/a14
May ’25JP¥380.30
JP¥498.21
+31.0%
13.3%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00n/a14
Apr ’25JP¥389.30
JP¥512.67
+31.7%
12.6%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00n/a12
Mar ’25JP¥402.00
JP¥515.54
+28.2%
11.6%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00n/a13
Feb ’25JP¥460.60
JP¥502.14
+9.0%
12.5%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00n/a14
Jan ’25JP¥499.70
JP¥500.71
+0.2%
12.6%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00n/a14
Dec ’24JP¥430.40
JP¥495.71
+15.2%
13.2%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00JP¥411.9014
Nov ’24JP¥387.20
JP¥476.27
+23.0%
13.9%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00JP¥414.1015
Oct ’24JP¥415.50
JP¥478.93
+15.3%
14.3%JP¥650.00JP¥400.00JP¥420.4015
Sep ’24JP¥443.30
JP¥464.63
+4.8%
16.8%JP¥650.00JP¥310.00JP¥399.7016
Aug ’24JP¥400.30
JP¥445.44
+11.3%
14.4%JP¥585.00JP¥310.00JP¥367.1016
Jul ’24JP¥346.40
JP¥446.47
+28.9%
14.8%JP¥585.00JP¥310.00JP¥377.8015
Jun ’24JP¥344.50
JP¥448.56
+30.2%
14.3%JP¥585.00JP¥310.00JP¥372.9016
May ’24JP¥349.80
JP¥461.69
+32.0%
12.3%JP¥585.00JP¥380.00JP¥380.3016
Apr ’24JP¥372.80
JP¥493.19
+32.3%
26.0%JP¥940.00JP¥380.00JP¥389.3016
Mar ’24JP¥369.20
JP¥514.07
+39.2%
26.7%JP¥940.00JP¥380.00JP¥402.0015
Feb ’24JP¥369.30
JP¥527.56
+42.9%
26.1%JP¥940.00JP¥420.00JP¥460.6016
Jan ’24JP¥332.00
JP¥544.13
+63.9%
25.1%JP¥940.00JP¥420.00JP¥499.7016
Dec ’23JP¥379.20
JP¥567.25
+49.6%
23.7%JP¥940.00JP¥430.00JP¥430.4016

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 23:02
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

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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

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Analyst Sources

LY Corporation is covered by 33 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.

AnalystInstitution
Yoshitsugu SasakiAizawa Securities Co. Ltd.
Keiichi YoneshimaBarclays
Hiroshi YamashinaBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)