West Japan Railway Company

TSE:9021 Stock Report

Market Cap: JP¥1.6t

West Japan Railway Valuation

Is 9021 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 9021 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 9021 (¥3187) is trading above our estimate of fair value (¥1458.92)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 9021 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 9021?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

9021 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/Revenue1.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA8.5x
PEG Ratio4.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 9021's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 9021 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.9x
9042 Hankyu Hanshin Holdings
14.3x4.0%JP¥970.2b
9009 Keisei Electric Railway
10.8x-27.2%JP¥947.1b
9005 Tokyu
17.6x-0.09%JP¥1.1t
9022 Central Japan Railway
8.9x1.9%JP¥3.4t
9021 West Japan Railway
15.7x3.8%JP¥1.6t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 9021 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.7x) compared to the peer average (12.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 9021's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the JP Transportation Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a-0.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 9021 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.7x) compared to the JP Transportation industry average (13.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 9021'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.

9021 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.7x
Fair PE Ratio17.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 9021 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x).


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 9021 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentJP¥3,187.00
JP¥3,392.22
+6.4%
9.2%JP¥4,000.00JP¥2,800.00n/a9
May ’25JP¥3,250.00
JP¥3,325.56
+2.3%
12.2%JP¥4,000.00JP¥2,600.00n/a9
Apr ’25JP¥3,102.00
JP¥3,328.75
+7.3%
12.7%JP¥4,000.00JP¥2,600.00n/a8
Mar ’25JP¥3,126.00
JP¥3,279.38
+4.9%
12.9%JP¥4,000.00JP¥2,600.00n/a8
Feb ’25JP¥3,158.00
JP¥3,215.00
+1.8%
12.3%JP¥3,850.00JP¥2,500.00n/a9
Jan ’25JP¥2,940.50
JP¥3,186.00
+8.3%
12.8%JP¥3,850.00JP¥2,500.00n/a10
Dec ’24JP¥2,915.50
JP¥3,186.00
+9.3%
12.8%JP¥3,850.00JP¥2,500.00n/a10
Nov ’24JP¥3,033.00
JP¥3,268.50
+7.8%
11.8%JP¥3,850.00JP¥2,450.00n/a10
Oct ’24JP¥3,092.50
JP¥3,243.50
+4.9%
11.7%JP¥3,850.00JP¥2,450.00n/a10
Sep ’24JP¥3,181.00
JP¥3,187.00
+0.2%
11.5%JP¥3,600.00JP¥2,450.00n/a10
Aug ’24JP¥2,949.50
JP¥3,167.00
+7.4%
11.6%JP¥3,650.00JP¥2,450.00n/a10
Jul ’24JP¥2,995.00
JP¥3,162.00
+5.6%
12.0%JP¥3,650.00JP¥2,400.00n/a10
Jun ’24JP¥2,910.00
JP¥3,107.78
+6.8%
12.4%JP¥3,600.00JP¥2,400.00n/a9
May ’24JP¥2,994.50
JP¥2,980.00
-0.5%
12.5%JP¥3,600.00JP¥2,400.00JP¥3,250.009
Apr ’24JP¥2,728.50
JP¥2,980.00
+9.2%
12.5%JP¥3,600.00JP¥2,400.00JP¥3,102.009
Mar ’24JP¥2,613.00
JP¥2,972.00
+13.7%
12.3%JP¥3,600.00JP¥2,400.00JP¥3,126.0010
Feb ’24JP¥2,628.00
JP¥2,999.50
+14.1%
14.2%JP¥3,800.00JP¥2,400.00JP¥3,158.0010
Jan ’24JP¥2,864.50
JP¥2,960.91
+3.4%
14.3%JP¥3,800.00JP¥2,450.00JP¥2,940.5011
Dec ’23JP¥2,878.00
JP¥2,951.82
+2.6%
14.1%JP¥3,800.00JP¥2,450.00JP¥2,915.5011
Nov ’23JP¥2,942.50
JP¥2,901.82
-1.4%
12.5%JP¥3,550.00JP¥2,450.00JP¥3,033.0011
Oct ’23JP¥2,770.00
JP¥2,824.55
+2.0%
11.2%JP¥3,550.00JP¥2,450.00JP¥3,092.5011
Sep ’23JP¥2,694.00
JP¥2,824.55
+4.8%
11.2%JP¥3,550.00JP¥2,450.00JP¥3,181.0011
Aug ’23JP¥2,477.00
JP¥2,747.27
+10.9%
11.7%JP¥3,400.00JP¥2,250.00JP¥2,949.5011
Jul ’23JP¥2,452.50
JP¥2,747.27
+12.0%
11.7%JP¥3,400.00JP¥2,250.00JP¥2,995.0011
Jun ’23JP¥2,446.00
JP¥2,766.67
+13.1%
13.1%JP¥3,400.00JP¥2,250.00JP¥2,910.009
May ’23JP¥2,422.00
JP¥2,788.89
+15.1%
11.9%JP¥3,300.00JP¥2,250.00JP¥2,994.509

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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