How does 8349A's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

8349A is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.7x) compared to the peer average (19.3x).

How does 8349A's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the TW Machinery Industry?

8349A is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.7x) compared to the TW Machinery industry average (20.2x).

What is 8349A'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.

Insufficient data to calculate 8349A's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of 8349A when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

8349A (NT$49) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (NT$19.71)

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

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

8349A Stock Overview

Manufactures and sells automotive fasteners and metal parts worldwide. More details

8349A fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (13.7x) is below the TW market (20.8x)

Earnings grew by 94.1% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow

Dividend of 2.27% is not well covered by free cash flows

Shareholders have been diluted in the past year

My Notes

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QST International Corp. Competitors

NAK Sealing Technologies

TWSE:9942

NT$9.4b

Group Up Industrial

TPEX:6664

NT$14.8b

Trusval Technology

TPEX:6667

NT$8.5b

TURVO International

TWSE:2233

NT$15.1b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for QST International
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	NT$49.00
52 Week High	NT$49.15
52 Week Low	NT$42.20
Beta	0.72
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	1.24%
1 Year Change	15.02%
3 Year Change	9.13%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-1.21%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	8349A	TW Machinery	TW Market
7D	0%	5.7%	0.4%
1Y	15.0%	22.5%	28.7%

Return vs Industry: 8349A underperformed the TW Machinery industry which returned 22.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 8349A underperformed the TW Market which returned 28.7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 8349A's price volatile compared to industry and market?
8349A volatility
8349A Average Weekly Movement	0.4%
Machinery Industry Average Movement	4.9%
Market Average Movement	4.4%
10% most volatile stocks in TW Market	7.8%
10% least volatile stocks in TW Market	2.1%

Stable Share Price: 8349A has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the TW market.

Volatility Over Time: 8349A's weekly volatility (0%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1985	n/a	n/a	www.qst.com.tw

QST International Corp. manufactures and sells automotive fasteners and metal parts worldwide. The company provides proprietary fasteners, such as screws and induction hardened bolts; and auto fasteners, including weld bolts and weld studs, screws and washer assemblies, multi-die headed pins and rivets, and special screws per print, as well as internal, external, and non-fasteners. QST International Corp. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan.

QST International Corp. Fundamentals Summary

How do QST International's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
8349A fundamental statistics
Market cap	NT$10.15b
Earnings (TTM)	NT$740.43m
Revenue (TTM)	NT$13.12b

13.7x

P/E Ratio

0.8x

P/S Ratio

Is 8349A overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
8349A income statement (TTM)
Revenue	NT$13.12b
Cost of Revenue	NT$10.35b
Gross Profit	NT$2.77b
Other Expenses	NT$2.03b
Earnings	NT$740.43m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	4.38
Gross Margin	21.14%
Net Profit Margin	5.64%
Debt/Equity Ratio	137.3%

How did 8349A perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

2.3%

Current Dividend Yield

31%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/24 17:41
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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

QST International Corp. is covered by 4 analysts. 0 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
Sheng-Kuo Shih	Jih Sun Securities Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.
null null	KGI Securities Co. Ltd.
Chien-An Lai	KGI Securities Co. Ltd.

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