How does NGSC.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

NGSC.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the peer average (15.7x).

How does NGSC.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Trade Distributors Industry?

NGSC.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the US Trade Distributors industry average (19.1x).

What is NGSC.F'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 NGSC.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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

NGSC.F ($13.74) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($23.19)

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.

Nagase (OTCPK:NGSC.F) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

NGSC.F Stock Overview

Manufactures, imports/exports, and sells chemicals, plastics, electronics materials, cosmetics, and health foods worldwide. More details

NGSC.F fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 40.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 7.89% per year

Earnings grew by 21% over the past year

Pays a reliable dividend of 3.22%

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

My Notes

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Nagase & Co., Ltd. Competitors

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US$1.1b

GMS

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Nagase
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	JP¥13.74
52 Week High	JP¥13.76
52 Week Low	JP¥13.74
Beta	0.33
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-24.53%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	NGSC.F	US Trade Distributors	US Market
7D	0%	-2.1%	0.2%
1Y	n/a	9.1%	22.0%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how NGSC.F performed against the US Trade Distributors industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how NGSC.F performed against the US Market.

Price Volatility

Is NGSC.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
NGSC.F volatility
NGSC.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Trade Distributors Industry Average Movement	4.6%
Market Average Movement	6.1%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	18.6%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: NGSC.F's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine NGSC.F's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1832	7,528	Hiroyuki Ueshima	www.nagase.co.jp

Nagase & Co., Ltd. manufactures, imports/exports, and sells chemicals, plastics, electronics materials, cosmetics, and health foods worldwide. It offers resins; pigments; solvents; additives; urethane and plastic materials; flame retardants; release agents; petrochemical products; paper manufacturing, plating, electronics, and silicone chemicals; industrial oil solution, and surfactant raw materials; surfactants; fluorochemicals; and polymer filters. The company also provides digital print processing, organic transparent conductive, photolithography, and packaging materials; functional sheets and films; dyestuffs; fiber processing agents; auto body repair paints; auxiliaries; plastic-related equipment; devices; moldings; and chemical management and semiconductor equipment.

Nagase & Co., Ltd. Fundamentals Summary

How do Nagase's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
NGSC.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$2.00b
Earnings (TTM)	US$172.58m
Revenue (TTM)	US$6.22b

11.6x

P/E Ratio

0.3x

P/S Ratio

Is NGSC.F overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
NGSC.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	JP¥940.46b
Cost of Revenue	JP¥759.82b
Gross Profit	JP¥180.64b
Other Expenses	JP¥154.53b
Earnings	JP¥26.11b

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	240.75
Gross Margin	19.21%
Net Profit Margin	2.78%
Debt/Equity Ratio	41.2%

How did NGSC.F perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.2%

Current Dividend Yield

17%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/07 23:38
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

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.

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Nagase & Co., Ltd. is covered by 5 analysts. 2 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
null null	Company Forecast
null null	Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
Masayuki Nagano	Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.