Kobe Bussan Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 6/6

Kobe Bussan has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 14%, while the Consumer Retailing industry saw earnings growing at 14.2% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 10.4% per year. Kobe Bussan's return on equity is 21.4%, and it has net margins of 5.2%.

Key information

14.0%

Earnings growth rate

13.4%

EPS growth rate

Consumer Retailing Industry Growth	10.9%
Revenue growth rate	10.4%
Return on equity	21.4%
Net Margin	5.2%
Next Earnings Update	13 Jun 2024

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Kobe Bussan makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

OTCPK:KOBN.F Revenue, expenses and earnings (JPY Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
31 Jan 24	474,508	24,736	22,267
31 Oct 23	461,546	20,560	21,481
31 Jul 23	445,564	20,490	20,299
30 Apr 23	430,620	18,905	19,500
31 Jan 23	417,946	17,059	18,692
31 Oct 22	406,813	20,832	18,105
31 Jul 22	394,706	20,641	17,770
30 Apr 22	383,788	20,496	17,119
31 Jan 22	373,828	20,115	16,241
31 Oct 21	362,064	19,592	15,329
31 Jul 21	348,882	18,274	13,953
30 Apr 21	341,238	17,634	13,235
31 Jan 21	344,318	16,086	17,068
31 Oct 20	340,870	15,047	21,005
31 Jul 20	338,627	14,420	24,492
30 Apr 20	331,165	13,553	28,228
31 Jan 20	310,577	12,920	27,691
31 Oct 19	299,616	12,056	26,930
31 Jul 19	289,162	11,714	25,936
30 Apr 19	280,197	11,232	24,676
31 Jan 19	270,584	10,451	23,397
31 Oct 18	267,175	10,363	23,264
31 Jul 18	262,574	9,853	23,641
30 Apr 18	258,749	9,072	24,071
31 Jan 18	256,608	8,733	24,892
31 Oct 17	251,503	8,346	25,078
31 Jul 17	247,556	8,379	25,097
30 Apr 17	244,504	7,993	25,230
31 Jan 17	241,705	5,299	25,067
31 Oct 16	239,266	4,560	25,063
31 Jul 16	237,976	3,012	25,228
30 Apr 16	236,142	2,847	25,359
31 Jan 16	232,362	4,150	25,323
31 Oct 15	228,590	4,174	25,478
31 Jul 15	223,757	4,592	25,525
30 Apr 15	220,345	4,106	25,559
31 Jan 15	217,264	3,219	25,824
31 Oct 14	214,028	2,328	26,091
31 Jul 14	210,588	2,856	26,647
30 Apr 14	205,051	2,334	26,925
31 Jan 14	192,470	2,908	22,214
31 Oct 13	179,499	2,929	16,897
31 Jul 13	167,842	1,866	11,891

Quality Earnings: KOBN.F has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: KOBN.F's current net profit margins (5.2%) are higher than last year (4.1%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: KOBN.F's earnings have grown by 14% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: KOBN.F's earnings growth over the past year (45%) exceeds its 5-year average (14% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: KOBN.F earnings growth over the past year (45%) exceeded the Consumer Retailing industry 12.3%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: KOBN.F's Return on Equity (21.4%) is considered high.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/06/11 06:24
End of Day Share Price	2024/03/14 00:00
Earnings	2024/01/31
Annual Earnings	2023/10/31

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
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Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Kobe Bussan Co., Ltd. is covered by 18 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.

Analyst	Institution
Arashi Nishizawa	BofA Global Research
Robert G. Purcell	CLSA
Nigel Muston	CLSA