YKLT.F Stock Overview

Manufactures and sells food and beverage products in Japan, the Americas, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. More details

YKLT.F fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 32.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings grew by 5.2% over the past year

Pays a reliable dividend of 2.27%

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Yakult HonshaLtd
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	JP¥17.41
52 Week High	JP¥22.60
52 Week Low	JP¥17.41
Beta	-0.10
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	-14.87%
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	13,292.31%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	YKLT.F	US Food	US Market
7D	0%	0.3%	2.4%
1Y	n/a	-8.3%	25.0%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how YKLT.F performed against the US Food industry.

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

Price Volatility

Is YKLT.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
YKLT.F volatility
YKLT.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Food Industry Average Movement	5.5%
Market Average Movement	6.5%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	18.7%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.3%

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

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1935	29,627	Hiroshi Narita	www.yakult.co.jp

Yakult Honsha Co.,Ltd. manufactures and sells food and beverage products in Japan, the Americas, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. The company operates through Food and Beverages (Japan), Food and Beverages (The Americas), Food and Beverages (Asia and Oceania), Food and Beverages (Europe), Pharmaceuticals, and Others segments.

Yakult Honsha Co.,Ltd. Fundamentals Summary

How do Yakult HonshaLtd's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
YKLT.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$5.51b
Earnings (TTM)	US$334.75m
Revenue (TTM)	US$3.23b

16.3x

P/E Ratio

1.7x

P/S Ratio

Is YKLT.F overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
YKLT.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	JP¥505.34b
Cost of Revenue	JP¥203.06b
Gross Profit	JP¥302.28b
Other Expenses	JP¥249.88b
Earnings	JP¥52.40b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Feb 14, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	172.83
Gross Margin	59.82%
Net Profit Margin	10.37%
Debt/Equity Ratio	11.0%

How did YKLT.F perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

2.3%

Current Dividend Yield

35%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/23 18:05
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
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 here.

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Analyst Sources

Yakult Honsha Co.,Ltd. is covered by 22 analysts. 10 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
Takayuki Hayano	Barclays
Shumpei Kaneko	BofA Global Research
Nobuyoshi Miura	Citigroup Inc