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

HKPM.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (48.6x) compared to the peer average (17.4x).

How does HKPM.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Forestry Industry?

HKPM.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (48.6x) compared to the Global Forestry industry average (16.4x).

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

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

HKPM.F ($12.6) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] ($9.09)

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.

HKPM.F Stock Overview

Manufactures and sells paper products in Japan, the United State, China, rest of Asia, and internationally. More details

HKPM.F fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 26.16% per year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Profit margins (1.8%) are lower than last year (5%)

My Notes

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Hokuetsu Corporation Competitors

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US$1.5b

Worthington Steel

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Hokuetsu
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	JP¥12.60
52 Week High	JP¥12.60
52 Week Low	JP¥12.60
Beta	0.43
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	152.05%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	HKPM.F	US Forestry	US Market
7D	0%	1.3%	0.7%
1Y	n/a	41.9%	23.9%

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

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

Price Volatility

Is HKPM.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
HKPM.F volatility
HKPM.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Forestry Industry Average Movement	6.8%
Market Average Movement	6.4%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	18.7%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.1%

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

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1907	3,749	Sekio Kishimoto	www.hokuetsucorp.com

Hokuetsu Corporation manufactures and sells paper products in Japan, the United State, China, rest of Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Paper and Pulp Business, and Packaging and Paper Processing Business. The company offers printing and communication papers for books, magazines, catalogs, and brochures; and uncoated printing papers and colored wood-free papers.

Hokuetsu Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Hokuetsu's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
HKPM.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$1.60b
Earnings (TTM)	US$33.30m
Revenue (TTM)	US$1.87b

48.0x

P/E Ratio

0.9x

P/S Ratio

Is HKPM.F overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
HKPM.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	JP¥296.24b
Cost of Revenue	JP¥236.92b
Gross Profit	JP¥59.32b
Other Expenses	JP¥54.05b
Earnings	JP¥5.27b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Feb 14, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	31.36
Gross Margin	20.02%
Net Profit Margin	1.78%
Debt/Equity Ratio	35.3%

How did HKPM.F perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.5%

Current Dividend Yield

64%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/08 23:44
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/02 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

Hokuetsu Corporation is covered by 11 analysts. 1 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
Akiko Kuwahara	BofA Global Research
Masahiro Shibano	Citigroup Inc
Jeremie Capron	CLSA

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