PTOV.F Stock Overview

Provides automobile-related information services on new and used cars, parts, and supplies. More details

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

Rewards

Trading at 53.6% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 7.04% per year

Earnings have grown 3.2% per year over the past 5 years

Pays a reliable dividend of 3.65%

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Proto
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	JP¥9.85
52 Week High	JP¥9.85
52 Week Low	JP¥8.74
Beta	0.79
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	-40.85%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	PTOV.F	US Media	US Market
7D	0%	0.9%	2.8%
1Y	n/a	-2.5%	24.6%

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

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

Price Volatility

Is PTOV.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
PTOV.F volatility
PTOV.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Media Industry Average Movement	7.7%
Market Average Movement	6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	17.4%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.1%

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

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1977	1,523	Kenji Kamiya	www.proto-g.co.jp

Proto Corporation provides automobile-related information services on new and used cars, parts, and supplies. It offers distribution of automobile newspapers. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.

Proto Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Proto's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
PTOV.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$356.64m
Earnings (TTM)	US$33.96m
Revenue (TTM)	US$762.19m

10.5x

P/E Ratio

0.5x

P/S Ratio

Is PTOV.F overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
PTOV.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	JP¥118.02b
Cost of Revenue	JP¥88.98b
Gross Profit	JP¥29.04b
Other Expenses	JP¥23.78b
Earnings	JP¥5.26b

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	130.54
Gross Margin	24.60%
Net Profit Margin	4.46%
Debt/Equity Ratio	10.2%

How did PTOV.F perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.6%

Current Dividend Yield

33%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/11/24 13:25
End of Day Share Price	2024/08/27 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
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.

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Analyst Sources

Proto Corporation is covered by 9 analysts. 3 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
Jiro Kojima	Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
Koichi Hariya	Ichiyoshi Research Institute Inc.
Yukinori Oishi	Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Company Limited