How does MDDC.F's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

MDDC.F is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the peer average (1x).

How does MDDC.F's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Retail Distributors Industry?

MDDC.F is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the US Retail Distributors industry average (0.7x).

What is MDDC.F's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate MDDC.F's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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

MDDC.F ($8.94) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($27.31)

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.

MDDC.F Stock Overview

Engages in the eBook distribution business in Japan. More details

MDDC.F fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Trading at 67.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 30.18% per year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Dividend of 1.92% is not well covered by earnings

My Notes

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MEDIA DO Co., Ltd. Competitors

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US$353.0m

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for MEDIA DO
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	JP¥8.94
52 Week High	JP¥8.94
52 Week Low	JP¥8.94
Beta	0.97
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	-78.46%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	MDDC.F	US Retail Distributors	US Market
7D	0%	2.4%	2.8%
1Y	n/a	-15.8%	24.6%

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

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

Price Volatility

Is MDDC.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
MDDC.F volatility
MDDC.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Retail Distributors Industry Average Movement	9.1%
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: MDDC.F's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the US market.

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1994	606	Yasushi Fujita	mediado.jp

MEDIA DO Co., Ltd. engages in the eBook distribution business in Japan. It operates through eBook Distribution and Strategic Investment segments. The company plans, edits, publishes, and sells of book and magazines; distributes books; conducts of publishing workflow management and bibliographic information management services; and provides e-commerce solutions.

MEDIA DO Co., Ltd. Fundamentals Summary

How do MEDIA DO's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
MDDC.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$134.68m
Earnings (TTM)	-US$1.94m
Revenue (TTM)	US$624.80m

0.2x

P/S Ratio

-69.3x

P/E Ratio

Is MDDC.F overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
MDDC.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	JP¥98.70b
Cost of Revenue	JP¥87.66b
Gross Profit	JP¥11.04b
Other Expenses	JP¥11.34b
Earnings	-JP¥307.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Aug 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Jan 10, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	-20.26
Gross Margin	11.18%
Net Profit Margin	-0.31%
Debt/Equity Ratio	27.7%

How did MDDC.F perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.9%

Current Dividend Yield

-108%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/27 15:14
End of Day Share Price	2024/10/01 00:00
Earnings	2024/08/31
Annual Earnings	2024/02/29

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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

MEDIA DO 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
Taro Ishihara	Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
Hiroshi Naya	Ichiyoshi Research Institute Inc.
null null	Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.

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