Central Japan Railway Company

OTCPK:CJPR.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$18.5b

Central Japan Railway Valuation

Is CJPR.F undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: CJPR.F ($20.5) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($13.32)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CJPR.F is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CJPR.F?

Key metric: As CJPR.F is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CJPR.F. This is calculated by dividing CJPR.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CJPR.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.9x
EarningsJP¥422.98b
Market CapJP¥2.92t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CJPR.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.8x
NSC Norfolk Southern
22.1x12.5%US$53.7b
CSX CSX
17.1x5.7%US$62.7b
UNP Union Pacific
21x7.0%US$139.6b
YMM Full Truck Alliance
27x27.0%US$11.6b
CJPR.F Central Japan Railway
6.9x1.4%US$2.9t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CJPR.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.9x) compared to the peer average (21.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CJPR.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Transportation Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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CJPR.F 6.9xIndustry Avg. 28.8xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CJPR.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.9x) compared to the US Transportation industry average (29.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CJPR.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.

CJPR.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CJPR.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CJPR.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$20.50
US$23.75
+15.9%
11.6%US$28.55US$20.24n/a12
Dec ’25n/a
US$24.10
0%
11.8%US$28.75US$20.38n/a11
Nov ’25n/a
US$24.56
0%
11.2%US$28.70US$20.35n/a11
Oct ’25n/a
US$27.49
0%
11.2%US$32.88US$22.52n/a11
Sep ’25US$25.59
US$27.46
+7.3%
12.3%US$32.47US$22.25n/a11
Aug ’25n/a
US$25.93
0%
12.3%US$30.66US$21.01n/a11
Jul ’25US$20.08
US$25.36
+26.3%
12.0%US$29.93US$20.38n/a11
Jun ’25n/a
US$25.67
0%
11.9%US$29.96US$20.40n/a11
May ’25US$22.26
US$25.74
+15.6%
11.3%US$29.84US$20.95n/a11
Apr ’25US$23.90
US$27.04
+13.1%
11.6%US$31.15US$21.87n/a10
Mar ’25US$24.55
US$26.27
+7.0%
9.8%US$29.86US$21.90n/a9
Feb ’25US$24.70
US$26.70
+8.1%
9.2%US$30.75US$22.55n/a10
Jan ’25US$25.41
US$25.80
+1.5%
8.7%US$28.75US$21.74n/a11
Dec ’24n/a
US$25.50
0%
8.5%US$28.47US$21.53n/a11
Nov ’24US$23.05
US$24.86
+7.9%
10.9%US$28.63US$19.79n/a12
Oct ’24US$24.97
US$25.06
+0.4%
12.3%US$29.25US$18.33n/a12
Sep ’24US$26.27
US$25.45
-3.1%
12.0%US$29.69US$18.61US$25.5910
Aug ’24US$26.27
US$25.86
-1.6%
11.2%US$29.48US$19.28n/a10
Jul ’24n/a
US$25.06
0%
11.1%US$27.96US$18.08US$20.0811
Jun ’24US$23.75
US$25.44
+7.1%
11.2%US$29.01US$18.76n/a10
May ’24n/a
US$26.26
0%
10.9%US$29.27US$19.42US$22.2610
Apr ’24n/a
US$26.29
0%
10.8%US$29.53US$19.43US$23.9010
Mar ’24US$22.08
US$25.59
+15.9%
10.4%US$28.77US$18.93US$24.5511
Feb ’24US$24.10
US$27.01
+12.1%
10.9%US$30.66US$19.78US$24.7011
Jan ’24n/a
US$25.38
0%
10.7%US$29.27US$19.02US$25.4112
Dec ’23US$24.72
US$24.59
-0.5%
11.0%US$28.15US$18.30n/a12

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/28 14:14
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/26 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Central Japan Railway Company is covered by 34 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Takayuki HayanoBarclays
Yasuharu SugimuraBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Nathan GeeBofA Global Research