Financials Gunze Limited

Equities

3002

JP3275200008

Apparel & Accessories

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 02:00:00 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
5,310 ^JPY	+1.34%		+2.91%	+6.20%

Mar. 22	Tranche Update on Gunze Limited's Equity Buyback Plan announced on November 2, 2023.	CI
Mar. 22	Gunze Limited's Equity Buyback announced on November 2, 2023, has closed with 385,100 shares, representing 2.27% for ¥1,999.96 million.	CI

Valuation

Fiscal Period: March	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	80,749	64,295	73,714	61,156	76,454	88,575	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	99,244	80,222	81,388	57,366	80,996	92,375	95,975	98,775
P/E ratio	19.8 x	14.8 x	34.4 x	22.2 x	17.2 x	18.9 x	15.9 x	14.3 x
Yield	2.46%	3.17%	2.77%	3.74%	3.28%	2.82%	3.11%	3.33%
Capitalization / Revenue	0.57 x	0.46 x	0.6 x	0.49 x	0.56 x	0.64 x	0.62 x	0.61 x
EV / Revenue	0.71 x	0.57 x	0.66 x	0.46 x	0.6 x	0.67 x	0.68 x	0.68 x
EV / EBITDA	7.44 x	6.06 x	7.43 x	5.18 x	6.92 x	6.81 x	6.4 x	6.07 x
EV / FCF	23.9 x	9.66 x	8.34 x	3.59 x	-19.6 x	89.3 x	39.2 x	34.8 x
FCF Yield	4.18%	10.4%	12%	27.8%	-5.09%	1.12%	2.55%	2.88%
Price to Book	0.74 x	0.6 x	0.65 x	0.57 x	0.66 x	0.76 x	0.75 x	0.73 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	18,044	17,712	17,741	16,330	17,047	16,681	-	-
Reference price ²	4,475	3,630	4,155	3,745	4,485	5,310	5,310	5,310
Announcement Date	5/14/19	5/14/20	5/14/21	5/13/22	5/12/23	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: Marzo	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	140,706	140,311	123,649	124,314	136,030	138,550	142,097	146,013
EBITDA ¹	13,340	13,248	10,961	11,071	11,705	13,555	15,000	16,263
EBIT ¹	6,690	6,746	4,673	4,880	5,812	7,222	8,400	9,297
Operating Margin	4.75%	4.81%	3.78%	3.93%	4.27%	5.21%	5.91%	6.37%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	6,295	5,899	3,356	5,566	6,389	7,058	8,075	8,920
Net income ¹	4,087	4,387	2,147	2,939	4,501	4,903	5,628	6,272
Net margin	2.9%	3.13%	1.74%	2.36%	3.31%	3.54%	3.96%	4.3%
EPS ²	225.6	245.0	120.9	168.9	261.4	281.3	333.0	371.5
Free Cash Flow ¹	4,145	8,308	9,764	15,961	-4,126	1,034	2,449	2,842
FCF margin	2.95%	5.92%	7.9%	12.84%	-3.03%	0.75%	1.72%	1.95%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	31.07%	62.71%	89.08%	144.17%	-	7.63%	16.33%	17.47%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	101.42%	189.38%	454.77%	543.08%	-	21.09%	43.51%	45.31%
Dividend per Share ²	110.0	115.0	115.0	140.0	147.0	150.0	165.0	176.7
Announcement Date	5/14/19	5/14/20	5/14/21	5/13/22	5/12/23	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: March	2020 S1	2020 S2	2021 S1	2022 Q2	2022 S1	2022 Q3	2022 Q4	2023 Q1	2023 Q2	2023 S1	2023 Q3	2023 Q4	2024 Q1	2024 Q2	2024 S1	2024 Q3	2024 Q4
Net sales ¹	71,027	69,284	58,067	31,100	59,391	33,359	31,564	31,868	35,482	67,350	36,493	32,187	31,706	33,447	65,153	36,297	34,800
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EBIT ¹	3,290	3,456	1,271	1,785	3,340	2,108	-568	1,252	1,554	2,806	1,981	1,025	1,515	1,715	3,230	2,938	1,405
Operating Margin	4.63%	4.99%	2.19%	5.74%	5.62%	6.32%	-1.8%	3.93%	4.38%	4.17%	5.43%	3.18%	4.78%	5.13%	4.96%	8.09%	4.04%
Earnings before Tax (EBT)	3,350	-	462	6,926	7,397	2,177	-4,008	1,512	-	3,145	2,187	1,057	2,252	-	3,865	501	-
Net income	2,159	2,228	222	4,979	5,002	1,596	-3,659	1,171	1,035	2,206	1,665	630	1,586	1,071	2,657	1,328	-
Net margin	3.04%	3.22%	0.38%	16.01%	8.42%	4.78%	-11.59%	3.67%	2.92%	3.28%	4.56%	1.96%	5%	3.2%	4.08%	3.66%	-
EPS	119.7	-	12.56	284.3	285.6	92.73	-	67.80	59.88	127.7	96.55	37.15	93.05	62.80	155.8	78.11	-
Dividend per Share	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Announcement Date	11/5/19	5/14/20	11/5/20	11/5/21	11/5/21	2/4/22	5/13/22	8/4/22	11/2/22	11/2/22	2/3/23	5/12/23	8/4/23	11/2/23	11/2/23	2/6/24	-

¹JPY in Million

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: March	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	18,495	15,927	7,674	-	4,542	3,800	7,400	10,200
Net Cash position ¹	-	-	-	3,790	-	-	-	-
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	1.386 x	1.202 x	0.7001 x	-	0.388 x	0.2803 x	0.4933 x	0.6272 x
Free Cash Flow ¹	4,145	8,308	9,764	15,961	-4,126	1,034	2,449	2,842
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	3.7%	4%	1.9%	2.6%	3.9%	4.1%	4.86%	5.31%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	4.2%	4.08%	3.12%	3.4%	3.72%	2.9%	3.4%	3.7%
Assets ¹	97,405	107,396	68,756	86,511	121,156	169,080	165,539	169,505
Book Value Per Share ²	6,059	6,061	6,420	6,535	6,790	6,965	7,097	7,247
Cash Flow per Share	586.0	602.0	468.0	517.0	596.0	-	-	-
Capex ¹	7,346	5,380	7,845	5,947	9,597	11,000	8,000	8,000
Capex / Sales	5.22%	3.83%	6.34%	4.78%	7.06%	7.94%	5.63%	5.48%
Announcement Date	5/14/19	5/14/20	5/14/21	5/13/22	5/12/23	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Ratings for Gunze Limited

Trading Rating

Investor Rating

ESG Refinitiv

B-

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Analysts' Consensus

Sell

Buy

Mean consensus

OUTPERFORM

Number of Analysts

Last Close Price

5,310 JPY

Average target price

6,075 JPY

Spread / Average Target

+14.41%

Consensus

EPS Revisions

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Quarterly earnings - Rate of surprise

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