Financials Nichias Corporation

Equities

5393

JP3660400007

Construction & Engineering

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 02:00:00 2024-05-02 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
4,250 ^JPY	0.00%		+5.72%	+25.37%

Mar. 19	Tranche Update on Nichias Corporation's Equity Buyback Plan announced on March 18, 2024.	CI
Mar. 19	Nichias Corporation's Equity Buyback announced on March 18, 2024, has closed with 644,000 shares, representing 0.97% for ¥2,563.12 million.	CI

Valuation

Fiscal Period: March	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	145,410	134,263	186,400	167,623	176,510	279,230	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	142,002	124,986	171,399	137,557	141,585	279,230	279,230	279,230
P/E ratio	9.18 x	9.15 x	17.4 x	7.61 x	8.25 x	11.1 x	10.8 x	10 x
Yield	3.1%	3.75%	2.78%	3.4%	3.46%	2.32%	2.48%	2.64%
Capitalization / Revenue	0.67 x	0.64 x	0.95 x	0.78 x	0.74 x	1.13 x	1.11 x	1.08 x
EV / Revenue	0.67 x	0.64 x	0.95 x	0.78 x	0.74 x	1.13 x	1.11 x	1.08 x
EV / EBITDA	5.11 x	5.03 x	7.13 x	5.1 x	4.72 x	6.68 x	6.48 x	6.16 x
EV / FCF	48.2 x	12.1 x	17 x	8.57 x	17.7 x	20.5 x	14.9 x	14.1 x
FCF Yield	2.07%	8.28%	5.89%	11.7%	5.66%	4.87%	6.72%	7.08%
Price to Book	1.25 x	1.06 x	1.38 x	1.09 x	1.02 x	1.45 x	1.33 x	1.22 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	66,337	66,336	66,334	66,333	66,332	65,701	-	-
Reference price ²	2,192	2,024	2,810	2,527	2,661	4,250	4,250	4,250
Announcement Date	5/7/19	5/11/20	5/10/21	5/9/22	5/8/23	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: März	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	215,495	208,900	196,372	216,236	238,116	247,500	251,533	259,700
EBITDA ¹	28,430	26,701	26,152	32,880	37,408	41,800	43,100	45,350
EBIT ¹	22,629	20,400	19,616	26,264	29,954	34,000	35,500	38,000
Operating Margin	10.5%	9.77%	9.99%	12.15%	12.58%	13.74%	14.11%	14.63%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	22,832	21,037	17,532	30,679	30,822	36,350	37,087	39,587
Net income ¹	15,861	14,700	10,715	22,034	21,398	25,400	25,870	27,637
Net margin	7.36%	7.04%	5.46%	10.19%	8.99%	10.26%	10.28%	10.64%
EPS ²	238.7	221.2	161.5	332.2	322.6	382.8	392.9	422.9
Free Cash Flow ¹	3,017	11,116	10,980	19,550	9,999	13,601	18,751	19,770
FCF margin	1.4%	5.32%	5.59%	9.04%	4.2%	5.5%	7.45%	7.61%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	10.61%	41.63%	41.99%	59.46%	26.73%	32.54%	43.51%	43.59%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	19.02%	75.62%	102.47%	88.73%	46.73%	53.55%	72.48%	71.53%
Dividend per Share ²	68.00	76.00	78.00	86.00	92.00	98.67	105.3	112.0
Announcement Date	5/7/19	5/11/20	5/10/21	5/9/22	5/8/23	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: March	2020 S1	2020 S2	2021 S1	2021 S2	2022 Q2	2022 S1	2022 Q3	2022 Q4	2022 S2	2023 Q1	2023 Q2	2023 S1	2023 Q3	2023 Q4	2023 S2	2024 Q1	2024 Q2	2024 S1	2024 Q3	2024 Q4	2024 S2	2025 S1	2025 S2
Net sales ¹	101,014	107,886	89,400	106,972	51,225	103,525	56,300	56,411	112,711	54,617	58,890	113,507	62,808	61,801	124,609	59,200	60,835	120,035	65,061	62,900	128,000	-	-
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EBIT ¹	9,969	10,431	7,100	12,516	6,071	12,671	7,400	6,193	13,593	6,589	6,364	12,953	8,752	8,249	17,001	7,600	8,090	15,690	9,806	8,502	18,300	-	-
Operating Margin	9.87%	9.67%	7.94%	11.7%	11.85%	12.24%	13.14%	10.98%	12.06%	12.06%	10.81%	11.41%	13.93%	13.35%	13.64%	12.84%	13.3%	13.07%	15.07%	13.52%	14.3%	-	-
Earnings before Tax (EBT)	10,031	-	7,313	-	-	14,022	8,116	-	-	8,153	-	16,206	8,344	-	-	8,943	-	18,291	9,679	-	-	-	-
Net income	7,040	-	4,666	-	-	10,249	5,729	-	-	5,617	-	11,309	6,088	-	-	6,353	-	12,978	6,704	-	-	-	-
Net margin	6.97%	-	5.22%	-	-	9.9%	10.18%	-	-	10.28%	-	9.96%	9.69%	-	-	10.73%	-	10.81%	10.3%	-	-	-	-
EPS	106.1	-	70.34	-	-	154.5	86.37	-	-	84.69	-	170.5	91.78	-	-	95.78	-	195.6	101.0	-	-	-	-
Dividend per Share	38.00	-	38.00	40.00	-	42.00	-	-	-	-	-	46.00	-	-	-	-	-	48.00	-	-	50.00	54.00	54.00
Announcement Date	11/5/19	5/11/20	11/9/20	5/10/21	11/8/21	11/8/21	2/7/22	5/9/22	5/9/22	8/1/22	11/7/22	11/7/22	2/6/23	5/8/23	5/8/23	8/7/23	11/6/23	11/6/23	2/8/24	-	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: March	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Cash position	3,408	9,277	15,001	30,066	34,925	-	-	-
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cash Flow ¹	3,017	11,116	10,980	19,550	9,999	13,601	18,751	19,770
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	14%	12.1%	8.2%	15.2%	13.1%	13.9%	12.9%	12.6%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	11.5%	10.4%	9.95%	13.1%	12.9%	11.2%	8%	8.1%
Assets ¹	138,364	140,831	107,678	168,118	166,177	227,803	323,375	341,193
Book Value Per Share ²	1,761	1,904	2,042	2,326	2,598	2,926	3,189	3,494
Cash Flow per Share ²	325.0	316.0	260.0	432.0	435.0	500.0	533.0	590.0
Capex ¹	12,816	8,978	7,703	11,355	10,069	12,233	12,167	12,167
Capex / Sales	5.95%	4.3%	3.92%	5.25%	4.23%	4.94%	4.84%	4.68%
Announcement Date	5/7/19	5/11/20	5/10/21	5/9/22	5/8/23	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

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Ratings for Nichias Corporation

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Mean consensus

BUY

Number of Analysts

Last Close Price

4,250 JPY

Average target price

4,100 JPY

Spread / Average Target

-3.53%

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