HIKARI BUSINESS FORM CO.,LTD.

3948 TSE Materials Pulp and Paper
TSE Standard
¥1,172.00
+0.09%
Delayed · cached 15 min
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✓Strengths

  • Low debt: debt-to-equity of 0.23.
  • Comfortable interest cover: operating profit covers interest about 30.4 times.
  • Current assets comfortably cover current liabilities (current ratio 3.58).
  • Has paid a dividend in each of the last 5 years on record.

!Watch-points

  • Return on equity is on the lower side at 1.6%.
  • Return on capital employed is on the lower side at 2%.
  • Net profit margin is slim at 2%.
  • Profit growth has been slow over five years (about -34% a year).
  • Sales growth has been slow over five years (about -5% a year).

These points are generated automatically from the company’s reported figures to highlight what stands out. They are descriptive observations for educational purposes only — not advice or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.

Forensic Checks

Altman Z-ScoreGrey zone
2.02

This middle range was less conclusive in Altman’s study — neither clearly safe nor clearly distressed.

Computed without the market-value term.

Piotroski F-ScoreWeak
1 / 4

The F-Score adds one point for each of several year-on-year signs of improving profitability, lower leverage and better efficiency. Higher is generally stronger.

Based on 4 of the 9 signals — the rest need data not available for this stock.

These are well-known academic screening models, shown for educational context only. They describe historical financial patterns and are not predictions, advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.

Key Ratios

Market Cap¥63億
Current Price¥ 1,172.00
High / Low¥ 1,400.00 / 940.00
Stock P/E17.301447
Book Value¥ 1,741.56
Dividend Yield1.28%
ROCE1.98%
ROE1.60%
Debt to Equity0.23
Current Ratio3.58
P/B Ratio1.0954725
EPS¥ 27.73
PAT Margin1.96%
ICR30.37
Compounded Sales Growth
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5 Years -5.14%
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Compounded Profit Growth
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5 Years -34.40%
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Return on Equity
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Last Year 1.60%
Educational data only. Not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.