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Yamabiko (TSE:6250) just paired its FY2025 results with fresh FY2026 forecasts and a new Medium-Term Management Plan running through 2028, giving investors a clearer view of how management is thinking about the next few years.
See our latest analysis for Yamabiko.
Yamabiko's recent disclosure of FY2025 results, fresh FY2026 forecasts, and the new Medium-Term Management Plan comes after a strong run, with a 30.6% year to date share price return and a 62.4% total shareholder return over the past year. This suggests momentum has been building as the market reassesses its prospects and risk profile.
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With the shares up 30.6% year to date and 62.4% over 12 months, plus a new plan through 2028, you have to ask yourself: is Yamabiko still cheap, or is the market already pricing in the next leg of growth?
Price-to-Earnings of 10.8x: Is it justified?
At a last close of ¥3,830, Yamabiko trades on a P/E of 10.8x, which screens as inexpensive compared to both the wider Japanese market and its Machinery peers.
The P/E ratio compares the current share price with earnings per share, so you are effectively seeing how much the market is paying for each unit of current earnings. For a business with forecast earnings growth of 9.82% per year and high quality earnings, a lower P/E can indicate that the market is cautious about how sustainable those profits are.
Here, the market multiple of 10.8x sits below the estimated fair P/E of 16.5x, below the peer average of 14.4x, and below the JP Machinery industry average of 15.4x. That is a meaningful gap that some investors may interpret as room for the valuation to move closer to what the fair ratio analysis indicates if the earnings forecasts and the new Medium-Term Management Plan materialize as expected.
Explore the SWS fair ratio for Yamabiko
Result: Price-to-Earnings of 10.8x (UNDERVALUED)
However, you still need to weigh risks such as execution of the 2028 plan and sensitivity to agricultural and construction spending across key regions.
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Another View: What Does The DCF Say?
While the P/E of 10.8x looks inexpensive, the SWS DCF model points the other way. On this approach, Yamabiko at ¥3,830 is trading above an estimated future cash flow value of ¥545.65, which screens as overvalued rather than cheap.
Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.
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