Financials MEC Company Ltd.

Equities

4971

JP3920890005

Specialty Chemicals

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 02:00:00 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
4,055 ^JPY	+1.38%		+9.45%	-7.74%

Feb. 14	MEC Company Ltd. Announces Retirement of Mitsuo HAYASHI as Director	CI
2023	Mec Company Ltd. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023	CI

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	28,713	43,079	76,111	39,505	82,296	75,929	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	24,406	37,900	68,959	30,062	73,540	65,660	64,925	75,929
P/E ratio	23.2 x	27 x	25.8 x	12.9 x	35.9 x	30.5 x	22.6 x	19.6 x
Yield	1.72%	1.15%	0.87%	2.17%	1.02%	1.11%	1.31%	1.23%
Capitalization / Revenue	2.64 x	3.6 x	5.06 x	2.42 x	5.87 x	4.54 x	4.04 x	3.75 x
EV / Revenue	2.25 x	3.17 x	4.59 x	1.84 x	5.25 x	3.93 x	3.45 x	3.75 x
EV / EBITDA	10.5 x	12 x	14.7 x	6.31 x	18.4 x	14.8 x	11 x	11.9 x
EV / FCF	30.5 x	24 x	27.8 x	9.66 x	135 x	-110 x	19.2 x	26.6 x
FCF Yield	3.28%	4.17%	3.6%	10.4%	0.74%	-0.91%	5.2%	3.77%
Price to Book	1.78 x	2.47 x	3.64 x	1.69 x	3.32 x	2.86 x	2.61 x	2.37 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	18,978	18,978	19,004	19,011	18,725	18,725	-	-
Reference price ²	1,513	2,270	4,005	2,078	4,395	4,055	4,055	4,055
Announcement Date	2/13/20	2/12/21	2/14/22	2/14/23	2/14/24	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	10,865	11,956	15,038	16,329	14,020	16,725	18,800	20,250
EBITDA ¹	2,330	3,154	4,681	4,764	3,993	4,438	5,893	6,400
EBIT ¹	1,637	2,370	3,939	4,004	2,492	3,490	4,720	5,400
Operating Margin	15.07%	19.82%	26.19%	24.52%	17.77%	20.87%	25.11%	26.67%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	1,710	2,309	4,092	4,224	3,219	3,400	4,100	4,900
Net income ¹	1,236	1,595	2,949	3,064	2,304	2,534	3,418	3,875
Net margin	11.38%	13.34%	19.61%	18.76%	16.43%	15.15%	18.18%	19.14%
EPS ²	65.16	84.09	155.3	161.2	122.3	133.2	179.5	206.9
Free Cash Flow ¹	800	1,582	2,484	3,112	543.4	-596	3,377	2,860
FCF margin	7.36%	13.23%	16.52%	19.06%	3.88%	-3.56%	17.96%	14.12%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	34.34%	50.16%	53.07%	65.32%	13.61%	-	57.3%	44.68%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	64.72%	99.18%	84.23%	101.57%	23.59%	-	98.8%	73.79%
Dividend per Share ²	26.00	26.00	35.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	53.00	50.00
Announcement Date	2/13/20	2/12/21	2/14/22	2/14/23	2/14/24	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019 S2	2020 S1	2020 S2	2021 S1	2021 Q3	2021 Q4	2021 S2	2022 Q1	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
Net sales ¹	5,889	5,701	6,255	7,024	4,133	3,881	8,014	3,955	4,172	8,127	4,237	3,965	8,202	2,765	3,433	6,198	3,783	4,039	7,822	3,850	4,500	8,500	4,500	4,500	9,000
EBITDA	-	-	-	2,307	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EBIT ¹	1,027	1,133	1,237	1,949	1,203	787	1,990	1,051	1,033	2,084	1,034	886	1,920	168	670	838	833	820.9	1,654	725	1,100	1,800	1,100	1,100	2,200
Operating Margin	17.44%	19.87%	19.78%	27.75%	29.11%	20.28%	24.83%	26.57%	24.76%	25.64%	24.4%	22.35%	23.41%	6.08%	19.52%	13.52%	22.02%	20.32%	21.15%	18.83%	24.44%	21.18%	24.44%	24.44%	24.44%
Earnings before Tax (EBT)	-	1,075	-	2,015	1,195	-	-	1,185	-	2,374	1,036	-	-	219	1,329	1,548	873.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net income	-	794	-	1,466	818	-	-	793	-	1,661	721	-	-	82	994	1,076	631	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net margin	-	13.93%	-	20.87%	19.79%	-	-	20.05%	-	20.44%	17.02%	-	-	2.97%	28.95%	17.36%	16.68%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EPS	-	41.85	-	77.25	43.05	-	-	41.76	-	87.40	37.95	-	-	4.320	52.47	56.79	33.60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dividend per Share	-	12.00	-	14.00	-	-	-	-	-	20.00	-	-	-	-	20.00	20.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Announcement Date	2/13/20	8/11/20	2/12/21	8/10/21	11/10/21	2/14/22	2/14/22	5/10/22	8/10/22	8/10/22	11/10/22	2/14/23	2/14/23	5/10/23	8/9/23	8/9/23	11/10/23	2/14/24	2/14/24	-	-	-	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Cash position ¹	4,307	5,179	7,152	9,443	8,756	10,269	11,004	-
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cash Flow ¹	800	1,582	2,484	3,112	543	-596	3,377	2,860
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	7.9%	9.5%	15.4%	13.8%	9.6%	9.4%	12.8%	11.7%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	8.86%	11.5%	17.5%	16.1%	9.55%	8.1%	9.2%	10.2%
Assets ¹	13,956	13,860	16,820	19,052	24,115	31,281	37,153	37,990
Book Value Per Share ²	848.0	921.0	1,101	1,227	1,323	1,418	1,556	1,712
Cash Flow per Share	102.0	125.0	194.0	201.0	163.0	-	-	-
Capex ¹	1,362	847	529	698	1,870	3,104	2,000	1,500
Capex / Sales	12.54%	7.08%	3.52%	4.27%	13.34%	18.56%	10.64%	7.41%
Announcement Date	2/13/20	2/12/21	2/14/22	2/14/23	2/14/24	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

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Ratings for MEC Company Ltd.

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Mean consensus

OUTPERFORM

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Last Close Price

4,055 JPY

Average target price

4,100 JPY

Spread / Average Target

+1.11%

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