Shares in ZOZO, Inc. do not show any sign of a slowdown in the ascending dynamic. Investors could bet on a continuation of the underlying trend.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● The company's Refinitiv ESG score, based on a relative ranking of the company within its sector, comes out particularly poor.
Strengths
● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
● Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
● Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
● Analysts have consistently raised their revenue expectations for the company, which provides good prospects for the current and next years in terms of revenue growth.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
Weaknesses
● The firm trades with high earnings multiples: 30.5 times its 2022 earnings per share.
● The company's enterprise value to sales, at 6.06 times its current sales, is high.
● In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
● The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
● The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.
ZOZO, Inc., formerly START TODAY CO., LTD. is a Japan-based company engaged in the E-commerce (EC) business which operates Internet shopping Websites. The Companyâs business includes ZOZOTOWN business, PB business, BtoB business, advertising business and other business. The ZOZOTOWN business consists of the purchasing shop, contracted shop and ZOZOUSED business. PB business sells the Company-designed apparel products tailored to the individual shape of the users. The B to B business supports various fulfillment related businesses, such as system development, design production, logistics contracting, marketing support of EC sites operated independently by apparel makers. The advertising business uses ZOZOTOWN and WAR's user reach base to provide advertising space to client brands and advertising agencies and earns advertising revenue. The others business includes business associated with ZOZOTOWN, such as paid member revenue, shipping income and settlement fee income.