Japan Tobacco Inc. (JAPAY)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
58% below intrinsic value ($0)
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JAPAY) — VMCI valuation read
The headline on Japan Tobacco Inc. (JAPAY) is a 64/100 VMCI score, set against a Consumer Defensive sector median of 50. That 14-point above-median read reflects the five-pillar weighting and, for a mid-cap name, suggests a relative-value tailwind is in the data.
JAPAY insider activity report: 0 buys, 0 sells filed via Form 4 over the past 30 days. The next datable items are the 10-Q schedule and any 8-K-triggering events; both feed the VMCI Integrity pillar more than the price tape.
**Investor frame.** JAPAY trades at 27.0x earnings, 50% above the Consumer Defensive median of 18.0x sets the value side. ROIC of 11.0% sits 1.0pp above the Consumer Defensive median (10.0%) sets the quality side. Net debt to EBITDA of 3.3x is the binding constraint on the bear case sets the risk side, the three lines a value buyer reads first on JAPAY.
JAPAY fell 1.6% over the trailing 7 days, with a -12.2% read on a 30-day basis.
Japan Tobacco Inc., a tobacco company, manufactures and sells tobacco products, prescription drugs, and processed foods in Japan and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Domestic Tobacco, International Tobacco, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food. It offers tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, oral tobacco, waterpipe tobacco, kretek, and fine cut products under the Winston, Camel, MEVIUS, and LD brands. The company also provides reduced-risk products, including tobacco-infused vapor and heated tobacco products, E-Vapor products, etc. under the Ploom, Logic, Ploom TECH, Ploom TECH+, and Ploom S brands. In addition, it researches and develops, manufactures, and sells prescription drugs for the therapeutic areas, such as cardiovascular, renal and metabolism, immunology, and neuroscience. Further, the company provides staple food products, such as frozen noodles and okonomiyaki, and frozen and packed cooked rice; ambient processed foods; bakery products; and seasonings, including yeast extracts and oyster sauce. Japan Tobacco Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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