Kikkoman Corporation (KIKOF)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
60% above intrinsic value ($0)
Kikkoman Corporation (KIKOF) — VMCI valuation read
Kikkoman Corporation (KIKOF) carries a VMCI composite of 67/100, 17 points above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 50. Among mid-cap names, that gap places KIKOF in the top third on the five-pillar weighting (Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%).
The KIKOF insider tape has been silent for the past 30 days on Form 4. Where executives neither buy nor sell, the bull and bear cases lean harder on filings cadence and the next earnings line.
**Investor frame.** Value reads KIKOF trades at 18.0x earnings, 0% above the Consumer Defensive median of 18.0x, which compresses or extends through the 11.0x EV/EBITDA versus a Consumer Defensive 12.0x. Quality: ROIC of 14.0% sits 4.0pp above the Consumer Defensive median (10.0%). Risk: net debt to EBITDA of 1.9x is the rate-sensitivity line to watch, the line to track on Kikkoman Corporation's next 10-Q.
KIKOF rose 2.9% over the trailing 7 days, with a -10.4% read on a 30-day basis.
Kikkoman Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells food products in Japan and internationally. It offers soy sauces, soy sauce soup bases, dipping and marinade sauces, and Del Monte seasonings; soy milk and Del Monte beverages; sweet sake for cooking; and wines. The company also manufactures and sells canned fruits, corn products, and tomato ketchup, as well as health foods; and purchases and sells oriental food products. In addition, it produces and sells clinical diagnostic reagents, hygiene inspection agents, and processing enzymes, as well as chemical products, including hyaluronic acid; and offers real estate rental, logistics, and back-office support services. The company was formerly known as Kikkoman Shoyu Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kikkoman Corporation in 1980. Kikkoman Corporation was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Noda, Japan.
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