Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TKCBF)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
250% above intrinsic value ($0)
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TKCBF) — VMCI valuation read
TKCBF screens at VMCI 58/100, a 8-point gap above the Basic Materials sector median (50). For a mid-cap Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. share, that placement says the multi-pillar composite is cheaper or higher quality than the typical peer on a like-for-like basis.
TKCBF has logged no Form 4 insider activity over the trailing 30 days. The tape reads neither bullish nor bearish on insider conviction. The next signal sits with the 10-Q schedule and the analyst calendar.
**Investor frame.** Value: TKCBF trades at 24.0x earnings, 33% above the Basic Materials median of 18.0x, while EV/EBITDA prints 9.0x against 12.0x for the Basic Materials group. Quality: ROIC of 12.0% sits 2.0pp above the Basic Materials median (10.0%), the cleanest like-for-like comparison on capital efficiency. Risk: net debt to EBITDA of 0.4x leaves covenant headroom, which sets the rate-cycle exposure for Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd..
TKCBF fell 2.9% over the trailing 7 days, with a -2.9% read on a 30-day basis.
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells carbon-related products and services in Japan. The company offers graphite electrodes for use in electric furnaces, such as direct current, alternating current, and refining furnaces; and carbon black, including SEAST, TOKABLACK, Aqua Black, and Thermal black varieties, which are used to reinforce the rubber in tires, as well as used as a black pigment in various black-colored products. It also provides fine carbon products comprising special graphite products that include isotropic graphite G/HK series, extruded graphite, SiC coated carbon, C/C composite, glassy carbon, solid SiC, carbon brush, and resin-impregnated graphite products, as well as furnace materials for silicon semiconductor, solar cell manufacturing, and other applications; and industrial furnaces and related products, which comprise silicon carbide heating elements, resistors, recryte SiC structural materials, and industrial furnaces for heat treatment of ceramics, electronic components, metals, glass, and others. In addition, it provides carbon and graphite products and solutions for various smelting applications; and friction materials, including sintered metal friction, paper friction, carbonaceous friction, sliding, resin, woven, and soft mold materials to regulate power transmission in industrial and construction machinery, as well as for use in brake and clutch parts of vehicles, such as motorbikes, trucks, buses, and trains. Further, the company offers anode materials for secondary lithium-ion batteries that are used in smartphones and electric cars. The company was formerly known as Tokai Electrode Mfg. Co. Ltd. and changed its name to Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. in 1975. The company was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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