Financials Kadokawa Corporation

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JP3214350005

Consumer Publishing

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 02:00:00 2024-05-10 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
3,004 ^JPY	+6.36%		+7.02%	+4.63%

May. 08	Vic Game Studios Co., Ltd. announced that it expects to receive funding from Kadokawa Corporation	CI
Apr. 30	Kadokawa Corporation agreed to acquire an unknown majority stake in Arclight, Inc.	CI

Valuation

Fiscal Period: March	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	73,810	83,748	276,756	447,864	393,333	403,428	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	65,731	74,392	263,173	384,725	251,333	356,156	297,698	282,996
P/E ratio	-18.3 x	10.5 x	27.7 x	30.4 x	31 x	31.8 x	28.9 x	21.2 x
Yield	1.71%	2.2%	1.16%	0.93%	1.06%	1.13%	1.01%	1.36%
Capitalization / Revenue	0.35 x	0.41 x	1.32 x	2.02 x	1.54 x	1.38 x	1.54 x	1.43 x
EV / Revenue	0.32 x	0.36 x	1.25 x	1.74 x	0.98 x	1.38 x	1.13 x	1.01 x
EV / EBITDA	-	-	-	15.6 x	7.88 x	13.2 x	10.9 x	8.25 x
EV / FCF	-8.78 x	99.9 x	-64.8 x	27.9 x	200 x	81.1 x	25.3 x	17.9 x
FCF Yield	-11.4%	1%	-1.54%	3.58%	0.5%	1.23%	3.95%	5.58%
Price to Book	0.73 x	0.8 x	2.17 x	2.61 x	1.94 x	1.87 x	2.03 x	1.82 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	126,496	122,888	128,874	139,088	139,579	134,297	-	-
Reference price ²	583.5	681.5	2,148	3,220	2,818	3,004	3,004	3,004
Announcement Date	5/14/19	5/14/20	4/30/21	5/12/22	5/11/23	5/9/24	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: March	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	208,605	204,653	209,947	221,208	255,429	258,109	262,511	281,200
EBITDA ¹	-	-	-	24,621	31,901	22,759	27,288	34,299
EBIT ¹	2,707	8,087	13,625	18,519	25,931	18,454	21,796	28,884
Operating Margin	1.3%	3.95%	6.49%	8.37%	10.15%	7.15%	8.3%	10.27%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	-379	9,499	14,256	19,458	21,352	19,694	23,444	29,502
Net income ¹	-4,085	8,098	9,584	14,078	12,679	11,384	14,023	19,048
Net margin	-1.96%	3.96%	4.56%	6.36%	4.96%	4.41%	5.34%	6.77%
EPS ²	-31.97	65.06	77.42	106.0	90.91	83.42	104.0	141.5
Free Cash Flow ¹	-7,486	745	-4,061	13,768	1,257	3,716	11,756	15,796
FCF margin	-3.59%	0.36%	-1.93%	6.22%	0.49%	1.48%	4.48%	5.62%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	-	-	-	55.92%	3.94%	16.33%	43.08%	46.05%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	-	9.2%	-	97.8%	9.91%	46.42%	83.83%	82.93%
Dividend per Share ²	10.00	15.00	25.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.25	40.80
Announcement Date	5/14/19	5/14/20	4/30/21	5/12/22	5/11/23	5/9/24	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: March	2020 S1	2021 S1	2022 Q2	2022 S1	2022 Q3	2022 Q4	2023 Q1	2023 Q2	2023 S1	2023 Q3	2023 Q4	2024 Q1	2024 Q2	2024 S1	2024 Q3	2024 Q4	2025 Q1	2025 Q2	2025 Q3	2025 Q4
Net sales ¹	100,439	97,553	52,777	104,811	52,830	63,567	64,264	58,375	122,639	67,088	65,702	58,835	65,372	124,207	62,817	71,085	65,391	65,667	67,407	70,936
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EBIT ¹	6,389	7,847	4,069	9,938	2,871	5,710	9,622	3,615	13,237	6,192	6,502	3,267	5,337	8,604	4,730	5,120	6,122	6,728	5,108	5,141
Operating Margin	6.36%	8.04%	7.71%	9.48%	5.43%	8.98%	14.97%	6.19%	10.79%	9.23%	9.9%	5.55%	8.16%	6.93%	7.53%	7.2%	9.36%	10.25%	7.58%	7.25%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	8,573	7,689	4,633	10,684	3,478	5,296	12,308	4,442	16,750	3,703	899	6,034	3,363	9,397	3,937	6,360	-	-	-	-
Net income ¹	6,202	5,206	3,093	7,116	2,454	4,508	7,638	2,899	10,537	1,622	520	3,843	282	4,125	2,188	5,071	-	-	-	-
Net margin	6.17%	5.34%	5.86%	6.79%	4.65%	7.09%	11.89%	4.97%	8.59%	2.42%	0.79%	6.53%	0.43%	3.32%	3.48%	7.13%	-	-	-	-
EPS	49.22	42.28	-	55.16	18.01	-	54.85	-	75.62	11.60	-	27.59	-	29.81	16.23	-	-	-	-	-
Dividend per Share	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Announcement Date	11/14/19	10/29/20	10/29/21	10/29/21	2/3/22	5/12/22	7/29/22	11/2/22	11/2/22	2/2/23	5/11/23	8/3/23	11/2/23	11/2/23	2/8/24	5/9/24	-	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: March	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Cash position ¹	8,079	9,356	13,583	63,139	142,000	101,925	105,730	120,433
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cash Flow ¹	-7,486	745	-4,061	13,768	1,257	3,716	11,756	15,796
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	-3.9%	7.8%	8.2%	9.4%	6.8%	5.8%	7.32%	8.83%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	1.74%	3.64%	5.61%	6.79%	7.53%	5.6%	6.58%	5.35%
Assets ¹	-234,541	222,595	170,964	207,192	168,351	203,424	213,178	355,976
Book Value Per Share ²	801.0	856.0	988.0	1,234	1,450	1,418	1,483	1,650
Cash Flow per Share ²	17.90	104.0	113.0	149.0	134.0	133.0	163.0	182.0
Capex ¹	13,350	15,771	19,647	5,279	7,806	7,147	7,133	7,300
Capex / Sales	6.4%	7.71%	9.36%	2.39%	3.06%	2.84%	2.72%	2.6%
Announcement Date	5/14/19	5/14/20	4/30/21	5/12/22	5/11/23	5/9/24	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

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Mean consensus

BUY

Number of Analysts

Last Close Price

3,004 JPY

Average target price

3,838 JPY

Spread / Average Target

+27.77%

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