Margins varied 29.2% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).
- 10y median
- 9.1%
- Worst year
- 3.9%
- Latest · 2026
- 6.6%
# Okuma (6103.JP) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/6103.JP Analysis as of: 2026-10-15T07:10:48.507Z. Financial observations: FY2014–FY2026. Listing currency: JPY. Reporting currency: JPY. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: JPY 4,710.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low JPY 3,647.70 per share, central JPY 4,040.29 per share, high JPY 4,562.92 per share. Buy at or below the central value JPY 4,040.29 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-15T07:10:48.507Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 8.8% at the stated quote. About 8.8% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; JP 10-year bond 2.9% + 4 points). ## Checklist ### understandable: pass - 4 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational) - Financial history: 10 years - Years with declining revenue: 4 - Years with a net loss: 0 - Operating margin variation: 0.29× Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: 0.10× - FY2018: 0.12× - FY2019: 0.13× - FY2020: 0.09× - FY2021: 0.04× - FY2022: 0.08× - FY2023: 0.11× - FY2024: 0.11× - FY2025: 0.07× - FY2026: 0.07× ### moat: fail - ROIC median below threshold - ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed) - ROIC, median of available years: 9.8% - ROIC, second-lowest year: 5.2% - Typical minus recent gross margin: 1.3 pp - Typical gross margin (annual median): 30.6% - Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 29.4% - Years with nonpositive capital: 0 - Capital spending / revenue: 5.3% - ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 7.3% Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: 10.8% - FY2018: 14.9% - FY2019: 17.6% - FY2020: 9.2% - FY2021: 2.7% - FY2022: 9.0% - FY2023: 13.4% - FY2024: 10.4% - FY2025: 5.2% - FY2026: 5.3% ### economics: fail - owner earnings cash conversion below threshold - incremental invested capital return below threshold - working capital as a share of revenue rose more than 10pp and ends positive - Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.67× - Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No - Owner earnings, five-year total: JPY 49B - Net income, five-year total: JPY 72B - Return on incremental invested capital: -3.2% - Working capital / revenue, annual change: 1.3 pp - Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 10.9 pp - Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 50.0% Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations. - FY2022: 1.02× - FY2023: 0.96× - FY2024: 0.78× - FY2025: 0.43× - FY2026: -0.08× ### management: fail - Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2017 to 2026 (9 years) - buybacks leaned toward cheaper years (informational) - ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 14.9% vs 5.3% - Per-share earnings: 427.28 to 208.03 (three-year endpoint medians) - per-share value declined or ends nonpositive - Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes - Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 6.5% - Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: -0.9% - Market cap gain: JPY 118B - Cumulative retained earnings: JPY 81B - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 6.5% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -0.9% - $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2017 - $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2026 - Per-share value growth: -8.6% - Per-share value change: JPY -219.25 - Per-share value, starting three-year median: JPY 427.28 - Per-share value, ending three-year median: JPY 208.03 - Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): 0.07 - Average buyback yield: 1.0% - Buyback history: 10 years - Debt-funded buybacks: No - Acquisition spending: JPY 14B - Cumulative net income, 10 years: JPY 128B - ROIC, first three-year median: 14.9% - ROIC, last three-year median: 5.3% Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: JPY 319.50 - FY2018: JPY 443.85 - FY2019: JPY 578.55 - FY2020: JPY 339.30 - FY2021: JPY 33.07 - FY2022: JPY 183.46 - FY2023: JPY 307.98 - FY2024: JPY 314.90 - FY2025: JPY 158.46 - FY2026: JPY 208.03 ### accounting: pass - Sloan accruals: -3.3% - Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.06× - Restructuring years, last five: 0 - Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 0.0% - Earnings backed by cash: Yes - Operating cash / earnings: 1.90× - Accounting red flags: 0 - Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.07× Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: 0.1% - FY2018: -6.7% - FY2019: 2.9% - FY2020: 0.3% - FY2021: -7.6% - FY2022: -1.8% - FY2023: 1.1% - FY2024: 4.7% - FY2025: -2.8% - FY2026: -3.3% ## Holders ## Price story Price needs cash profits to grow 3.2% a year for ten years · sales +14.1% Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:14.403Z; price observation 2026-10-15. Price needs cash profits to grow 3.2% a year for ten years ### Sales · FY2025–2026 sales +14.1%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YFQC.pdf; observed 2026-06-22. - FY2017: JPY 163B - FY2018: JPY 182B - FY2019: JPY 212B - FY2020: JPY 172B - FY2021: JPY 123B - FY2022: JPY 173B - FY2023: JPY 228B - FY2024: JPY 228B - FY2025: JPY 207B - FY2026: JPY 236B ### Gross margin · FY2026 gross margin 29.4%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YFQC.pdf; observed 2026-06-22. - FY2017: 29.6% - FY2018: 31.3% - FY2019: 31.0% - FY2020: 29.7% - FY2021: 28.0% - FY2022: 30.2% - FY2023: 32.1% - FY2024: 32.7% - FY2025: 31.7% - FY2026: 29.4% ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Annual sales are JPY 235.9 billion. - Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YFQC.pdf (filed 2026-06-22); FY2026: revenue 235888000000; grossProfit 69302000000; margin = grossProfit / revenue. ### Why customers stay Margins ranged from 29.4% to 32.7% during 2024–26; it earns 9.8% on its capital. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 32.7%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 31.7%. - Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YFQC.pdf (filed 2026-06-22); FY2026: grossProfit / revenue = 29.4%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); 10-year return on capital observations [[2017,0.10837392424590044],[2018,0.14943176290951551],[2019,0.1760439890075367],[2020,0.09197927664390348],[2021,0.02674760099716559],[2022,0.09020266678432307],[2023,0.13384435673018344],[2024,0.10410558316695546],[2025,0.05193463417826447],[2026,0.053165404462456475]]; median 0.09804242990542947. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Where the cash goes Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years; bought back JPY 5 billion of shares. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2017: growth capex 0; upkeep 8644000000; owner earnings 6477000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2018: growth capex 4112375052.9893513; upkeep 5354624947.010649; owner earnings 13380375052.989351. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.30734378047725897. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2019: growth capex 2532000000; upkeep 5598000000; owner earnings 17997000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.14069011501916986. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 11433000000; owner earnings 5028000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 4316000000; owner earnings 4137000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 6302000000; owner earnings 11813000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2023: growth capex 1300000000; upkeep 7963000000; owner earnings 18508000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.0702398962610763. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2024: growth capex 99664319.35726547; upkeep 12784335680.642735; owner earnings 15194664319.357265. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.0065591655901406105. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 13599000000; owner earnings 4082000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); Dividend observations: [[2017,3047000000],[2018,2887000000],[2019,3850000000],[2020,4104000000],[2021,2525000000],[2022,1736000000],[2023,4531000000],[2024,5867000000],[2025,6066000000],[2026,6050000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. - Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YFQC.pdf (filed 2026-06-22); FY2026: cash repurchases 5002000000 JPY. ### What the price says The price assumes cash profits grow 3.2% yearly over ten years. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-22); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.033540534905705105. Price 4710; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2016 owner earnings/share 454.23261152077094 → FY2026 -16.0451598581741. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (JPY per share) - 2016-11: JPY 2,502.50 per share - 2016-12: JPY 2,787.50 per share - 2017-01: JPY 2,942.50 per share - 2017-02: JPY 3,057.50 per share - 2017-03: JPY 2,915.00 per share - 2017-04: JPY 2,917.50 per share - 2017-05: JPY 2,482.50 per share - 2017-06: JPY 2,667.50 per share - 2017-07: JPY 2,657.50 per share - 2017-08: JPY 2,530.00 per share - 2017-09: JPY 3,080.00 per share - 2017-10: JPY 3,455.00 per share - 2017-11: JPY 3,580.00 per share - 2017-12: JPY 3,745.00 per share - 2018-01: JPY 3,745.00 per share - 2018-02: JPY 3,410.00 per share - 2018-03: JPY 3,130.00 per share - 2018-04: JPY 3,135.00 per share - 2018-05: JPY 3,185.00 per share - 2018-06: JPY 2,930.00 per share - 2018-07: JPY 3,140.00 per share - 2018-08: JPY 3,210.00 per share - 2018-09: JPY 3,155.00 per share - 2018-10: JPY 2,825.00 per share - 2018-11: JPY 2,825.00 per share - 2018-12: JPY 2,630.00 per share - 2019-01: JPY 2,805.00 per share - 2019-02: JPY 3,070.00 per share - 2019-03: JPY 2,995.00 per share - 2019-04: JPY 3,255.00 per share - 2019-05: JPY 2,655.00 per share - 2019-06: JPY 2,765.00 per share - 2019-07: JPY 2,855.00 per share - 2019-08: JPY 2,600.00 per share - 2019-09: JPY 2,925.00 per share - 2019-10: JPY 3,270.00 per share - 2019-11: JPY 3,025.00 per share - 2019-12: JPY 2,900.00 per share - 2020-01: JPY 2,555.00 per share - 2020-02: JPY 2,290.00 per share - 2020-03: JPY 1,742.50 per share - 2020-04: JPY 2,060.00 per share - 2020-05: JPY 2,245.00 per share - 2020-06: JPY 2,305.00 per share - 2020-07: JPY 2,032.50 per share - 2020-08: JPY 2,422.50 per share - 2020-09: JPY 2,457.50 per share - 2020-10: JPY 2,515.00 per share - 2020-11: JPY 3,010.00 per share - 2020-12: JPY 2,885.00 per share - 2021-01: JPY 3,135.00 per share - 2021-02: JPY 2,925.00 per share - 2021-03: JPY 3,175.00 per share - 2021-04: JPY 2,945.00 per share - 2021-05: JPY 2,830.00 per share - 2021-06: JPY 2,715.00 per share - 2021-07: JPY 2,725.00 per share - 2021-08: JPY 2,635.00 per share - 2021-09: JPY 2,720.00 per share - 2021-10: JPY 2,710.00 per share - 2021-11: JPY 2,372.50 per share - 2021-12: JPY 2,560.00 per share - 2022-01: JPY 2,480.00 per share - 2022-02: JPY 2,332.50 per share - 2022-03: JPY 2,550.00 per share - 2022-04: JPY 2,335.00 per share - 2022-05: JPY 2,605.00 per share - 2022-06: JPY 2,540.00 per share - 2022-07: JPY 2,605.00 per share - 2022-08: JPY 2,650.00 per share - 2022-09: JPY 2,475.00 per share - 2022-10: JPY 2,495.00 per share - 2022-11: JPY 2,605.00 per share - 2022-12: JPY 2,350.00 per share - 2023-01: JPY 2,620.00 per share - 2023-02: JPY 2,740.00 per share - 2023-03: JPY 2,955.00 per share - 2023-04: JPY 3,005.00 per share - 2023-05: JPY 3,340.00 per share - 2023-06: JPY 3,842.50 per share - 2023-07: JPY 3,601.00 per share - 2023-08: JPY 3,417.50 per share - 2023-09: JPY 3,287.50 per share - 2023-10: JPY 3,074.00 per share - 2023-11: JPY 3,097.00 per share - 2023-12: JPY 3,037.50 per share - 2024-01: JPY 3,347.50 per share - 2024-02: JPY 3,526.00 per share - 2024-03: JPY 3,566.00 per share - 2024-04: JPY 3,554.00 per share - 2024-05: JPY 3,360.50 per share - 2024-06: JPY 3,624.00 per share - 2024-07: JPY 3,784.50 per share - 2024-08: JPY 3,025.00 per share - 2024-09: JPY 3,063.00 per share - 2024-10: JPY 3,125.00 per share - 2024-11: JPY 3,080.00 per share - 2024-12: JPY 3,410.00 per share - 2025-01: JPY 3,515.00 per share - 2025-02: JPY 3,340.00 per share - 2025-03: JPY 3,410.00 per share - 2025-04: JPY 3,195.00 per share - 2025-05: JPY 3,665.00 per share - 2025-06: JPY 3,670.00 per share - 2025-07: JPY 4,125.00 per share - 2025-08: JPY 3,520.00 per share - 2025-09: JPY 3,380.00 per share - 2025-10: JPY 3,445.00 per share - 2025-11: JPY 3,765.00 per share - 2025-12: JPY 3,630.00 per share - 2026-01: JPY 3,830.00 per share - 2026-02: JPY 4,665.00 per share - 2026-03: JPY 3,510.00 per share - 2026-04: JPY 4,475.00 per share - 2026-05: JPY 4,080.00 per share - 2026-06: JPY 4,625.00 per share - 2026-07: JPY 4,945.00 per share - 2026-08: JPY 4,800.00 per share - 2026-09: JPY 4,780.00 per share - 2026-10: JPY 5,130.00 per share ## Annual estimated value (JPY per share) - FY2020: low JPY 5,792.74 per share, central JPY 6,396.26 per share, high JPY 7,199.68 per share - FY2021: low JPY 1,738.06 per share, central JPY 1,855.33 per share, high JPY 2,011.43 per share - FY2022: low JPY 3,081.54 per share, central JPY 3,363.61 per share, high JPY 3,739.10 per share - FY2023: low JPY 3,774.30 per share, central JPY 4,150.56 per share, high JPY 4,651.45 per share - FY2024: low JPY 3,510.35 per share, central JPY 3,882.41 per share, high JPY 4,377.70 per share - FY2025: low JPY 3,298.11 per share, central JPY 3,641.34 per share, high JPY 4,098.26 per share - FY2026: low JPY 3,647.70 per share, central JPY 4,040.29 per share, high JPY 4,562.92 per share Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates ## Sources [Original EDINET filing](https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YFQC.pdf); period 2026-03-31, filed 2026-06-22. Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
6103 · JP
Nikkei 225
Not a wonderful business
3 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.
Margins varied 29.2% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).
Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 9.8% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 5.2% (minimum 10%).
Each $1 of profit left $0.67 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80), and new investment earned -3.2% (minimum 12%), and working capital rose 10.9% of sales (limit 10%) to 50% (waived at zero or below).
Per-share value fell from 427.28 to 208.03, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).
Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -3.3% of assets (limit 10%).
Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 9.2%, three-year average owner earnings per share 99.43 JPY.
| Value range | JPY 3,647.70 – JPY 4,562.92 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value JPY 4,040.29 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 4710.00 / 4040.29 = -16.6% |
| Return / year | About 8.8% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Owner cash JPY 260.51/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash JPY 800.31/share today. |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |