# Sharp (6753.JP)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/6753.JP

Analysis as of: 2026-10-15T07:11:05.505Z. Financial observations: FY2013–FY2026.

Listing currency: JPY. Reporting currency: JPY.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: fail; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: JPY 581.50 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low JPY 706.61 per share, central JPY 761.44 per share, high JPY 834.43 per share. Buy at or below the central value JPY 761.44 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-15T07:11:05.505Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 14.8% at the stated quote. About 14.8% 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: fail

- 6 revenue declines in the last 10 years

- more than 5 revenue declines in ten years

- more than 2 net loss years

- operating margin variation exceeds 0.35

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 6

- Years with a net loss: 3

- Operating margin variation: 0.79×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 0.03×

- FY2018: 0.04×

- FY2019: 0.04×

- FY2020: 0.02×

- FY2021: 0.03×

- FY2022: 0.03×

- FY2023: -0.01×

- FY2024: -0.01×

- FY2025: 0.01×

- FY2026: 0.03×

### moat: fail

- ROIC median below threshold

- ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed)

- ROIC, median of available years: 8.4%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: -3.1%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: -1.2 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 17.5%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 18.8%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 2.4%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 3.1%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 10.8%

- FY2018: 12.2%

- FY2019: 11.4%

- FY2020: 4.1%

- FY2021: 8.9%

- FY2022: 8.8%

- FY2023: -3.1%

- FY2024: -3.3%

- FY2025: 4.7%

- FY2026: 7.9%

### economics: fail

- owner earnings cash conversion below threshold

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: JPY -218B

- Net income, five-year total: JPY -253B

- Return on incremental invested capital: 118.7%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 0.3 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 2.0 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 16.6%

Chart: Owner earnings · five years; fiscal year observations.

- FY2022: JPY 83B

- FY2023: JPY -228B

- FY2024: JPY -146B

- FY2025: JPY 27B

- FY2026: JPY 46B

### management: fail

- Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2017 to 2026 (9 years)

- potential debt-funded buybacks (informational)

- buybacks unrelated to price (informational)

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 11.4% vs 4.7%

- Per-share earnings: -68.56 to 55.59 (three-year endpoint medians)

- acquired goodwill and intangibles (proxy) exceeds half of ten-year net income with low and deteriorating ROIC

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: -8.9%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 1.2%

- Market cap gain: JPY -1.33T

- Cumulative retained earnings: JPY 142B

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: -8.9%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 1.2%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2017

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2026

- Per-share value change: JPY 124.15

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: JPY -68.56

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: JPY 55.59

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): -0.10

- Average buyback yield: 5.3%

- Buyback history: 5 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: Yes

- Acquisition spending: JPY 16B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: JPY -77B

- ROIC, first three-year median: 11.4%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 4.7%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: JPY -68.56

- FY2018: JPY 106.07

- FY2019: JPY 100.08

- FY2020: JPY 22.47

- FY2021: JPY 87.20

- FY2022: JPY 121.14

- FY2023: JPY -407.31

- FY2024: JPY -230.99

- FY2025: JPY 55.59

- FY2026: JPY 73.05

### accounting: fail

- earnings not backed by cash

- Sloan accruals: 3.3%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.11×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Earnings backed by cash: No

- Operating cash / earnings: -0.00×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.14×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: -8.6%

- FY2018: -1.8%

- FY2019: -0.8%

- FY2020: -3.0%

- FY2021: -7.9%

- FY2022: -0.1%

- FY2023: -15.5%

- FY2024: -17.3%

- FY2025: 2.6%

- FY2026: 3.3%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 57% since Oct 2021 · sales -12.4%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:14.512Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to shrink 5.5% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2025–2026

sales -12.4%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHZV.pdf; observed 2026-06-23.

- FY2017: JPY 2.05T 

- FY2018: JPY 2.43T 

- FY2019: JPY 2.39T 

- FY2020: JPY 2.26T 

- FY2021: JPY 2.43T 

- FY2022: JPY 2.50T 

- FY2023: JPY 2.55T 

- FY2024: JPY 2.32T 

- FY2025: JPY 2.16T 

- FY2026: JPY 1.89T 

### Gross margin · FY2026

gross margin 22.2%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHZV.pdf; observed 2026-06-23.

- FY2017: 18.7% 

- FY2018: 16.7% 

- FY2019: 17.7% 

- FY2020: 17.9% 

- FY2021: 17.4% 

- FY2022: 17.3% 

- FY2023: 13.0% 

- FY2024: 15.0% 

- FY2025: 18.8% 

- FY2026: 22.2% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Annual sales are JPY 1.9 trillion.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHZV.pdf (filed 2026-06-23); FY2026: revenue 1892811000000; grossProfit 420763000000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 15% to 22.2% during 2024–26; it earns 8.4% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 15%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 18.8%.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHZV.pdf (filed 2026-06-23); FY2026: grossProfit / revenue = 22.2%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); 10-year return on capital observations [[2017,0.10822136190653754],[2018,0.12196274352315546],[2019,0.11373635580392248],[2020,0.041416128612904626],[2021,0.08908468392863765],[2022,0.08837517554659148],[2023,-0.030521362539770287],[2024,-0.0332414336597292],[2025,0.04696677917437583],[2026,0.07882421798928088]]; median 0.08359969676793619. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 6 of 10 years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); FY2018: growth capex 40512000000; upkeep 76116000000; owner earnings 70225000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.5768885724457102.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 142848000000; owner earnings 13000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 51382000000; owner earnings 73823000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 63073000000; owner earnings 83315000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 39018000000; owner earnings 26962000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHZV.pdf (filed 2026-06-23); FY2026: growth capex 0; upkeep 33526000000; owner earnings 46035000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); Dividend observations: [[2017,0],[2018,0],[2019,21076000000],[2020,15028000000],[2021,10980000000],[2022,18312000000],[2023,24425000000],[2024,25000000],[2025,0],[2026,0]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits shrink 5.5% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-23); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate -0.0897491485550242. Price 581.5; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2016 owner earnings/share -136.29865641554545 → FY2026 70.89549163047602. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (JPY per share)

- 2016-11: JPY 1,890.00 per share

- 2016-12: JPY 2,700.00 per share

- 2017-01: JPY 3,040.00 per share

- 2017-02: JPY 3,330.00 per share

- 2017-03: JPY 4,700.00 per share

- 2017-04: JPY 4,020.00 per share

- 2017-05: JPY 4,050.00 per share

- 2017-06: JPY 4,170.00 per share

- 2017-07: JPY 3,880.00 per share

- 2017-08: JPY 3,300.00 per share

- 2017-09: JPY 3,395.00 per share

- 2017-10: JPY 3,585.00 per share

- 2017-11: JPY 3,535.00 per share

- 2017-12: JPY 3,870.00 per share

- 2018-01: JPY 4,075.00 per share

- 2018-02: JPY 3,750.00 per share

- 2018-03: JPY 3,180.00 per share

- 2018-04: JPY 3,215.00 per share

- 2018-05: JPY 2,896.00 per share

- 2018-06: JPY 2,700.00 per share

- 2018-07: JPY 2,585.00 per share

- 2018-08: JPY 2,633.00 per share

- 2018-09: JPY 2,309.00 per share

- 2018-10: JPY 1,731.00 per share

- 2018-11: JPY 1,684.00 per share

- 2018-12: JPY 1,102.00 per share

- 2019-01: JPY 1,153.00 per share

- 2019-02: JPY 1,302.00 per share

- 2019-03: JPY 1,218.00 per share

- 2019-04: JPY 1,236.00 per share

- 2019-05: JPY 988.00 per share

- 2019-06: JPY 1,182.00 per share

- 2019-07: JPY 1,379.00 per share

- 2019-08: JPY 1,096.00 per share

- 2019-09: JPY 1,195.00 per share

- 2019-10: JPY 1,259.00 per share

- 2019-11: JPY 1,654.00 per share

- 2019-12: JPY 1,685.00 per share

- 2020-01: JPY 1,522.00 per share

- 2020-02: JPY 1,260.00 per share

- 2020-03: JPY 1,135.00 per share

- 2020-04: JPY 1,199.00 per share

- 2020-05: JPY 1,167.00 per share

- 2020-06: JPY 1,146.00 per share

- 2020-07: JPY 1,030.00 per share

- 2020-08: JPY 1,317.00 per share

- 2020-09: JPY 1,298.00 per share

- 2020-10: JPY 1,200.00 per share

- 2020-11: JPY 1,400.00 per share

- 2020-12: JPY 1,564.00 per share

- 2021-01: JPY 2,174.00 per share

- 2021-02: JPY 2,013.00 per share

- 2021-03: JPY 1,910.00 per share

- 2021-04: JPY 1,847.00 per share

- 2021-05: JPY 1,998.00 per share

- 2021-06: JPY 1,833.00 per share

- 2021-07: JPY 1,672.00 per share

- 2021-08: JPY 1,453.00 per share

- 2021-09: JPY 1,417.00 per share

- 2021-10: JPY 1,341.00 per share

- 2021-11: JPY 1,270.00 per share

- 2021-12: JPY 1,321.00 per share

- 2022-01: JPY 1,269.00 per share

- 2022-02: JPY 1,083.00 per share

- 2022-03: JPY 1,149.00 per share

- 2022-04: JPY 1,100.00 per share

- 2022-05: JPY 1,049.00 per share

- 2022-06: JPY 1,049.00 per share

- 2022-07: JPY 1,066.00 per share

- 2022-08: JPY 1,003.00 per share

- 2022-09: JPY 863.00 per share

- 2022-10: JPY 891.00 per share

- 2022-11: JPY 973.00 per share

- 2022-12: JPY 945.00 per share

- 2023-01: JPY 1,074.00 per share

- 2023-02: JPY 940.00 per share

- 2023-03: JPY 933.00 per share

- 2023-04: JPY 966.00 per share

- 2023-05: JPY 800.00 per share

- 2023-06: JPY 803.90 per share

- 2023-07: JPY 845.00 per share

- 2023-08: JPY 896.90 per share

- 2023-09: JPY 932.00 per share

- 2023-10: JPY 939.70 per share

- 2023-11: JPY 925.60 per share

- 2023-12: JPY 1,005.50 per share

- 2024-01: JPY 997.00 per share

- 2024-02: JPY 815.50 per share

- 2024-03: JPY 835.80 per share

- 2024-04: JPY 831.00 per share

- 2024-05: JPY 970.20 per share

- 2024-06: JPY 930.10 per share

- 2024-07: JPY 878.20 per share

- 2024-08: JPY 998.40 per share

- 2024-09: JPY 949.80 per share

- 2024-10: JPY 937.70 per share

- 2024-11: JPY 960.70 per share

- 2024-12: JPY 984.90 per share

- 2025-01: JPY 934.60 per share

- 2025-02: JPY 983.10 per share

- 2025-03: JPY 944.00 per share

- 2025-04: JPY 845.00 per share

- 2025-05: JPY 740.10 per share

- 2025-06: JPY 701.40 per share

- 2025-07: JPY 717.80 per share

- 2025-08: JPY 889.80 per share

- 2025-09: JPY 829.90 per share

- 2025-10: JPY 857.50 per share

- 2025-11: JPY 778.50 per share

- 2025-12: JPY 770.80 per share

- 2026-01: JPY 701.70 per share

- 2026-02: JPY 644.10 per share

- 2026-03: JPY 576.00 per share

- 2026-04: JPY 559.50 per share

- 2026-05: JPY 621.50 per share

- 2026-06: JPY 651.30 per share

- 2026-07: JPY 618.40 per share

- 2026-08: JPY 663.80 per share

- 2026-09: JPY 644.70 per share

- 2026-10: JPY 579.70 per share

## Annual estimated value (JPY per share)

- FY2021: low JPY 480.58 per share, central JPY 480.61 per share, high JPY 480.65 per share

- FY2022: low JPY 1,680.83 per share, central JPY 1,858.97 per share, high JPY 2,096.13 per share

- FY2023: low JPY 329.91 per share, central JPY 330.01 per share, high JPY 330.07 per share

- FY2025: low JPY 817.49 per share, central JPY 880.07 per share, high JPY 963.38 per share

- FY2026: low JPY 706.61 per share, central JPY 761.44 per share, high JPY 834.43 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/S100YHZV.pdf); period 2026-03-31, filed 2026-06-23.

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.
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6753 · JP

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Not a wonderful business

5 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
JPY 581.50
Buy up to
JPY 761.44
Expected / yr
14.8% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Sales fell in 6 years (limit 5), and 3 loss years were recorded (limit 2), and margins varied 79.1% around their average (limit 35%).

10y median
2.8%
Worst year
-1.0%
Latest · 2026
2.6%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 8.4% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year -3.1% (minimum 10%).

10y median
8.4%
Worst year
-3.3%
Latest · 2026
7.9%

Owners received -218.1 billion over five years (must be positive).

5y median
JPY 27B
Worst year
JPY -228B
Latest · 2026
JPY 46B

Acquisitions used -20.6% of profits (limit 50%) while returns fell to 4.7% (minimum 15% and two-thirds of their starting level).

10y median
JPY 64.32
Worst year
JPY -407.31
Latest · 2026
JPY 73.05

Profits lacked the required cash backing.

10y median
-2.4%
Worst year
3.3%
Latest · 2026
3.3%

Profit record · fail 3 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 2.1%, three-year average owner earnings per share -37.69 JPY. 3 loss years in the last 10; at most 2 allowed. Three-year average owner earnings per share is not positive.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeJPY 706.61 – JPY 834.43
Buy at or belowCentral value JPY 761.44
Discount to value1 − 581.50 / 761.44 = 23.6%
Return / yearAbout 14.8% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash JPY 36.38/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash JPY 308.92/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueJPY 1.89T
2.55T020172026
FY2017 · Revenue: JPY 2.05T; FY2018 · Revenue: JPY 2.43T; FY2019 · Revenue: JPY 2.39T; FY2020 · Revenue: JPY 2.26T; FY2021 · Revenue: JPY 2.43T; FY2022 · Revenue: JPY 2.50T; FY2023 · Revenue: JPY 2.55T; FY2024 · Revenue: JPY 2.32T; FY2025 · Revenue: JPY 2.16T; FY2026 · Revenue: JPY 1.89T
Revenue
Owner earningsJPY 46B
83B-228B20172026
FY2017 · Owner earnings: JPY -34B; FY2018 · Owner earnings: JPY 70B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: JPY 13M; FY2020 · Owner earnings: JPY -7.8B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: JPY 74B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: JPY 83B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: JPY -228B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: JPY -146B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: JPY 27B; FY2026 · Owner earnings: JPY 46B
Owner earnings
Operating margin2.6%
10.0%-1.0%20172026
FY2017 · Operating margin: 3.0%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 3.7%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 3.5%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 2.3%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 3.4%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 3.4%; FY2023 · Operating margin: -1.0%; FY2024 · Operating margin: -0.9%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 1.3%; FY2026 · Operating margin: 2.6%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtJPY -202B
1.00-606B20172026
FY2017 · Net cash / debt: JPY -190B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: JPY -224B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: JPY -421B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: JPY -606B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: JPY -432B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: JPY -389B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: JPY -519B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: JPY -354B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: JPY -275B; FY2026 · Net cash / debt: JPY -202B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares649M
662M020172026
FY2017 · Diluted shares: 363M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 662M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 640M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 611M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 611M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 611M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 640M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 649M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 649M; FY2026 · Diluted shares: 649M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2026Original filing ↗ ·