# Lasertec (6920.JP)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/6920.JP

Analysis as of: 2026-10-15T07:11:09.567Z. Financial observations: FY2013–FY2026.

Listing currency: JPY. Reporting currency: JPY.

## Verdict

A wonderful business at too high a price

Quality tests for Buy: pass (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: JPY 39,220.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low JPY 11,500.25 per share, central JPY 16,331.88 per share, high JPY 19,026.66 per share. Buy at or below the central value JPY 16,331.88 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-15T07:11:09.567Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 5.9% at the stated quote. About 5.9% 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

- 1 revenue decline in the last 10 years (informational)

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 1

- Years with a net loss: 0

- Operating margin variation: 0.19×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 0.28×

- FY2018: 0.27×

- FY2019: 0.28×

- FY2020: 0.35×

- FY2021: 0.37×

- FY2022: 0.36×

- FY2023: 0.41×

- FY2024: 0.38×

- FY2025: 0.49×

- FY2026: 0.46×

### moat: pass

- ROIC, median of available years: 50.2%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 25.8%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: -4.1 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 54.9%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 59.0%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 3.4%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 48.1%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 23.8%

- FY2018: 25.8%

- FY2019: 33.6%

- FY2020: 74.7%

- FY2021: 69.7%

- FY2022: 40.6%

- FY2023: 53.5%

- FY2024: 51.8%

- FY2025: 70.3%

- FY2026: 48.7%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 1.00×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: JPY 293B

- Net income, five-year total: JPY 292B

- Return on incremental invested capital: 57.3%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 1.2 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 4.3 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 39.7%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2022: 1.00×

- FY2023: 0.87×

- FY2024: 1.02×

- FY2025: 1.03×

- FY2026: 1.04×

### management: pass

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

- buybacks unrelated to price (informational)

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 25.8% vs 51.8%

- Per-share earnings: 78.39 to 862.99 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 7.1%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: -0.1%

- Market cap gain: JPY 4.43T

- Cumulative retained earnings: JPY 230B

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 7.1%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -0.1%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2017

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2026

- Per-share value growth: 35.0%

- Per-share value change: JPY 784.60

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: JPY 78.39

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: JPY 862.99

- Average buyback yield: 0.3%

- Buyback history: 1 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Acquisition spending: JPY 6.2B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: JPY 336B

- ROIC, first three-year median: 25.8%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 51.8%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: JPY 78.39

- FY2018: JPY 96.84

- FY2019: JPY 65.80

- FY2020: JPY 120.02

- FY2021: JPY 213.47

- FY2022: JPY 275.57

- FY2023: JPY 511.89

- FY2024: JPY 655.05

- FY2025: JPY 938.61

- FY2026: JPY 862.99

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: 8.6%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.19×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 0.0%

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 0.63×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.01×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 0.1%

- FY2018: 3.8%

- FY2019: 0.3%

- FY2020: -6.9%

- FY2021: 7.4%

- FY2022: 15.9%

- FY2023: 2.1%

- FY2024: 9.5%

- FY2025: 2.1%

- FY2026: 8.6%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 21% since Jun 2026 · sales -8.3%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:14.539Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 19% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2025–2026

sales -8.3%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100Z32V.pdf; observed 2026-09-24.

- FY2017: JPY 17B 

- FY2018: JPY 21B 

- FY2019: JPY 29B 

- FY2020: JPY 43B 

- FY2021: JPY 70B 

- FY2022: JPY 90B 

- FY2023: JPY 153B 

- FY2024: JPY 214B 

- FY2025: JPY 251B 

- FY2026: JPY 230B 

### Gross margin · FY2026

gross margin 59.2%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100Z32V.pdf; observed 2026-09-24.

- FY2017: 54.8% 

- FY2018: 56.5% 

- FY2019: 55.3% 

- FY2020: 54.0% 

- FY2021: 52.6% 

- FY2022: 52.9% 

- FY2023: 55.0% 

- FY2024: 50.3% 

- FY2025: 59.0% 

- FY2026: 59.2% 

## Owner memo

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

### How it makes money

Annual sales are JPY 230.5 billion.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100Z32V.pdf (filed 2026-09-24); FY2026: revenue 230485000000; grossProfit 136479000000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 50.3% to 59.2% during 2024–26; it earns 50.2% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 50.3%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 59%.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100Z32V.pdf (filed 2026-09-24); FY2026: grossProfit / revenue = 59.2%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); 10-year return on capital observations [[2017,0.2381675796423034],[2018,0.25808576600209915],[2019,0.33603048015420617],[2020,0.7474512416852807],[2021,0.6967260920217666],[2022,0.4059358051979237],[2023,0.5354326487168334],[2024,0.5180279255135768],[2025,0.7032922784117313],[2026,0.4866727215155796]]; median 0.5023503235145782. 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 12 billion of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2017: growth capex 193844000; upkeep 418760000; owner earnings 3534748000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.0548395529186239.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2018: growth capex 126079000; upkeep 558285000; owner earnings 4366327000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.028875299536658613.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2019: growth capex 450300000; upkeep 499561000; owner earnings 5933000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.07589752233271532.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2020: growth capex 917811000; upkeep 881021000; owner earnings 10823000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.0848019033539684.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2021: growth capex 1996123000; upkeep 1642712000; owner earnings 19250000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.1036947012987013.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2022: growth capex 1880000000; upkeep 3483000000; owner earnings 24850000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.07565392354124749.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2023: growth capex 11137752252.057404; upkeep 9407247747.942596; owner earnings 40242752252.0574. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.2767641781132896.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 3532000000; owner earnings 60270000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 2323000000; owner earnings 87005000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100Z32V.pdf (filed 2026-09-24); FY2026: growth capex 0; upkeep 1791000000; owner earnings 80368000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); Dividend observations: [[2017,1149784000],[2018,1803569000],[2019,1713385000],[2020,2795516000],[2021,4238361000],[2022,7845000000],[2023,10551000000],[2024,18127000000],[2025,24531000000],[2026,31131000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100Z32V.pdf (filed 2026-09-24); FY2026: cash repurchases 12003000000 JPY.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 19% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 28.9%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-09-24); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.35996300714953655. Price 39220; FX 1; discount 0.1; same compounder ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2016 owner earnings/share 70.428064991646 → FY2026 895.0994427308513. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

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

- 2016-11: JPY 522.75 per share

- 2016-12: JPY 570.75 per share

- 2017-01: JPY 589.00 per share

- 2017-02: JPY 702.75 per share

- 2017-03: JPY 746.00 per share

- 2017-04: JPY 725.50 per share

- 2017-05: JPY 807.50 per share

- 2017-06: JPY 781.50 per share

- 2017-07: JPY 824.00 per share

- 2017-08: JPY 995.00 per share

- 2017-09: JPY 1,155.50 per share

- 2017-10: JPY 1,236.50 per share

- 2017-11: JPY 1,365.00 per share

- 2017-12: JPY 1,423.00 per share

- 2018-01: JPY 1,947.50 per share

- 2018-02: JPY 2,217.50 per share

- 2018-03: JPY 1,955.00 per share

- 2018-04: JPY 1,825.00 per share

- 2018-05: JPY 1,857.50 per share

- 2018-06: JPY 1,560.00 per share

- 2018-07: JPY 1,650.00 per share

- 2018-08: JPY 2,067.50 per share

- 2018-09: JPY 1,892.50 per share

- 2018-10: JPY 1,620.00 per share

- 2018-11: JPY 1,827.50 per share

- 2018-12: JPY 1,401.00 per share

- 2019-01: JPY 1,780.00 per share

- 2019-02: JPY 1,957.50 per share

- 2019-03: JPY 2,312.50 per share

- 2019-04: JPY 2,515.00 per share

- 2019-05: JPY 1,900.00 per share

- 2019-06: JPY 2,135.00 per share

- 2019-07: JPY 2,635.00 per share

- 2019-08: JPY 3,045.00 per share

- 2019-09: JPY 3,380.00 per share

- 2019-10: JPY 3,920.00 per share

- 2019-11: JPY 4,725.00 per share

- 2019-12: JPY 5,560.00 per share

- 2020-01: JPY 5,510.00 per share

- 2020-02: JPY 4,925.00 per share

- 2020-03: JPY 5,060.00 per share

- 2020-04: JPY 7,210.00 per share

- 2020-05: JPY 8,850.00 per share

- 2020-06: JPY 10,160.00 per share

- 2020-07: JPY 9,200.00 per share

- 2020-08: JPY 8,000.00 per share

- 2020-09: JPY 8,610.00 per share

- 2020-10: JPY 9,040.00 per share

- 2020-11: JPY 11,000.00 per share

- 2020-12: JPY 12,110.00 per share

- 2021-01: JPY 14,050.00 per share

- 2021-02: JPY 12,970.00 per share

- 2021-03: JPY 14,520.00 per share

- 2021-04: JPY 19,340.00 per share

- 2021-05: JPY 20,600.00 per share

- 2021-06: JPY 21,590.00 per share

- 2021-07: JPY 20,470.00 per share

- 2021-08: JPY 24,070.00 per share

- 2021-09: JPY 25,590.00 per share

- 2021-10: JPY 25,030.00 per share

- 2021-11: JPY 29,745.00 per share

- 2021-12: JPY 35,290.00 per share

- 2022-01: JPY 25,075.00 per share

- 2022-02: JPY 20,840.00 per share

- 2022-03: JPY 20,785.00 per share

- 2022-04: JPY 17,715.00 per share

- 2022-05: JPY 18,780.00 per share

- 2022-06: JPY 16,150.00 per share

- 2022-07: JPY 19,335.00 per share

- 2022-08: JPY 19,405.00 per share

- 2022-09: JPY 14,695.00 per share

- 2022-10: JPY 21,290.00 per share

- 2022-11: JPY 25,135.00 per share

- 2022-12: JPY 21,745.00 per share

- 2023-01: JPY 25,530.00 per share

- 2023-02: JPY 22,150.00 per share

- 2023-03: JPY 23,280.00 per share

- 2023-04: JPY 18,400.00 per share

- 2023-05: JPY 21,650.00 per share

- 2023-06: JPY 21,575.00 per share

- 2023-07: JPY 21,475.00 per share

- 2023-08: JPY 22,675.00 per share

- 2023-09: JPY 23,270.00 per share

- 2023-10: JPY 25,205.00 per share

- 2023-11: JPY 33,040.00 per share

- 2023-12: JPY 37,170.00 per share

- 2024-01: JPY 39,780.00 per share

- 2024-02: JPY 39,950.00 per share

- 2024-03: JPY 41,900.00 per share

- 2024-04: JPY 34,600.00 per share

- 2024-05: JPY 40,490.00 per share

- 2024-06: JPY 36,090.00 per share

- 2024-07: JPY 26,830.00 per share

- 2024-08: JPY 28,080.00 per share

- 2024-09: JPY 23,605.00 per share

- 2024-10: JPY 23,475.00 per share

- 2024-11: JPY 16,440.00 per share

- 2024-12: JPY 15,185.00 per share

- 2025-01: JPY 15,470.00 per share

- 2025-02: JPY 13,370.00 per share

- 2025-03: JPY 12,680.00 per share

- 2025-04: JPY 13,290.00 per share

- 2025-05: JPY 14,605.00 per share

- 2025-06: JPY 19,410.00 per share

- 2025-07: JPY 15,520.00 per share

- 2025-08: JPY 15,655.00 per share

- 2025-09: JPY 20,305.00 per share

- 2025-10: JPY 28,410.00 per share

- 2025-11: JPY 28,080.00 per share

- 2025-12: JPY 29,645.00 per share

- 2026-01: JPY 36,390.00 per share

- 2026-02: JPY 33,660.00 per share

- 2026-03: JPY 33,350.00 per share

- 2026-04: JPY 42,690.00 per share

- 2026-05: JPY 40,130.00 per share

- 2026-06: JPY 49,700.00 per share

- 2026-07: JPY 37,910.00 per share

- 2026-08: JPY 33,640.00 per share

- 2026-09: JPY 41,130.00 per share

- 2026-10: JPY 46,940.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (JPY per share)

- FY2020: low JPY 1,328.89 per share, central JPY 1,475.62 per share, high JPY 1,670.94 per share

- FY2021: low JPY 2,049.99 per share, central JPY 2,292.11 per share, high JPY 2,614.41 per share

- FY2022: low JPY 3,025.47 per share, central JPY 3,409.45 per share, high JPY 3,920.62 per share

- FY2023: low JPY 6,362.78 per share, central JPY 8,962.44 per share, high JPY 10,476.22 per share

- FY2024: low JPY 9,195.31 per share, central JPY 12,974.74 per share, high JPY 15,175.50 per share

- FY2025: low JPY 11,321.68 per share, central JPY 15,788.16 per share, high JPY 18,389.00 per share

- FY2026: low JPY 11,489.99 per share, central JPY 16,317.32 per share, high JPY 19,009.70 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/S100Z32V.pdf); period 2026-06-30, filed 2026-09-24.

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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Lasertec

6920 · JP

Nikkei 225 · TOPIX Large70

A wonderful business at too high a price

Passes the quality tests.

Share price
JPY 39,220.00
Buy up to
JPY 16,331.88
Expected / yr
5.9% 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

Margins varied 19.4% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

10y median
36.5%
Worst year
26.8%
Latest · 2026
45.7%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 50.2% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 25.8% (minimum 10%).

10y median
50.2%
Worst year
23.8%
Latest · 2026
48.7%

Each $1 of profit left $1.00 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
1.00×
Annual median
1.02×
Latest · 2026
1.04×

Per-share value rose from 78.39 to 862.99, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
JPY 244.52
Worst year
JPY 65.80
Latest · 2026
JPY 862.99

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 8.6% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
2.9%
Worst year
15.9%
Latest · 2026
8.6%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 36.5%, three-year average owner earnings per share 842.7 JPY.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeJPY 11,500.25 – JPY 19,026.66
Buy at or belowCentral value JPY 16,331.88
Discount to value1 − 39220.00 / 16331.88 = -140.1%
Return / yearAbout 5.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash JPY 725.29/share; 12.0% growth fades over 10 years to 3.0%; excess cash JPY 968.64/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueJPY 230B
251B020172026
FY2017 · Revenue: JPY 17B; FY2018 · Revenue: JPY 21B; FY2019 · Revenue: JPY 29B; FY2020 · Revenue: JPY 43B; FY2021 · Revenue: JPY 70B; FY2022 · Revenue: JPY 90B; FY2023 · Revenue: JPY 153B; FY2024 · Revenue: JPY 214B; FY2025 · Revenue: JPY 251B; FY2026 · Revenue: JPY 230B
Revenue
Owner earningsJPY 80B
87B020172026
FY2017 · Owner earnings: JPY 3.5B; FY2018 · Owner earnings: JPY 4.4B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: JPY 5.9B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: JPY 11B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: JPY 19B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: JPY 25B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: JPY 40B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: JPY 60B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: JPY 87B; FY2026 · Owner earnings: JPY 80B
Owner earnings
Operating margin45.7%
48.8%0.0%20172026
FY2017 · Operating margin: 28.4%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 26.8%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 27.6%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 35.4%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 37.1%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 36.0%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 40.8%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 38.1%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 48.8%; FY2026 · Operating margin: 45.7%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtJPY 92B
92B020172026
FY2017 · Net cash / debt: JPY 9.7B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: JPY 10B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: JPY 13B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: JPY 25B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: JPY 28B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: JPY 13B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: JPY 25B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: JPY 38B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: JPY 86B; FY2026 · Net cash / debt: JPY 92B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares90M
90M020172026
FY2017 · Diluted shares: 45M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 45M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 90M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 90M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 90M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 90M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 90M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 90M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 90M; FY2026 · Diluted shares: 90M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2026Original filing ↗ ·