# Murata Manufacturing (6981.JP)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/6981.JP

Analysis as of: 2026-10-15T07:11:10.949Z. Financial observations: FY2013–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 6,749.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low JPY 1,759.88 per share, central JPY 1,983.52 per share, high JPY 2,250.92 per share. Buy at or below the central value JPY 1,983.52 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-15T07:11:10.949Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 4.8% at the stated quote. About 4.8% 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: 0.18×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 0.18×

- FY2018: 0.12×

- FY2019: 0.17×

- FY2020: 0.17×

- FY2021: 0.19×

- FY2022: 0.23×

- FY2023: 0.18×

- FY2024: 0.13×

- FY2025: 0.16×

- FY2026: 0.15×

### moat: fail

- ROIC median below threshold

- ROIC, median of available years: 12.2%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 10.6%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: -2.7 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 38.5%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 41.2%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 13.9%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 9.5%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 14.2%

- FY2018: 11.8%

- FY2019: 14.4%

- FY2020: 11.7%

- FY2021: 14.5%

- FY2022: 17.2%

- FY2023: 12.6%

- FY2024: 8.8%

- FY2025: 11.4%

- FY2026: 10.6%

### economics: fail

- incremental invested capital return below threshold

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.89×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: JPY 1.08T

- Net income, five-year total: JPY 1.22T

- Return on incremental invested capital: 1.0%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 1.4 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 9.3 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 42.5%

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

- FY2022: 1.02×

- FY2023: 0.85×

- FY2024: 0.61×

- FY2025: 0.96×

- FY2026: 0.89×

### management: pass

- 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: 14.2% vs 10.6%

- Per-share earnings: 81.54 to 125.08 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: -0.4%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: -0.9%

- Market cap gain: JPY 2.88T

- Cumulative retained earnings: JPY 1.29T

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: -0.4%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -0.9%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2017

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2026

- Per-share value growth: 5.5%

- Per-share value change: JPY 43.54

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: JPY 81.54

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: JPY 125.08

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): 0.30

- Average buyback yield: 1.0%

- Buyback history: 5 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Acquisition spending: JPY 80B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: JPY 2.15T

- ROIC, first three-year median: 14.2%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 10.6%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: JPY 81.54

- FY2018: JPY 76.21

- FY2019: JPY 107.82

- FY2020: JPY 95.35

- FY2021: JPY 123.50

- FY2022: JPY 163.65

- FY2023: JPY 128.64

- FY2024: JPY 95.72

- FY2025: JPY 125.08

- FY2026: JPY 127.66

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: -6.0%

- 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: 1.82×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.05×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: -5.4%

- FY2018: -4.4%

- FY2019: -3.6%

- FY2020: -7.4%

- FY2021: -5.5%

- FY2022: -3.8%

- FY2023: -0.8%

- FY2024: -10.2%

- FY2025: -7.2%

- FY2026: -6.0%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 41% since Jun 2026 · sales +5%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:14.558Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 18.6% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2025–2026

sales +5%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHPY.pdf; observed 2026-06-24.

- FY2017: JPY 1.14T 

- FY2018: JPY 1.37T 

- FY2019: JPY 1.58T 

- FY2020: JPY 1.53T 

- FY2021: JPY 1.63T 

- FY2022: JPY 1.81T 

- FY2023: JPY 1.69T 

- FY2024: JPY 1.64T 

- FY2025: JPY 1.74T 

- FY2026: JPY 1.83T 

### Gross margin · FY2026

gross margin 42.3%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHPY.pdf; observed 2026-06-24.

- FY2017: 38.1% 

- FY2018: 32.4% 

- FY2019: 38.1% 

- FY2020: 37.9% 

- FY2021: 38.2% 

- FY2022: 42.4% 

- FY2023: 39.9% 

- FY2024: 38.8% 

- FY2025: 41.2% 

- FY2026: 42.3% 

## Owner memo

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

### How it makes money

Operates in electronic components; annual sales are JPY 1.8 trillion.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHPY.pdf (filed 2026-06-24); FY2026: revenue 1830856000000; grossProfit 774826000000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 38.8% to 42.3% during 2024–26; it earns 12.2% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 38.8%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 41.2%.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHPY.pdf (filed 2026-06-24); FY2026: grossProfit / revenue = 42.3%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); 10-year return on capital observations [[2017,0.14242613649636274],[2018,0.11782108155517673],[2019,0.14433028500466302],[2020,0.11732311222816424],[2021,0.14503937696222435],[2022,0.17248271233663048],[2023,0.12608649480946477],[2024,0.08773223498548736],[2025,0.1138715250354929],[2026,0.1056117934851933]]; median 0.12195378818232075. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Reinvests 28.5% of cash earnings; earns 1% on new investment.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2017: growth capex 0; upkeep 158579000000; owner earnings 111004000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 285935000000; owner earnings 37344000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2021: growth capex 56802000000; upkeep 143074000000; owner earnings 237057000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.23961325757096394.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 150531000000; cash acquisitions 48802000000; owner earnings 319176000000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.15289996741609646.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 197565000000; cash acquisitions 0; owner earnings 216329000000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 236228000000; owner earnings 110401000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); FY2025: growth capex 19507000000; upkeep 173335000000; cash acquisitions 0; owner earnings 223967000000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.08709765277920407.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YHPY.pdf (filed 2026-06-24); FY2026: growth capex 59318207103.74231; upkeep 192901792896.2577; cash acquisitions 0; owner earnings 208360207103.7423. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.2846906706817.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); Incremental return on capital 0.010264200529116878, from the economics test's unchanged annual inputs.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); Dividend observations: [[2017,46689000000],[2018,51058000000],[2019,57579000000],[2020,59926000000],[2021,67180000000],[2022,76779000000],[2023,92018000000],[2024,94460000000],[2025,101581000000],[2026,110720000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/api/fundamentals/MUR1.F.json#2026-03-31 (filed 2026-06-24); FY2026: cash repurchases 100008000000 JPY.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 18.6% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 10.5%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-24); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.2573396335550736. Price 6749; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2016 owner earnings/share 41.94056930158606 → FY2026 113.71094407858988. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

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

- 2016-11: JPY 1,713.89 per share

- 2016-12: JPY 1,738.89 per share

- 2017-01: JPY 1,695.00 per share

- 2017-02: JPY 1,794.44 per share

- 2017-03: JPY 1,759.44 per share

- 2017-04: JPY 1,660.56 per share

- 2017-05: JPY 1,705.56 per share

- 2017-06: JPY 1,896.67 per share

- 2017-07: JPY 1,908.89 per share

- 2017-08: JPY 1,871.11 per share

- 2017-09: JPY 1,837.78 per share

- 2017-10: JPY 1,965.56 per share

- 2017-11: JPY 1,685.00 per share

- 2017-12: JPY 1,680.00 per share

- 2018-01: JPY 1,790.00 per share

- 2018-02: JPY 1,665.00 per share

- 2018-03: JPY 1,618.89 per share

- 2018-04: JPY 1,538.89 per share

- 2018-05: JPY 1,798.33 per share

- 2018-06: JPY 2,068.89 per share

- 2018-07: JPY 2,166.67 per share

- 2018-08: JPY 2,131.67 per share

- 2018-09: JPY 1,940.56 per share

- 2018-10: JPY 1,907.22 per share

- 2018-11: JPY 1,923.89 per share

- 2018-12: JPY 1,661.67 per share

- 2019-01: JPY 1,713.33 per share

- 2019-02: JPY 1,925.00 per share

- 2019-03: JPY 1,837.33 per share

- 2019-04: JPY 1,986.67 per share

- 2019-05: JPY 1,568.33 per share

- 2019-06: JPY 1,613.33 per share

- 2019-07: JPY 1,614.33 per share

- 2019-08: JPY 1,486.33 per share

- 2019-09: JPY 1,728.33 per share

- 2019-10: JPY 1,954.33 per share

- 2019-11: JPY 2,114.67 per share

- 2019-12: JPY 2,248.67 per share

- 2020-01: JPY 2,109.33 per share

- 2020-02: JPY 1,907.00 per share

- 2020-03: JPY 1,824.00 per share

- 2020-04: JPY 2,006.33 per share

- 2020-05: JPY 2,005.00 per share

- 2020-06: JPY 2,105.33 per share

- 2020-07: JPY 2,203.00 per share

- 2020-08: JPY 2,093.33 per share

- 2020-09: JPY 2,257.67 per share

- 2020-10: JPY 2,422.33 per share

- 2020-11: JPY 3,043.00 per share

- 2020-12: JPY 3,106.67 per share

- 2021-01: JPY 3,351.67 per share

- 2021-02: JPY 3,027.00 per share

- 2021-03: JPY 2,947.33 per share

- 2021-04: JPY 2,901.00 per share

- 2021-05: JPY 2,759.67 per share

- 2021-06: JPY 2,827.33 per share

- 2021-07: JPY 3,013.33 per share

- 2021-08: JPY 3,039.67 per share

- 2021-09: JPY 3,320.00 per share

- 2021-10: JPY 2,884.33 per share

- 2021-11: JPY 2,793.33 per share

- 2021-12: JPY 3,052.33 per share

- 2022-01: JPY 2,846.33 per share

- 2022-02: JPY 2,595.67 per share

- 2022-03: JPY 2,705.67 per share

- 2022-04: JPY 2,598.00 per share

- 2022-05: JPY 2,766.67 per share

- 2022-06: JPY 2,465.33 per share

- 2022-07: JPY 2,582.33 per share

- 2022-08: JPY 2,518.00 per share

- 2022-09: JPY 2,210.67 per share

- 2022-10: JPY 2,433.33 per share

- 2022-11: JPY 2,488.00 per share

- 2022-12: JPY 2,196.00 per share

- 2023-01: JPY 2,464.67 per share

- 2023-02: JPY 2,440.00 per share

- 2023-03: JPY 2,680.00 per share

- 2023-04: JPY 2,626.67 per share

- 2023-05: JPY 2,733.00 per share

- 2023-06: JPY 2,745.33 per share

- 2023-07: JPY 2,775.00 per share

- 2023-08: JPY 2,728.33 per share

- 2023-09: JPY 2,734.00 per share

- 2023-10: JPY 2,477.50 per share

- 2023-11: JPY 2,883.50 per share

- 2023-12: JPY 2,993.00 per share

- 2024-01: JPY 3,015.00 per share

- 2024-02: JPY 3,023.00 per share

- 2024-03: JPY 2,816.50 per share

- 2024-04: JPY 2,903.50 per share

- 2024-05: JPY 2,966.50 per share

- 2024-06: JPY 3,322.00 per share

- 2024-07: JPY 3,351.00 per share

- 2024-08: JPY 3,033.00 per share

- 2024-09: JPY 2,806.50 per share

- 2024-10: JPY 2,707.00 per share

- 2024-11: JPY 2,510.00 per share

- 2024-12: JPY 2,559.50 per share

- 2025-01: JPY 2,469.50 per share

- 2025-02: JPY 2,550.50 per share

- 2025-03: JPY 2,305.50 per share

- 2025-04: JPY 2,214.00 per share

- 2025-05: JPY 2,132.00 per share

- 2025-06: JPY 2,154.00 per share

- 2025-07: JPY 2,267.50 per share

- 2025-08: JPY 2,432.00 per share

- 2025-09: JPY 2,815.50 per share

- 2025-10: JPY 3,392.00 per share

- 2025-11: JPY 3,213.00 per share

- 2025-12: JPY 3,246.00 per share

- 2026-01: JPY 3,136.00 per share

- 2026-02: JPY 4,108.00 per share

- 2026-03: JPY 3,409.00 per share

- 2026-04: JPY 5,156.00 per share

- 2026-05: JPY 9,625.00 per share

- 2026-06: JPY 11,395.00 per share

- 2026-07: JPY 7,416.00 per share

- 2026-08: JPY 7,191.00 per share

- 2026-09: JPY 7,851.00 per share

- 2026-10: JPY 7,644.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (JPY per share)

- FY2018: low JPY 848.36 per share, central JPY 953.79 per share, high JPY 1,094.13 per share

- FY2019: low JPY 689.04 per share, central JPY 770.66 per share, high JPY 879.31 per share

- FY2020: low JPY 354.19 per share, central JPY 383.51 per share, high JPY 422.54 per share

- FY2021: low JPY 421.39 per share, central JPY 452.55 per share, high JPY 494.03 per share

- FY2022: low JPY 499.14 per share, central JPY 533.78 per share, high JPY 579.90 per share

- FY2023: low JPY 1,712.22 per share, central JPY 2,351.29 per share, high JPY 2,723.41 per share

- FY2024: low JPY 1,528.85 per share, central JPY 1,696.64 per share, high JPY 1,920.01 per share

- FY2025: low JPY 1,625.32 per share, central JPY 1,805.88 per share, high JPY 2,046.25 per share

- FY2026: low JPY 1,759.88 per share, central JPY 1,983.52 per share, high JPY 2,250.92 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/S100YHPY.pdf); period 2026-03-31, filed 2026-06-24.

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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Murata Manufacturing

6981 · JP

Nikkei 225 · TOPIX Large70

Not a wonderful business

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

Share price
JPY 6,749.00
Buy up to
JPY 1,983.52
Expected / yr
4.8% 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

Margins varied 18% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

10y median
16.7%
Worst year
11.9%
Latest · 2026
15.4%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 12.2% (minimum 15%).

10y median
12.2%
Worst year
8.8%
Latest · 2026
10.6%

New investment earned 1% (minimum 12%).

Five-year totals
0.89×
Annual median
0.89×
Latest · 2026
0.89×

Per-share value rose from 81.54 to 125.08, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
JPY 115.66
Worst year
JPY 76.21
Latest · 2026
JPY 127.66

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -6% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-5.5%
Worst year
-0.8%
Latest · 2026
-6.0%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 16.8%, three-year average owner earnings per share 97.32 JPY.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeJPY 1,759.88 – JPY 2,250.92
Buy at or belowCentral value JPY 1,983.52
Discount to value1 − 6749.00 / 1983.52 = -240.3%
Return / yearAbout 4.8% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash JPY 128.14/share; 0.6% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash JPY 336.77/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueJPY 1.83T
1.83T020172026
FY2017 · Revenue: JPY 1.14T; FY2018 · Revenue: JPY 1.37T; FY2019 · Revenue: JPY 1.58T; FY2020 · Revenue: JPY 1.53T; FY2021 · Revenue: JPY 1.63T; FY2022 · Revenue: JPY 1.81T; FY2023 · Revenue: JPY 1.69T; FY2024 · Revenue: JPY 1.64T; FY2025 · Revenue: JPY 1.74T; FY2026 · Revenue: JPY 1.83T
Revenue
Owner earningsJPY 208B
319B-81B20172026
FY2017 · Owner earnings: JPY 111B; FY2018 · Owner earnings: JPY -81B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: JPY -12B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: JPY 37B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: JPY 237B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: JPY 319B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: JPY 216B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: JPY 110B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: JPY 224B; FY2026 · Owner earnings: JPY 208B
Owner earnings
Operating margin15.4%
23.4%0.0%20172026
FY2017 · Operating margin: 17.7%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 11.9%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 16.9%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 16.5%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 19.2%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 23.4%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 17.7%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 13.1%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 16.0%; FY2026 · Operating margin: 15.4%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtJPY 650B
650B020172026
FY2017 · Net cash / debt: JPY 193B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: JPY 174B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: JPY 94B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: JPY 101B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: JPY 257B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: JPY 365B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: JPY 357B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: JPY 569B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: JPY 623B; FY2026 · Net cash / debt: JPY 650B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares1.8B
2.0B020172026
FY2017 · Diluted shares: 1.9B; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 1.9B; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 1.9B; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 1.9B; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 1.9B; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 1.9B; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 2.0B; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 1.9B; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 1.9B; FY2026 · Diluted shares: 1.8B
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2026Original filing ↗ ·