HOYA Corporation (HOCPY) Stock

About HOYA Corporation

Established in Tokyo, Japan, in 1941, HOYA Corporation operates as a global med-tech enterprise and a leading provider of advanced technological and medical solutions. Its extensive "life care" division offers a diverse portfolio, ranging from ophthalmic products like eyeglasses and contact lenses to sophisticated medical instruments such as endoscopes, intraocular lenses, laparoscopic surgical tools, and automated endoscope cleaning systems. This segment also supplies various medical-related items, including prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants. Furthermore, HOYA manages Eyecity, a specialized retail chain for contact lenses. Beyond healthcare, the company is a significant contributor to the information technology sector, manufacturing critical components like mask blanks and photomasks for semiconductor and liquid crystal display production, as well as glass disks for hard disk drives. Their imaging product range encompasses optical glasses, lenses, colored glass filters, and laser/UV light resources. Additionally, HOYA develops software solutions, notably ReadSpeaker for speech synthesis, and provides cloud-based services such as Kinnosuke for time and attendance management, and Yonosuke for electronic payslip distribution.

HOYA Corporation is headquartered in JP.

HOYA Corporation (HOCPY) stock trades at $164.10 with a market capitalization of $54.89B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.45, price-to-book of 8.45, price-to-sales of 8.72. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $128.51 and $190.18, and currently trades 13.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.25%.

On profitability, HOYA Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 26.25% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 26.77%, an operating margin of 30.18%, a net profit margin of 27.16%.

In its most recent fiscal year, HOYA Corporation reported annual revenue of $1.00T, net profit of $268.3B, revenue has compounded at 12.5% a year over the last five years, profit at 16.4% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 4.91, total assets of $1.31T, $576.6B in cash and equivalents.

HOCPY has an average daily trading volume of 39,416.9 shares, a beta of 0.97.

Official website: www.hoya.com