Japan Tobacco Inc. (JAPAY) Stock

About Japan Tobacco Inc.

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JAPAY) is a multinational conglomerate with significant operations spanning tobacco products, pharmaceuticals, and processed foods. The company manages its diverse activities through four key business segments: Domestic Tobacco, International Tobacco, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food, serving both the Japanese market and a global customer base. In its primary tobacco division, Japan Tobacco offers a broad range of traditional products, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, oral tobacco, waterpipe tobacco, kretek, and fine-cut tobacco, distributed under prominent brands such as Winston, Camel, MEVIUS, and LD. Additionally, the company is a leader in developing reduced-risk alternatives, providing innovative tobacco-infused vapor, heated tobacco, and E-Vapor products under its Ploom, Logic, Ploom TECH, Ploom TECH+, and Ploom S brands. Beyond tobacco, Japan Tobacco's pharmaceutical arm is dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of prescription drugs, addressing critical therapeutic areas like cardiovascular, renal and metabolic disorders, immunology, and neuroscience. Its processed food segment delivers a variety of offerings, encompassing staple items such as frozen noodles, okonomiyaki, and pre-cooked rice, alongside ambient processed foods, bakery goods, and various seasonings, including yeast extracts and oyster sauce. Founded in Tokyo, Japan, in 1898, Japan Tobacco Inc. boasts a rich history spanning over a century.

Japan Tobacco Inc. is headquartered in JP.

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JAPAY) stock trades at $22.23 with a market capitalization of $78.93B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.25, price-to-book of 2.87, price-to-sales of 3.39. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $15.56 and $22.58, and currently trades 1.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.04%.

On profitability, Japan Tobacco Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 14.89%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 13.78%, an operating margin of 25.14%, a net profit margin of 16.73%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Japan Tobacco Inc. reported annual revenue of $3.64T, net profit of $534.9B, revenue has compounded at 11.7% a year over the last five years, profit at 11.5% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 2.04, total assets of $8.42T, $831.7B in cash and equivalents.

JAPAY has an average daily trading volume of 75,401 shares, a beta of 0.13 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.jti.co.jp