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AltayCap's avatar

I ended up buying a few hundred more shares today after publishing this article. I should have just bought yesterday lmao.

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sutje's avatar

Do you know the level of export?

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AltayCap's avatar

It's almost all domestic. They export a little, 1-2% of sales.

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Brian's avatar

Have they been raising dividends or doing any share buybacks?

Thanks for the write up

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AltayCap's avatar

Buybacks, no. Shares outstanding has been flat. Dividend last few years have been 30, 40, 50, 40, 50, and 50.

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WorldlyInvest's avatar

Interesting net-net. Since when has it been cheap? For years?

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AltayCap's avatar

In 2002 it was around 0.8 p/tbv. 2008-2010 it was very cheap at 0.3x-0.4x. today it's 0.4x p/tbv.

Stock price is flat down 8% since 2000 despite net income going from flattish to 220 million JPY. Book value is up from 2200 to 4,400. Fundamentals have improved a lot, but share price is down 8% since 2000.

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WorldlyInvest's avatar

So this is a perennial net-net. Not my thing. Thanks for your reply!

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sutje's avatar

Really quality products - would like to own some for my garden work. Thanks for pitching.

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