Ajinomoto Co stock analysis
Ajinomoto Co (AJI) Stock Price & Analysis
AJI Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 24.21 - EUR 25.10
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 17.51 - EUR 34.48
- Previous Close
- EUR 24.65
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 145
- Market Cap
- EUR 22.91B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 5.29T
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 159.40B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 501.50B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 26.1
- Beta
- 0.52
- Next Earnings
- Feb 10, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.24
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 1.19%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Profitability Rebound
Ajinomoto has delivered a substantial improvement in profitability, with stronger operating and net margins than in prior fiscal years. This creates greater earnings capacity to reinvest in branded foods, amino-acid technologies, and international operations over the coming quarters.
Strong Return On Equity
An approximately 18.5% return on equity indicates that Ajinomoto is generating attractive profits from its shareholder capital. Combined with a sizeable equity base, this supports financial resilience and demonstrates effective use of capital across its food and biotechnology businesses.
Diversified Business Model
Ajinomoto combines branded consumer products with business-to-business ingredients and solutions based on amino-acid and fermentation technologies. This mix broadens its revenue base across customers and end markets, while its technology-oriented activities can complement its food portfolio.
Bears Say
Moderating Revenue Growth
Revenue is still growing, but the recent moderation to approximately 2.7% means Ajinomoto is relying more on margin improvement than expanding sales to drive earnings. Slower top-line growth could constrain operating leverage and reduce the pace of future profit compounding.
Rising Leverage
The upward debt-to-equity trend reduces financial flexibility even though leverage is described as moderate for a packaged foods business. A larger debt burden can limit room for acquisitions, investment, or shareholder returns and increases the importance of sustaining operating performance.
Weakening Cash Conversion
Free cash flow remains positive, but its decline and conversion of only about 54% of net income indicate that accounting earnings are not translating fully into distributable cash. Persistent conversion weakness could reduce funding available for investment, debt reduction, or shareholder returns.
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Company Description
Ajinomoto Co
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation with a global presence, specializing in three main business areas: seasonings and food products, frozen culinary items, and a diverse healthcare and specialty chemicals portfolio. Its Seasonings and Foods division offers an extensive range of sauces and seasonings, featuring well-known brands such as AJI-NO-MOTO, HON-DASHI, Cook Do, Ajinomoto KK Consommé, Pure Select Mayonnaise, Ros Dee, Masako, Aji-ngon, Sazón, Sajiku, and CRISPY FRY. This segment also provides tailored ingredient solutions for both consumer packaged goods and the food service industry. Beyond culinary staples, it includes popular instant noodle brands like Knorr Cup Soup and YumYum, various coffee products under the Birdy and Blendy labels, the Birdy 3in1 powdered drink, MAXIM products, and Chyotto Zeitakuna Kohiten items. Additionally, it supplies gift sets and office amenities, including coffee vending machines and tea servers. Within the Frozen Foods segment, the company produces a variety of convenient meal options such as Chinese dumplings, cooked rice dishes, noodles, desserts, shumai, and processed chicken products. The Healthcare and Other segment demonstrates significant diversification. It supplies amino acids for a range of applications in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries, alongside sports nutrition products and personal care ingredients. This division also provides sterile products and specialized contract manufacturing services for pharmaceutical intermediates and active ingredients. A notable offering is the Ajinomoto Build-up Film, an advanced interlayer insulating material crucial for semiconductor packages. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. was established in 1909 and maintains its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
- Sector
- Consumerdefensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- CEO
- Shigeo Nakamura
- Employees
- 34,787
- Website
- www.ajinomoto.com
- Address
- 7-1, Kyobashi 1-chome (TODA BUILDING), Tokyo, TY, 104-8315, JP
Ajinomoto Co (AJI) Earnings & Revenues
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AJI Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call had a cautiously constructive tone. Ajinomoto maintained full-year guidance, reported higher net profit, strong Functional Materials and CDMO momentum, improved cash flow, share recovery actions in domestic Frozen Foods, and expanded shareholder returns. However, first-half performance was behind plan, with significant declines in processed-food Umami seasonings and domestic Frozen Foods, competitive pressure from Chinese and local players, North American Frozen Foods weakness, and short-term Forge commercialization costs. Management characterized many issues as recoverable or temporary and emphasized second-half improvement, but execution risks remain.
View all DE:AJI earnings summariesTechnical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 0 | 0 | 12 |
