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Halows Co., Ltd. (2742) Price & Analysis
2742 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- JPY 3,580.00 - JPY 3,640.00
- 52-Week Range
- JPY 3,535.00 - JPY 4,985.00
- Previous Close
- JPY 3,565.00
- Volume
- 65.00K
- Average Volume (3M)
- 38.73K
- Market Cap
- JPY 78.02B
- Enterprise Value
- JPY 84.39B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- JPY 13.80B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- JPY 11.31B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 8.6
- Beta
- 0.50
- Next Earnings
- Dec 18, 2026
- EPS Estimate
- N/A
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- Feb 25, 2027
- Dividend Yield
- 1.98%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Consistent Revenue Growth
Sustained revenue growth indicates continued consumer demand for Halows’ grocery and daily-necessities offering. A multi-year expansion pattern provides a durable base for store productivity, supports operating leverage, and strengthens the company’s ability to fund ongoing retail growth.
Resilient Operating Profitability
Stable gross and operating margins show that Halows has maintained profitability while expanding sales in a structurally low-margin grocery business. This consistency supports earnings visibility and suggests the operating model can preserve profitability across normal changes in revenue scale.
Materially Lower Leverage
The sharp reduction in leverage materially strengthens Halows’ balance sheet and lowers financial risk. Less reliance on debt improves resilience, preserves borrowing capacity, and gives management greater flexibility to support store expansion or absorb weaker operating conditions.
Bears Say
Thin And Pressured Net Margin
Halows converts only a thin portion of sales into net profit, leaving earnings sensitive to modest changes in costs or operating conditions. The recent margin dip indicates that higher revenue has not translated fully into bottom-line expansion, limiting earnings resilience.
Volatile Free Cash Flow
Uneven free cash flow reduces confidence that reported earnings consistently translate into discretionary cash. Periods of negative generation and the 2026 conversion shortfall may constrain internally funded investment and make capital allocation more dependent on working-capital and investment cycles.
Declining EPS Growth
Negative EPS growth signals that per-share earnings are currently contracting despite the company’s broader revenue expansion. If this persists, it can weaken the fundamental benefit of sales growth and indicate that profitability or share-level earnings conversion is not keeping pace.
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Company Description
Halows Co., Ltd.
Operating a chain of supermarket stores, Halows Co.,Ltd. serves customers across several prefectures in Japan, specifically Hiroshima, Okayama, Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima, and Hyogo. The company was founded in 1958 and initially operated as Fuchu Supermarket Co., Ltd. before adopting its current name, Halows Co.,Ltd., in March 1988. Its main corporate office is situated in Tsukubo, Japan.
- Sector
- Consumerdefensive
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- CEO
- Toshiyuki Sato
- Employees
- 1,437
- Website
- www.halows.com
- Address
- 3270-1, Hayashima, Tsukubo, HI, 701-0393, JP
Halows Co., Ltd. (2742) Earnings & Revenues
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| Technical Analysis | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 2 | 0 | 10 |




