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Lion (4912) Stock Price & Analysis
4912 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- JPY 1,805.00 - JPY 1,837.00
- 52-Week Range
- JPY 1,491.50 - JPY 1,946.00
- Previous Close
- JPY 1,801.50
- Volume
- 749.90K
- Average Volume (3M)
- 840.86K
- Market Cap
- JPY 496.53B
- Enterprise Value
- JPY 449.10B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- JPY 83.40B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- JPY 31.83B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 17.6
- Beta
- 0.43
- Next Earnings
- Nov 06, 2026 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 28.66
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- Dec 29, 2026
- Dividend Yield
- 1.58%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Margin Recovery
Meaningful operating and net-margin expansion indicates better cost control, product mix, and execution. Sustained improvement would provide greater resilience against input inflation and support stronger earnings conversion over the next several quarters.
Conservative Balance Sheet
Low and declining leverage gives Lion financial flexibility to fund product development, efficiency initiatives, and selective growth without relying heavily on external financing. Rising equity also strengthens resilience during operating or commodity-cost volatility.
Premium Oral-care And Overseas Growth
Growth in priority oral-care products and recovering international markets broaden Lion’s growth base. High-end toothpaste rose 131% and overseas rebounds can support mix, scale, and profitability if product adoption and regional execution persist.
Bears Say
Raw-material Cost Exposure
The sharply larger cost burden shows that commodity inflation remains a material threat to margins. Lion expects offsets from pricing and mix, but incomplete or delayed recovery would pressure earnings and reduce the durability of recent margin gains.
Pricing Execution And Volume Risk
Passing through costs is necessary to protect profitability, but consumer resistance and retailer execution could limit realization. Structural volume losses in core categories would weaken revenue growth, scale benefits, and the expected gross-profit recovery.
Category And Regional Pressure
Weakness in Home Care and difficult markets such as Thailand indicate that growth is uneven across Lion’s portfolio. Persistent competition, soft consumption, and export challenges could offset oral-care strength and make consolidated improvement less consistent.
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Company Description
Lion
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and established in 1891, Lion Corporation is a global manufacturer and distributor of an extensive range of consumer and industrial products. Its operations are organized into three primary divisions: Consumer Products Business, Industrial Products Business, and Overseas Business. The company offers a broad portfolio of consumer goods, including a full spectrum of dental and oral hygiene items such as toothpastes, toothbrushes, and mouthwashes, alongside diverse personal care staples like shampoos, body washes, skin treatments, and deodorants. Lion also provides various over-the-counter medicinal products, spanning analgesics, eye care solutions, cold and flu remedies, gastrointestinal medications, and vitamin supplements. Its household and kitchen essentials encompass laundry detergents, fabric softeners, general cleaning supplies, and dishwashing liquids. Furthermore, it supplies nutritional supplements and functional beverages. Within its industrial division, Lion manufactures specialized chemical compounds. These range from rubber processing additives, insulating oils, and concrete admixtures to ground improvement agents, surfactants, and cosmetic components, among others. Additionally, the company provides pet supplies and bespoke gift selections.
- Sector
- Consumerdefensive
- Industry
- Household & Personal Products
- CEO
- Masayuki Takemori
- Employees
- 8,346
- Website
- www.lion.co.jp
- Address
- 1-3-28, Kuramae, Tokyo, TY, 111-8644, JP
Lion (4912) Earnings & Revenues
4912 Company Deck
4912 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call presented a clear set of operating achievements — double-digit operating profit growth, EBITDA margin expansion, strong Oral Healthcare performance, and visible recovery in overseas markets — while candidly acknowledging a larger-than-expected raw-material cost headwind, execution and volume risk from price increases, and higher near-term SG&A/one-time costs. Management provided concrete offset plans (price pass-through, mix shift toward high-value products, cost reductions and SG&A efficiency) and maintained full-year guidance and dividend policy. Given the magnitude of positive operating momentum and the detailed mitigation plan for headwinds, the tone is constructive and confidence-oriented, though execution risk and external uncertainties remain material.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| Technical Analysis | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Moving Averages | 11 | 0 | 1 |