UEX, Ltd. stock analysis
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UEX, Ltd. (9888) Stock Price & Analysis
9888 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- JPY 1,468.00 - JPY 1,537.00
- 52-Week Range
- JPY 693.00 - JPY 1,557.00
- Previous Close
- JPY 1,509.00
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 183.79K
- Market Cap
- JPY 15.54B
- Enterprise Value
- JPY 17.14B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- JPY 7.56B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- JPY 13.21B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 5.8
- Beta
- 0.83
- Next Earnings
- Feb 10, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- N/A
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- Mar 30, 2027
- Dividend Yield
- 2.49%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Moderate Leverage
Moderate leverage and a growing equity base provide the company with some balance-sheet capacity during a cyclical downturn. This can support continued operations and selective investment, while reducing the immediate financial strain associated with a highly leveraged capital structure.
Historical Free Cash Flow
The company has demonstrated an ability to generate solid free cash flow across several prior years, indicating that the business can produce cash under more favorable operating conditions. That history offers a foundation for recovery if earnings and working-capital conditions improve.
Ongoing Annual Profitability
Remaining profitable through a difficult cycle provides a continuing earnings base and indicates that the business has not moved into sustained annual losses. This resilience can help preserve financial flexibility and support a recovery if pricing and operating conditions stabilize.
Bears Say
Compressed Profitability
Material margin compression reduces the earnings buffer available to absorb further pressure and makes results more sensitive to changes in pricing, spreads, and costs. Persistently lower profitability would weaken returns on capital and limit internally funded growth over coming quarters.
Negative Free Cash Flow
Recent negative free cash flow indicates that accounting profitability is not translating reliably into surplus cash. If this pattern persists, the company may have less capacity to fund investment, reduce debt, or return capital without relying more heavily on external financing.
Rising Debt And Falling Returns
Rising debt alongside sharply lower returns signals declining efficiency in the use of capital and increases financial risk if the downturn continues. Higher obligations can constrain capital allocation and make a prolonged period of weak profitability more difficult to manage.
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Company Description
UEX, Ltd.
UEX, Ltd. is a Japanese company specializing in the production, distribution, and sale of a wide array of metal products, including stainless steel and titanium. Its comprehensive product range features stainless steel in various forms such as plates, strips, tubes, pipes, bars, and structural shapes. The company also supplies building materials, specialized stainless steel for hydrogen infrastructure, duplex stainless steel, and processed goods, alongside machinery and engineering solutions. Additionally, UEX provides precision cutting services. Founded in 1872, the company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, was formerly known as Ueno Metalex, Ltd. before adopting the name UEX, Ltd. in 1998.
- Sector
- General
- Industry
- Steel
- CEO
- Masanori Hidetaka
- Employees
- 518
- Website
- www.uex-ltd.co.jp
- Address
- Tennoz Central Tower, Tokyo, TY, 140-8630, JP
UEX, Ltd. (9888) Earnings & Revenues
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| Technical Analysis | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |

