Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$18.32
-0.49% today
1Y Change
+27.67%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JAPAY) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $10.45T and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $18.32 and up 27.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +15.4%, EPS growth of +198.4%, a dividend yield of 4.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +15.4%, EPS +198.4%, free cash flow -18.9% with operating margin 22.2% and ROIC 7.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 20.5 and price/sales 3.0. Stock Foundry combines JAPAY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
JAPAY
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
JAPAY Max Drawdown
-11.51%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for JAPAY and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$2.3T
-12.5% YoY
FY Net Income
$338.5B
-23.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$496.0B
+29.0% YoY
Revenue Growth
+15.4%
EPS Growth
+198.4%
Gross Margin
56.2%
Net Margin
14.7%
Income statement
JPY
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3635.8B | 3149.8B | 2841.1B | 2657.8B | 2324.8B |
| Gross Profit | 2043.1B | 1742.3B | 1615.1B | 1566.8B | 1368.0B |
| Operating Income | 807.8B | 323.5B | 672.4B | 653.6B | 499.0B |
| EBITDA | 1013.2B | 572.8B | 896.5B | 836.3B | 705.0B |
| Net Income | 534.9B | 179.2B | 482.3B | 442.7B | 338.5B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
JPY
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 831.7B | 1084.6B | 1040.2B | 866.9B | 721.7B |
| Total Assets | 8425.0B | 8370.7B | 7282.1B | 6548.1B | 5774.2B |
| Total Liabilities | 4306.8B | 4522.0B | 3369.6B | 2931.3B | 2888.1B |
| Shareholder Equity | 4089.7B | 3766.6B | 3830.2B | 3540.4B | 2809.3B |
| Total Debt | 1679.8B | 1726.8B | 1142.3B | 958.3B | 918.6B |
| Net Debt | 848.1B | 642.2B | 102.1B | 91.4B | 196.9B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
598.9B
+23.8% YoY
Capital Expenditures
102.9B
-3.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
496.0B
+29.0% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
56.2%
Operating Margin
22.2%
Net Margin
14.7%
ROE
12.7%
Debt / Equity
0.41x
Next Step
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