Consumer Defensive
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.(YMZBY)
Live Price
Offline$180.00
+0.00% today
1Y Change
+17.84%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $638.76B
- Revenue Growth
- +10.5%
- EPS Growth
- +21.4%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.5%
Coverage: 255 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. (YMZBY) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $638.76B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $180.00 and up 17.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +10.5%, EPS growth of +21.4%, a dividend yield of 1.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +10.5%, EPS +21.4%, free cash flow +4.0% with operating margin 4.7% and ROIC 6.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 15.3 and price/sales 0.5. Stock Foundry combines YMZBY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+10.5% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+4.7% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
15.3 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 23, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +10.5% and EPS at +21.4%, with operating margin around 4.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +5.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 23, 2026 | โ | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
2026 Feb 12, 2026 | +5.7% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
2025 Apr 25, 2025 | -89.6% | +0.0% | +17.8% | +17.8% |
Benchmark Comparison
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Company Overview
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.
Other OTC
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells baked goods in Japan. Its products include loaf bread, sweet buns, donuts, hard rolls, and Danish pastries; Japanese, Western style, and rice-derived and based confectionery; processed bread and noodles, prepared rice, and side dishes; and chocolates, candies, stevia-based and other sweeteners, snack foods, and soup and soup stocks, as well as jams, marmalades, jelly and yokan products, and ready-to-eat curries in retort pouches. The company also manufactures biscuits, cookies, crackers, and frozen bread dough; provides coffee and juice under the Yamazaki brand; creams, curry fillings, stuffing for Chinese filled buns, croquettes, meat patties, and mayonnaise products; and prepared mixes for bread, tempura, and fried chicken, as well as sells products procured from other companies. In addition, it is involved in the manufacture and sale of cleaning and disinfecting agents for food production equipment; operation of bread and pastry shops, restaurants, convenience stores, and supermarkets; provision of retail bakery and cafe management, in-store bakery management, general truck transport and freight forwarding, and insurance services; and design of equipment for manufacturing bread and confectionery, installation of production facilities, and other services. Further, the company offers logistics management services; and manufactures and sells stevia-based and other sweeteners. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 1,389 stores. Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- Leadership
- Nobuhiro Iijima
- IPO Date
- Nov 3, 1994
- Employees
- 33.4k
- Street Address
- 10-1, Iwamotocho 3-chome
- Mailing
- Tokyo, 101-8585
- Region
- Tokyo, JP
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 81 3 3864 3111
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 15.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 5.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.5
- Price/Book
- 1.4
Growth
- Revenue
- +10.5%
- EPS
- +21.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- +4.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 32.7%
- Operating Margin
- 4.7%
- Net Margin
- 3.2%
- ROE
- 9.4%
- ROIC
- 6.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.22
- Current Ratio
- 1.35
Earnings Reports
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Official Releases
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