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Chuo Warehouse Co., Ltd. ( (JP:9319) ) just unveiled an announcement.
Chuo Warehouse has updated its board-level evaluation of measures to improve cost of capital and capital profitability and decided to continue its improvement policy under its medium-term plan NEXT CS-100, which runs through fiscal 2027. The plan aims to build a company that remains needed for the next century and offers employees pride and satisfaction, while driving earnings growth and better capital utilization.
For fiscal 2025, operating revenue rose slightly year on year but operating profit and margins declined, even as net income increased to 2,068 million yen and ROE improved to 4.4 percent. The company targets further gains by fiscal 2027, including higher operating revenue and profit and stronger ROE, though current profitability still fails to generate an equity spread over its cost of capital.
Management notes that the estimated cost of capital has risen due to higher domestic interest rates, while an increase in valuation gains on cross-shareholdings, treasury share buybacks, and higher net income have supported ROE. Despite a higher share price and a PBR improving to 0.75, the stock still trades below book value, and the company acknowledges that investor expectations are not yet fully met, underscoring the need to persist with capital-efficiency reforms.
More about Chuo Warehouse Co., Ltd.
Chuo Warehouse Co., Ltd. is a Japanese logistics and warehousing company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under securities code 9319. The company provides storage and related logistics services and is pursuing a long-term strategy to remain essential to customers and society while improving capital efficiency and shareholder returns as it approaches its 100th anniversary in 2027.
Average Trading Volume: 66,748
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: Yen35.06B
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