The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.
Diluted shares outstanding: 4.84B (2022) → 4.54B (2026)
Established in Tokyo in 1910, Hitachi, Ltd. is a global enterprise delivering a comprehensive suite of innovative solutions across diverse sectors, including information technology, energy, industrial systems, mobility, and smart life applications. The company's extensive information and telecommunication offerings include internet of things (IoT) platforms, sophisticated storage and server systems, software solutions, banking hardware like ATMs and scanners, drone technology, and unmanned aerial system traffic management. They also provide crucial infrastructure information systems, along with expert consulting and system integration services, catering to manufacturing, communication, finance, healthcare, life sciences, energy, transportation, distribution, government, and urban development sectors. In the energy domain, Hitachi is involved in nuclear power plant operations, power grid management, wind turbine technology, and various power generation systems, alongside energy and equipment management services and power semiconductors. Their contributions to mobility and infrastructure include manufacturing elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and advanced control systems for these, as well as broader transportation systems. Hitachi's healthcare portfolio features medical equipment for radiation therapy, in-vitro diagnostics, and regenerative medicines, while their industrial offerings span automotive systems, home appliances, and comprehensive water treatment solutions for public supply, sewage, industrial use, desalination, and recycling, supported by maintenance and repair services. The company further produces a wide array of industrial machinery such as air and centrifugal compressors, blowers, electrical machinery control systems, fans, pumps, pharmaceutical manufacturing execution systems, induction motors, industrial computers and controllers, inverters, logistics and marking systems, IGBT drives, nitrogen gas generators, hoists, power conditioning systems (PCS), uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), switches, breakers, steel systems, and transformers. Additionally, Hitachi supplies critical functional components, power electronic and magnetic materials, wires, cables, related products, optical disk drives, and property management services.
When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.
+20.0% YoY
YoY Growth Rate
Steady revenue growth
+0.5% YoY
YoY Growth Rate
Slow EPS growth
¥0/ year
↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)
0.0% of revenue
Below sector average (4%)
R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency
Cash flow positive
¥2.6T cash & investments
Quarterly Free Cash Flow
↑ Burn rate improving
Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising
Hitachi is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 20%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."
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ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.
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Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.
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FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.
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Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.
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P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.
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Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.
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