The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.
Diluted shares outstanding: 944.4M (2022) → 908.9M (2026)
Komatsu Ltd. manufactures and sells construction, mining, and utility equipment in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, rest of Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, and CIS countries. It operates in three segments: Construction, Mining and Utility Equipment; Retail Finance; and Industrial Machinery and Others. The company offers construction and mining equipment, including excavators, hydraulic and mini excavators, wheel loaders, bulldozers, motor graders, dump trucks, backhoe loaders, rope and hybrid shovels, electric wheel loaders, continuous miners, and jumbo and blasthole drills. It also provides demolition, waste, and recycling equipment, such as mobile crushers and mini shovels; agricultural and livestock equipment; forestry equipment, including harvesters, forwarders, feller bunchers, log loaders, tree planters, and forklifts; quarry equipment; material handling equipment; and shield and tunnel-boring machines, pipe layers, towing tractors, and engines. In addition, the company offers industrial machinery, including presses, sheet-metal machinery, 3D laser cutting machines, transfer machines, battery manufacturing equipment, wire saws, thermos modules, thermoelectric generation modules/EH sensor devices, and temperature control products; crawler carriers; iron and steel castings; shearers; mobile soil recyclers and tub grinders; railroad maintenance equipment; engines and components, such as diesel engines, diesel generator sets, hydraulic equipment, and batteries; and logistics equipment. Further, the company engages in the provision of retail financing; construction machinery rental; transportation, warehousing, packing, and other services; development, manufacture, sale, and service of excimer laser used for lithography tools in semiconductor manufacturing; and purchase and sale of used equipment. Komatsu Ltd. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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+13.9% YoY
YoY Growth Rate
Steady revenue growth
+7.5% YoY
YoY Growth Rate
Slow EPS growth
¥0/ year
0.0% of revenue
Below sector average (4%)
Research and development spending
5+ years
Quarterly Free Cash Flow
↑ Burn rate improving
¥1.6T cash & investments at current burn rate
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ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.
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Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.
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FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.
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Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.
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P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.
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Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.
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