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Maruwa Co.

MAW.L
56
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
54,100.00 GBp
-1100.00 (-1.99%)
Market Cap
£709.23B
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
56
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Maruwa Co., Ltd. is a Japanese manufacturer that makes ceramic components used inside electronic devices. Its core products include ceramic substrates, packages, and circuit boards that help manage heat and electricity in things like semiconductors, electric vehicles, and telecommunications equipment. The company supplies these parts to electronics and industrial manufacturers around the world.

Maruwa earns money by selling these ceramic components directly to manufacturers, meaning revenue depends on how many parts customers order. The company is based in Japan but sells globally, with strong demand coming from Asia, Europe, and North America. Its competitive edge comes from highly specialized manufacturing processes that are difficult for competitors to copy, which helps explain its unusually high operating margins above 33%. The key growth driver is rising demand for advanced semiconductors and electric vehicles, both of which require more ceramic components — but a slowdown in global electronics spending or excess inventory at customers remains a real risk to revenue.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+18.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+10.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

¥0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

32.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

¥68.2B cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Maruwa Co. is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 19%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

+0.0% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 12.3M (2022) → 12.3M (2026)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
54.1%
Healthy — 54.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
32.9%
Excellent — 32.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
16.7%
Strong — 16.7% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+5.0%
Slow sales growth (+5.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+0.7%
Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
35.6x
Pricey — P/E 35.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+8.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (35.6 → 27.2)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.20%
Small dividend — 0.20% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+17.8%
Dividend growing fast (17.8% YoY)

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