Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Equity Bottom-Up

Teikoku Sen-i Co., Ltd. / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Teikoku, a stable disaster equipment leader, is undervalued due to excessive cash and cross-holdings.  </li>
<li>Regulatory pressure, industry trends, and potential Hulic asset sales create an opportunity to unlock hidden value.</li>
<li>Despite fair current pricing, potential share repurchases and improved capital allocation offer up to 40% upside.</li>
</ul>


Teikoku, a stable disaster equipment leader, is undervalued due to excessive cash and cross-holdings.  
Regulatory pressure, industry trends, and potential Hulic asset sales create an opportunity to unlock hidden value.
Despite fair current pricing, potential share repurchases and improved capital allocation offer up to 40% upside.


Hidden Value in Plain Sight: Teikoku's (3302) Potential Unlock

Global Special Situations & Strategy, SR Services Ltd

David Lepper

Global Special Situations & Strategy

SR Services Ltd

SR Services provides Strategic Knowledge and Solutions services for Family Offices and Corporate Business. 

We deliver this via advisory services, strategic planning, opportunity analysis/sourcing, as well as solution implementation. 

Whilst, we create intellectual discipline and operational leverage for your projects or daily activities, our ultimate objective is to empower whilst enhancing your decision making. 

Strategic Knowledge and Solutions

Cross Asset Strategy

Growth as a style has been the “norm” for years, is the “norm” about to end? The continued strategies by Central Bank’s towards a “lower for longer stance around interest rates”, extended the underperformance of value for most of 2020. However, with the value/growth investment style ratio at 20-year lows, we present 27 names which hold characteristics worthy of further review.

Growth as a style has been the “norm” for years, is the “norm” about to end? The continued strategies by Central Bank’s towards a “lower for longer stance around interest rates”, extended the underperformance of value for most of 2020. However, with the value/growth investment style ratio at 20-year lows, we present 27 names which hold characteristics worthy of further review. 

Screening the Silk Road: Q1 2021 All Cap Screening - Free Cashflow (FCF)

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Last Friday, mid-cap specialist elevator maker (in the top ten globally) <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fujitec-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11686:1" rel="noopener">Fujitec Co Ltd (6406 JP)</a> announced a <a href="https://www.fujitec.com/common/fjhp/doc/top_global/document/irnews/2139/20201204_Fujitec%20Co.,%20Ltd.%20Announces%20Future%20Strategic%20Direction%20Plan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Future Strategy Direction Plan</a> which focused on "priority business areas in the medium-and-long-term, the Company's medium- and long-term strategic targets, and measures aimed at strengthening its governance structure. This sounds kind of jargon-y. Some of it certainly is. But there is actually more than that under the cover, and it is designed to mollify activists who have pursued the company for years. The stock has hardly reacted. Some details clearly kick the can but there is a timer set for summer 2022. More below the fold.

Last Friday, mid-cap specialist elevator maker (in the top ten globally) Fujitec Co Ltd (6406 JP) announced a Future Strategy Direction Plan which focused on "priority business areas in the medium-and-long-term, the Company's medium- and long-term strategic targets, and measures aimed at strengthening its governance structure. This sounds kind of jargon-y. Some of it certainly is. But there is actually more than that under the cover, and it is designed to mollify activists who have pursued the company for years. The stock has hardly reacted. Some details clearly kick the can but there is a timer set for summer 2022. More below the fold. 

Activist Pressure FINALLY Works on Fujitec (6406)- Going Up? (Albeit Slowly)

Analyst

Alasdair Moody

Exposing Creative Accounting

Bucephalus Research Partnership

Bucephalus Research Partnership Limited. Exposing Creative Accounting.

At the Bucephalus Research Partnership (BRP) we analyse financial statements using our accountant's practical experience and our own quantitative algorithms for corporate governance, accounting risk and peer performance.

Our thematic research refines our unique algorithms while our single stock research focuses on examples where we discover a significant gap between published accounts and business reality.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

We examined ten years of accounting and valuation data for the pharmaceutical companies around the world with sales of US$100m+ and created statistics for each region based on aggregate data and for a typical company. In this trend report, we summarise the data and highlight the outliers. Assuming clients will have their own macro industry views, we used valuations and our Governance, Accounting risk and Peer performance (GAP) scores, (which help quantify the risk of creative accounting) to…

We examined ten years of accounting and valuation data for the pharmaceutical companies around the world with sales of US$100m+ and created statistics for each region based on aggregate data and for a typical company. In this trend report, we summarise the data and highlight the outliers. Assuming clients will have their own macro industry views, we used valuations and our Governance, Accounting risk and Peer performance (GAP) scores, (which help quantify the risk of creative accounting) to…

Global Pharmaceuticals: Valuations, Assets and Leverage Up - Margins Down

Japan

TEIKOKU SEN-I Co., Ltd. produces flame-retardant and heat-resistant synthetic fibers.  The Company uses its technologies to make disaster-prevention equipment such as fire hoses, firefighter's uniforms, and rescue vehicles.  Teikoku Sen-i also manufactures and sells linen yarns and textile products made from linen synthetic fibers.

Teikoku Sen-i Co., Ltd. (3302 JP)

Hidden Value in Plain Sight: Teikoku's (3302) Potential Unlock

Teikoku, a disaster equipment leader, is undervalued due to excess cash and cross-holdings. Regulatory pressure and potential asset sales could...

Mark Chadwick

Screening the Silk Road: Q1 2021 All Cap Screening - Free Cashflow (FCF)

With the value/growth investment style ratio at 20-year lows, we present 27 names which hold characteristics worthy of further review.

David Lepper

Activist Pressure FINALLY Works on Fujitec (6406)- Going Up? (Albeit Slowly)

Fujitec activist pressure finally seems to have shown results as the company buckles, and undertakes to pursue some activist demands. A small win....

Travis Lundy

Global Pharmaceuticals: Valuations, Assets and Leverage Up - Margins Down

We examined ten years of accounting and valuation data for the pharmaceutical companies around the world with sales of US$100m+ and created...

Bucephalus Research Partnership

Hidden Value in Plain Sight: Teikoku's (3302) Potential Unlock

​Teikoku, a disaster equipment leader, is undervalued due to excess cash and cross-holdings. Regulatory pressure and potential asset sales could...

Mark Chadwick

Screening the Silk Road: Q1 2021 All Cap Screening - Free Cashflow (FCF)

With the value/growth investment style ratio at 20-year lows, we present 27 names which hold characteristics worthy of further review.

David Lepper

Activist Pressure FINALLY Works on Fujitec (6406)- Going Up? (Albeit Slowly)

Fujitec activist pressure finally seems to have shown results as the company buckles, and undertakes to pursue some activist demands. A small win....

Travis Lundy

Global Pharmaceuticals: Valuations, Assets and Leverage Up - Margins Down

We examined ten years of accounting and valuation data for the pharmaceutical companies around the world with sales of US$100m+ and created...

Bucephalus Research Partnership

Teikoku, a disaster equipment leader, is undervalued due to excess cash and cross-holdings. Regulatory pressure and potential asset sales could...