Risk factor
Limited trading liquidity
Profitability factor
Solid dividends
About
Kurimoto, Ltd., an Osaka, Japan-based company founded in 1909, operates internationally as a manufacturer and supplier. Its core business revolves around ductile iron pipes, a diverse range of valves, and various construction materials. The company's extensive pipe offerings encompass ductile iron pipes, including associated disaster prevention products, alongside pipes for sewerage, agricultural water, wells, and power cable protection. Kurimoto also specializes in a broad array of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) items, such as fiberglass-reinforced plastic mortar (FRPM) pipes, standard FRP pipes, FRPM panels, FRP pultrusion products, molded synthetic resin items, FRP cores, and FRP components tailored for machinery, equipment, and vehicles, in addition to winding core pipes. Their comprehensive valve portfolio features resilient seated gate, butterfly, emergency shut-off, automatic water level control and pressure regulating, orifice, float-type, air, reversing, spherical, sleeve, slide gate, hot blast, link seal, goggle, and blow-off valves, as well as general industrial valves. Beyond pipes and valves, Kurimoto provides essential construction and civil engineering materials like pit cover plates, general construction materials, and equipment for sanitary and air conditioning systems. In the automotive and transportation sectors, the company manufactures brake discs, specialized manufacturing equipment for vehicles, and components for railroad car braking systems. Furthermore, Kurimoto serves the energy and industrial machinery markets with products for the electricity, gas, petroleum, and coal industries. They offer soundproofing and noise reduction solutions, alongside manufacturing equipment for secondary batteries. Their processing equipment lineup includes crushers, pulverizers, mills, classifiers, dryers, calciners, kilns, mixers, kneaders, reactors, granulators, solvent recovery systems, deodorizing apparatus, and flue gas treatment equipment. The company also supplies forging presses, peripheral devices, bending rolls, a variety of high-performance and wear/heat-resistant casting products (including specific industrial equipment castings), and general fiber-reinforced plastic products. Additional industrial offerings comprise separating and conveying products, dredge pumps, and pharmaceutical equipment.
Company Valuation
Considering past and projected metrics, the stock is slightly 'cheaper' than its peers. Specifically, the stock is fairly valued on P/E, neutral on EV/EBITD.