Risk factor
Low price volatility
Profitability factor
Slightly undervalued vs peers
About
Hagihara Industries Inc., headquartered in Kurashiki, Japan, and established in 1962, specializes in manufacturing and distributing flat yarns along with related industrial machinery. Its Plastics Business segment provides a broad array of textile products. These include polyethylene (PE) tarpaulins, blue sheets, and specialized fabrics for insulation, transparency, and flame retardation. The division also offers various mesh products, soundproofing materials, water tank liners, heavy-duty shelter fabrics, and barrier fabrics designed to prevent radon and methane. Additionally, they supply ground barrier textiles, sandbags, adhesive tapes, meltac fabrics, and monofilaments and yarns. The company's Engineering Products division is responsible for a comprehensive range of machinery. This encompasses several types of slitter rewinders, such as duplex, sectional drive, narrow-width, and paper models, including those equipped with laminating units. The division also produces inspection rewinders, various yarn winding machines (including automatic yarn changeover, take-up, traverse, and roving winders), plastic recycling equipment, and water ring-type hot cut pelletizers.
Company Valuation
Considering past and projected metrics, the stock is slightly 'cheaper' than its peers. Specifically, the stock is fairly valued on P/E, undervalued on EV/EBITDA, reasona