Risk factor
Negligible price volatility
Profitability factor
Slightly undervalued vs peers
About
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc., established in 1907 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, is a diversified conglomerate with extensive operations both within Japan and globally. The company's core businesses include urban transportation, where it provides railways, buses, and taxi services, alongside advertising and retail offerings. Its real estate division is involved in the development, leasing, and administration of residential (condominiums), commercial, and office properties, in addition to managing real estate funds. In the hospitality sector, Hankyu Hanshin Holdings owns and manages a significant portfolio of hotels. As of September 1, 2020, this comprised 49 properties, with 21 directly operated and 28 franchised, accounting for 12,470 guest rooms. The company also offers travel and international transportation services. A prominent part of its portfolio is entertainment, which spans professional sports (including the HANSHIN Tigers baseball team and Hanshin Koshien stadium), theatrical arts (the Takarazuka Revue and Umeda Arts Theater), and the music brand Billboard. Furthermore, it operates the comprehensive leisure destination Mt. Rokko, featuring ski slopes, an alpine botanical garden, an observatory, a music box museum, and the Rokko Meets Art exhibition. Its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) segment delivers a broad array of services, such as e-commerce, website production, systems development, medical field solutions, and contract software development. This division also handles information infrastructure, provides optical and wireless high-speed internet, and offers specialized products for children, including wireless IC tags and ProgLab robot-programming classes.
Company Valuation
Based on key historical and expected multiples, the stock is slightly undervalued relative to its peers. Specifically, the stock is fairly valued on P/E, neutral on EV/EB
Target Price
The average target price of 9042.T is 5269 and suggests 11.5% upside potential. Usually, this means a HOLD recommendation among investment firms. This neutral recommendat