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Mari Kumagai
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

East Japan Railway: Tailwinds From Non-Traditional Railway Services, Lifting FVE to JPY 11,800

We're increasing our fair value estimate for East Japan Railway to JPY 11,800 from JPY 10,600 per share, representing a price to forward earnings of 16 times and an enterprise value to forward EBITDA of 9.1 times. These valuation metrics stay about 10% below its five-year historical average and stay behind the level seen among its global peers with the average price to forward earnings of 20 times and the average enterprise value to forward EBITDA of 14 times. Its shares are trading at an 11% di...
Underlying
East Japan Railway Company

East Japan Railway is mainly engaged in the transportation business. Co. operates railway routes covering mainly in the Kanto area and the Tohoku area totaling of 7,457.3 km of railway with 1,665 stations, 11,506 standard rolling stocks and 1,370 bullet Train rolling stocks as of Mar 31 2017. Co. establishes commercial space in the railway stations and operates restaurants, retail stores, cafes, convenience stores and shopping centers; and leases office buildings located in the railway stations and surrounding areas. Co. is also engaged in hotel business, advertising agency, travel operations, wholesale, truck delivery, information processing, cleaning, as well as credit card business.

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Morningstar
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Mari Kumagai

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