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Shanshan Wei, CFA

Impressive Domestic Revenue Growth Supports the Strength of Hoshizaki’s Nationwide Service Network

Wide-moat Hoshizaki’s first-quarter results were fairly in line with our forecast, and the share price surged approximately 4% after the announcement, as the numbers delivered relief to the market. While the challenging business environment in the U.S. seems to continue, Hoshizaki controlled the cost properly to maintain the profitability, and revenue growth in other regions was impressive. Overall, we believe that the company made a solid start to meeting our operating income forecast of JPY 37...
Underlying
HOSHIZAKI Corp.

Hoshizaki and its subsidiaries are mainly engaged in the research, development, manufacture, sale and maintenance of kitchen equipment for industrial use. Co.'s principal products are ice makers including fully-automatic and large-scale ice makers, cooking electrolyzers, meal service carts, high humidity refrigerators, frozen refrigerators, cold salt water system, washing electrolyzers, dish washers, ice dispensers, tea servers, cooking appliances including electromagnetic cookers, electronic frying equipment and microwaves, among others. Co. provides its products in Japan as well as North and South America, Europe, Asia and other regions.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Shanshan Wei, CFA

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