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Joel Scheiman ...
  • Pelham Smithers
  • Thao Nguyen
  • William Nestuk

PSA Today Valentine's Day: Another slide / GDP growth barely there / Toshiba's 3Q loss; new era / Sq Enix: Monsters Inc comes to Kingdom Hearts III/ Daikin's Q3 below consensus / Automation notes......

PSA Today Feb 14: Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, William Nestuk and Thao Nguyen
Nikkei ¥21,154.17 (-¥90.51/ -0.43%); Topix- ¥1,702.72 (-¥14.06 / -,0.82%); ¥/$107.16
Tags: Toshiba (6502 JP), Square Enix (9684 JP), Daikin (6367 JP), Nabtesco (6268 JP), Mitsubishi Electric (6503 JP), Fanuc (6954 JP),Yaskawa Electric (6506 JP) Rakuten (4755 JP), Walmart (WMT US), BIC CAMERA (3048 JP), Amazon (AMZN US)
Main Points at a Glance
• Market slides again
• GDP growth just 0.1% QoQ in 4Q 2017
• Toshiba reports FY17 3Q loss
• Square Enix: Monsters Inc comes to Kingdom Hearts III
• Daikin raises NP but is below consensus for FY17 Q3
• Automation falls in the afternoon session
• Rakuten’s fundamentals: less impressive than the headline figures represent  

Underlyings
Amazon.com Inc.

Amazon.com serves consumers through its online and physical stores. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablet, Fire TV, Echo, and Ring, and the company develops and produces media content. The company operates customer service centers and provides programs that enable sellers to grow their businesses, sell their products in its stores, and fulfill orders through the company The company serves developers and enterprises of various sizes, including start-ups, government agencies, and academic institutions, through its Amazon Web Services segment, which provides a set of global compute, storage, database, and other service offerings. The company also provides services, such as advertising.

BIC Cameras Inc.

BIC Camera is mainly engaged in the operation of chain specialty stores called "BIC Camera," "Kojima," "Sofmap," and others. As of Aug 31, 2017, Co. and its subsidiaries operate total of 204 stores mainly in Tokyo Metropolitan area and other cities in Japan. Its principal products are audio visual products, home appliances, information communications equipment products and others. Co. is engaged in electronic commerce ("EC") activities, such as the operation of Internet shopping site under the names of "biccamera.com," "BIC Camera Rakuten Shijoten," "kojima.net," and others. Co. is also involved in the provision of satellite and cable TV broadcasting services and radio wave advertising.

DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD.

Daikin Industries is engaged in the manufacture and sale of air conditioning and refrigerating equipment. The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment segment offers housing equipment including split type air conditioners, air purifiers and air to water heat pump systems; commercial equipment including packaged air conditioners, multi-split type air conditioners, water cooled chillers, medium/low temperature refrigeration equipment, air handling units, rooftop systems and air filters; and marine air conditioning equipment. The Chemicals segment offers fluorocarbon gases, fluoroplastics, fluoroelastomers, fluoro coating agents, semiconductor-etching products and fluorinated oils.

Fanuc Corporation

Fanuc is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of CNC systems as well as application products based on its engineering. Co.'s principal products include Factory Automation (FA) products such as computer numeric control (CNC) systems and laser products; The Robot including collaborative robot, arc welding robot, palletizing robot, mini/small/medium/large size robot and paint robot; and the he Robo-machine such as robodrill(compact machining center), roboshot (electric injection molding machine), robocut (wire-cut electric discharge machine) and robonano (ultra precision machine).

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

Mitsubishi Electric is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electrical and electronic equipment. Energy and Electronic Systems segment offers turbine generators, nuclear power plant equipment, transformers and motors. Industrial Automation Systems segment offers programmable logic controllers, inverters, human-machine interfaces and magnetic switches. Information and Communication Systems segment offers wireless and wired communications systems, surveillance cameras and satellite communications equipment. Electronic Devices segment offers power modules, high-frequency devices and optical devices. Home Appliances segment offers LCD televisions, room air conditioners and refrigerators.

Nabtesco Corporation

Nabtesco is engaged in the design, manufacture, sales, and repair of industrial machinery and components. Co. operates in three business segments: component solutions, transport solutions and accessibility solutions. Co.'s principal products are high precision reducers and actuators for industrial robots, construction machinery, solar tracking equipment, automatic door drive units, automobile air-break systems, automatic testing/training equipment, connecting device, various types of actuators, remote control systems for marine vessels, automatic door systems, smoke exhausting systems and platform safety system as well as nursing care equipment and industrial equipment.

Rakuten Inc.

Rakuten is mainly engaged in the Internet-related business. Along with its affiliates, Co. operates in two business segments. The Internet Services segment is engaged in the operation of electronic commerce sites, including an Internet shopping mall "Rakuten Ichiba," an online cash back site, a travel booking site, portal sites and digital contents sites; the sale of advertising on Co.'s sites; the provision of messaging and communication services; and the management of a professional baseball team "Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles." FinTech segment is engaged in the provision of Internet banking services and online securities trading services, and the credit card and life insurance businesses.

Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.

Square Enix Holdings is a holding company that is mainly engaged in the entertainment industry. Co., through its subsidiaries, operates in four business segments. The Digital Entertainment business is engaged in the design, development, sale, licensed sale and operation of digital entertainment contents focusing on computer games. The Amusement segment is engaged in the operation of amusement facilities, the design, development, manufacture, sale and rental of amusement equipment. The Publishing segment is involved in the publication of comic magazines, books and game related books. The Rights Property segment is involved design, production, sale and grant of secondary works.

Toshiba Corporation

Toshiba is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electronics and energy products. Along with its affiliates, Co. operates in six business segments: energy systems & solutions, infrastructure systems & solutions, retail & printing solutions, storage & electronic devices solutions, industrial ICT solutions, and others. Co. provides thermal power generation systems, nuclear power generation systems, water supply and sewerage systems, instrumentation and control systems, environmental systems, automatic railroad station equipment, transportation equipment, POS systems, small-signal devices, information technology ("IT") solution services, personal computers, tablets, televisions, and others.

Walmart Inc.

Walmart is engaged in global operations of retail, wholesale and other units, as well as eCommerce, located throughout the U.S., Africa, Argentina, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, Japan, Mexico and the U.K. The company's operations are conducted in three reportable segments: Walmart U.S., which is a mass merchandiser of consumer products, operating under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands, as well as walmart.com, jet.com and other eCommerce brands; Walmart International, which includes various formats divided into retail, wholesale and other categories; and Sam's Club, which is a membership-only warehouse club that also operates samsclub.com.

Yaskawa Electric Corporation

Yaskawa Electric and its affiliates are mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of electric motors, industrial robots and industrial electrical control systems. Co.'s principal products include AC/DC servomotors, spindle motors for machine tools, programmable controllers, numerical controls, general-purpose/special-system inverters, industrial robots, clean robots, vacuum robots, transfer systems in clean/vacuum rooms, industrial electrical control systems for metal processing, cold rolling and paper making, water supply/sewage control systems, power receiving/distribution panels, circuit breakers, high-voltage switchgears, and energy-saving motor drivers.

Provider
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

PSA produces both company and sector reports. The focus of PSA’s research is to identify winners and losers as new technologies impact the top and bottom lines of corporations. Critical to our research is the clear explanation of how these new technologies work and how they impact companies and industries. 

The founding partners have worked closely together for twenty years and the team has more than doubled in size since 2012. 

Analysts
Joel Scheiman

Pelham Smithers

Thao Nguyen

William Nestuk

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