With inventories of licensee products mounting on the retail side in the US and Beijing now urging Chinese nationals to refrain from visiting Japan, analyst Hiroyki Terada has reduced his forecasts for FY25~26. However, in anticipation of Sanrio’s Hollywood Movie [schedule for Aug 2028], he has raised his FY27 OP estimates.
Switch 2, Hello Kitty and Demon Slayer have underlined the success of Japan’s global pop culture influence. In this review, Pelham Smithers discusses whether 2025 will be the peak, or if there more to come. In light of the capital limitations faced by Japanese game developers evident at TGS2025, Pelham thinks further consolidation is likely and suggests three likely scenarios.
Small-cap specialist Terada-san reviews Sanrio’s Q1 performance and full-year guidance. Despite US tariffs, contributions expected from new licensees and continued steady demand for Hello Kitty products leads him to revise up his OP forecasts for FY25~FY27.
When the BoJ raised rates in March, it had been 17 years since it had last done so, though the world was very different then. While the July rate hike was unlikely to move the economic needle, the question now is what else might follow the subsequent financial market maelstrom. Pelham Smithers discusses the outlook for Japan’s macro environment, what new fiscal policies the new PM might introduce, how the BoJ might react and the all-important trend in corporate earnings. This then leads us to...
We update our earnings model and review the recent FY23 performance of Sanrio to conclude that the company guidance for FY24 1H is conservative. On undemanding valuations and a -17% correction in the shares since the firm released its FY24 outlook on 14 May, a better-than-expected Q1 performance analyst Hiroyuki Terada is modelling for may provide a catalyst for the stock.
Bullish Outlook Intact; U.S. Dollar (DXY) Rolling Over We continue to see more and more global indexes and Sectors breaking out to new highs. This is classic bull market behavior. Our bullish outlook (since early November 2023) remains intact; continue to ride this trend higher, and treat pullbacks as buying opportunities. U.S. Dollar (DXY); 10-Year Treasury Yield. We continue to get more evidence that suggests the U.S. dollar (DXY) is rolling over; last week we discussed the failed breakout a...
SANRIO (JP), a company active in the Recreational Products industry, reduced its market risk and raised its general evaluation. The independent financial analyst theScreener awarded an improved star rating to the company, which now shows 4 out of 4 possible stars; its market behaviour has improved and can be considered as defensive. theScreener believes that this new assessment merits an overall rating upgrade to Slightly Positive. As of the analysis date October 5, 2021, the closing price was J...
Full Article at IIR has reaffirmed its Recommended rating for PIA after undertaking a review post the appointment of a new Portfolio Manager, Harding Loevner. The full report can be found on the IIR website. On 26 July 2021, Pengana International Equities Limited (PIA) announced a fully franked dividend of 1.35 cents per share for the June quarter. This represents an 8% increase on the March quarter dividend and takes the total dividends declared for FY21 of 5.1 cents per share, fully franked....
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