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Townnews-Sha Co Ltd

Consumer PublishingVerified

Score breakdown

Profitability+32Sentiment+15Missing signals-3

Quality breakdown

Key fields100Profile25Conclusion82AI synthesis40Observations3

Townnews-Sha Co Ltd (2481.T) is currently classified as Consumer Publishing within Consumer Publishing (Consumer Cyclicals). Classification confidence: 0.92 (verified market data). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 5,792,005,000 JPY, total equity 5,108,088,000, short-term debt 0, long-term debt 0. Net cash position is approximately 2,278,376,000 JPY. Profitability profile: revenue 3,677,022,000, gross profit 2,470,220,000, operating income 452,347,000, net income 389,136,000. Return on equity ~7.6%. Return on assets ~6.7%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 1.03. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk low, dilution risk low. Flags: No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected..

Profile

CompanyTownnews-Sha Co Ltd

Ticker2481.T

SectorConsumer Cyclicals

BusinessCyclical Consumer Services

Industry groupCyclical Consumer Services

IndustryConsumer Publishing

AI analysis

Business. Townnews-Sha Co Ltd is classified under Consumer Cyclicals / Consumer Publishing and appears profitable on the latest normalized snapshot.

Classification. Classification confidence is 0.92 based on verified market data; matched terms: Consumer Publishing, Cyclical Consumer Services, Consumer Cyclicals.

Key takeaways

Return on equity is about 7.6%.
Debt to equity is about 0.0x.

Financial snapshot

PeriodHA-latest

CurrencyJPY

Revenue$3.68B

Gross profit$2.47B

Operating income$452.3M

Net income$389.1M

R&D—

SG&A—

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SBC—

Operating cash flow$400.2M

CapEx-$52.6M

Free cash flow$277.6M

Total assets$5.79B

Total liabilities$683.9M

Total equity$5.11B

Cash & equivalents$2.28B

Long-term debt$0.00

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Valuation

Market price—

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P/E—

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EV/Revenue—

EV/Op income—

EV/OCF—

P/B—

P/Tangible book—

Tangible book$5.11B

Net cash$2.28B

Current ratio5.0

Debt/Equity0.0

ROA6.7%

ROE7.6%

Cash conversion1.0%

CapEx/Revenue-1.4%

SBC/Revenue—

Asset intensity—

Dilution ratio0.0%

Risk assessment

Dilution riskLow

Liquidity riskLow

No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected.

Industry benchmarks

Activity: Consumer Publishing · cohort 1 companies

Metric2481Activity

Op margin12.3%15.3% medp25 15.3% · p75 15.3%bottom quartile

Net margin10.6%12.2% medp25 12.2% · p75 12.2%bottom quartile

Gross margin67.2%47.5% medp25 35.2% · p75 67.3%above median

R&D / revenue—9.4% medp25 9.4% · p75 9.4%

CapEx / revenue-1.4%1.2% medp25 1.2% · p75 1.2%bottom quartile

Debt / equity0.0%4.9% medp25 0.3% · p75 24.0%bottom quartile

Source data

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Company fundamentalsperiod FQ-7 · history via verified-market-data

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Source: analysis-pipeline (hybrid)Generated: 2026-05-06 23:27 UTCJob: f8a33898