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Starts Publishing Corp

Consumer PublishingVerified

Score breakdown

Profitability+35Sentiment+15Missing signals-3

Quality breakdown

Key fields100Profile38Conclusion82AI synthesis40Observations20

Starts Publishing Corp (7849.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 12,902,098,000 JPY, total equity 10,772,951,000, short-term debt 0, long-term debt 0. Net cash position is approximately 5,573,685,000 JPY. Profitability profile: revenue 8,143,367,000, gross profit 4,181,314,000, operating income 1,756,795,000, net income 1,377,254,000. Return on equity ~12.8%. Return on assets ~10.7%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 0.58. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk low, dilution risk low. Flags: No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected..

30-day price · 7849+100.00 (+2.6%)

Low$3775.00High$4150.00Close$4000.00As of7 May, 00:00 UTC

Profile

CompanyStarts Publishing Corp

Ticker7849.T

SectorConsumer Cyclicals

BusinessCyclical Consumer Services

Industry groupCyclical Consumer Services

IndustryConsumer Publishing

AI analysis

Business. Starts Publishing Corp 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 12.8%.
Debt to equity is about 0.0x.
Analyst estimate: Mean EPS estimate = 416.70 JPY
Analyst estimate: Last actual EPS = 358.70 JPY

Financial snapshot

PeriodHA-latest

CurrencyJPY

Revenue$8.14B

Gross profit$4.18B

Operating income$1.76B

Net income$1.38B

R&D—

SG&A—

D&A—

SBC—

Operating cash flow$798.8M

CapEx-$69.3M

Free cash flow$916.8M

Total assets$12.90B

Total liabilities$2.13B

Total equity$10.77B

Cash & equivalents$5.57B

Long-term debt$0.00

Annual history (last 5)

PeriodRevenueOp IncomeNet IncomeFCF

FY0$8.14B$1.76B$1.38B$916.8M

FY-1$8.58B$2.34B$1.83B$1.50B

FY-2$8.34B$2.27B$1.78B$1.66B

FY-3$7.02B$1.58B$1.17B$1.08B

FY-4$5.59B$807.0M$566.5M$577.3M

PeriodGross %Op %Net %FCF %

FY0————

FY-1————

FY-2————

FY-3————

FY-4————

PeriodAssetsEquityCashDebt

FY0$12.90B$10.77B$5.57B—

FY-1$11.98B$9.77B$6.22B—

FY-2$10.59B$8.17B$4.84B—

FY-3$8.55B$6.39B$3.35B—

FY-4$6.75B$5.28B$2.29B—

PeriodOCFCapExFCFSBC

FY0$798.8M-$69.3M$916.8M—

FY-1$1.69B-$53.9M$1.50B—

FY-2$1.70B-$69.5M$1.66B—

FY-3$1.25B-$94.9M$1.08B—

FY-4$1.21B-$46.1M$577.3M—

Quarterly history (last 4)

PeriodRevenueOp IncomeNet IncomeFCF

FQ0$2.47B$634.3M$458.1M$464.7M

FQ-1$1.90B$373.5M$263.6M$107.3M

FQ-2$1.84B$307.8M$305.8M$296.0M

FQ-3$1.94B$441.2M$349.8M$49.8M

FQ-4$2.28B$678.6M$529.8M$531.3M

FQ-5$2.02B$483.5M$334.4M$229.0M

FQ-6$2.06B$508.8M$479.7M$482.2M

FQ-7$2.22B$667.3M$482.8M$254.4M

PeriodGross %Op %Net %FCF %

FQ0————

FQ-1————

FQ-2————

FQ-3————

FQ-4————

FQ-5————

FQ-6————

FQ-7————

PeriodAssetsEquityCashDebt

FQ0$12.90B$10.77B$5.57B—

FQ-1$12.17B$10.37B$6.27B—

FQ-2$12.10B$10.18B$6.62B—

FQ-3$11.70B$9.79B$6.24B—

FQ-4$11.98B$9.77B$6.22B—

FQ-5$11.08B$9.17B$5.83B—

FQ-6$11.22B$8.99B$5.63B—

FQ-7$10.87B$8.57B$5.06B—

PeriodOCFCapExFCFSBC

FQ0$798.8M-$69.3M$464.7M—

FQ-1$717.5M-$57.7M$107.3M—

FQ-2$891.3M-$35.7M$296.0M—

FQ-3$334.9M-$14.0M$49.8M—

FQ-4$1.69B-$53.9M$531.3M—

FQ-5$1.28B-$38.5M$229.0M—

FQ-6$951.7M-$28.5M$482.2M—

FQ-7$459.5M-$18.2M$254.4M—

Valuation

Market price—

Market cap—

Enterprise value—

P/E—

Reported non-GAAP P/E—

EV/Revenue—

EV/Op income—

EV/OCF—

P/B—

P/Tangible book—

Tangible book$10.77B

Net cash$5.57B

Current ratio5.5

Debt/Equity0.0

ROA10.7%

ROE12.8%

Cash conversion58.0%

CapEx/Revenue-0.9%

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

Metric7849Activity

Op margin21.6%15.3% medp25 15.3% · p75 15.3%top quartile

Net margin16.9%12.2% medp25 12.2% · p75 12.2%top quartile

Gross margin51.3%47.3% medp25 35.5% · p75 67.2%above median

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

CapEx / revenue-0.9%1.2% medp25 1.2% · p75 1.2%bottom quartile

Debt / equity0.0%4.9% medp25 0.3% · p75 23.3%bottom quartile

Observations

IR observations

Mean EPS estimate416.70 JPY

Last actual EPS358.70 JPY

Mean revenue estimate9,300,000,000 JPY

Last actual revenue8,143,370,000 JPY

Source data

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

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