Japan Tobacco Inc.
$22.12-0.5%
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What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Tobacco sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $JAPAY.
Tobacco
No material change from last week — the market's trajectory under China's tightening e-cigarette regulations determines RLX's volume and pricing, while ISPR's OEM device technology for nicotine..
Industry benchmark
4-name peer basket
-6.4%YTD
-8.1%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
20.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
9.1%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
25.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
2.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
3.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
14.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
56.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 30, 2026$0.41$0.33+24.2%
Q1 2026May 8, 2026$0.35$0.30+19.3%
Q4 2025Feb 12, 2026$-0.00$0.11-102.5%
Q3 2025Dec 25, 2025$0.37$0.31+17.2%
Next earningsThu, Oct 29·consensus EPS $0.34
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$1.06T+17.0%58.8%32.0%$66.13$262.5B
Q1 FY26$940.9B+13.8%59.0%32.2%$55.93$15.8B
Q4 FY25$848.7B+12.2%52.9%3.8%$-0.45$186.7B
Q3 FY25$915.2B+11.1%56.1%30.3%$55.00$80.7B
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$3.84T$3.59T – $4.01T$174.99$170.17 – $178.206
FY27$4.01T$3.74T – $4.18T$196.23$185.06 – $205.807
FY28$4.21T$3.93T – $4.39T$216.51$197.56 – $228.564
FY29$4.28T$3.99T – $4.46T$241.08$219.97 – $254.493
FY30$4.46T$4.16T – $4.66T$261.50$238.61 – $276.066
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.98%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+15.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+19.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatMega float · 1.1B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.135-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.ListedOTCListed on an over-the-counter market (PNK / OTCQB / OTCQX), not a major exchange. Lower disclosure requirements and thinner liquidity.
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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