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Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.

$SMFRF·$5.1B·Residential Construction·Consumer Cyclical
$8.390.0%1Y-23.7%
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SMSMFRF
$SMFRFSumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $SMFRF, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Stuck sidewaysStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-08-11

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

Sumitomo Forestry down 24% amid housing-cycle friction — 8x P/E setup into Nov 4 Q2 fiscal '27 print.

Sumitomo Forestry Co. is a diverse Japanese-plus-US-plus-global corporation — homebuilding, forestry, and specialty building-materials across Japan, US, and other international markets. Down 24% over 12 months amid multi-quarter housing-cycle friction with Nov 4 Q2 fiscal '27 earnings ahead.

  • The homebuilding-plus-forestry-plus-building-materials franchise is the load-bearing structural asset: with continued multi-year US-plus-Japanese homebuilding demand plus multi-year specialty forestry-plus-building-materials cycle expansion, Sumitomo Forestry captures durable multi-quarter recurring-revenue trajectory — that's the multi-year P&L engine.
  • The valuation is genuinely modest at 8x trailing P/E: for a business with 23% gross margin plus 6.7% operating margin plus 74% debt/equity, SMFRF prices in continued multi-year homebuilding cycle recovery — that's the setup where Nov 4 Q2 fiscal '27 confirms.
  • The multi-year US-plus-Japanese homebuilding cycle sensitivity is a durable risk: with continued multi-quarter US-plus-Japanese housing-cycle dynamics plus multi-year mortgage-rate-and-affordability friction, Sumitomo depends on continued housing-cycle stability.
  • The multi-year US-Sunbelt-plus-Japanese homebuilding secular positive is durable: with continued US-Sunbelt-plus-Japanese homebuilding cycle expansion, SMFRF has multi-year addressable-market optionality.

The trajectory is stalled into Nov 4 Q2 fiscal '27 earnings. What sustains a reversal: continued US-plus-Japanese homebuilding cycle recovery plus firm Q2 fiscal '27 revenue trajectory. What breaks the setup: continued mortgage-rate-driven housing-cycle friction or a Japanese homebuilding cycle contraction.

What to watch: Nov 4 Q2 fiscal '27 earnings — continued US-plus-Japanese homebuilding cycle recovery plus firm revenue trajectory sustains a reversal; continued mortgage-rate-driven housing-cycle friction or Japanese homebuilding cycle contraction breaks the setup.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — Q2 fiscal '27 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Japanese timber, home construction, and international real estate company operating residential building businesses in the US and Australia.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Residential Construction sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SMFRF.

Residential Construction · Consumer Cyclical

No material change from last week — Affordability compression at 7%+ mortgage rates is the structural headwind, but Lennar's Q2 beat on cost discipline confirms builders can maintain earnings..

Top industry ETF

$ITBiShares U.S. Home Construction ETF
+2.9%YTD
-7.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
8.0How 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
5.7%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
6.7%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
0.0%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
0.4Same 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
10.8%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
22.7%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
0.7Total 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 2026Aug 7, 2026$0.10$0.22-54.5%
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$0.17$0.20-13.6%
Q4 2025Feb 13, 2026$0.39$0.28+39.6%
Q3 2025Oct 31, 2025$0.23$0.29-22.5%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $0.17

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$535.4B+15598.8%22.1%4.5%$27.16—
Q4 FY25$634.2B+17666.4%22.3%7.3%$61.17—
Q3 FY25$567.1B+28.8%23.0%7.0%$35.00—
Q2 FY25$3.9B-99.0%23.5%7.9%$0.32$0

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 6 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.77T$2.62T – $2.94T$156.03$144.67 – $168.806
FY27$3.10T$2.92T – $3.30T$189.37$175.58 – $204.876
FY28$3.32T$3.14T – $3.53T$237.45$220.17 – $256.892
FY29$3.50T$3.31T – $3.72T$258.68$239.85 – $279.854
FY30$3.69T$3.48T – $3.92T$300.48$278.61 – $325.093

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.—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.19%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.+1.9%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.-15.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 435.9M 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.β0.905-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.

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