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Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

$SMTOY·$42B·Electrical Equipment & Parts·Industrials
$6.91+2.2%YTD+41.2%1Y+95.1%
Price updated 42d ago·X counts updated 43d ago
SMSMTOY
$SMTOYSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
$6.91+2.22%1 posts
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The complete picture of $SMTOY on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $SMTOY — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-20

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Sumitomo Electric doubled last year — the AI-infrastructure narrative is now cooling into consolidation.

Sumitomo Electric is a Japanese industrial conglomerate whose products range from automotive wiring harnesses to power cables to compound-semiconductor wafers. The compound-semi and undersea-cable exposures made it a hyperscaler-infrastructure story — the stock more than doubled in twelve months.

  • Full-year revenue of JPY 1.45T grew 17% year-on-year with operating margin at 10% — real growth, not just multiple expansion.
  • Recent EPS surprises range from +4% to +53% — analysts have been chasing this name higher all year, still under-modelling.
  • Position at only 47% of the 52-week range and 12% below the 50-day moving average — the post-run consolidation is underway, not a reversal.
  • PE 18x and EV/EBITDA 9.7x — no longer cheap after the rally, but not stretched given the growth mix.

The October print and any capex commentary on the compound-semiconductor line for hyperscaler demand will decide whether this is a healthy pause or the top. Downside is hyperscaler capex slowing — the story is now cyclically-sensitive.

Agrees with X sentimentX chatter matches: Japanese AI-infrastructure play in a cooling-off phase.

What to watch: October Q2 earnings — hyperscaler order pipeline and margin trajectory.

On the calendar: 2026-10-30

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What it does

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

Japanese maker of automotive wiring harnesses, optical fiber cables, and electronic wire products for global automakers and telecoms.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Electrical Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SMTOY.

Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials

No material change from last week — AI data-center buildout and power-grid modernization sustain elevated equipment demand.

What this means for $SMTOY

Partial — cloud infrastructure exposure benefits indirectly from hyperscaler capex; core business is Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Industry benchmark

30-name peer basket
+20.7%YTD
-10.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
18.4How 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
8.7%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
8.2%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
1.3Same 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
15.0%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
20.2%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
0.2Total 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 31, 2026$0.07$0.07+4.4%
Q1 2026May 12, 2026$0.20$0.14+36.7%
Q4 2025Feb 3, 2026$0.08$0.07+22.4%
Q3 2025Oct 31, 2025$0.07$0.04+52.6%
Next earningsFri, Oct 30·consensus EPS $0.08

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$1.45T+17.0%22.0%10.3%$31.36$0
Q3 FY26$1.34T+12.0%20.7%9.0%$12.94$0
Q2 FY26$1.25T+10.1%19.8%7.6%$10.25$0
Q1 FY26$1.15T+2.9%18.0%5.3%$5.63$0

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 10 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY27$5.32T$5.20T – $5.40T$54.78$52.93 – $56.4410
FY28$5.67T$5.50T – $5.84T$66.29$64.06 – $68.3010
FY29$6.09T$5.94T – $6.24T$80.22$77.52 – $82.655
FY30$6.58T$6.41T – $6.73T$86.98$84.05 – $89.615
FY31$6.75T$6.58T – $6.91T$97.62$94.34 – $100.584

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.1.4×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.43%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.-7.8%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.-6.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 6.1B 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.β0.895-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.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.

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