Mitsui & Co. (8031.T)
Industrials · Tokyo · Japan
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Mitsui & Co. trades at ¥4,704.00, which is 34% above the ¥3,093.56 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 34 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 15.7 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
About Mitsui & Co.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. operates as trading company in Japan and internationally. It operates through Energy; Mobility, Digital & Infrastructure; Chemicals; Iron & Steel Products, Wellness Ecosystem; Innovation & Corporate Development; and All Other segments. The company is involved in development, processing and marketing of underground resources; recycling, space-related, and tank terminal business; manufacture and sale of iron and steel products; steel product processing and parts manufacturing; provision of maintenance services, as well as hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels, SAF, carbon solutions; development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects; and trading and marketing of LNG, oil, petroleum products, coal, uranium, and other energy resources. It also provides digital and power solutions; logistics, water, and social infrastructure services; gas and offshore services; intermediary services; gas and basic chemicals, and performance monomers; and material, electronics, natural capital, animal, food science, agriscience, and agri solutions. In addition, the company engages in manufacturing, wholesale, retail, finance, leasing, and rental of construction and mining machinery, automobiles, parts, and related products; sales of machine tools and secondhand ships; trade, ownership, and operation of commercial ships; and sale, purchase, leasing and financing of airplanes, helicopters and aircraft engines, and other aviation-related business. Further, it trades grains, oilseeds, feed ingredients, oils and fats, raw sugar, ethanol, and other commodities; develops coffee, cocoa beans, tea, dairy products, refined sugar, and processed oils and fats; plana and produces apparel and accessories; sells fiber and textile materials; and retails apparel, accessories, and food; and engages in wellness, IT and communication, and corporate development businesses. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Chiyoda, Japan.
8031.T passes 6 of our 30 screens today
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Common questions
Is Mitsui & Co. (8031.T) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of ¥3,093.56, 8031.T at ¥4,704.00 is 34% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is 8031.T's P/E ratio?
8031.T trades at 15.7 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
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