Companies Keyence

Keyence

Ticker6861 · TSE
Fiscal yearends March
Updated3 days ago · r1
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Keyence, the Japanese maker of factory sensors, vision systems and measuring instruments sold through its own engineers worldwide.

Summary by Your Analyst · r1

  • Keyence designs sensors, vision systems and measuring instruments for factories, has them made largely by contract plants and sells them through its own engineers, two thirds of it abroad. Revenue grew from 755,174 JPY millions to 1,169,289 JPY millions, at a core operating margin of 51.0% and a return of 120.2% on the capital the operations use, which excludes the cash.
  • The year in progress carries a factory-investment upswing and a weak yen; after it, overseas growth eases as the sales network matures and selling costs return to their recent share of revenue, taking revenue to 2,095,123 JPY millions. A ten-year fade then slows growth to Japan's long-run nominal growth at an unchanged margin. The company borrows nothing: its net debt of -3,408,386 JPY millions is a net cash, which, weighted with its sign at its low after-tax return, puts the WACC of 9.3% above the cost of equity of 8.0% at beta 1.
  • At the 2 November 2026 snapshot, the enterprise DCF gives an equity value of 12,450,176 JPY millions and residual operating income 12,515,995 JPY millions, against a market capitalisation of 18,162,696 JPY millions. At the model's cost of capital, the price implies residual operating income growing 6.5% a year forever after the fade; with every forecast driver at its upside value, both methods still fall short of the market value.

Share price

—— today— 1M · — 1YMarket cap — · Net debt -3,408,386 · Equity 3,974,546 (JPY millions) · — shares
Market cap · monthlyRevenueNOPATEquityNet debtFY2028E · model
JPY millions-5,000,00005,000,000modelRevenue FY2025: 1,059,145 (JPY millions)NOPAT FY2025: 382,094 (JPY millions)Equity FY2025: 3,108,552 (JPY millions)Net debt FY2025: -2,764,019 (JPY millions)Revenue FY2026: 1,169,289 (JPY millions)NOPAT FY2026: 414,053 (JPY millions)Equity FY2026: 3,471,472 (JPY millions)Net debt FY2026: -3,028,413 (JPY millions)Revenue FY2027: 1,578,940 (JPY millions)NOPAT FY2027: 616,709 (JPY millions)Equity FY2027: 3,974,546 (JPY millions)Net debt FY2027: -3,408,386 (JPY millions)Revenue FY2028E: 1,686,307 (JPY millions)NOPAT FY2028E: 627,279 (JPY millions)Equity FY2028E: 4,467,513 (JPY millions)Net debt FY2028E: -3,854,173 (JPY millions)FY2025FY2026FY2027FY2028E
Market figures, JPY millions
ItemFY2025FY2026FY2027FY2028E
Revenue1,059,1451,169,2891,578,9401,686,307
NOPAT382,094414,053616,709627,279
Equity3,108,5523,471,4723,974,5464,467,513
Net debt-2,764,019-3,028,413-3,408,386-3,854,173

Price vs model value

market cap vs the model’s equity value · r1
Enterprise DCFlow → highpoint = baseEquity value, JPY tnat FY2027¥8.53tn¥17.1tn¥12.5tnResidual operatin…Residual operating incomelow → highpoint = base¥8.54tn¥17.3tn¥12.5tnmarket cap ¥18.2tn¥5tn¥10tn¥15tn¥20tn¥25tn

DCF to market -31.5% (tolerance 15.0%). The steady state after the ten-year fade at the common discount rate: a WACC of 9.34 per cent (beta 1, the 5.14 per cent premium on the 2.817 per cent JGB yield, the net cash weighted with its sign) w: The DCF equity value, 12.45 trillion yen at the snapshot, is 5.71 trillion yen (31.5 per cent) below the 18.16 trillion market capitalisation; the market's enterprise value at the valuation date is 15.30 trillion yen against the model's 9.42 trillion. At the model's WACC the market prices in residual operating income growing 6.54 per cent a year forever after FY2042, against 1.9 per cent; read as a steady state from FY2028, it implies a WACC of 5.84 per cent. A WACC near 6.6 per cent closes the gap at 1.9 per cent growth (the model re-run at 6.5 and 6.7 per cent: +1.28 and -2.30 per cent). The

Residual income to market -31.1% (tolerance 15.0%). The residual income's steady state: FY2042's residual operating income growing at the 1.9 per cent long-run nominal GDP growth, at the 9.34 per cent WACC (Valuation / RI continuing value).: The residual-income equity value, 12.52 trillion yen at the snapshot, is 5.65 trillion yen (31.1 per cent) below the market capitalisation, and 0.53 per cent above the DCF's. The market's enterprise value leaves a continuing value at FY2042 of 34.68 trillion yen against the model's 12.47 trillion: residual operating income growing 6.54 per cent a year after FY2042, instead of 1.9 per cent, closes the gap. A WACC near 6.6 per cent also closes it (the model re-run at 6.5 and 6.7 per cent: +2.15 and -1.49 per cent). With every tagged driver at its bull value, residual income gives 17.27 trillion

What if

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FY2028 Operating income · JPY millions
Domestic sales growth factorDomestic sales growth, FY2028 (factor; later years step from it)
DownsideBaseUpside
104.0%
Overseas sales growth factorOverseas sales growth, FY2028 (factor; later years step down a point a year from FY2030)
DownsideBaseUpside
108.0%
Cost ratioCost of sales over revenue, FY2028 onward
DownsideBaseUpside
16.0%
Expenses per employee growth factorGrowth of expenses per employee, FY2028 onward (factor)
DownsideBaseUpside
103.5%
Capital expenditure ratioCapital expenditure over revenue, FY2028 onward
DownsideBaseUpside
2.4%

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Profit & loss
P&L, FY2028E · model · JPY millions
Revenue1,686,307
Cost of sales269,809
Gross profit1,416,498
`Selling and administrative expenses`.`Selling and administrative expenses`500,762
Operating income915,736
Profit before tax960,507
Income taxes297,757
Net income662,750
JPY millionsFY2025FY2026FY2027FY2028E
Profit & loss
Revenue1,059,1451,169,2891,578,9401,686,307
Cost of sales171,444198,552226,370269,809
Gross profit887,700970,7371,352,5701,416,498
`Selling and administrative expenses`.`Selling and administrative expenses`337,925374,978465,219500,762
Operating income549,775595,759887,351915,736
Profit before tax561,010635,756921,513960,507
Income taxes162,353190,570272,909297,757
Net income398,656445,185648,604662,750
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