- ¥212bn
- ¥211bn
- ¥850bn
- 79
- 78
- 87
- 96
Growth & Value
| 12m Forecast Rolling | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE Ratio (f) | 11.08 | ||
| PEG Ratio (f) | 2.21 | ||
| EPS Growth (f) | 5.29% | ||
| Dividend Yield (f) | 2.76% | ||
| Valuation (ttm) | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Book Value | 1.47 | ||
| Price to Tang. Book | 1.52 | ||
| Price to Free Cashflow | 11.95 | ||
| Price to Sales | 0.24 | ||
| EV to EBITDA | 5.07 | ||
Shareholder Activity
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Quality
| Name | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on Capital | 13.36% | ||
| Return on Equity | 12.74% | ||
| Operating Margin | 2.85% | ||
Financial Summary
| Year End 28th Feb | Unit | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | CAGR / Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | ¥m | 759,146 | 768,334 | 765,425 | 809,709 | 850,495 | 884,225 | 919,225 | 3.54% |
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| EPS Growth | % | +94.38 | -19.15 | -12.3 | +27.25 | +1.13 | +9.28 | +4.19 | n/a |
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Recent History
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Profile Summary
Life Corp is a Japan-based company primarily engaged in the general retail business of food products, lifestyle goods, clothing, and also engages in credit card business, non-life insurance agency business, education business, and delivery business. The Retail Business segment operates a general retail business of lifestyle goods, clothing, in the Tokyo and Kinki regions. It operates the supermarket chain Life stores. The credit card business issues and manages credit cards and electronic money. The non-life insurance agency business provides non-life insurance agency services and support services such as introducing the Company's business partners. The education business engages in education-related business. The delivery business provides delivery services to individual homes for the online supermarket business and the store delivery business.
Directors
- Nobutsugu Shimizu NEC (95)
- Takaharu Iwasaki PRE (55)
- Nobuyuki Kawai FID (58)
- Tametoshi Morishita SME (61)
- Toshiaki Namiki SME (67)
- Takashi Kadono MEO (65)
- Shinichiro Arai MEO
- Shigeru Inada SEO
- Yoshinori Nakagawa SEO
- Kiyotaka Okazaki SEO
- Masaki Hayashi EXO
- Yoshinori Ito EXO
- Fukuoka Masanori EXO
- Hitoshi Umeki EXO
- Noriaki Umino EXO
- Hiroko Kono IND (56)
- Koichi Narita IND (67)
- Hayuru Tsutsumi IND (59)
- Haruhiko Yahagi IND (58)
- Last Annual
- February 28th, 2025
- Last Interim
- August 31st, 2025
- Incorporated
- February 22nd, 1941
- Public Since
- October 1st, 1982
- No. of Shareholders
- 10,040
- No. of Employees
- 7,391
- Sector
- Food & Drug Retailing
- Industry
- Consumer Defensives
- Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange- Shares in Issue
- 86,517,782
- Address
- 2-2-22, Nishi-Miyahara, OSAKA-SHI, 532-0004
- Web
- http://www.lifecorp.jp/
- Phone
- +81 661506111
- Auditors
- KPMG AZSA LLC
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FAQ
As of Today at 11:46 UTC, shares in Life are trading at ¥2,455. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Life last closed at ¥2,455 and the price had moved by +42.11% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Life share price has outperformed the Nikkei 225 Index by +10.88% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Life is Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Find out moreThe Life dividend yield is 2.55% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Life paid a total dividend of ¥63, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 2.55%.Looking ahead, shares in Life are due to go ex-dividend on 2026-02-26 and the next dividend pay date is 2026-05-25.
Life are due to go ex-dividend on 2026-02-26 and the next dividend pay date is 2026-05-25. The historic dividend yield on Life shares is currently 2.55%.
To buy shares in Life you'll need a share-dealing account with an online or offline stock broker. Once you have opened your account and transferred funds into it, you'll be able to search and select shares to buy and sell. You can use Stockopedia’s share research software to help you find the the kinds of shares that suit your investment strategy and objectives.
As of the previous close price of ¥2,455, shares in Life had a market capitalisation of ¥212bn.
Here are the trading details for Life:
- Country of listing: Japan
- Exchange: TYO
- Ticker Symbol: 8194
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Life is currently classified as a Super Stock. The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
The analyst consensus target price for shares in Life is ¥2,650. That is 7.94% above the last closing price of ¥2,455.
Analysts covering Life currently have a consensus Earnings Per Share (EPS) forecast of ¥215 for the next financial year.
Find out moreAn important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Life. Over the past six months, its share price has underperformed the Nikkei 225 Index by -12.52%.
As of the last closing price of ¥2,455, shares in Life were trading +9.39% higher than their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Life PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is 11.08. The shares last closed at ¥2,455.
The PE ratio (or price-to-earnings ratio) is the one of the most popular valuation measures used by stock market investors. It is calculated by dividing a company's price per share by its earnings per share.
The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Life's management team is headed by:
- Nobutsugu Shimizu - NEC
- Takaharu Iwasaki - PRE
- Nobuyuki Kawai - FID
- Tametoshi Morishita - SME
- Toshiaki Namiki - SME
- Takashi Kadono - MEO
- Shinichiro Arai - MEO
- Shigeru Inada - SEO
- Yoshinori Nakagawa - SEO
- Kiyotaka Okazaki - SEO
- Masaki Hayashi - EXO
- Yoshinori Ito - EXO
- Fukuoka Masanori - EXO
- Hitoshi Umeki - EXO
- Noriaki Umino - EXO
- Hiroko Kono - IND
- Koichi Narita - IND
- Hayuru Tsutsumi - IND
- Haruhiko Yahagi - IND