LAWSON INC chart

Last update: 2021-02-19
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 7,663.17
Dividend & Yield150.00¥ (3.13%)
Beta 0.05
Market capitalization 467.84B
Operating cash flow N/A
ESG Scores 24.8

Company description

Lawson, Inc. operates and franchises convenience stores under the Lawson, Lawson Store 100, and Natural Lawson names in Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Hawaii. It operates through Domestic Convenience Store Business, Seijo Ishii Business, Entertainment-Related Business, Financial Services Business, and Overseas Business segments. The company's stores provide ready-made dishes, including bento lunchboxes, rice balls, deep-fried items, and salads, as well as coffee and sweets; and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, prescription drugs, cosmetics, and daily necessities. It also sells tickets for events; and music CD and DVD products, and books through its stores, as well as online. In addition, the company engages in the operation of a chain of supermarkets; management of HMV stores; and operation of United Cinemas movie theaters and MACHI café, as well as ATM at LAWSON stores. Further, the company engages in the banking related business. It operates 14,640 Lawson, Lawson Store 100, and Natural Lawson stores in Japan; 389 United Cinema movie theater screens; 57 HMV stores; 24 nursing care consultation stores; 13,458 LAWSON ATMs; 154 Seijo Ishii supermarket stores; and 335 Lawson hospitals. The company was formerly known as Daiei Convenience Systems, Co. Ltd. and changed its name to Lawson, Inc. in June 1996. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Tokyo Japan. Lawson, Inc. is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation.

Sector: Consumer Defensive - Industry: Discount Stores

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio0.92
Working Capital-0.48
Return On Equity0.07
Debt To Equity0.59
Fixed Asset Ratio0.07
Fixed Interest Cover13.69

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-02-28 2020-02-29 2021-02-28 2022-02-28
Change To Liabilities 46.86B -897M -6.37B -4.92B
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -81.02B -49.07B -29.98B -51.78B
Net Borrowings 344.22B -86.75B -77.53B -45.25B
Total Cash From Financing Activities 277.94B -163.91B -140.64B -109.52B
Change To Operating Activities -21.56B 80.91B 133.63B 34.97B
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income 25.59B 20.11B 8.69B 17.9B
Change In Cash 324.12B -10.65B 57.55B -12.69B
Effect Of Exchange Rate -1.41B -371M 224M 1.94B
Total Cash From Operating Activities 128.59B 202.7B 227.95B 146.64B
Depreciation 66.84B 79.18B 80.78B 79.94B
Change To Account Receivables -2.71B -205M 992M -673M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -40.77B -56.9B -48.1B -49.26B
Change To Netincome -716M 13.39B 688M 9.23B
Capital Expenditures -43.28B -33.85B -26.29B -39.04B

Income Statement 2019-02-28 2020-02-29 2021-02-28 2022-02-28
Research Development
Income Before Tax 39.88B 30.32B 18.23B 28.1B
Net Income 25.59B 20.11B 8.69B 17.9B
Selling General Administrative 375.09B 382.48B 356.04B 371.71B
Gross Profit 502.61B 524.49B 477.56B 498.63B
Ebit 60.78B 62.94B 40.88B 47.1B
Operating Income 60.78B 62.94B 40.88B 47.1B
Interest Expense -2.77B -4.01B -3.68B -3.44B
Income Tax Expense 14.31B 10.25B 9.58B 10.06B
Total Revenue 700.65B 730.24B 666B 698.37B
Cost Of Revenue 198.04B 205.75B 188.44B 199.74B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -20.91B -32.62B -22.65B -19B
Net Income From Continuing Ops 25.56B 20.07B 8.65B 18.03B
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 25.59B 20.11B 8.69B 17.9B

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-02-28 2020-02-29 2021-02-28 2022-02-28
Total Liabilities 1.06T 1.08T 1.09T 1.06T
Total Stockholder Equity 276.73B 271.13B 267.96B 273.26B
Other Current Liabilities 255.5B 342.44B 448.55B 461.13B
Total Assets 1.34T 1.36T 1.37T 1.34T
Common Stock 58.51B 58.51B 58.51B 58.51B
Other Current Assets 61.75B 47.8B 43.52B 48.34B
Retained Earnings 166.19B 165.08B 158.5B 161.3B
Treasury Stock 5.05B 2.94B 4.47B 6.96B
Cash 354.24B 343.59B 402.58B 388.46B
Total Current Liabilities 598.52B 561.96B 767.75B 704.69B
Other Stockholder Equity 6.08B 3.95B 5.46B 7.93B
Property, Plant, and Equipment 382.3B 392.94B 367.64B 368.77B
Total Current Assets 624B 636.7B 690.81B 667.63B
Net Tangible Assets 170.06B 174.07B 181.56B 195.51B
Net Receivables 187.14B 224.32B 224.05B 208.7B
Accounts Payable 123.41B 129.4B 127.49B 125.68B


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to LAWSON INC:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
NO DATA

Insider transaction explanations

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Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to LAWSON INC. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on LAWSON INC

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to LAWSON INC. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on LAWSON INC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to LAWSON INC:

LAWSON INC automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -29.91% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-29.91 %

Latent gain

-4540.0 ¥

Invested capital

15180.0 ¥

Annualized return

-7.12 %
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Momentum strategy results on LAWSON INC

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to LAWSON INC. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on LAWSON INC

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on LAWSON INC:

LAWSON INC momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -30.91% of return on LAWSON INC. That represents -2380.0¥ of latent gain with 7700.0¥ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -32.32% of return on LAWSON INC. That represents -2540.0¥ of latent gain with 7860.0¥ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-30.91 %

Latent gain

-2380.0 ¥

Invested capital

7700.0 ¥

Annualized return

-10.2 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-32.32 %

Latent gain

-2540.0 ¥

Invested capital

7860.0 ¥

Annualized return

-8.69 %

Momentum equity curve on LAWSON INC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to LAWSON INC:

LAWSON INC momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by LAWSON INC are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on LAWSON INC

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on LAWSON INC since the beginning:

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Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250¥, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000¥.


Buy the dip strategy result on LAWSON INC

Buy the dip entry openings on LAWSON INC

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The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on LAWSON INC is -22.45%. That represents -1540.0$ of latent gain with 6860.0¥ of employed capital. The following chart shows LAWSON INC stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of LAWSON INC, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

-22.45 %

Latent gain

-1540.0 ¥

Invested capital

6860.0 ¥

Annualized return

-10.2 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to LAWSON INC

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to LAWSON INC:

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Note: the dividends potentially given by LAWSON INC are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on LAWSON INC

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on LAWSON INC:

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Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on LAWSON INC

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to LAWSON INC.

Equity curve comparison on LAWSON INC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

LAWSON INC investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on LAWSON INC

LAWSON INC investment comparison

Performance comparison on LAWSON INC

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -29.91% -4540.0¥ 15180.0¥ -7.12%
Momentum 1 quarter -30.91% -2380.0¥ 7700.0¥ -7.81%
Momentum 2 quarters -32.32% -2540.0¥ 7860.0¥ -8.69%
Non-directional -22.45% -1540.0¥ 6860.0¥ -10.2%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-7.12 %

Momentum 1Q

-8.69 %

Momentum 2Q

-8.69 %

Non-directional

-10.2 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with LAWSON INC:

Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between LAWSON INC and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of LAWSON INC does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name LAWSON INC
Country Japan
City Tokyo
Address East Tower
Phone
Website www.lawson.co.jp
FullTime employees 10362
Industry Discount Stores
Sector Consumer Defensive
Exchange XTKS
Ticker 2651.XTKS
Market www.jpx.co.jp

LAWSON INC ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 6.5
Peer Environment Performance 6.0759375
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil no
Nuclear no
Fur Leather no
GMO no
Coal no
Pesticides no
Animal Testing no

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 10.9
Peer Social Performance 9.5559375
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy 1
Peer Highest Controversy Performance 2.1818181818182
Adult no
Gambling no
Alcoholic no
Tobacco yes
Catholic no
Controversial Weapons no
Small Arms no
Military Contract no
Peer Count yes

Related Controversy: Employee Incidents


Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 7.4
Peer Governance Performance 5.8796875
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: 24.8
Environment Score: 6.5
Social Score: 10.9
Governance Score: 7.4

ESG Performance: AVG_PERF

Peer Group: Food Retailers

Peer Esg Score Performance: 21.71

Rating Year: 2022

Rating Month: 8

Max Age: 86400

Percentile: 43