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Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd.

Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd.

876.00
JPY
-6.00
(-0.68%)
76.89BMarket Cap
Oct 29Next Earn
Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd.
TSE:9534
(Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Recent

price

876.00

P/E

ratio

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2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
TTM
JPY
1,044.6
1,114.09
1,210.4
1,352.22
1,440.56
1,194.84
1,086.38
1,190.86
1,376.2
1,435.43
1,342.14
1,441.87
1,985.12
1,973.77
1,932.51
1,977.93
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Revenue per Share
20.59
24.37
14.87
29.15
26.06
14.77
16.19
22.11
39.79
44.92
48.72
59.48
113.12
131.98
118.06
130.62
- -
Basic EPS, GAAP
-17.18
-2.38
-154.72
-30.33
29.47
26.66
-43.75
-10.14
-66.79
-9.05
132.46
93.36
-165.76
179.97
148.26
123.53
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
7.5
7.5
8.06
8.09
8
7.92
8.01
7.85
8.52
9.53
10.03
11.04
12.01
15.02
18.04
21.56
- -
Dividend per Share
430.83
450.21
464.71
489.79
493.49
485.11
488.28
485.59
510.84
549.93
592.77
648.62
747.93
872.69
979.63
1,103.57
- -
Book Value per Share
401.41
420.2
432.35
456.64
464.17
446.4
454.06
454.48
479.45
520.86
568.99
626.93
710.53
816.35
918.63
1,039.82
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Tangible Book Value per Share
69
69
69
69
70
78
80
87
88
88
88
88
88
88
88
88
88
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
72,501
77,294
83,942
93,670
100,830
93,132
87,041
103,581
121,174
126,375
118,162
126,957
174,840
173,885
170,295
174,519
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Sales/Revenue/Turnover
5.97
5.78
3.07
2.13
2.59
2.16
1.73
2.78
3.35
3.64
4.3
5.56
7.63
8.97
8.41
9.42
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Operating Margin (%)
9,718
10,181
10,575
11,206
10,645
10,032
11,264
11,757
12,027
13,059
13,642
13,634
13,607
13,986
14,983
15,939
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Depreciation Expense
1,429
1,691
1,031
2,019
1,824
1,151
1,297
1,923
3,504
3,955
4,289
5,237
9,963
11,627
10,404
11,525
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Net Income, GAAP
49.09
45.02
34.67
24.73
40.96
31.11
22.02
27.33
27.19
22.68
27.68
27.82
27.58
26.79
27.72
27.55
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Effective Tax Rate (%)
1.97
2.19
1.23
2.16
1.81
1.24
1.49
1.86
2.89
3.13
3.63
4.13
5.7
6.69
6.11
6.6
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Profit Margin (%)
-18,445
-17,041
-11,705
-6,471
-8,528
-7,312
-2,750
-16,595
-13,796
3,641
6,290
698
10,747
11,226
5,445
1,128
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Working Capital
44,487
48,382
55,471
60,398
55,592
57,801
64,757
55,258
59,879
73,341
69,498
58,508
67,781
62,331
51,258
42,947
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LT Debt
32,991
34,391
35,866
36,340
38,843
40,626
42,049
44,644
46,910
50,412
54,235
59,193
67,994
78,999
88,483
99,709
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Total Equity
2.61
2.95
1.78
1.44
1.47
1.35
1.12
1.94
2.67
2.97
2.96
4.22
7.53
8.07
7.23
8.27
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Return on Invested Capital (%)
2.19
2.53
1.65
2.57
2.22
1.43
1.59
2.09
3.37
3.47
3.61
4.5
8.04
8.61
7.59
8.3
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Return on Capital (%)
4.85
5.53
3.25
6.11
5.14
3.04
3.29
4.64
7.99
8.47
8.53
9.58
16.2
16.29
12.75
12.54
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Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
ST Debt
- -
- -
- -
LT Borrowings
48,670
40,480
- -
LT Finance Leases
2,554
2,467
- -
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
88
88
88
Market Capitalization
60,529
76,886
66,575

Working Capital

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
Total Current Assets
34,590
46,055
- -
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
9,385
9,799
- -
Accounts Receivable, Net
11,519
19,630
- -
Inventories
9,990
11,338
- -
Total Current Liabilities
29,031
44,927
- -
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
- -
- -
- -
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
9.47%
12.98%
12.69%
Free Cash Flow
-197.6%
-109.98%
-16.58%
Net Income, GAAP
29.37%
25.86%
10.77%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
7.23%
9.01%
2.48%
Total Cash Common Dividend
12.11%
16.75%
19.62%

Quarterly Revenue

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
170,295
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
174,519
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
118.06
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
130.62
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
18.04
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
21.56
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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Business
Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd. produces, distributes and sells city gas; supplies heat, electricity and power; purifies and sells gas by-products; produces and sells gas appliances including cooking appliances, hot water supplies, heating-cooling combination appliances and warning buzzers; and provides related construction works such as gas piping, facility construction and civil engineering in Hokkaido, Japan, primarily serving individual and corporate customers in Sapporo, Otaru, Hakodate, Chitose, Ishikari, Kitahiroshima, Eniwa, Hokuto and Kitami areas. Founded in 1911 and headquartered at 2-1-1 Higashi, Kita7-jo, Higashi-ku, Sapporo, the company operates through segments including gas, electricity, energy-related businesses featuring community gas utilities, liquefied petroleum gas sales and heat supply via subsidiaries like Kitagas Genex Co., Ltd., Hokkaido Heat Supply Co., Ltd. and affiliates such as Muroran Gas Co., Ltd.; it generates electricity from solar, wind and biomass sources including the recently commissioned 2MW Kitagas Ishikari Wind Power Plant and maintains a 13.1MW solar portfolio with ambitions to reach 150MW renewable capacity by fiscal 2030. Recent developments include a May 2024 long-term LNG supply and purchase agreement with Australia's Santos for up to 400,000 metric tons per year over 10 years starting 2027 on a delivered ex-ship basis linked to Japan's LNG import prices, collaboration with Santos on carbon sequestration and e-methane opportunities, negotiations with JERA as of August 2025 for additional LNG cargoes of two to four per year from April 2027 over seven years at Brent-linked prices to support regional demand growth from coal-to-gas switching, a 5-for-1 stock split effective October 1, 2024 increasing issued shares to 88.7 million, release of the Xzilla information platform in 2023 for business digitization, renewal of the TagTag membership website in 2024, achievement of 50,000 units sold of the Eco-Jozu energy-saving gas central water heating system by October 2023 and progression of the Kitagas Group Business Plan Challenge 2030 targeting consolidated net sales of 200 billion yen and operating profit of 16 billion yen by fiscal 2030 through total energy services, renewable expansion and digital reforms.