Shares in Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. show a positive technical chart pattern over the medium term. The timing to jump back on the rising trend seems good.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● In a short-term perspective, the company has interesting fundamentals.
Strengths
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● Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 5.29 and 7.61 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2022 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
● The stock, which is currently worth 2021 to 0.7 times its sales, is clearly overvalued in comparison with peers.
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● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
● Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.
● The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
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Weaknesses
● The company is in debt and has limited leeway for investment
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Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. specializes in the production and marketing of non ferrous metals. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows:
- manufacturing of functional materials (39%) : electrolytic copper foils, battery materials, ceramic products, etc. The group also provides engineering services;
- production of non ferrous metals (30.6%): zinc, gold, silver, zinc alloys, etc. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co also offers non ferrous metals recycling services;
- manufacturing of automotive parts and components (12.8%);
- other (17.6%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (51.5%), China (13.9%), India (9.8%), Asia (16.7%), North America (5.1%) and other (3%).
MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING CO., LTD. 
