EVENTS:   Best Equity Short Ideas Conference Call 12 - Zach Shannon/Corto Capital Advisors & Craig Huber/Huber Research Partners & Thomas Beevers /Forensic Alpha & Ed Steele/Iron Blue Financials & Bill Campbell/Paragon Intel - 12 Nov 25   Will AI Deflate the World? Macro Lessons from Three Industrial Revolutions and China - Manoj Pradhan/Talking Heads Macro - 13 Nov 25     ROADSHOWS: Forest Products Sector Equity and Commodity Research With Expertise in Distressed Debt - Kevin Mason /ERA Research   •   London   12 - 14 Nov 25       Buyside to Buyside Forum and Expert Calls across TMT, Consumer, Healthcare and Fintech - Andrew Peters /Revelare Partners   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25       Fundamental US Healthcare Short Ideas - Dr Elliot Favus /Favus Institutional Research   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25      

Fortnightly Publication Highlighting Latest Insights From IRF Providers

Company Research

MCJ (6670)

Technology

Asymmetric Advisors

Shares in MCJ have only recently started to rise having been moribund for 4 years, but with only 1 local broker covering the stock and a lack of detailed English presentation materials, this is a largely overlooked company entering a new growth phase. Its PER is only 11x what is an overly conservative FY3/25CoE calling for sales +5% and OP +6% to ¥18.3bn with a 9.2% OPM. In fact, Q1 sales were +11%, OP +25% with a 11.9% OPM (there is some seasonality, but it is still looking good for an overshoot). MCJ also significantly beat its original profit target in FY24. The group has net cash of ¥37bn (>25% of M/Cap), while mid-term growth in gaming PCs and AI PCs, of which MCJ's Mouse was the 1st in Japan to introduce AI CPU PCs, will be strong tailwinds.

Edition: 194

- 06 September, 2024