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Description
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. manufactures and sells photomultiplier tubes, imaging devices, light sources, opto-semiconductors, and imaging and analyzing systems.
The company engages in the research, development, manufacturing, and the sales of optical…
Analysis
Middle-of-the-road
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.
On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 50.7×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 19% a year, against analyst forecasts of 16%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.
Growth is moderate; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 7/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analyst sentiment is cautious.
No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.
360° rank · history
1007550250
Jan 202317
37
2023202420252026
All-time high
62
Mar 2026
All-time low
4
Jan 2025
Average rank
25
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
47
24
13
8
Price/Earnings
34
17
14
3
Price/Book
72
61
35
26
Dividend Yield
67
51
27
18
Value (overall)
66
22
8
3
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.