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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Dai Nippon Printing is a 150-year-old Japanese industrial conglomerate with a focus on niche growth businesses and a history of cross-shareholding sales and share repurchases</li><li>The company has a dominant position in its highest earning segments and is undervalued at 5-6x forward P/E, potentially offering significant upside in the future</li><li>Originally founded as Shueisha in 1876, DNP has evolved from a printing company to a diversified business with a strong emphasis on research and development.</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.</em></p>

Dai Nippon Printing is a 150-year-old Japanese industrial conglomerate with a focus on niche growth businesses and a history of cross-shareholding sales and share repurchasesThe company has a dominant position in its highest earning segments and is undervalued at 5-6x forward P/E, potentially offering significant upside in the futureOriginally founded as Shueisha in 1876, DNP has evolved from a printing company to a diversified business with a strong emphasis on research and development.This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Dai Nippon Printing (7912) - Friday, Apr 26, 2024

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>At end-January 2023 it became clear activist Elliott Management had set its sights on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dai-nippon-printing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19388:1" rel="noopener">Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP)</a>. The stock popped and people got bullish.</li>
<li>I warned about the "complicated" nature of gains going forward <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/dai-nippon-printing-7912-activism-results-going-forward-are-complicated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. Three weeks later they announced details of including ¥100bn of buybacks per year for 3yrs. That's discussed <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/dai-nippon-printing-7912-whoop-there-it-is-100bn-buyback-in-a-year-300bn-in-3yrs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</li>
<li>I rarely write bearishly about a huge buyback program but from next day open, over 1yr, total return has been 4.9%. Stage 2 starts 11 March with ¥50bn through end-Sep24. </li>
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At end-January 2023 it became clear activist Elliott Management had set its sights on Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP). The stock popped and people got bullish.
I warned about the "complicated" nature of gains going forward here. Three weeks later they announced details of including ¥100bn of buybacks per year for 3yrs. That's discussed here.
I rarely write bearishly about a huge buyback program but from next day open, over 1yr, total return has been 4.9%. Stage 2 starts 11 March with ¥50bn through end-Sep24. 


Dai-Nippon Printing (7912) - Whoomp There It Is! Part Deux

Japan/Asia Long-Short, LightStream Research

Mio Kato

Japan/Asia Long-Short

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

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<li>Dai Nippon Printing’s announcement that it would double its RoE target in its next MTP was a pleasant surprise. </li>
<li>Together with saucy hints that future buybacks could be the biggest in its history this has propelled the stock to a post-2007 high. </li>
<li>We think Elliott has found an easy win here and consider this likely to end as a standout success for activism in Japan.</li>
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Dai Nippon Printing’s announcement that it would double its RoE target in its next MTP was a pleasant surprise. 
Together with saucy hints that future buybacks could be the biggest in its history this has propelled the stock to a post-2007 high. 
We think Elliott has found an easy win here and consider this likely to end as a standout success for activism in Japan.


Dai Nippon Printing – Activism On Easy Street

Japan Petroleum Exploration / Event-Driven

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<li>Japanese companies are buying back more stock than ever before, and recent moves by the TSE and METI are effectively pushing for more.</li>
<li>The new goal is to lift PBR and ROE. The easiest way to lift ROE is reduce E. Low-PBR Cos with excess assets and cross-holdings (outbound and inbound) are targets.</li>
<li>In this insight I look at several possible rankings for potential large buyback targets.</li>
</ul>


Japanese companies are buying back more stock than ever before, and recent moves by the TSE and METI are effectively pushing for more.
The new goal is to lift PBR and ROE. The easiest way to lift ROE is reduce E. Low-PBR Cos with excess assets and cross-holdings (outbound and inbound) are targets.
In this insight I look at several possible rankings for potential large buyback targets.


JAPAN GOVERNANCE CHANGES II - Who Could Surprise on Buybacks? Quant Rankings

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/janaghan-jeyakumar-cfa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:3173" rel="noopener">Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA</a> who does the predictions for this index got 10/10 of his high conviction names, 8/10 of his medium conviction, and 50% of low conviction ADDs.</li>
<li>This year, there are fewer caps but some big ones. Nearly ¥500bn of capping flow to sell. </li>
<li>I see just over $6.3bn in buying and selling to be done. A half dozen names with both high ADV impact to buy and decent size.</li>
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Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA who does the predictions for this index got 10/10 of his high conviction names, 8/10 of his medium conviction, and 50% of low conviction ADDs.
This year, there are fewer caps but some big ones. Nearly ¥500bn of capping flow to sell. 
I see just over $6.3bn in buying and selling to be done. A half dozen names with both high ADV impact to buy and decent size.


JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebal Aug 2024 - 44 IN, 41 OUT, ¥500bn of Capping, Just Under ¥1trn to Trade

Japan

DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD. offers printing services for commercial and industrial use.  The printing items include information media such as books, periodicals, and text books, wrapping paper and containers, stationeries, and advertising medium.  The Company provides design and production services as well.  Dai Nippon Printing also produces soft drinks including Coca Cola.

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