Senior Technology Analyst, Japanese Equities, LightStream Research

Scott Foster

Senior Technology Analyst, Japanese Equities

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Geared to rising demand for semiconductor and other industrial polishing services in general and rapid growth in the production of advanced power semiconductors in particular.</li>
<li>Sales and operating profit could double over the next 5 years, but dilution from capital raising might hold EPS growth to 50%.</li>
<li>Selling at 9.2x EPS guidance for FY Mar-22. 10x potential EPS implies 65% upside. Risks include small market cap and potentially volatile quarterly earnings.</li>
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Geared to rising demand for semiconductor and other industrial polishing services in general and rapid growth in the production of advanced power semiconductors in particular.
Sales and operating profit could double over the next 5 years, but dilution from capital raising might hold EPS growth to 50%.
Selling at 9.2x EPS guidance for FY Mar-22. 10x potential EPS implies 65% upside. Risks include small market cap and potentially volatile quarterly earnings.


Mipox (5381 JP): Participation in Power Semiconductor Consortium a Growth Driver

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<li>Based on following the company for 25 years, I agree with Mio Kato: I do not think Rohm would or should acquire Toshiba's power semiconductor operations.</li>
<li>It would violate Rohm's commitment to a sound financial structure and saddle it with an integration problem that might never be solved.</li>
<li>Far better to keep working with the NEDO power device consortium while continuing to expand and improve its own power device business.</li>
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Based on following the company for 25 years, I agree with Mio Kato: I do not think Rohm would or should acquire Toshiba's power semiconductor operations.
It would violate Rohm's commitment to a sound financial structure and saddle it with an integration problem that might never be solved.
Far better to keep working with the NEDO power device consortium while continuing to expand and improve its own power device business.


Rohm (6963 JP): Probably Won't Buy Toshiba's Electronic Devices Business

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Mipox Corp. manufactures polishing films and liquid used for semiconductors, computer heads, and Liquid Crystal(LC).  The Company also manufactures polishing machinery, coolant, and optical fiber cleaner.

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Mipox Corp (5381 JP)

Mipox (5381 JP): Participation in Power Semiconductor Consortium a Growth Driver

Participation in NEDO power semiconductor consortium could support 2X sales and 50% EPS growth. Potentially volatile small cap, but selling at 9x...

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Rohm (6963 JP): Probably Won't Buy Toshiba's Electronic Devices Business

Rohm will probably not acquire Toshiba's power device business. Instead, it will keep working with NEDO to expand its own capabilities. Down 24%...

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