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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

Companies Should Consider All Options, Not Just Maintaining Their Listing

Going Private Is Not a Problem for a Special Company, but a Common Problem for All Listed Companies

Not Promptly Retiring Treasury Stock Has Increased the Market Cap of Japanese-Style Calculations

Alignment of Management and Shareholder Interests Could Be the Beginning of Happiness

Seeing Disappointing Disclosures Raises Question of What Was the Skill Matrix of Board Directors?

Investors Are Disappointed that ROE Is Not Improving, yet Companies Can't Disclose to Improve It

Shareholder Activism Plays a Significant Role in Companies that Are Slow to Change

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Investors want to see if management can be entrusted with strategies to increase certainty of achieving plans, to build foundations for growth to expand corporate value, and to manage company.</li>
<li>The problem is that the disclosed contents of the mid-term management plan do not include necessary information, or the goals themselves are not what investors are looking for.</li>
<li>Before disclosing medium-term management plans, companies should estimate how much return on capital can be achieved by the plan and how much the corporate value and stock price will be.</li>
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Investors want to see if management can be entrusted with strategies to increase certainty of achieving plans, to build foundations for growth to expand corporate value, and to manage company.
The problem is that the disclosed contents of the mid-term management plan do not include necessary information, or the goals themselves are not what investors are looking for.
Before disclosing medium-term management plans, companies should estimate how much return on capital can be achieved by the plan and how much the corporate value and stock price will be.


The Strategy Is More Important than Whether the Mid-Term Business Plan and the Actual Are Blurred

TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX

The Strategy Is More Important than Whether the Mid-Term Business Plan and the Actual Are Blurred