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Eisai

TYO:4523 · JP3160400002
PharmaceuticalsX-Large

360

70
EV / EBIT58
Price / Owner Earnings76
Owner Earnings Yield88
Dividend Yield97
Price/Sales64
EV / Gross Profit100
Price/Book78
Return on Capital21
Cash Return on Capital27
Return on Equity23
EBIT Margin14
Gross Profitability65
Cash Conversion69
Accruals50
Owner Earnings Margin26
Sales growth45
Profit Growth25
Long-Term EPS Growth73
Owner Earnings Growth12
Reinvestment29
Price momentum65
Debt load67
Refinancing49
Debt Payback100
Liquidity65
Analyst ratings18
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside60
Market mood47
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Eisai clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryJapan
IndustryPharmaceuticals
SizeX-Large
TypePublic Company
ExchangeTSE
Founded1941
Employees303
ISINJP3160400002
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Chronic DiseasesPain ManagementCardiovascularOsteoporosisNeurologyNeuroscienceCentral Nervous SystemOncologyGastroenterologyBiotechnologyHealth CareHealth InsurancePharmaceutical

Description

Eisai Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals, such as prescription pharmaceuticals, consumer health care products, and diagnostics pharmaceuticals. The company also offers food additives, chemicals, pharmaceutical produ…

Analysis

Bargain bin

Eisai Co., Ltd. is priced cheaply, and that invites the natural question of why, since the underlying business scores below average.

On valuation, the picture is fair. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 15.9×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 3% a year, against analyst forecasts of 16%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

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
73
2023202420252026

All-time high

78

Mar 2026

All-time low

8

Jan 2024

Average rank

36

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
64
67
38
46
Price/Earnings
37
40
24
29
Price/Book
78
50
40
50
Dividend Yield
97
86
62
55
Value (overall)
86
68
32
41

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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