JRFIF (Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment) Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): 6.94 (As of Aug. 2024) — 89% Below Median

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JRFIF Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corp JRFIF
69 GF Score
Price $623.98
GF Value $607.30
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What is Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)?

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment JRFIF 69 Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 6.94 as of Aug. 2024, which is 89% below its 10-year median of 62.51. GuruFocus rates JRFIF with a GF Score™ of 69/100 and a GF Value™ of $607.30. The stock has 8 warning signs investors should review. Among 335 REITs companies, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment ranks worse than 93.43% on this metric.

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $6.94. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio for today is 89.91.


The historical rank and industry rank for Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) or its related term are showing as below:

JRFIF' s Price-to-Owner-Earnings Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.12   Med: 62.51   Max: 155.78
Current: 89.92


During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio of Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment was 155.78. The lowest was 18.12. And the median was 62.51.


JRFIF's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is ranked worse than
93.43% of 335 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 14.38 vs JRFIF: 89.92

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the six months ended in Feb. 2026 was $21.24. Its Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was $41.69. It's PE Ratio (TTM) ratio for today is 14.97.

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's EPS without NRI for the six months ended in Feb. 2026 was $21.24. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was $41.69. It's PE Ratio without NRI ratio for today is 14.97.


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Assumption: Companies usually do not report maintenance capital expenditures and growth capital expenditures separately. Here we use estimated numbers and average them over 5 years. The method to estimate maintenance capital expenditures can be found in above part 4.

Note: GuruFocus' Change In Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.


Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Related Terms


Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Chart

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
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Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Semi-Annual Data
Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24 Feb25 Aug25 Feb26
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.00 8.28 0.00 -9.03 0.00

JRFIF vs SPG, O, KIM: Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Comparison

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Price-to-Owner-Earnings vs REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.


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Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

To make it simple, then you will have:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) = (Net Income + Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization + Change In Deferred Tax - 5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure + Change In Working Capital) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation:

Last Year Average of Last 5 Years
Net Income 216.8
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 82.9
Change In Deferred Tax 0.0
5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure 276.2
Change In Working Capital 3.1
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 7.0

1. Start with "Net Income" from income statement. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $216.8 Mil.

2. "Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization" is from cashflow statement. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $82.9 Mil. This needs to be added back because company does not actually need to pay cash for it. It is a non-cash item.

3. Other non-cash charges usually include "Stock Based Compensation" and "Change In Deferred Tax":
However, to be conservative, GuruFocus will not add Stock Based Compensation back to net income. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Change In Deferred Tax for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $0.0 Mil.

4. Average maintenance capital expenditure over a business/industry cycle: 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $276.2 Mil

It is usually best to take a long-term average of maintenance capital expenditure. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since many companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditure.

The following shows how to get maintenance capital expenditure.

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous year. If the revenue decreased from the previous year, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous year, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Growth Capital Expenditure = Percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment as of corresponding Revenue * Revenue Increase
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
Fourth, get the average of the 5 years maintenance capital expenditure.

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $276.2 Mil

5. "Change In Working Capital" is from cashflow statement. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Change In Working Capital for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $3.1 Mil.
Note: GuruFocus' Change in Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And sometimes it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.

6. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for the months ended in Aug. 2024 was 6.979 Mil.

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Onwer Earnings Per Share for Aug. 2024 is calculated as:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=( Net Income+Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization+Change In Deferred Tax
=( 216.816 +82.863+0
-5Y Avg of Maintenance CAPEX+Change In Working Capital )/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
-276.176+3.134)/6.979
=6.94

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Current Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=623.98/6.94
=89.91

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 6.94 mean?
Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment (JRFIF) has a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 6.94 as of Aug. 2024. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment. This is 89% below median its historical median of 62.51. Over the past decade, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) has ranged from 18.12 to 155.78. According to the industry distribution chart, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment ranks #313 out of 335 companies in the REITs industry, placing it in the top 93.4%.
Is Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) too high?
Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 6.94 is 89% below median its 10-year median of 62.51. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 18.12 to a high of 155.78. The REITs industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 14.38. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's value of 6.94 is 51.7% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment ranks #313 out of 335 companies in the REITs industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment has a GF Score™ of 69/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) compare to SPG and O?
According to the REITs industry distribution chart, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment ranks #313 out of 335 companies for Owner Earnings per Share (TTM). This places Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 14.38. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's value of 6.94 is 51.7% below this benchmark. Historically, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's own Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) has ranged from 18.12 to 155.78 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 62.51 vs. the industry median of 14.38, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) for a REITs company?
The median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) among REITs companies is 14.38, based on 335 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 6.94 is 51.7% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) mean?
A high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment. For the REITs industry, the median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 14.38 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 6.94, which is 89% below median its own 10-year median of 62.51. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment stock overvalued right now?
Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment (JRFIF) has a current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 6.94. The stock's GF Value™ is $607.30, compared to a current price of $623.98 — trading 2.7% above its estimated fair value. The current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 6.94, which is 89% below median its 10-year median of 62.51 and 51.7% below the REITs industry median of 14.38. Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment's overall GF Score™ is 69/100 with 8 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) calculated?
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment (JRFIF), the current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 6.94 as of Aug. 2024. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment (JRFIF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $623.98 is trading 2.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $607.30.

Key valuation signals for JRFIF:

  • Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): 6.94 (89% below median its 10-year median of 62.51)
  • GF Value™: $607.30 vs. price of $623.98 (2.7% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 69/100 with 8 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 51.7% below the REITs median (#313 of 335)

No single metric tells the full story. See the JRFIF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Business Description

Industry Real EstateREITs
Other Exchanges 8953:Japan59JA:Germany
Address Tokyo Building 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-6420
Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corp is a diversified REIT investing in real estate properties serving as a foundation of urban lives. Its portfolio includes urban retail, mixed-use, office, residence, hotel and suburban retail.
69GF Score

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