Taiwan Wax Co (ROCO:1742) Risk Assessment

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ROCO:1742 Taiwan Wax Co Ltd ROCO:1742
47 GF Score
Price NT$17.80
GF Value NT$5.47
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 5 Warning Signs
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What is Taiwan Wax Co Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Taiwan Wax Co is: High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff.

Taiwan Wax Co  (ROCO:1742) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Taiwan Wax Co Risk Assessment Related Terms

ROCO:1742 vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Taiwan Wax Co's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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.

Taiwan Wax Co Risk Assessment vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Taiwan Wax Co's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Taiwan Wax Co's Risk Assessment falls into.


ROCO:1742
47GF Score
Taiwan Wax Co Ltd ROCO:1742
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Is Taiwan Wax Co (ROCO:1742) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Taiwan Wax Co stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of NT$17.80 is trading 225.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of NT$5.47. GuruFocus considers Taiwan Wax Co to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for ROCO:1742:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: NT$5.47 vs. price of NT$17.80 (225.4% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 47/100 with 5 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the ROCO:1742 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Taiwan Wax Co Business Description

Address Zhongshan South Road, 3rd Floor, No. 610, Section 2, Dayuan District, Taoyuan, TWN
Taiwan Wax Co Ltd is engaged in manufacturing, trading, importing, and exporting various wax raw materials and finished products, trading optoelectronic equipment, trading aquatic products, and providing brokerage services. The company derives revenue from sales of merchandise derived from sales of aquatic products, optoelectronic equipment, and various finished wax products.
47GF Score

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NT$17.80
Price
NT$5.47
GF Value