YKLTY (Yakult Honsha Co) Risk Assessment

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YKLTY Yakult Honsha Co Ltd YKLTY
82 GF Score
Price $8.30
GF Value $9.10
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 6 Warning Signs
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What is Yakult Honsha 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 Yakult Honsha Co is: Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding.

Yakult Honsha Co  (OTCPK:YKLTY) 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.

Yakult Honsha Co Risk Assessment Related Terms

YKLTY vs KO, PEP, MNST: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Yakult Honsha 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.

Yakult Honsha Co Risk Assessment vs Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Yakult Honsha Co's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yakult Honsha Co's Risk Assessment falls into.


YKLTY
82GF Score
Yakult Honsha Co Ltd YKLTY
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Is Yakult Honsha Co (YKLTY) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Yakult Honsha Co stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $8.30 is trading 8.8% below its estimated GF Value™ of $9.10. GuruFocus considers Yakult Honsha Co to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for YKLTY:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: $9.10 vs. price of $8.30 (8.8% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 82/100 with 6 warning signs

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

Yakult Honsha Co Business Description

Other Exchanges 2267:JapanYKH:Germany
Address 1-10-30 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 105-8660
Yakult Honsha is a pioneer in probiotics. It launched the probiotic drink Yakult in 1935 after Minoru Shirota's discovery of Lactobacillus casei Shirota, a strain of lactic acid bacteria, which proved to be able to live in the intestines, in 1930. It operates in 40 countries across four continents, selling mainly Yakult probiotic drinks. Apart from the retail outlets, the home delivery channel, served by a team of 83,000 Yakult Ladies globally, contributes about 45% of its probiotic drink volume. Overseas markets contribute 40% of group sales and profits. Yakult has built a meaningful presence in populated emerging markets, including China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brazil. It plans to step up expansion in the US with a new factory in Georgia, which will triple its US production capacity.
82GF Score

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$8.30
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$9.10
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