Retail Trade

Bic Camera, Inc.

Business Summary

Bic Camera Inc. engages in the sale of goods such as audio-visual devices, consumer electronics, and communications equipment. It operates through the following segments: Product Sales, Broadcast Satellite (BS) Digital Broadcasting, and Other. The Product Sales segment offers home appliances, cameras, television sets, recorders, personal computers and its peripherals, video games, watches, cellular phones, sporting goods, eye wear, and leisure items. The BS Digital Broadcasting segment carries out TV broadcasting services. The Other segment includes TV cable business. The company was founded by Ryuji Arai in May 1978 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Financial Highlights

Aug 2022	JPY	USD
Revenue	792,368M	6,506.48M
Gross Profit	203,464M	1,670.73M
Operating income	17,863M	146.68M
Income before tax	14,649M	120.28M
Net income	5,766M	47.34M
EBITDA	28,909M	237.38M
Diluted EPS	33.20	0.27
Dividends Per Share	15	0.12
Total Assets	456,466M	3,292.81M
Total liabilities	287,333M	2,072.73M
Total equity	131,559M	949.02M
Operating cash flow	25,317M	207.88M
	Currency in JPY	Currency in USD

Historical Data

JPY | USD

	Aug 2018	Aug 2019	Aug 2020	Aug 2021	Aug 2022
Revenue	844,029M	894,021M	847,905M	834,060M	792,368M
Gross Profit	229,325M	235,724M	222,154M	228,603M	203,464M
Operating income	27,057M	22,945M	12,067M	18,219M	17,863M
Income before tax	28,085M	22,673M	12,629M	19,540M	14,649M
Net income	17,123M	14,048M	5,450M	8,761M	5,766M
EBITDA	34,275M	31,101M	21,372M	29,062M	28,909M
Diluted EPS	92.41	79.07	30.96	49.75	33.20
Dividends Per Share	20	20	13	15	15
Total Assets	365,598M	400,451M	472,074M	454,466M	456,466M
Total liabilities	209,827M	237,106M	302,279M	274,938M	287,333M
Total equity	129,944M	133,956M	137,167M	143,883M	131,559M
Operating cash flow	26,102M	13,192M	52,004M	7,763M	25,317M

	Aug 2018	Aug 2019	Aug 2020	Aug 2021	Aug 2022
Revenue	7,647.64M	8,098.12M	7,851.73M	7,784.51M	6,506.48M
Gross Profit	2,077.88M	2,135.21M	2,057.18M	2,133.61M	1,670.73M
Operating income	245.16M	207.83M	111.74M	170.04M	146.68M
Income before tax	254.47M	205.37M	116.94M	182.37M	120.28M
Net income	155.14M	127.24M	50.46M	81.76M	47.34M
EBITDA	310.56M	281.71M	197.90M	271.24M	237.38M
Diluted EPS	0.83	0.71	0.28	0.46	0.27
Dividends Per Share	0.18	0.18	0.12	0.13	0.12
Total Assets	3,297.09M	3,772.67M	4,451.63M	4,136.77M	3,292.81M
Total liabilities	1,892.29M	2,233.79M	2,850.47M	2,502.62M	2,072.73M
Total equity	1,171.88M	1,262.00M	1,293.47M	1,309.69M	949.02M
Operating cash flow	236.50M	119.49M	481.56M	72.45M	207.88M

Valuation Measures

Aug 2022
PER	34.32
ROA	1.26%
ROE	4.18%
Operating margin	2.25%
Profit margin	0.72%

Key executives

President & Representative Director: Toru Akiho
Director, Manager-Finance & Accounting: Toru Abe
Director, EVP & GM-Internal Control: Hitoshi Kawamura
Director & Executive Officer: Nachika Nemoto
Executive Officer & Manager-HR Development: Shinichiro Iwami

Shareholders

ARAI RYUJI (39.8%)
Bic Camera, Inc. (9.0%)
TBS Holdings, Inc. (3.2%)
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (2.2%)
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (1.9%)
Norges Bank Investment Management (1.1%)
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. (1.0%)
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (0.8%)
BlackRock Fund Advisors (0.7%)
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.6%)

Contact Details

Website:http://www.biccamera.co.jp
Address: 2-49-7 Minami Ikebukuro, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo, 171-0022, Japan
Phone: +81.3.3987.8785

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Last Updated on 26 May, 2023