Retail Trade

Lawson, Inc.

Business Summary

Lawson, Inc. engages in the management and operation of convenience stores. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Convenience Stores; Seijo Ishii, Entertainment and Others. The Domestic Convenience Stores segment includes Lawson, Natural Lawson, Lawson Store 100, and Lawson Mart chain stores. The Seijo Ishii segment manages supermarkets. The Entertainment segment sells concert tickets at Lawson stores, and music and video software at HMV stores. The Others segment handles financial services and overseas business. The company was founded on April 15, 1975 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Financial Highlights

Feb 2023	JPY	USD
Revenue	1,000.38B	7,455.81M
Gross Profit	318,365M	2,372.75M
Operating income	64,313M	479.32M
Income before tax	46,771M	348.58M
Net income	29,707M	221.40M
EBITDA	276,058M	2,057.44M
Diluted EPS	296.59	2.21
Dividends Per Share	150	1.11
Total Assets	2,242.42B	16,462.36M
Total liabilities	1,988.56B	14,598.68M
Total equity	249,941M	1,834.90M
Operating cash flow	294,699M	2,196.37M
	Currency in JPY	Currency in USD

Historical Data

JPY | USD

	Feb 2019	Feb 2020	Feb 2021	Feb 2022	Feb 2023
Revenue	700,646M	730,236M	666,001M	943,206M	1,000.38B
Gross Profit	435,871M	445,421M	396,917M	286,508M	318,365M
Operating income	60,781M	62,943M	40,878M	52,443M	64,313M
Income before tax	39,876M	30,319M	18,230M	32,677M	46,771M
Net income	25,584M	20,107M	8,689M	22,625M	29,707M
EBITDA	127,625M	142,126M	125,827M	256,307M	276,058M
Diluted EPS	255.58	200.84	86.77	225.89	296.59
Dividends Per Share	255	150	150	150	150
Total Assets	1,342.32B	1,357.73B	1,365.43B	2,144.77B	2,242.42B
Total liabilities	1,060.34B	1,082.38B	1,092.49B	1,909.08B	1,988.56B
Total equity	276,731M	271,133M	267,966M	231,853M	249,941M
Operating cash flow	128,594M	202,703M	227,954M	207,781M	294,699M

	Feb 2019	Feb 2020	Feb 2021	Feb 2022	Feb 2023
Revenue	6,341.86M	6,698.80M	6,285.34M	8,459.26M	7,455.81M
Gross Profit	3,945.26M	4,086.06M	3,745.87M	2,569.58M	2,372.75M
Operating income	550.15M	577.40M	385.78M	470.34M	479.32M
Income before tax	360.93M	278.13M	172.04M	293.06M	348.58M
Net income	231.57M	184.45M	82.00M	202.91M	221.40M
EBITDA	1,155.19M	1,303.79M	1,187.48M	2,298.72M	2,057.44M
Diluted EPS	2.31	1.84	0.81	2.02	2.21
Dividends Per Share	2.30	1.37	1.41	1.34	1.11
Total Assets	12,058.29M	12,587.32M	12,816.12M	18,621.90M	16,462.36M
Total liabilities	9,525.17M	10,034.58M	10,254.31M	16,575.48M	14,598.68M
Total equity	2,485.90M	2,513.63M	2,515.16M	2,013.04M	1,834.90M
Operating cash flow	1,163.96M	1,859.49M	2,151.30M	1,863.50M	2,196.37M

Valuation Measures

Feb 2023
PER	18.05
ROA	1.35%
ROE	12.33%
Operating margin	6.42%
Profit margin	2.96%

Key executives

President & Representative Director: Sadanobu Takemasu
CFO, Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer: Satoshi Nakaniwa
Executive Officer: Yasuhiko Hirokane
Executive Officer: Hajime Kawamura
Executive Officer & General Manager-Administration: Tomoki Takanishi

Shareholders

Mitsubishi Corp. (50%)
BlackRock Fund Advisors (2.3%)
KDDI Corp. (2.1%)
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (2.0%)
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (1.7%)
Norges Bank Investment Management (1.4%)
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (1.2%)
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. (1.0%)
Lawson Employee Stock Ownership Plan (0.9%)
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (0.7%)

Contact Details

Website:http://www.lawson.co.jp
Address: East Tower, Gate City Ohsaki, 3/F, 1-11-2 Osaki, Tokyo, 141-8643, Japan
Phone: +81.3.6635.3963

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Competitors

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Last Updated on 31 May, 2023