Bridgestone (TSE:5108) has quietly pulled back over the past week even though the stock is still up strongly this year, which sets up an interesting moment to reassess its recent run.
See our latest analysis for Bridgestone.
The recent dip hardly derails the broader trend. A strong year to date share price return suggests investors are still warming to Bridgestone’s earnings momentum, while multi year total shareholder returns point to a steadily compounding story rather than a short lived spike.
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With earnings growing faster than sales, a solid multi year return record, and the shares still trading at a sizable estimated discount to intrinsic value, is Bridgestone a fresh buying opportunity or already pricing in future growth?
With Bridgestone last closing at ¥7,181 against a narrative fair value near ¥7,646, the story leans toward modest upside built on improving fundamentals.
The Fair Value Estimate has risen slightly to approximately ¥7,646 per share from about ¥7,629 per share, reflecting a modest upward revision in intrinsic value.
Curious why a relatively small upgrade in fair value rests on a richer future multiple and carefully trimmed growth and margin assumptions? The full narrative unpacks how steady top line expansion, expanding profitability and a reset cost of capital combine to justify paying up for Bridgestone’s 2028 earnings power, and which expectations have quietly become the real swing factor in this valuation call.
Result: Fair Value of ¥7,646 (UNDERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what’s behind the forecasts.
However, execution risks in restructuring Latin America, along with sustained pricing pressure from low cost imports, could easily cap margins and undermine this bullish setup.
Find out about the key risks to this Bridgestone narrative.
While the narrative points to Bridgestone trading at a modest 6 percent discount to fair value, the earnings multiple sends a louder message. At 19.5 times earnings versus a 16 times fair ratio and 10.4 times for the industry, the stock screens as clearly expensive. Is the growth story strong enough to justify paying this premium?
See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
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