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Kubota Corporation

KUBTY
48
Agricultural - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$83.21
-1.05 (-1.25%)
Market Cap
$18.96B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

5.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 240.8M (2021) → 228.4M (2025)

Kubota Corporation is a Japanese company that makes farm equipment, construction machinery, and water infrastructure products. Its most well-known products are tractors, combine harvesters, and compact excavators, which it sells to farmers, construction companies, and governments around the world. Kubota is one of the largest agricultural machinery manufacturers in Asia and has a particularly strong reputation for small and mid-sized tractors.

Kubota earns money by selling equipment outright and also through financing, parts, and service contracts. The company operates globally, with major markets in Japan, North America, and Europe, and generates roughly $20 billion in annual revenue. Its competitive strength comes from durable, reliable machines and a deep dealer network, especially in the compact tractor segment where it holds a leading position in North America. The key risk is that farm equipment demand is closely tied to crop prices and farmer income, both of which can fall sharply during agricultural downturns.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+82.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$115.6B/ year

3.7% of revenue

In line with sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$2.1T cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Kubota Corporation is growing revenue at 16% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
31.6%
Modest — 31.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
12.3%
Healthy — 12.3% operating margin
ROCE
2.0%
Weak — 2.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+7.0%
Slow sales growth (7.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+14.5%
Earnings growing (14.5% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
148%
Turns 148% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
5.3%
Thin free cash flow (5.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.85
Moderate — manageable debt (0.85)
Interest Cover
32.22x
Comfortably covers interest (32.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.1x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
+0.0
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.86%
Small dividend — 1.86% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+8.3%
Dividend growing modestly (8.3% YoY)

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