What does the company do?
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) develops manufactures and distributes motorcycles, automobiles, power products, and also provides financing for the sale of those products. The Company’s principal manufacturing facilities are located in Japan, the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Italy, China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Argentina, Brazil and Turkey. The Company operates in four business segments: motorcycle business, automobile business, financial services business, and power product and other businesses. Honda produces a range of motorcycles, ranging from the 50 cubic centimeters class to the 1800 cubic centimeters class in cylinder displacement. Honda’s automobiles use gasoline engines of three, four or six-cylinder, diesel engines and gasoline-electric hybrid systems. It also offers a variety of financial services to its customers and dealers. Honda manufactures a variety of power products including power tillers and portable generators.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- HONDA MOTOR one-year sales: 94.63 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Auto Manufacturers - Major group: -28.29% - HONDA MOTOR one-year income: -46.58 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Auto Manufacturers - Major group: -317.23%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 94.63 Bil | 131.95 Bil | | Income | -46.58 Bil | -11.16 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- HONDA MOTOR one-year sales growth: -28.70%.
Difference from the average for the Auto Manufacturers - Major group: -3.30 pct. pts. - HONDA MOTOR one-year income growth: -79.20%.
Difference from the average for the Auto Manufacturers - Major group: -56.60 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -28.70% | -25.40% | | Income Growth | -79.20% | -22.60% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- HONDA MOTOR one-year net profit margin: -50.1%
Difference from the average for the Auto Manufacturers - Major group: -40.0 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | -50.1% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 3.8% | | Industry | -10.1% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- HONDA MOTOR debt/equity ratio: 1.04.
Difference from the average for the Auto Manufacturers - Major group: -28.77%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 1.04 | 1.46 |
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