Is Kanadevia (TSE:7004) Undervalued On Its New CO2 Capture Demonstration?

Kanadevia (TSE:7004) has put its High CO2 Concentration Waste Incineration Technology into the spotlight by launching a world first demonstration at Tokyo’s Shinagawa Incineration Plant that directly targets efficient CO2 capture in Waste to Energy operations.

Over the past year, Kanadevia has seen its share price return move up 7.92% year to date, but decline over shorter windows, including a 30 day share price return down 11.76%. The 3 year total shareholder return of 42.77% points to momentum built over a longer horizon.

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Kanadevia’s shares trade at ¥1,035 while analyst targets and intrinsic estimates sit meaningfully higher. The question is where fair value really lines up once that spread is unpacked next.

Most Popular Narrative: 20.4% Undervalued

Against the last close of ¥1,035, the most followed narrative points to a fair value of ¥1,300, which implies a sizeable valuation gap for Kanadevia once its long term projects are factored in using a discount rate of 8.07%.

The analysts have a consensus price target of ¥1300.0 for Kanadevia based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

In order for you to agree with the analysts, you would need to believe that by 2029, revenues will be ¥752.2 billion, earnings will come to ¥29.5 billion, and it would be trading on a PE ratio of 9.4x, assuming you use a discount rate of 8.1%.

See why 1 investors see Kanadevia as 20% undervalued.

Result: Fair Value of ¥1,300 (UNDERVALUED)

Still, the Oman green hydrogen story hinges on complex project execution. Any repeat of past cost overruns or compliance issues could quickly puncture this Kanadevia narrative.

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