5290 Vertex
- Japan Guru

- Aug 10, 2025
- 1 min read
Hanex, Nippon Zenith Pipe, and Haneda Concrete Industries merged to form Zenith Haneda, which in turn merged with Hokucon to form Vertex. Main business is concrete secondary products.
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Hanex, Nippon Zenith Pipe, and Haneda Concrete Industries merged to form Zenith Haneda, which in turn merged with Hokucon to form Vertex. Main business is concrete secondary products.
"Solid margin expansion, Margin improvement mainly came from Product portfolio rationalization. Also a bit of buybacks but the amazing thing is that revenues didn't even grow that much in this period.
Also traded at 0.5x Book 5 years ago so that helps
Guess they also have solid tailwinds from updating aging infra in Japan + seems hungry for M&A. . 14x P/E and 6x EBITDA"
https://x.com/InvestInJapan/status/1948674560095834517
at 3020 yen/share, 87 bil yen mkt cap vs 18 bil yen net cash
17.7x per / 2.09x pbr / 2.15% yield