Operates Rakuten Ichiba, an online marketplace. Provides online bookstore services through Rakuten Books. Now — the numbers.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
Average growth of 12% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.
angles, checked one by one.
The 3 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Trading Liquidity: The shares change hands too rarely for smooth trading.
The stock trades 58% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 12% a year on average.
The company sells $17.0B a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.
A loss of $1.2B against $17.0B in annual sales.
Since the drop from its peak, buyer appetite hasn’t come back. Council score: 0/10.
Getting in and out without moving the price could prove difficult. Council score: 2/10.
We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.
One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.