profit from every ¥100 of sales.
¥0¥100
USS
¥1,847.50+0.79% today
+6.1% in 1 year
1-year low ¥1,643.501-year high ¥2,064.00
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay ¥22.29 for every ¥1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What USS sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ¥81.5 billion in 2022 to ¥104 billion in 2025, with ¥37.6 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
USS handed back 88% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks ¥10.0B¥19.7B
Free cash flow 2025¥33.9B
Bought back its own shares¥10.0B
Paid as dividends¥19.7B
Cash vs. debt¥113.2B vs. ¥2.2B
USS vs. similar companies
USS grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ¥100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ¥1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS | 22.3× · Fair price | ||
 Carvana | 75.1× · Very expensive | ||
 Hotai Motor Co.,Ltd. | 15.4× · Fair price | ||
 AutoNation | 8.9× · Cheap | ||
 AUTO1 Group | 43.8× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads USS's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of JPY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81,482 | 88,778 | 97,606 | 104,021 | |
| 50,772 | 53,642 | 59,034 | 64,821 | |
| 41,575 | 43,778 | 48,937 | 54,206 | |
| 49,515 | 49,805 | 53,913 | 60,251 | |
| 29,745 | 30,008 | 32,906 | 37,636 | |
| 59.79 | 61.23 | 68.10 | 78.51 | |
| 62.3% | 60.4% | 60.5% | 62.3% | |
| 51.0% | 49.3% | 50.1% | 52.1% | |
| 36.5% | 33.8% | 33.7% | 36.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of JPY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 229,354 | 242,352 | 271,557 | 267,348 |
| Cash | 79,380 | 92,692 | 109,009 | 113,219 |
| Total debt | 2,826 | 2,419 | 2,664 | 2,245 |
| Total liabilities | 46,880 | 48,199 | 72,536 | 59,995 |
| 180,338 | 191,454 | 196,000 | 204,203 | |
| 497 | 490 | 483 | 479 | |
| 16.8% | 16.1% | 17.1% | 18.6% | |
| 16.5% | 15.7% | 16.8% | 18.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of JPY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36,630 | 36,907 | 47,150 | 38,157 | |
| 2,036 | 4,566 | 2,665 | 4,270 | |
| 34,594 | 32,341 | 44,485 | 33,887 | |
| Dividends paid | 14,218 | 17,323 | 16,596 | 19,695 |
| 7,973 | 1,632 | 12,697 | 10,000 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 22.3×
- –
- 2.35
- 4.3×
- 8.1×
- 24.8×
- 12.1×
- 4.0%
- 4.5%
- 2.3%
Profitability
- 62.3%
- 52.1%
- 36.2%
- –
- 18.6%
- 17.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +8.5%
- +9.5%
- –
- –
- −1.2%
Financial health
- -1.8×
- 0.01
- –
- 6,107.1×
- 2.83
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 12%of 977
Top 1%of 992
Bottom 44%of 856
Top 47%of 993
Bottom 44%of 980
2.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$23a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
52.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 58.1%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
84Pass
Benjamin Graham
70Pass
Philip Fisher
85Pass
Peter Lynch
54No pass
Joel Greenblatt
55No pass
Charlie Munger
87Pass
Terry Smith
78Pass
Questions about USS
Is USS a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the USS AI analysis
What does USS do?
USS Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates and manages used vehicle auction sites in Japan. It operates through three segments: Auto Auctions Business, Used vehicle purchasing and selling business, and Recycling Business. It is in Auto & Truck Dealerships, based in Tokai, Japan.
Does USS pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.3% a year, about 52% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out ¥19.7 billion in dividends.
Is USS stock halal?
Yes. USS passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.3% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has USS stock done over the past year?
Up 6.1% over the past twelve months, to ¥1,847.50. It traded between ¥1,643.50 and ¥2,064.00 and is 10.5% below its high.
Who are USS's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Carvana, Hotai Motor Co.,Ltd., AutoNation and AUTO1 Group. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with USS's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.