profit from every ¥100 of sales.
¥0¥100
DENSO
¥1,936.50+1.04% today
-4.9% in 1 year
1-year low ¥1,808.001-year high ¥2,300.00
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 ¥11.60 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 DENSO sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ¥5.52 trillion in 2022 to ¥7.16 trillion in 2025, with ¥419 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
DENSO handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks ¥270.0B¥180.5B
Free cash flow 2025¥313.3B
Bought back its own shares¥270.0B
Paid as dividends¥180.5B
Cash vs. debt¥986.5B vs. ¥699.4B
DENSO vs. similar companies
DENSO grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ¥100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ¥1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENSO | 11.6× · Cheap | ||
 O'Reilly Automotive | 29.1× · Fair price | ||
 AutoZone | 20.4× · Fair price | ||
 Bridgestone | 16.6× · Fair price | ||
 Sumitomo Electric Industries | 24.5× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads DENSO'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,515,512 | 6,401,320 | 7,144,733 | 7,161,777 | |
| 801,488 | 911,144 | 1,089,953 | 1,102,867 | |
| 341,179 | 426,099 | 380,599 | 518,953 | |
| 739,737 | 835,171 | 832,752 | 980,408 | |
| 263,901 | 314,633 | 312,791 | 419,081 | |
| 85.69 | 104.00 | 104.97 | 145.02 | |
| 14.5% | 14.2% | 15.3% | 15.4% | |
| 6.2% | 6.7% | 5.3% | 7.2% | |
| 4.8% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of JPY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,432,271 | 7,408,662 | 9,093,370 | 8,125,000 |
| Cash | 867,808 | 733,850 | 789,390 | 986,531 |
| Total debt | 991,435 | 889,274 | 850,721 | 699,384 |
| Total liabilities | 2,942,745 | 2,828,951 | 3,346,865 | 2,936,082 |
| 4,299,357 | 4,376,928 | 5,534,986 | 4,978,266 | |
| 3,080 | 3,025 | 2,980 | 2,890 | |
| 5.2% | 6.3% | 5.0% | 7.4% | |
| 6.1% | 7.2% | 5.7% | 8.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of JPY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 395,637 | 602,720 | 961,826 | 758,743 | |
| 372,144 | 414,314 | 446,405 | 445,422 | |
| 23,493 | 188,406 | 515,421 | 313,321 | |
| Dividends paid | 115,865 | 132,777 | 146,029 | 180,478 |
| 97,540 | 100,012 | 200,024 | 270,001 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 11.6×
- –
- 0.61
- 1.0×
- 0.7×
- 15.5×
- 4.7×
- 6.4%
- 8.6%
- 3.7%
Profitability
- 15.4%
- 7.2%
- 5.9%
- –
- 7.4%
- 6.0%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +9.1%
- +19.2%
- –
- –
- −2.1%
Financial health
- -0.3×
- 0.14
- –
- 23.4×
- 1.85
- –
- –
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.
Bottom 47%of 982
Bottom 45%of 994
Top 26%of 853
Top 45%of 993
Top 39%of 980
3.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$37a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
43.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 57.6%
News
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Insider trades
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 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
64Pass
Benjamin Graham
83Pass
Philip Fisher
56No pass
Peter Lynch
72Pass
Joel Greenblatt
50No pass
Charlie Munger
42No pass
Terry Smith
35No pass
Questions about DENSO
Is DENSO a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 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 DENSO AI analysis
What does DENSO do?
DENSO Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of automotive parts in Japan, Rest of Asia, North America, Europe, and internationally. It is in Auto Parts, based in Kariya, Japan.
Does DENSO pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.7% a year, about 43% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out ¥180 billion in dividends.
Is DENSO stock halal?
Yes. DENSO passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 14% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has DENSO stock done over the past year?
Down 4.9% over the past twelve months, to ¥1,936.50. It traded between ¥1,808.00 and ¥2,300.00 and is 15.8% below its high.
Who are DENSO's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are O'Reilly Automotive, AutoZone, Bridgestone and Sumitomo Electric Industries. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with DENSO's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.