LY (YAHOY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

LY Corporation engages in the online advertising and e-commerce businesses in Japan. The company provides LINE, a communication app; and Yahoo! JAPAN, an internet service that offers search, news, weather, shopping, auction, and other services. It also offers reuse, membership, and payment-related services. The company was formerly known as Z Holdings Corporation and changed its name to LY Corporation in October 2023. LY Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chiyoda, Japan. LY Corporation operates as a subsidiary of A Holdings Corporation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.15 to $5.19
• 50-Day Range: $4.65 to $5.67
• 52-Week Range: $4.58 to $7.99
• Volume: 51,470 shs
• Average Volume: 406,556 shs
• Market Capitalization: $17.81 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.99
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

LY Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

LY scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

LY has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

LY has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 25.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for LY are expected to grow by 25.00% in the coming year, from $0.28 to $0.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of LY is 13.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.27.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of LY is 13.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 16.99.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

LY has a P/B Ratio of 0.82. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of LY has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

LY has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.05, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in LY has recently decreased by 39.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

LY does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

LY does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.57

News Sentiment

LY has a news sentiment score of 1.57. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for LY this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, LY insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

LY has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/08/2026
• Today: 5/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: INTERNET COMMERCE
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:YAHOY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:YAHOY
• CIK: 1446437
• Web: www.yahoo.co.jp
• Phone: (136) 898-8200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 28,385
• Year Founded: 1996

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.97
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.46
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $1.29 billion
• Net Margins: 6.14%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 5.02%
• Return on Assets: 1.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.95
• Quick Ratio: 0.94

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.32
• Cash Flow: $0.57 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.01
• Book Value: $6.31 per share
• Price / Book: 0.82

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,442,150,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $17.80 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.95