JOF
BuyFull HouseAI neutralJapan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. · Financial Services · Japan · $320M cap · $690K/day traded
$11.92 +0.3% · close 19 Oct · scored 17 Oct
StockRank down 1.9 since 16 Oct.
Full House: Strong business, sensible price, market agrees. The rare full house.
As of 17 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (JOF) is 78/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 53, Value 57, Momentum 64, each scored against its sector).
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Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund is a closed-end fund holding Japanese small caps under a level distribution plan, and it recently completed a tender offer. It is an investment vehicle rather than an operating business, so it cannot be judged on business quality, and its returns depend on the underlying portfolio and on its discount to net asset value.
ABOUT JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND, INC.
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Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. It is managed by Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Japan.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | CAGR | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | — | -22.2M | 47.7M | 8.7M | 147.4M | 75.7% | 9.5M |
| EPS | -0.63 | -0.82 | 1.65 | 0.27 | 5.06 | 75.2% | 5.06 |
| Shares | — | 28.3M | 28.3M | 28.3M | 28.3M | 0.0% | — |
| Debt | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Equity | — | 230.0M | 269.2M | 268.0M | 391.3M | 19.4% | — |
| Op CF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 6% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 91% of stocks we rank over the past year (20% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Financial Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of JOF are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOF | Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc.(you) | $320M | 78 | Buy |
| 8624.T | Ichiyoshi Securities Co., Ltd. | $343M | 86 | Strong Buy |
| 4765.T | SBI Global Asset Management Co., Ltd. | $561M | 74 | Buy |
| 319A.T | Next Generation Technology Group Inc. | $1.1B | 77 | Buy |
| 5842.T | Integral Corporation | $637M | 60 | Hold |
| 7347.T | Mercuria Holdings Co., Ltd. | $98M | 87 | Strong Buy |
| 8739.T | SPARX Group Co., Ltd. | $658M | 97 | Strong Buy |
| 8737.T | Akatsuki Corp. | $118M | 62 | Hold |
| 3454.T | First Brothers Co.,Ltd. | $113M | 96 | Strong Buy |
| 8595.T | JAFCO Group Co., Ltd. | $760M | 52 | Hold |
Peer medians: ROE 8.3% · P/E 14.3x · Gross margin 72.5%
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