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JOF

JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND INC

Sell
$11.68
▼ -1.43%
$11.68▲ +32.39%
over 1Y
L $8.64H $12.34
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today-1.4%
1W+0.3%
1M+0.6%
3M+8.6%
YTD+10.4%
1Y+32.4%
OverviewValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Sell
Quality
B+
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Clean
Sell
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)

Mixed signals in the latest filings.

JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND INC shows limited reported revenue.

On these fundamentals, JOF screens as SELL on the SEC figures.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$193M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield—
FCF yield—

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow—
Total debt—
Net cash—

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Routine disclosure cadence — no material red flags in recent filings.
  1. DEF 14A Proxy statement2025-10-14
  2. DEF 14A Proxy statement2024-10-24
  3. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2024-08-30
  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2023-10-10
  5. 8-K Other event2023-03-08
  6. 8-K Material agreement2022-12-20
  7. DEF 14A Proxy statement2022-11-07
  8. DEF 14A Proxy statement2021-10-08
  9. DEF 14A Proxy statement2020-10-13

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
SC TO-IFiling2026-06-01open ↗SC TO-CFiling2026-05-26open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-05-15open ↗N-CENPeriod ending 2026-02-282026-05-13open ↗N-CSRPeriod ending 2026-02-282026-05-05open ↗40-17GFiling2026-05-05open ↗SCHEDULE 13D/AFiling2026-04-30open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2026-02-282026-04-28open ↗3Period ending 2026-04-012026-04-08open ↗40-APP/AFiling2026-02-23open ↗SCHEDULE 13D/AFiling2026-02-18open ↗SCHEDULE 13D/AFiling2026-01-22open ↗

Quality score

B+
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
Value—
Growth—
Profitability—
Financial health—
MomentumB+
8.6452-week12.34
Revenue
—
Net margin
—
ROE
—
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals

Frequently asked

Is JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND INC (JOF) a buy?
JOF currently carries a Sell rating with 2/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Mixed signals in the latest filings.
What is JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND INC's quality score?
JOF scores 76.04446055747277/100 (grade B+) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0000859796, latest SC TO-I filed 2026-06-01) · EODHD · as of 7/4/2026, 2:05:20 AM.

Research and education only — not financial advice. EDGAR is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities EDGAR rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2025-12-22
Jones Tina
Director
Buy950.00 @ $10.80$10.3K
2025-09-17
Chemidlin David B
Director
Buy2.00K @ $10.90$21.8K
2025-01-13
Laby Arthur Blake
Director
Buy3.31K @ $7.56$25.0K
2024-12-11
Ouimet Paige
Director
Buy3.11K @ $8.02$25.0K
2023-06-20
Buck Rodney A
Director
Buy9.00K @ $7.42$66.7K
2015-07-27
MacHarg Marcia L
Director
Buy945.00 @ $10.61$10.0K
2013-05-31
Kim E. Han
Director
Buy5.00K @ $8.88$44.4K
2013-01-09
Chemidlin David B
Director
Buy130.00 @ $7.27$944.49

Dividends

Monthly
Yield (TTM)
11.6%
Annual / share
$1.35
Last ex-date
2026-09-15
Last amount
$0.10
ex 2026-09-15paid 2026-09-30$0.10
ex 2026-08-14paid 2026-08-31$0.10
ex 2026-07-15paid 2026-07-31$0.10
ex 2026-06-15paid 2026-06-30$0.09
ex 2026-05-15paid 2026-05-29$0.09
ex 2026-04-15paid 2026-04-30$0.09

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Recent news

market news →
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc declares $0.0956 dividendBullish
seekingalpha.com· 2026-05-23
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Board Determination to Proceed with Conditional Tender OfferBullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-04-17
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for January, February and March 2026 Under Its Level Distribution PlanBullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-02-02
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for January, February and March 2026 Under Its Level Distribution PlanBullish
globenewswire.com· 2025-11-21
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund declares $0.0887 dividendBullish
seekingalpha.com· 2025-09-15
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for October, November and December 2025 Under Its Level Distribution PlanBullish
globenewswire.com· 2025-09-12

Vs tracked universe

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1196 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score76 vs 67
Revenue growth— vs 7.5%
Net margin— vs 10.0%
Return on equity— vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2