Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC)

NYSE: HMC · Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies · filing with the SEC since 2002

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Grade6.4

◀ Past 6.1● Present 7.0▶ Future 5.7

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The grade of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.4/10

◀ Past6.130% of the headline

● Present7.040% of the headline

▶ Future5.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

5.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from JPY 14601 billion in fiscal 2016 to JPY 21689 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 17% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span4.5%bottom 30% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 11% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak17.1%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

6.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.3% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-03-31, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

7.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 59%: owes 59¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-03-31, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 15 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 59 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 30% of its family
return on equitytop 25% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 23% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 27 in its family; net margin 4.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s standing among 27 graded names in its industry family: revenue of JPY 21689 billion in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 4.2% ranks in the top 20%; revenue growth of 14.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin4.2%top 20% of its family
three-year revenue growth14.2%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

6.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 6.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 11 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 11 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s leadership is put at 6.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 11 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 26 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of JPY 4529 billion against debt of JPY 11451 billion leaves -22.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1% of revenue (top 40%); a gross margin of 21.5% (top 19%); research spending of 5.1% of revenue (bottom 35%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-22.5%bottom 9% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1.0%top 40% of its family
gross margin21.5%top 19% of its family
research spending against revenue5.1%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

7.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 21% of 27 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 14.2% a year over the last three filed years against 4.5% over all 10, speeding up (top 6% of its family); the newest year grew 6.2% (top 39%); research spending grew 11.8% a year (top 25%); capital spending grew 24% a year (top 13%) (its annual reports). Honda Motor Co., Ltd. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+9.7 points a yeartop 6% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth6.2%top 39% of its family
three-year growth of research spending11.8%top 25% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending24.0%top 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

4.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 47% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of JPY 21689 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 10.4% below the JPY 24201 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 46% of its family); net income of JPY 903 billion against a prior three-year average of JPY 887 billion (top 48%); a net margin of 4.2% against 5.1% before (bottom 44%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-10.4%bottom 46% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+2%top 48% of its family
net margin against its prior average-0.9 pointsbottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HMC · research, not advice