Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:HMC)

I like the long-term prospects for the company, particularly their presence in the motorbike/scooter segment in emerging markets and they have tremendous brand loyalty. However, I think they are still shaking the effects of the supply chain interruptions and will lag slightly this year.

12/16

Thai flooding. Expensive yen.

This Japanese transportation giant shows how resilient the Japanese truly are. Honda Motor Co. is a pioneer in fuel efficient transportation (including a venture manufacturing & selling motorcycles in India), and stands to benefit from an insignificant Peak Oil theory. The stock has under performed since April of 2011 and just bounced off the ~$28 area.

Using the automated reversal indicators from this site, HMC is one of the few stocks that shows signs of a reversal on daily, weekly and monthly time-frames as shown here:
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good company, buy the dip

Has got hit hard over the past year however has solid dividend, and will continue to outperform as everyone loves Honda's in the USA, and Everywhere. Did I mention they will soon have a Natural Gas Honda available Nationwide, should be a seller. Products are always built well, and these cars last forever, Everyone I know of who has had a Honda put at least 200,000 miles on them.

I expect Honda to underperform in the short term due to the recent floods in Thailand. Suppliers to the Honda plant in Marysville, OH have been told there all overtime is cancelled and that hours may be cut to 32 per week. Their supply chain is being disrupted just as it was with the tsunami in Japan.

Temporary setback due to natural disasters, but Honda still produces quality products and will continue to do so in the future.

Honda will suffer from parts shortages and production gaps for several months. Customers will get frustrated so their satisfaction and loyalty will suffer.
Longer term I think they will rebound even better than most investors think, but HMC will struggles for awhile.

Back to basics - their current products are disappointing across board on all continents. Company has lost its focus and this will show in the financials soon.

Great company at a great price - may not be perfect, but should do well enough to beat the market going forward.

We all know this will outperform.

Though this and many other Japanese automotive stocks were hurt by the recent earthquake, and will continue to have trouble for perhaps up to a year, the core structure of the companies and their products appeal to the American consumer. Honda has always made fuel-efficent vehicles, and with fuel prices as high as they are, with no drop in sight, people will continue to buy these cars.

low PEG, strong price uptrend

Honda is an incredibly known and safe company to invest in. After the earthquake in Japan the market has decreased in the short-run but in the long-run, Honda will become bigger then ever.

As a car sales broker, I'm betting on this segment in general. People have not stopped buying cars. American households still own 2 1/2 cars and they still trade every 36 months on average. The automakers are going to become an outperformer as people are forced to trade in their gas-guzzlers for much more efficient vehicles. Hybrid and Electric technology is being refined to the point that within 5 years, small and midsized car owners will be crazy not to buy into the new technology, especially with the government tax incentives.

Supply chain may be disrupted, unemployment may be high, but this appears cheap at the moment.

rising from the ashes, better than TOYOTA

I think a lot of people left this company following the earthquake in Japan, but I think this is only a temporary problem for the company, not something holding back it's long term viability. Simply put, it was oversold.