Mining And China Seem To Be Supporting Komatsu

Komatsu (OTCPK:KMTUY) (6301.T) has been lagging peers and rivals like Caterpillar (CAT) and Hitachi Construction Machinery (OTCPK:HTCMY) over the past couple of years, despite solid order trends at Komatsu, good initial results in its automation efforts, and further synergies to be gained from the Joy Global deal. Over the last couple of months, though, Komatsu shares have perked up a bit and risen more than 10% since my last update, on renewed enthusiasm for the mining business and the Chinese construction market.

Komatsu still looks a little undervalued, but the company has a lot riding on expanding its mining business and achieving those hoped-for synergies in the mining business. Although the construction business isn’t done yet for this cycle, the mining business really needs to step up for the shares to keep moving higher.

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Mining And China Seem To Be Supporting Komatsu