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Employees: 691
Size K&O Energy (1663.T) is a Japan Utilities company (Gas Distributors) with a market value of $585M, the 988th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,727 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 27.7%, against -13.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 1.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.1%); the operating margin is 11.7% (peer median 7.8%).
Valuation It trades at 19.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.2× (2nd most expensive of 7).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.4 points above its cost of capital (7.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥90.8B | ¥91.4B | ¥92.4B | ¥96.3B | ¥106B |
| Revenue growth | — | -1% | -4% | -9% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥22.1B | ¥19.8B | ¥18.3B | ¥18.0B | ¥15.4B |
| EBITDA | ¥17.1B | ¥16.9B | ¥14.7B | ¥15.3B | ¥12.8B |
| Net income | ¥7.35B | ¥8.38B | ¥6.17B | ¥6.46B | ¥4.77B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥7.71B | ¥7.96B | ¥4.67B | ¥6.21B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥8.20B | ¥5.88B | ¥7.16B | ¥5.96B |
| Total debt | ¥3.25B | ¥877M | ¥913M | ¥926M | ¥953M |
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| Measure | 1663.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.0% | -2.9% | 7th lowest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -27.7% | -13.6% | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -39.3% | -32.8% | 6th lowest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -1.5% | +0.1% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.7% | 7.8% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 19.6× | 11.2× | 2nd most expensive of 7 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -8.6% | 0.0% | 4th least demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.3% | +8.1% | 6th highest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -17.9 pp | -4.0 pp | 5th least demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.4 pp | +0.0 pp | 5th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.3× | 8.5× | 2nd cheapest of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -2.3× | 2.4× | 2nd least indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K&O Energy 1663.T | Japan | $585M | -28% | -1% | 12% | 19.6× | -8.6% | +9.3% |
| Anhui Province Natural Gas Development 603689.SS | China | $601M | -10% | -9% | 9% | 8.5× | 0.6% | +1.4% |
| Top Resource Energy 300332.SZ | China | $556M | -20% | -3% | 0% | 22.4× | 12.9% | +8.8% |
| Saibu Gas 9536.T | Japan | $630M | +23% | -6% | 5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shizuoka Gas 9543.T | Japan | $631M | -5% | 0% | 6% | 11.6× | -9.0% | +10.6% |
| Shenzhen Guangju Energy 000096.SZ | China | $634M | -18% | +4% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang East Universe (Group) Gas 603706.SS | China | $521M | -15% | -14% | 20% | n/a | -11.7% | +10.6% |
| Shandong Shengli 000407.SZ | China | $512M | -20% | 0% | 7% | n/a | -3.1% | -2.0% |
| Henan Lantian Gas 605368.SS | China | $687M | -18% | -9% | 8% | 10.8× | 0.0% | +2.7% |
| Ascopiave ASC.MI | Italy | $699M | -8% | +34% | 26% | 15.6× | 4.4% | +8.3% |
| Hokkaido Gas 9534.T | Japan | $468M | +3% | +1% | 8% | n/a | -6.6% | +8.1% |
| Sala 2734.T | Japan | $456M | +9% | +3% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Shengda Forestry Industry 002259.SZ | China | $447M | -27% | -1% | 10% | n/a | 16.9% | +0.9% |
| Great Taipei Gas 9908.TW | Taiwan | $435M | -3% | 0% | 14% | n/a | -5.4% | -1.0% |
| Clean Energy Fuels CLNE | United States | $421M | -14% | +4% | -7% | n/a | 17.0% | +8.1% |
| Yu Group PLC YU..L | United Kingdom | $414M | +3% | +14% | 8% | 8.2× | -9.4% | +47.1% |
| Shaanxi Meineng Clean Energy 001299.SZ | China | $411M | -19% | -6% | 11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhongyu Energy 3633.HK | Hong Kong | $896M | -7% | -7% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Delong Composite Energy 000593.SZ | China | $896M | -34% | -24% | 6% | n/a | 31.8% | +3.7% |
| Shinhsiung Natural Gas 8908.TW | Taiwan | $382M | n/a | +2% | 8% | n/a | 2.4% | +10.4% |
| Xinjiang Torch Gas 603080.SS | China | $378M | -19% | +1% | 14% | n/a | -5.1% | +19.3% |