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YTL Corp Bhd.1773.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Utilities›Electric Utilities

Malaysian conglomerate running power generation, cement, property and hotels, cross-listed via a Tokyo depositary receipt.

≈ A diversified utility/infrastructure conglomerate, like a smaller NRG plus real estateMomentum neutral 57
Mkt cap
$6.14B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
23%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6,347
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.2 pp
WACC 5.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
13 days
19 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥79
1D-3.7%
1W-6.0%
1M-6.0%
3M+2.6%
6M+1.3%
YTD0.0%
1Y-10.2%
ATR %3.9%
52w lowhigh23.3% off high

What YTL does

Malaysian conglomerate running power generation, cement, property and hotels, cross-listed via a Tokyo depositary receipt.

Makes most of its money through YTL Power, which owns Wessex Water, a regulated UK water utility, plus power generation in Malaysia and Indonesia sold under long contracts or regulated tariffs. Cement, property and hotels come second. The Yeoh family controls the group, which is listed in Kuala Lumpur; the Tokyo line is of depositary receipts.

In one line: A diversified utility/infrastructure conglomerate, like a smaller NRG plus real estate.

Products and services

  • YTL Power (electricity generation)
  • YTL Cement
  • Property/hotels
  • YTL Digital/telecom

Customers

  • Malaysian electricity consumers
  • Construction/property buyers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Diversified conglomerate
  • Utility & infrastructure holding…
  • Power generation, cement, property…

What could go right

  • Malaysia data center/AI power demand
  • Cement/construction recovery

What could go wrong

  • Regulatory tariff risk
  • Conglomerate complexity/execution

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, scale). Long-term power purchase agreements and licensed utility assets anchor stable cash flow.

Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Founded: 1955 · Employees: 20,815

Named competitors

  • Tenaga Nasional private or unlisted

YTL at a glance

Size YTL (1773.T) is a Japan Utilities company (Electric Utilities) with a market value of $6.14B, the 204th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥79 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 1.3%, against -5.7% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 19.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 18.8% (peer median 15.9%).

Valuation It trades at 12.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.1× (6th cheapest of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.2 points above its cost of capital (5.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 19 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20261773.T 101Peer median 96
Six months, rebased to 100: YTL against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

YTL financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-06-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023
Revenue¥1.26T¥1.26T¥1.05T¥1.04T¥914B
Revenue growth—+20%+1%+14%—
Gross profit¥351B¥353B¥306B¥312B¥199B
EBITDA¥346B¥350B¥310B¥300B¥191B
Net income¥57.2B¥57.0B¥67.1B¥73.0B¥33.8B
Free cash flow-¥135B-¥135B-¥14.2B¥88.8B¥79.6B
Capital expenditure¥326B¥326B¥227B¥131B¥66.7B
Total debt¥2.23T¥2.23T¥1.85T¥1.66T¥1.48T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

YTL competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%-10%0%+10%ACO-XHERENICTXNMCIG600642ORATORNTPOWER600995POR600292ACE600863NWE600578600726600021BEPC1773.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. YTL is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%+300%0×100×200×ACO-XHERTXNMORA600292BEPC1773.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. YTL is the large dot.

YTL competitors and peer comparison

How YTL compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

YTL against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure1773.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-6.0%+0.2%6th lowest of 21
6-month return+1.3%-5.7%5th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-23.3%-24.2%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+19.4%+5.5%4th highest of 21
Operating margin18.8%15.9%9th highest of 21
Forward P/E12.5×17.1×6th cheapest of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.2 pp-0.9 pp9th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA8.5×11.7×4th cheapest of 13
Net debt / EBITDA4.4×5.4×5th least indebted of 13

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
YTL 1773.TJapan$6.14B+1%+19%19%12.5×n/an/a
ATCO ACO-X.TOCanada$6.15B+25%+5%12%16.8×15.0%+5.5%
Hera HER.MIItaly$6.14B-3%-11%8%11.9×-8.9%+12.6%
Enel Chile SA Sponsored ADR ENICUnited States$6.06B-6%+16%19%9.4×3.4%+6.9%
TXNM Energy TXNMUnited States$6.41B-1%+10%24%22.5×n/an/a
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais SA Sponsored ADR Pfd CIGUnited States$6.45B-23%+13%13%9.0×-1.6%+9.4%
Shenergy 600642.SSChina$6.64B+1%-2%12%12.6×-1.6%+7.2%
Ormat Technologies ORAUnited States$5.65B-24%+31%19%41.2×n/an/a
Torrent Power TORNTPOWER.NSIndia$6.78B-26%+8%13%23.3×n/an/a
China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage 600995.SSChina$5.48B-21%+18%41%18.7×n/an/a
Portland General Electric PORUnited States$5.47B-5%+3%16%12.9×n/an/a
HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments 2638.HKHong Kong$6.99B-3%+4%42%17.1×3.5%+3.1%
Capital Power CPX.TOCanada$7.13B-4%+25%10%19.5×18.9%+11.8%
SPIC Hydropower 600292.SSChina$7.26B-34%+301%28%72.6×-6.8%+27.0%
Acea ACE.MIItaly$5.14B-7%-21%26%14.3×5.8%-3.3%
Inner Mongolia MengDian HuaNeng Thermal Power 600863.SSChina$7.35B+16%-3%16%18.4×-1.9%+6.5%
NorthWestern Energy NWEUnited States$5.09B+14%+11%19%20.6×n/an/a
Beijing Jingneng Power 600578.SSChina$5.06B+3%-6%11%11.0×-2.8%+12.2%
Huadian Energy 600726.SSChina$5.01B-33%-7%10%n/an/an/a
Shanghai Electric Power 600021.SSChina$4.98B-31%-6%13%8.9×n/an/a
Brookfield Renewable BEPCUnited States$4.79B-13%+6%19%249.6×n/an/a

Questions

Who are YTL's main competitors?
Named competitors: Tenaga Nasional (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes ATCO (ACO-X.TO), Hera (HER.MI), Enel Chile SA Sponsored ADR (ENIC), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais SA Sponsored ADR Pfd (CIG), Shenergy (600642.SS).
Is YTL expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.5× against a peer median of 17.1×, 6th cheapest of 20 in its peer set.
How has YTL stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +1.3% against -5.7% for the median peer; over one year -10.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.