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Employees: 60,880
Size World (2429.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Personnel Services) with a market value of $302M, the 1357th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,656 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.8%, against +11.8% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 10.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.8%); the operating margin is 3.5% (peer median 4.3%).
Valuation It trades at 6.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.0× (cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +15%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.0 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥291B | ¥284B | ¥242B | ¥214B | ¥184B |
| Revenue growth | — | +17% | +13% | +16% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥44.3B | ¥43.5B | ¥37.1B | ¥36.3B | ¥30.7B |
| EBITDA | ¥12.7B | ¥13.1B | ¥10.7B | ¥12.1B | ¥10.3B |
| Net income | ¥5.87B | ¥6.62B | ¥4.98B | ¥6.21B | ¥5.34B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥3.40B | -¥3.49B | -¥7.69B | -¥6.43B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥11.5B | ¥2.13B | ¥4.45B | ¥1.70B |
| Total debt | ¥103B | ¥89.1B | ¥86.0B | ¥78.8B | ¥56.0B |
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| Measure | 2429.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.1% | -1.5% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +3.8% | +11.8% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -10.3% | -13.9% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +10.5% | +0.8% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 4.3% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 6.2× | 14.0× | cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -3.5% | 1.9% | 6th least demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +14.6% | +7.1% | 3rd highest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -18.1 pp | -6.4 pp | 7th least demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.0 pp | +7.1 pp | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.7× | -1.1× | most indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World 2429.T | Japan | $302M | +4% | +11% | 3% | 6.2× | -3.5% | +14.6% |
| Altech 4641.T | Japan | $329M | +4% | +6% | 9% | 13.7× | -13.7% | +8.0% |
| Pasona 2168.T | Japan | $344M | -12% | 0% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| TrueBlue TBI | United States | $370M | +117% | +10% | -2% | 17.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Link and Motivation 2170.T | Japan | $376M | +4% | +11% | 13% | 17.5× | -0.3% | +6.2% |
| Fullcast 4848.T | Japan | $401M | +12% | +33% | 9% | 11.6× | -12.6% | +12.3% |
| SThree STEM.L | United Kingdom | $481M | +65% | -9% | 2% | 42.2× | 10.2% | +1.6% |
| en Inc. 4849.T | Japan | $504M | +60% | -11% | 7% | 9.6× | 5.3% | +6.7% |
| Quess QUESS.NS | India | $505M | +41% | -12% | 2% | 17.1× | 16.3% | +7.1% |
| Kelly Services KELYA | United States | $507M | +40% | -10% | 1% | 10.2× | 12.8% | -1.2% |
| HRnetGroup CHZ.SI | Singapore | $519M | -9% | +1% | 7% | 14.0× | -13.1% | +6.2% |
| dip 2379.T | Japan | $520M | -17% | -9% | 7% | 68.1× | -1.1% | +11.0% |
| Groupe Crit CEN.PA | France | $534M | -20% | +1% | 3% | 8.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Career International 300662.SZ | China | $643M | -10% | +13% | 2% | 12.0× | 10.6% | +29.9% |
| Barrett Business Services BBSI | United States | $725M | 0% | +6% | 4% | 18.2× | 1.9% | +7.1% |
| Synergie SDG.PA | France | $753M | -3% | +5% | 3% | 11.8× | -13.4% | +8.2% |
| UT Group Co.,Ltd. 2146.T | Japan | $868M | +22% | -13% | 7% | 16.1× | 6.7% | +7.7% |
| Michael Page PAGE.L | United Kingdom | $896M | +60% | -3% | 2% | 43.4× | 23.5% | +4.1% |
| Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna GPP.WA | Poland | $919M | +23% | +5% | 37% | 13.1× | -1.9% | +22.1% |
| Kforce KFRC | United States | $970M | +25% | +2% | 5% | 18.0× | 9.8% | -1.0% |
| Open Up 2154.T | Japan | $1.11B | +12% | -11% | 10% | 13.1× | -6.5% | +11.1% |