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Can Do Co., Ltd.2698.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Consumer Staples›Discount Stores
Momentum weak 30
Mkt cap
$307M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
32%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$344,970
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
69.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+2.5 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
+9 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
69 days
14 Jan 2027
Close · JPY¥3,035
1D-2.7%
1W+1.0%
1M-5.9%
3M-15.6%
6M-4.3%
YTD-11.3%
1Y-16.2%
ATR %1.8%
52w lowhigh17.5% off high

What Can Do does

Employees: 559

Can Do at a glance

Size Can Do (2698.T) is a Japan Consumer Staples company (Discount Stores) with a market value of $307M, the 1349th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥3,035 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.3%, against +7.7% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 10 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.9%); the operating margin is 1.4% (peer median 9.0%).

Valuation It trades at 69.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.2× (most expensive of 10).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.5 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 14 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1092698.T 95
Six months, rebased to 100: Can Do against the median of its 9 peers (local-currency closes).

Can Do financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-02-28. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥88.4B¥87.1B¥83.4B¥80.4B¥74.5B
Revenue growth—+4%+4%+8%—
Gross profit¥32.6B¥32.2B¥30.5B¥28.5B¥26.8B
EBITDA¥2.47B¥2.80B¥1.99B¥1.33B¥1.63B
Net income¥201M¥446M-¥163M-¥1.17B-¥274M
Free cash flown/a¥2.69B¥36.0M-¥2.44B-¥288M
Capital expendituren/a¥1.96B¥2.09B¥1.69B¥1.25B
Total debt¥3.91B¥3.52B¥3.90B¥3.80B¥809M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Can Do 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

0%+25%+50%+75%0%+10%EPRCARMMMBBMEAVOLFIVE601888DLTRDG2698.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Can Do is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%20×40×60×EPRCARMMMBAVOLFIVE601888DLTRDG2698.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Can Do is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%EPRCARMMMBBMEAVOLFIVE601888DLTRDG2698.TGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Can Do is the large dot.

Can Do competitors and peer comparison

How Can Do 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.

Can Do against its 9 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2698.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.9%+8.0%lowest of 10
6-month return-4.3%+7.7%4th lowest of 10
Distance from 52-week high-17.5%-14.2%4th lowest of 10
Revenue growth (TTM)+4.0%+2.9%3rd highest of 10
Operating margin1.4%9.0%lowest of 10
Forward P/E69.5×15.2×most expensive of 10
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)12.4%0.1%most demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)+3.6%+5.5%3rd lowest of 10
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+8.8 pp-4.4 ppmost demanding of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital+2.5 pp+2.3 pp5th highest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA0.1×2.9×least indebted of 9

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
Can Do 2698.TJapan$307M-4%+4%1%69.5×12.4%+3.6%
Europris EPR.OLNorway$1.44B-9%+3%9%15.2×-4.3%+13.2%
Carmila CARM.PAFrance$2.40B-7%-1%60%8.2×4.3%+5.5%
Lagardere MMB.PAFrance$2.92B+4%+4%7%8.7×-5.5%+16.0%
B&M European Value Retail BME.LUnited Kingdom$3.79B+71%+4%8%12.9×-0.6%+3.8%
Avolta AVOL.SWSwitzerland$8.03B+8%-1%7%13.8×-1.6%+40.3%
Five Below FIVEUnited States$13.2B+8%+26%15%23.7×8.1%+19.4%
China Tourism Group Duty Free 601888.SSChina$15.9B-17%-1%10%24.7×8.6%+0.4%
Dollar Tree DLTRUnited States$24.6B+39%-8%11%19.1×0.1%-5.3%
Dollar General DGUnited States$29.5B+18%+5%6%16.6×0.9%+4.8%

Questions

Which companies are Can Do's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Europris (EPR.OL), Carmila (CARM.PA), Lagardere (MMB.PA), B&M European Value Retail (BME.L), Avolta (AVOL.SW), Five Below (FIVE), China Tourism Group Duty Free (601888.SS), Dollar Tree (DLTR).
Is Can Do expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 69.5× against a peer median of 15.2×, most expensive of 10 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Can Do stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -4.3% against +7.7% for the median peer; over one year -16.2%.

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.