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Employees: 4,612
Size BML (4694.T) is a Japan Health Care company (Medical/Nursing Services) with a market value of $887M, the 786th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥3,740 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.0%, against +7.8% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.9%); the operating margin is 7.0% (peer median 7.9%).
Valuation It trades at 18.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.6× (8th most expensive of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is -11 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.4 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 11 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥151B | ¥150B | ¥143B | ¥138B | ¥159B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +4% | -13% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥49.3B | ¥48.7B | ¥45.9B | ¥45.6B | ¥61.4B |
| EBITDA | ¥19.8B | ¥19.5B | ¥17.1B | ¥16.0B | ¥30.3B |
| Net income | ¥7.87B | ¥7.75B | ¥6.26B | ¥6.04B | ¥15.6B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥12.0B | ¥663M | -¥4.57B | ¥7.18B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥10.1B | ¥16.7B | ¥20.9B | ¥6.46B |
| Total debt | ¥4.68B | ¥5.72B | ¥6.19B | ¥6.18B | ¥5.07B |
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| Measure | 4694.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.5% | -1.1% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -2.0% | +7.8% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -14.7% | -22.6% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.9% | +6.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 7.9% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.6× | 18.6× | 8th most expensive of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -9.7% | 11.9% | 4th least demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.6% | +12.3% | 2nd lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -11.3 pp | -0.3 pp | 6th least demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +3.4 pp | -1.0 pp | 6th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.8× | 11.3× | 3rd cheapest of 15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -2.5× | 2.6× | least indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BML 4694.T | Japan | $887M | -2% | +4% | 7% | 18.6× | -9.7% | +1.6% |
| Terveystalo Oy TTALO.HE | Finland | $883M | -19% | -8% | 8% | 11.1× | -4.6% | +5.3% |
| Thyrocare Technologies THYROCARE.NS | India | $830M | +5% | +22% | 26% | 35.2× | 27.9% | +10.9% |
| Jinxin Fertility 1951.HK | Hong Kong | $800M | -2% | +7% | 11% | 24.4× | 18.0% | +12.4% |
| AdaptHealth AHCO | United States | $1.00B | +8% | -3% | 3% | n/a | 16.3% | +25.2% |
| Ginkgo Bioworks DNA | United States | $760M | +26% | -52% | -258% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| WELL Health Technologies WELL.TO | Canada | $760M | -5% | +39% | 7% | 14.7× | 9.1% | +94.5% |
| Regis Healthcare REG.AX | Australia | $1.05B | -17% | +17% | 4% | 25.1× | 14.6% | +14.4% |
| HK inno.N 195940.KS | South Korea | $745M | -32% | +7% | 12% | 11.8× | -10.8% | +12.2% |
| Novogene 688315.SS | China | $1.16B | +31% | +6% | 7% | 35.7× | 17.1% | +8.2% |
| GMR Solutions GMRS | United States | $672M | n/a | -4% | 14% | 8.0× | -20.0% | -4.0% |
| GoodRx GDRX | United States | $1.20B | +20% | -2% | 12% | 10.4× | 6.8% | +7.7% |
| Fulgent Genetics FLGT | United States | $653M | +49% | +7% | -36% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nephrocare Health Services NEPHROPLUS.NS | India | $639M | +10% | +33% | 14% | 41.9× | 35.7% | +31.6% |
| Nutex Health NUTX | United States | $1.24B | +32% | +7% | 43% | 7.2× | -19.5% | +253.5% |
| Metropolis Healthcare METROPOLIS.NS | India | $1.25B | +12% | +20% | 18% | 45.6× | 32.4% | +10.5% |
| Pennant PNTG | United States | $1.27B | +1% | +38% | 6% | 24.0× | 21.1% | +19.4% |
| Lumexa Imaging LMRI | United States | $1.29B | +29% | +8% | 3% | 18.6× | n/a | n/a |
| OPKO Health OPK | United States | $1.29B | +52% | -11% | -29% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Diagnostyka DIA.WA | Poland | $1.29B | -5% | +19% | 15% | 18.4× | 6.9% | +18.9% |
| Shanghai Labway Clinical Laboratory 301060.SZ | China | $593M | -4% | -19% | 6% | n/a | 8.8% | +3.2% |