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Trend Micro Inc4704.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Makes cybersecurity software, including antivirus and cloud security, for consumers and enterprises worldwide.

≈ Japan's McAfee/SymantecMomentum strong 72
Mkt cap
$5.39B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
87%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$93.9M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
27.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-14 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
6 days
12 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥6,478
1D-8.5%
1W-11.4%
1M-6.5%
3M+2.8%
6M+18.3%
YTD-0.4%
1Y-16.0%
ATR %5.1%
52w lowhigh17.5% off high

What Trend Micro does

Makes cybersecurity software, including antivirus and cloud security, for consumers and enterprises worldwide.

Sells subscriptions for security software and services, charged per user or device and renewed yearly, to businesses far more than to consumers, who now account for a smaller share. A large share of sales comes from outside Japan.

In one line: Japan's McAfee/Symantec.

Products and services

  • Enterprise cloud/endpoint security
  • Consumer antivirus software
  • Network security appliances

Customers

  • Enterprises worldwide
  • Consumers (antivirus)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Cybersecurity
  • Security software development
  • Endpoint, cloud, network security…

What could go right

  • Enterprise cloud security spending growth

What could go wrong

  • Intense cybersecurity vendor competition

Moat: narrow (brand, switching costs, installed base). Established global security brand with enterprise deployments that are costly to switch.

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 1988 · Employees: 6,717

Named competitors

Trend Micro at a glance

Size Trend Micro (4704.T) is a Japan Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $5.39B, the 227th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥6,478 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 18.3%, against +11.7% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 6.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.5%); the operating margin is 17.6% (peer median 14.5%).

Valuation It trades at 27.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.4× (7th most expensive of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20264704.T 122Peer median 113
Six months, rebased to 100: Trend Micro against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Trend Micro financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥291B¥276B¥273B¥249B¥224B
Revenue growth—+1%+10%+11%—
Gross profit¥225B¥212B¥208B¥185B¥169B
EBITDA¥78.2B¥84.8B¥77.0B¥60.9B¥56.5B
Net income¥35.4B¥34.5B¥34.4B¥10.7B¥29.8B
Free cash flow¥63.8B¥63.5B¥45.6B¥55.0B¥55.5B
Capital expenditure¥22.5B¥22.9B¥24.9B¥26.4B¥21.0B
Total debt¥0¥0¥0¥0¥0

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Trend Micro 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%+50%+100%+150%0%+20%WAY002517002555AUTO002558VRNSBBMPHASISLMN301236SEZL688411KVYO600845ACPNIQ6005704704.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Trend Micro is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×50×100×WAY002517002555AUTOOCTV002558VRNSBBLMN301236SEZL688411KVYOACPNIQ6005704704.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Trend Micro is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%WAY002517002555AUTOOCTV002558VRNSBBMPHASISLMNSEZLDOCSKVYO600845ACPNIQ6005704704.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. Trend Micro is the large dot.

Trend Micro competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (4704.T vs PANW vs CRWD vs FTNT)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Trend Micro 4704.T$5.39B+18%+7%18%27.4×-4.1%
Palo Alto Networks PANW$257B+51%+24%5%75.0×n/a
CrowdStrike CRWD$222B+64%+24%-1%153.6×52.4%
Fortinet FTNT$87.3B+4%+20%33%31.6×22.4%

How Trend Micro 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.

Trend Micro against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure4704.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-6.5%+4.6%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return+18.3%+11.7%9th highest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-17.5%-33.7%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+6.9%+14.5%5th lowest of 21
Operating margin17.6%14.5%9th highest of 21
Forward P/E27.4×22.4×7th most expensive of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-4.1%15.6%least demanding of 18
Growth delivered (Del g)+9.7%+16.0%7th lowest of 18
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-13.8 pp-3.7 pp6th least demanding of 18
EV / EBITDA7.9×16.5×cheapest of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-3.0×0.2×2nd least indebted of 11

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
Trend Micro 4704.TJapan$5.39B+18%+7%18%27.4×-4.1%+9.7%
Waystar WAYUnited States$5.45B+33%+21%24%15.8×7.5%+16.0%
Kingnet Network 002517.SZChina$5.47B-4%+62%29%13.7×6.3%+28.1%
37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology 002555.SZChina$5.29B-24%-10%14%14.2×5.0%+2.1%
AutoStore AUTO.OLNorway$5.20B+8%+17%33%27.4×18.5%+27.0%
Octave Intelligence OCTVUnited States$5.60Bn/a+1%20%14.7×17.0%+1.3%
Giant Network 002558.SZChina$5.61B-35%+105%48%10.0×-2.1%+17.9%
Varonis Systems VRNSUnited States$5.63B+71%+18%-25%138.0×23.0%+16.3%
BlackBerry BB.TOCanada$5.16B+48%+14%16%40.8×33.6%-8.6%
Mphasis MPHASIS.NSIndia$5.15B+15%+14%15%22.4×28.7%+10.6%
Lumine LMN.VCanada$5.14B+38%+15%21%18.1×15.6%+36.8%
iSoftStone Information Technology (Group) 301236.SZChina$5.13B-16%+13%0%105.2×n/an/a
Baige Online Digital Technology 2672.HKHong Kong$5.07Bn/a+34%-3%n/an/an/a
Sezzle SEZLUnited States$5.05B+146%+43%40%22.4×28.8%+50.3%
Doximity DOCSUnited States$5.79B+25%+11%31%23.3×16.3%+25.5%
Beijing HyperStrong Technology 688411.SSChina$4.99B-29%+38%12%16.7×n/an/a
Klaviyo KVYOUnited States$5.90B+36%+29%-2%19.7×7.0%+37.7%
Shanghai Baosight Software 600845.SSChina$5.97B-24%+11%10%30.3×6.9%+1.4%
Asseco Poland ACP.WAPoland$4.85B+31%+2%11%23.5×4.0%+6.6%
NIQ Global Intelligence NIQUnited States$6.02B+5%+9%8%17.1×10.9%+14.6%
Hundsun Technologies 600570.SSChina$6.05B-20%-5%9%30.1×34.8%+7.0%

Questions

Who are Trend Micro's main competitors?
Named competitors: Palo Alto Networks (PANW), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Fortinet (FTNT). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Waystar (WAY), Kingnet Network (002517.SZ), 37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology (002555.SZ), AutoStore (AUTO.OL), Octave Intelligence (OCTV), Giant Network (002558.SZ).
Is Trend Micro expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 27.4× against a peer median of 22.4×, 7th most expensive of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Trend Micro stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +18.3% against +11.7% for the median peer; over one year -16.0%.

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.