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Employees: 1,105
Size Weathernews (4825.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $534M, the 1030th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,811 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.0%, against -4.2% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.6%); the operating margin is 21.1% (peer median 9.9%).
Valuation It trades at 19.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.1× (5th most expensive of 14).
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 +5%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 50.8 points above its cost of capital (7.8% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 18 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥24.8B | ¥24.5B | ¥23.5B | ¥22.2B | ¥21.1B |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +6% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥12.3B | ¥11.6B | ¥10.9B | ¥9.41B | ¥8.96B |
| EBITDA | ¥5.68B | ¥5.73B | ¥5.12B | ¥3.87B | ¥4.12B |
| Net income | ¥3.73B | ¥3.81B | ¥3.12B | ¥2.44B | ¥2.40B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥3.46B | ¥4.21B | ¥3.12B | ¥2.03B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥207M | ¥257M | ¥376M | ¥421M |
| Total debt | ¥92.3M | ¥138M | ¥161M | ¥15.2M | ¥52.8M |
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| Measure | 4825.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -7.8% | -3.5% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -11.0% | -4.2% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -17.7% | -30.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.8% | +11.6% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 21.1% | 9.9% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 19.7× | 15.1× | 5th most expensive of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 3.4% | 3.8% | 8th least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.4% | +12.4% | 3rd lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -2.0 pp | -5.6 pp | 5th most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +50.8 pp | +0.2 pp | highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.1× | 6.8× | 2nd most expensive of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -2.7× | 0.5× | 3rd least indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weathernews 4825.T | Japan | $534M | -11% | +5% | 21% | 19.7× | 3.4% | +5.4% |
| Restore RST.L | United Kingdom | $534M | +14% | +8% | 13% | 11.3× | 5.5% | +10.8% |
| Guangdong Brandmax Marketing 300805.SZ | China | $533M | -19% | +13% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sporton International 6146.TWO | Taiwan | $531M | -24% | +8% | 30% | 13.6× | -6.6% | +5.0% |
| Academy of Environmental Planning & Design Co., Ltd. Nanjing University 300864.SZ | China | $531M | 0% | +5% | 18% | n/a | 9.3% | +10.6% |
| TKP 3479.T | Japan | $538M | +18% | +51% | 9% | 15.7× | -3.3% | +21.5% |
| Posti POSTI.HE | Finland | $529M | +31% | 0% | 5% | 13.2× | -5.4% | -1.4% |
| Nippon Parking Development 2353.T | Japan | $527M | +8% | +11% | 21% | 13.8× | -7.8% | +11.3% |
| BTS BTS-B.ST | Sweden | $527M | +76% | -4% | 8% | 25.6× | 10.7% | +13.0% |
| Ocumension Therapeutics 1477.HK | Hong Kong | $525M | -29% | +78% | -13% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Zoenn Design 300901.SZ | China | $549M | -5% | +53% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Prestige International 4290.T | Japan | $518M | -4% | +10% | 13% | 13.4× | -12.4% | +11.8% |
| Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical 2575.HK | Hong Kong | $553M | -59% | +237% | -187% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Qingdao Paguld Intelligent Manufacturing 301456.SZ | China | $555M | -26% | +29% | 13% | 15.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Premium 7199.T | Japan | $556M | +18% | +21% | 20% | 12.4× | -13.1% | +20.6% |
| adesso ADN1.DE | Germany | $513M | +31% | +13% | 4% | 16.8× | 2.1% | +22.9% |
| Hunan SUND Technological 301548.SZ | China | $557M | -42% | +23% | 21% | 19.9× | 18.4% | +13.8% |
| Western Regions Tourism Development 300859.SZ | China | $513M | -30% | -13% | 15% | 25.4× | 38.8% | +44.7% |
| Pony Testing 300887.SZ | China | $513M | -35% | -2% | -12% | 31.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Baihuacun Pharam Tech 600721.SS | China | $560M | +15% | -19% | 10% | n/a | 36.3% | +36.9% |
| Sichuan Joyou Digital Technologies 301172.SZ | China | $563M | -40% | +18% | 4% | n/a | 57.4% | +6.3% |