Employees: 3,191
Size en Inc. (4849.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Personnel Services) with a market value of $504M, the 1062nd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,751 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 60.0%, against +8.1% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 10.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.6%); the operating margin is 7.0% (peer median 3.8%).
Valuation It trades at 9.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.0× (3rd cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -1 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 12.0 points above its cost of capital (7.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥57.4B | ¥59.1B | ¥65.7B | ¥67.7B | ¥67.7B |
| Revenue growth | — | -10% | -3% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥47.9B | ¥49.6B | ¥52.4B | ¥54.0B | ¥51.5B |
| EBITDA | ¥7.65B | ¥7.53B | ¥9.03B | ¥7.81B | ¥6.29B |
| Net income | ¥5.91B | ¥2.62B | ¥7.63B | ¥4.20B | ¥2.69B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥3.43B | ¥8.02B | ¥6.36B | ¥4.31B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥4.30B | ¥3.81B | ¥3.96B | ¥2.75B |
| Total debt | ¥2.10B | ¥388M | ¥551M | ¥762M | ¥264M |
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| Measure | 4849.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.1% | -2.3% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +60.0% | +8.1% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -10.0% | -13.9% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -10.9% | +1.6% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 3.8% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 9.6× | 14.0× | 3rd cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 5.3% | -0.3% | 8th most demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.7% | +7.7% | 7th lowest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -1.4 pp | -12.1 pp | 7th most demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +12.0 pp | +6.2 pp | 7th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.7× | 8.8× | 4th cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -2.7× | -0.7× | 3rd least indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| SThree STEM.L | United Kingdom | $481M | +65% | -9% | 2% | 42.2× | 10.2% | +1.6% |
| Groupe Crit CEN.PA | France | $534M | -20% | +1% | 3% | 8.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Fullcast 4848.T | Japan | $401M | +12% | +33% | 9% | 11.6× | -12.6% | +12.3% |
| Beijing Career International 300662.SZ | China | $643M | -10% | +13% | 2% | 12.0× | 10.6% | +29.9% |
| Link and Motivation 2170.T | Japan | $376M | +4% | +11% | 13% | 17.5× | -0.3% | +6.2% |
| TrueBlue TBI | United States | $370M | +117% | +10% | -2% | 17.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Barrett Business Services BBSI | United States | $725M | 0% | +6% | 4% | 18.2× | 1.9% | +7.1% |
| Pasona 2168.T | Japan | $344M | -12% | 0% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Synergie SDG.PA | France | $753M | -3% | +5% | 3% | 11.8× | -13.4% | +8.2% |
| Altech 4641.T | Japan | $329M | +4% | +6% | 9% | 13.7× | -13.7% | +8.0% |
| World 2429.T | Japan | $302M | +4% | +11% | 3% | 6.2× | -3.5% | +14.6% |
| 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% |