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PowerX, Inc.485A.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Electrical Products

Startup building grid-scale batteries, ultra-fast EV chargers and battery-electric ships to transport offshore wind power.

Momentum laggard 8
Mkt cap
$1.20B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
51%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$51.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-20.0 pp
WACC 18.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · JPY¥1,617
1D-0.2%
1W-14.6%
1M-25.5%
3M-3.2%
6M-54.6%
YTD+125.5%
1Yn/a
ATR %11.4%
52w lowhigh71.0% off high

What PowerX does

Startup building grid-scale batteries, ultra-fast EV chargers and battery-electric ships to transport offshore wind power.

Today's income comes from building and selling battery storage systems and EV chargers, while the battery ships meant to carry offshore wind power are still being developed. The company is early-stage, so orders for the storage and charging hardware carry it while the ship concept is proven.

Products and services

  • Grid-scale battery systems
  • Ultra-fast EV chargers
  • Battery-electric power-transport ships

Customers

  • Offshore wind operators
  • EV charging network operators
  • Utilities

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy storage & EV charging
  • Batteries and power transport
  • Grid batteries, EV chargers, battery…

What could go right

  • Offshore wind buildout needing power transport
  • EV charging infrastructure rollout

What could go wrong

  • Unproven technology at commercial scale
  • Capital intensity as an early-stage company

Moat: none (IP / patents). Early-stage; differentiation rests on an unproven battery-ship logistics concept.

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 2021 · Employees: 163

Named competitors

PowerX at a glance

Size PowerX (485A.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Electrical Products) with a market value of $1.20B, the 663rd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,617 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 54.6%, against -32.0% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 213.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.8%); the operating margin is -0.8% (peer median 3.6%).

Valuation It trades at 9.0× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.8× (5th most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 20.0 points below its cost of capital (18.9% WACC).

Relative performance

5010015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 63485A.T 46
Six months, rebased to 100: PowerX against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

PowerX financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023
Revenue¥21.6B¥19.3B¥6.16B¥327M
Revenue growth—+213%+1,784%—
Gross profit¥5.69B¥5.23B¥1.55B-¥141M
EBITDA¥372M-¥218M-¥4.62B-¥5.18B
Net income-¥968M-¥1.65B-¥8.01B-¥6.17B
Free cash flown/a-¥613M-¥8.57B-¥9.91B
Capital expendituren/a¥1.31B¥1.46B¥4.11B
Total debt¥8.89B¥7.43B¥6.39B¥1.50B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

PowerX 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

-60%-40%-20%-40%-20%0%058610ATLANTAELE00004936773011550026540009220201506032480101700025803363603612002533300777002892AMSCVLXAMPX485A.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. PowerX is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×10×058610ATLANTAELE0000493677PFS03011550201506032480101703363603612300777002892AMPX485A.TRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. PowerX is the large dot.

PowerX competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (485A.T vs TSLA vs ABBN.SW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
PowerX 485A.T$1.20B-55%+213%-1%9.0×n/a
Tesla TSLA$1.42T-16%+8%4%13.4×n/a
ABB ABBN.SW$147B-17%+1%18%4.2×4.3%

How PowerX 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.

PowerX against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure485A.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-25.5%-17.3%5th lowest of 21
6-month return-54.6%-32.0%4th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-71.0%-55.4%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+213.4%+10.8%highest of 21
Operating margin-0.8%3.6%8th lowest of 21
EV / Sales9.0×2.8×5th most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-20.0 pp-3.6 pp3rd lowest of 21
Net debt / EBITDA10.5×-0.1×most indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
PowerX 485A.TJapan$1.20B-55%+213%-1%9.0×n/an/a
SPG 058610.KSSouth Korea$1.20B-42%-7%5%4.9×40.9%-0.8%
Atlanta Electricals ATLANTAELE.NSIndia$1.19B-10%+59%16%5.4×20.6%+28.4%
Shenzhen Desay Battery Technology 000049.SZChina$1.20B-28%+9%2%0.5×n/an/a
Jiangsu Zenergy Battery Technologies 3677.HKHong Kong$1.19B-56%+58%6%1.0×n/an/a
PFISTERER PFS0.DEGermany$1.18Bn/a+17%14%2.1×15.5%n/a
Jiangsu Haili Wind Power Equipment Technology 301155.SZChina$1.18B-31%-69%-17%7.9×n/an/a
Shenzhen Mason Technologies 002654.SZChina$1.18B-34%-6%1%1.8×n/an/a
Harbin Electric Corp. Jiamusi Electric Machine 000922.SZChina$1.18B-22%+3%7%1.5×11.1%+15.8%
Lotte Energy Materials 020150.KSSouth Korea$1.21B-53%-12%-13%2.5×n/an/a
Jiangsu Xihua New Energy Technology 603248.SSChina$1.21B-31%+32%33%6.8×n/an/a
Taihan Fiberoptics 010170.KSSouth Korea$1.21B-30%+6%-10%11.1×n/an/a
Shandong Sacred Sun Power Sources 002580.SZChina$1.23B-34%+22%4%2.1×21.6%+14.2%
FOCI Fiber Optic Communications 3363.TWOTaiwan$1.24B-59%-2%-16%21.6×n/an/a
Sunstone Development 603612.SSChina$1.25B-32%+28%8%0.9×n/an/a
Goldcup Electric Apparatus 002533.SZChina$1.14B-21%+23%3%0.6×n/an/a
Sinofibers Technology 300777.SZChina$1.26B-48%-61%-25%18.3×55.1%+16.7%
Keli Motor 002892.SZChina$1.13B-14%+13%-1%3.5×n/an/a
American Superconductor AMSCUnited States$1.13B-58%+26%4%3.1×56.5%+28.0%
Volex VLX.LUnited Kingdom$1.27B-20%+9%9%1.1×13.2%+22.3%
Amprius Technologies AMPXUnited States$1.27B-48%+144%-17%11.0×n/an/a

Questions

Who are PowerX's main competitors?
Named competitors: Tesla (chargers/storage) (TSLA), ABB E-mobility (ABBN.SW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes SPG (058610.KS), Atlanta Electricals (ATLANTAELE.NS), Shenzhen Desay Battery Technology (000049.SZ), Jiangsu Zenergy Battery Technologies (3677.HK), PFISTERER (PFS0.DE), Jiangsu Haili Wind Power Equipment Technology (301155.SZ).
Is PowerX expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 9.0× against a peer median of 2.8×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has PowerX stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -54.6% against -32.0% for the median peer.

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.