Employees: 2,839
Size Japan Business Systems (5036.T) is a Japan Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $477M, the 1096th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,651 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.9%, against -27.7% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 24.9% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.8%); the operating margin is 4.1% (peer median 7.8%).
Valuation It trades at 10.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.6× (5th cheapest of 13).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.8 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥208B | ¥173B | ¥141B | ¥113B | ¥86.3B |
| Revenue growth | — | +23% | +25% | +31% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥20.0B | ¥17.9B | ¥14.6B | ¥13.1B | ¥10.8B |
| EBITDA | ¥9.67B | ¥8.77B | ¥5.63B | ¥5.02B | ¥4.67B |
| Net income | ¥7.06B | ¥5.63B | ¥1.51B | ¥3.35B | ¥2.65B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | -¥3.32B | -¥7.85B | -¥4.73B | ¥711M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥4.46B | ¥7.53B | ¥4.53B | ¥2.76B |
| Total debt | ¥26.0B | ¥23.8B | ¥19.7B | ¥12.9B | ¥6.52B |
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| Measure | 5036.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.0% | -4.3% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +15.9% | -27.7% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -15.7% | -50.6% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +24.9% | -1.8% | 4th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 7.8% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 10.6× | 21.6× | 5th cheapest of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.8 pp | -10.0 pp | 4th highest of 18 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1× | -0.2× | 2nd most indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Business Systems 5036.T | Japan | $477M | +16% | +25% | 4% | 10.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Koal Software 603232.SS | China | $479M | -26% | -18% | -33% | 68.7× | n/a | n/a |
| GREE Holdings.Inc 3632.T | Japan | $475M | +20% | -10% | 8% | 24.5× | n/a | n/a |
| China Post Technology 688648.SS | China | $474M | -33% | +52% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| GB Group PLC GBG.L | United Kingdom | $472M | -29% | +1% | 11% | 8.7× | 4.6% | +5.5% |
| Tangel Culture 300148.SZ | China | $472M | -8% | +9% | 9% | n/a | 25.6% | -7.4% |
| Hennge K.k 4475.T | Japan | $471M | +132% | +19% | 17% | 40.3× | 21.7% | +21.3% |
| Unisound AI Technology 9678.HK | Hong Kong | $470M | -84% | +40% | -18% | 24.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing ABT Networks 688168.SS | China | $485M | -52% | -73% | -33% | 110.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Equasens EQS.PA | France | $468M | -25% | +9% | 21% | 9.4× | -6.4% | +6.6% |
| AMTD Digital, Inc. Sponsored ADR HKD | United States | $468M | -15% | +22% | 27% | n/a | 48.8% | +18.5% |
| Craneware CRW.L | United Kingdom | $467M | -32% | -3% | 14% | 17.2× | 2.9% | +22.2% |
| Gravity Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR GRVY | United States | $467M | +3% | -2% | 16% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| BOKU BOKU.L | United Kingdom | $490M | -29% | +10% | 9% | 19.3× | 9.1% | +17.3% |
| Kaiser (China) Culture 002425.SZ | China | $461M | -10% | -3% | -53% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| innoscripta 1INN.DE | Germany | $495M | -37% | +42% | 61% | 8.0× | -13.3% | +55.9% |
| CoinShares CSHR | United States | $498M | -36% | n/a | n/a | 7.1× | n/a | n/a |
| NEXON Games 225570.KS | South Korea | $457M | -18% | -31% | -26% | 24.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Wisdom Information Technology 301315.SZ | China | $499M | -26% | -15% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Client Service International 300663.SZ | China | $499M | -45% | -29% | -85% | n/a | 30.0% | -10.7% |
| JinXianDai Information Industry 300830.SZ | China | $502M | -29% | -20% | -42% | n/a | 17.7% | -8.8% |