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Employees: 2,238
Size Kurimoto,Ltd (5602.T) is a Japan Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $576M, the 995th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,439 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.3%, against -15.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.1%); the operating margin is 6.8% (peer median 3.4%).
Valuation It trades at 10.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.2× (6th cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +0 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.5 points below its cost of capital (6.7% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥130B | ¥128B | ¥127B | ¥126B | ¥125B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +1% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥34.9B | ¥34.0B | ¥33.3B | ¥31.5B | ¥29.4B |
| EBITDA | ¥12.2B | ¥11.5B | ¥10.9B | ¥10.4B | ¥9.61B |
| Net income | ¥7.43B | ¥6.70B | ¥6.91B | ¥5.47B | ¥4.73B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥843M | -¥5.69B | ¥7.90B | ¥2.69B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥6.27B | ¥3.35B | ¥2.38B | ¥2.38B |
| Total debt | ¥18.4B | ¥23.2B | ¥20.4B | ¥15.0B | ¥21.6B |
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| Measure | 5602.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.9% | -9.4% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -4.3% | -15.6% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -29.6% | -30.2% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.7% | +8.1% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 3.4% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.5× | 14.2× | 6th cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 2.1% | 17.2% | 5th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.9% | +6.6% | 3rd lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.2 pp | +5.0 pp | 6th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.5 pp | -5.7 pp | 6th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.6× | 11.4× | 3rd cheapest of 13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.1× | 1.0× | 5th least indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurimoto,Ltd 5602.T | Japan | $576M | -4% | +3% | 7% | 10.5× | 2.1% | +1.9% |
| Shandong Jinling Mining 000655.SZ | China | $578M | -22% | +11% | 3% | 15.4× | 23.3% | +3.1% |
| Goodluck India GOODLUCK.NS | India | $571M | +15% | +10% | 8% | 24.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Yieh United Steel 9957.TWO | Taiwan | $581M | -18% | -10% | -12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron & Steel 600581.SS | China | $526M | -19% | 0% | -8% | 5.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Chung Hung Steel 2014.TW | Taiwan | $636M | -16% | -17% | -1% | 54.3× | -10.1% | -12.4% |
| Bansal Wire Industries BANSALWIRE.NS | India | $517M | +3% | +20% | 6% | 25.4× | 31.6% | +23.0% |
| Zhejiang Tiantai Xianghe Industrial 603500.SS | China | $515M | -3% | +22% | 20% | n/a | 8.2% | +25.0% |
| Sambhv Steel Tubes SAMBHV.NS | India | $510M | +27% | +42% | 10% | 24.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Jai Balaji Industries JAIBALAJI.NS | India | $651M | -20% | +2% | 4% | 6.3× | 35.8% | +15.7% |
| Nippon Yakin Kogyo 5480.T | Japan | $504M | +17% | +1% | 9% | 8.8× | -1.0% | +6.0% |
| Surya Roshni SURYAROSNI.NS | India | $500M | -20% | +12% | 5% | 11.0× | 20.2% | +6.3% |
| Zhejiang Huada New Materials 605158.SS | China | $496M | -17% | +22% | 0% | n/a | 0.1% | +2.8% |
| Kirloskar Ferrous Industries KIRLFER.NS | India | $674M | -15% | +7% | 8% | 9.1× | 14.2% | +27.6% |
| Metallus MTUS | United States | $687M | -10% | +11% | 1% | 15.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Sanhe Pile 003037.SZ | China | $466M | -28% | -9% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| SBHC 001430.KS | South Korea | $712M | -64% | +11% | 3% | 14.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanxi Antai 600408.SS | China | $456M | -8% | -5% | -3% | n/a | 28.8% | -10.7% |
| Kyoei Steel 5440.T | Japan | $455M | -13% | +7% | 4% | 8.8× | -7.0% | +6.8% |
| Sunflag Iron & Steel SUNFLAG.NS | India | $730M | -7% | +9% | 9% | n/a | 23.4% | +15.7% |
| Ferrexpo FXPO.L | United Kingdom | $453M | -55% | -39% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |