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Employees: 1,957
Size Hosokawa Micron (6277.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $601M, the 975th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥6,310 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.6%, against -13.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is 5.0% (peer median 9.7%).
Valuation It trades at 14.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.1× (3rd cheapest of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is +7 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 2.9 points below its cost of capital (9.6% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥80.6B | ¥78.0B | ¥85.4B | ¥79.5B | ¥66.9B |
| Revenue growth | — | -9% | +7% | +19% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥26.6B | ¥27.4B | ¥29.9B | ¥27.2B | ¥22.6B |
| EBITDA | ¥6.67B | ¥9.41B | ¥10.6B | ¥9.93B | ¥7.26B |
| Net income | ¥2.38B | ¥4.53B | ¥5.58B | ¥5.97B | ¥4.01B |
| Free cash flow | ¥1.33B | ¥6.11B | ¥4.11B | ¥2.90B | ¥6.81B |
| Capital expenditure | ¥2.59B | ¥3.53B | ¥3.82B | ¥3.36B | ¥1.70B |
| Total debt | ¥1.25B | ¥1.47B | ¥1.81B | ¥1.96B | ¥1.31B |
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| Measure | 6277.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.0% | -11.6% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +6.6% | -13.6% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -9.2% | -41.1% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.9% | +8.9% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 9.7% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.6× | 24.1× | 3rd cheapest of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 14.6% | 9.6% | 5th most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +7.8% | +6.9% | 6th highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +6.7 pp | +2.7 pp | 4th most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.9 pp | -2.8 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.7× | 10.2× | 4th cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -4.5× | 0.1× | 2nd least indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosokawa Micron 6277.T | Japan | $601M | +7% | -1% | 5% | 14.6× | 14.6% | +7.8% |
| London Security LSC.L | United Kingdom | $602M | +16% | +12% | 13% | n/a | -7.1% | +9.9% |
| Cubic Sensor and Instrument 688665.SS | China | $603M | -19% | +6% | 12% | 24.1× | 30.0% | +27.3% |
| Robotphoenix Intelligent Technology 6871.HK | Hong Kong | $606M | n/a | +45% | -38% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shibaura Machine 6104.T | Japan | $597M | +2% | -22% | 2% | 41.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Langdi 603726.SS | China | $597M | -14% | -9% | 10% | n/a | 9.6% | +5.4% |
| Yanpai Filtration Technology 301081.SZ | China | $607M | +9% | +16% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gfc 4506.TWO | Taiwan | $608M | -5% | +4% | 22% | 17.2× | -9.7% | +6.5% |
| Nanjing Comptech Composites 301591.SZ | China | $593M | +18% | +10% | 14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Valqua 7995.T | Japan | $611M | -6% | +15% | 15% | 10.2× | 11.3% | +5.5% |
| VM Inc. 089970.KS | South Korea | $590M | -44% | +150% | 27% | 12.6× | -0.3% | +9.2% |
| GMT Global 4573.TWO | Taiwan | $589M | -14% | -3% | -19% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen Dingrongyan Technology 301028.SZ | China | $614M | -25% | +15% | 16% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kangping Technology (Suzhou) 300907.SZ | China | $588M | +33% | +37% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Canature Health Technology 300272.SZ | China | $587M | -30% | +4% | 9% | n/a | 3.4% | +9.3% |
| Yuhuan CNC Machine Tool 002903.SZ | China | $616M | -28% | -26% | -18% | 335.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuxi Delinhai Environmental Technology 688069.SS | China | $586M | -8% | +18% | 5% | 37.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangyin PIVOT Automotive Products 301181.SZ | China | $582M | -25% | -9% | 16% | 26.2× | 22.5% | -2.9% |
| Nextool Technology 688419.SS | China | $621M | -14% | +36% | 24% | 23.7× | 34.4% | +11.8% |
| Schweiter Technologies SWTQ.SW | Switzerland | $581M | +19% | -12% | 4% | 15.6× | -3.5% | -4.9% |
| Jiangsu Yawei Machine Tool 002559.SZ | China | $624M | -25% | +7% | 2% | 25.9× | 24.8% | +6.9% |