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Maker of time & attendance systems and parking management equipment, and operator of coin parking facilities in Japan.
Maker of time & attendance systems and parking management equipment, and operator of coin parking facilities in Japan.
In one line: A mashup of ADP's timekeeping hardware and a parking-lot operator.
Moat: narrow (installed base, distribution). Large installed base of parking equipment and long-standing corporate timekeeping relationships.
Headquarters: Yokohama, Japan · Founded: 1931 · Employees: 5,532
Size Amano (6436.T) is a Japan Information Technology company (Electronic Equipment/Instruments) with a market value of $1.50B, the 579th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥3,451 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.7%, against -16.5% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.5%); the operating margin is 11.5% (peer median 7.6%).
Valuation It trades at 13.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.3× (3rd cheapest of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.3 points above its cost of capital (5.5% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 29 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥177B | ¥176B | ¥175B | ¥153B | ¥133B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +15% | +15% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥79.8B | ¥80.3B | ¥78.9B | ¥68.9B | ¥60.3B |
| EBITDA | ¥31.8B | ¥33.7B | ¥34.5B | ¥30.1B | ¥25.1B |
| Net income | ¥18.4B | ¥20.1B | ¥17.8B | ¥13.1B | ¥11.3B |
| Free cash flow | ¥18.0B | ¥19.4B | ¥20.1B | ¥20.4B | ¥16.2B |
| Capital expenditure | ¥10.5B | ¥9.40B | ¥7.45B | ¥5.86B | ¥4.37B |
| Total debt | ¥15.1B | ¥14.7B | ¥15.3B | ¥13.9B | ¥12.2B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amano 6436.T | $1.50B | -4% | +1% | 11% | 13.7× | -7.6% |
| Park24 4666.T | $1.93B | -2% | +4% | 10% | 6.8× | -5.2% |
| Automatic Data Processing ADP | $120B | +44% | +6% | 27% | 24.0× | 6.6% |
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.
| Measure | 6436.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -8.1% | -8.0% | 11th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -3.7% | -16.5% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -22.6% | -43.6% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.3% | +4.5% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 7.6% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.7× | 21.3× | 3rd cheapest of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -7.6% | 16.0% | 2nd least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.2% | +9.3% | 7th lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -16.8 pp | +8.7 pp | 4th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +9.3 pp | -3.3 pp | 2nd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.1× | 14.3× | 2nd cheapest of 7 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.3× | 0.1× | 2nd least indebted of 7 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amano 6436.T | Japan | $1.50B | -4% | +1% | 11% | 13.7× | -7.6% | +9.2% |
| Hangzhou Kelin Electric 688611.SS | China | $1.51B | +4% | -58% | -32% | 48.1× | n/a | n/a |
| TAIFLEX Scientific 8039.TW | Taiwan | $1.51B | +36% | +3% | 6% | n/a | 28.3% | +3.9% |
| Glory 6457.T | Japan | $1.53B | +16% | -8% | 9% | 12.2× | -8.1% | +9.3% |
| Zhejiang Dali Technology 002214.SZ | China | $1.45B | -15% | +1% | -68% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kinco Automation Shanghai 688160.SS | China | $1.45B | -2% | +46% | 9% | 90.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Chongqing Chuanyi Automation 603100.SS | China | $1.44B | -4% | +3% | 7% | 14.5× | 2.6% | +9.9% |
| Gl Tech 300480.SZ | China | $1.44B | -28% | +43% | 13% | 57.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Liangxin Electrical Co 002706.SZ | China | $1.42B | -26% | +6% | 3% | 30.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Hexing Electrical 603556.SS | China | $1.61B | -23% | +6% | 9% | 14.2× | 0.1% | +11.3% |
| Guangdong High Dream Intellectualized Machinery 300720.SZ | China | $1.38B | -25% | +8% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen VMAX New Energy (Group) 688612.SS | China | $1.63B | -21% | -6% | 9% | 17.5× | 18.8% | +57.4% |
| Zhejiang HangKe Technology 688006.SS | China | $1.64B | -43% | +12% | 3% | 24.0× | 16.0% | +14.9% |
| Suzhou TZTEK Technology 688003.SS | China | $1.67B | -19% | +33% | 5% | 64.3× | 42.0% | +13.2% |
| Shandong Chunguang Technology 301531.SZ | China | $1.29B | n/a | +7% | 12% | n/a | 58.9% | +4.4% |
| Jiangsu Linyang Energy 601222.SS | China | $1.74B | -6% | +35% | 8% | 15.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Hengmingda Electronic Technology 002947.SZ | China | $1.78B | -43% | +13% | 18% | 15.6× | 9.4% | +34.8% |
| Oxford Instruments OXIG.L | United Kingdom | $1.79B | -16% | -15% | 15% | 21.9× | 20.1% | +5.8% |
| Hanwei Electronics 300007.SZ | China | $1.79B | -15% | -3% | 2% | 65.2× | 40.9% | +4.6% |
| OKI Electric Industry 6703.T | Japan | $1.24B | -32% | -4% | 4% | 11.3× | 10.1% | +1.4% |
| GVS S.p.A GVS.MI | Italy | $1.24B | +35% | -1% | 12% | 20.7× | 14.3% | +3.2% |