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Daiwa Ltd6459.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Industrial Machinery
Momentum weak 24
Mkt cap
$507M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
48%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.03M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+40.6 pp
WACC 5.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥1,565
1D-2.6%
1W-2.9%
1M-5.0%
3M-12.0%
6M-18.7%
YTD-1.6%
1Y-5.2%
ATR %2.4%
52w lowhigh25.0% off high

What Daiwa does

Employees: 2,355

Daiwa at a glance

Size Daiwa (6459.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $507M, the 1059th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,565 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.7%, against -22.9% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 0.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.3%); the operating margin is 15.2% (peer median 4.2%).

Valuation It trades at 0.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.4× (2nd cheapest of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 40.6 points above its cost of capital (5.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20266459.T 81Peer median 77
Six months, rebased to 100: Daiwa against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Daiwa financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥47.8B¥46.9B¥47.9B¥46.0B¥43.9B
Revenue growth—-2%+4%+5%—
Gross profit¥26.4B¥25.9B¥26.7B¥25.9B¥24.2B
EBITDA¥8.22B¥8.38B¥8.92B¥8.77B¥7.61B
Net income¥4.97B¥5.08B¥5.44B¥5.54B¥4.45B
Free cash flown/a¥2.96B¥1.11B¥7.72B¥3.73B
Capital expendituren/a¥1.39B¥2.55B¥1.18B¥601M
Total debt¥0¥0¥0¥0¥0

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Daiwa 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%0%+20%-40%-20%0%6458300193603656HYNMAN301459IQE003028300385002388001332300411272924026033390025643006903007566459.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Daiwa is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%0×5×10×6458300193603656HYNMAN301459IQE003028600980300385002388001332300411272924026033390025643006903007566459.TRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Daiwa is the large dot.

Daiwa competitors and peer comparison

How Daiwa 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.

Daiwa against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure6459.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.0%-9.8%8th highest of 21
6-month return-18.7%-22.9%9th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-25.0%-37.3%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+0.2%+4.3%8th lowest of 21
Operating margin15.2%4.2%3rd highest of 21
EV / Sales0.4×2.4×2nd cheapest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital+40.6 pp-3.6 pphighest of 21
EV / EBITDA2.4×26.9×cheapest of 6
Net debt / EBITDA-7.4×1.5×least indebted of 6

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Daiwa 6459.TJapan$507M-19%0%15%0.4×n/an/a
Sinko Industries 6458.TJapan$507M-8%+2%15%1.3×-1.4%+8.7%
Shenzhen Jasic Technology 300193.SZChina$506M-17%+21%14%1.4×-0.1%+4.5%
Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology 603656.SSChina$505M-6%+15%5%4.5×30.5%+5.5%
Hyster-Yale HYUnited States$509M-24%-11%-1%0.3×32.0%+6.0%
Nederman NMAN.STSweden$512M+22%-6%8%1.3×4.4%+9.5%
Zhejiang Fengmao Technology 301459.SZChina$500M-13%+4%8%3.9×n/an/a
IQE IQE.LUnited Kingdom$514M-39%+20%-11%3.4×n/an/a
Genbyte Technology 003028.SZChina$499M-16%+10%1%1.9×-15.9%+6.6%
BGRIMM Technology 600980.SSChina$499M-25%+13%11%2.0×12.9%+19.1%
Wuxi Xuelang Environmental Technology 300385.SZChina$499M-38%-23%-47%10.5×9.5%-22.0%
Sunyes Manufacturing (Zhejiang) 002388.SZChina$499M+32%0%2%2.1×25.0%-1.1%
Wuxi Chemical Equipment 001332.SZChina$517M-50%-10%11%1.9×10.2%+7.3%
Zhejiang Jindun Fans 300411.SZChina$496M-21%-25%-14%8.9×10.9%-14.0%
MH Robot & Automation 301199.SZChina$496M-18%+5%6%2.2×15.5%+9.5%
Zhejiang Galaxis Technology 2729.HKHong Kong$518M-74%+26%-4%3.6×n/an/a
Beijing SinoHytec 2402.HKHong Kong$519M-56%+82%-204%10.7×n/an/a
Square Technology 603339.SSChina$494M-22%+21%9%1.1×-4.5%+8.9%
Suzhou Thvow Technology 002564.SZChina$521M-33%-9%4%3.0×27.5%-19.9%
Shandong Shuangyi Technology 300690.SZChina$521M-26%+15%15%2.5×10.9%-6.3%
Guangdong Jinma Entertainment 300756.SZChina$521M-59%-8%0%5.0×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Daiwa's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Sinko Industries (6458.T), Shenzhen Jasic Technology (300193.SZ), Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology (603656.SS), Hyster-Yale (HY), Nederman (NMAN.ST), Zhejiang Fengmao Technology (301459.SZ), IQE (IQE.L), Genbyte Technology (003028.SZ).
Is Daiwa expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.4× against a peer median of 2.4×, 2nd cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Daiwa stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -18.7% against -22.9% for the median peer; over one year -5.2%.

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.