Employees: 3,066
Size Nippon Signal (6741.T) is a Japan Information Technology company (Computer Communications) with a market value of $645M, the 937th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,631 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.7%, against -6.0% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 10.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.9%); the operating margin is 11.4% (peer median 2.4%).
Valuation It trades at 8.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.3× (2nd cheapest of 14).
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 +4%, so the hurdle is -12 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.2 points above its cost of capital (7.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥120B | ¥114B | ¥107B | ¥98.5B | ¥85.4B |
| Revenue growth | — | +7% | +8% | +15% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥31.6B | ¥28.4B | ¥25.2B | ¥21.2B | ¥19.5B |
| EBITDA | ¥17.8B | ¥15.6B | ¥12.5B | ¥9.12B | ¥7.45B |
| Net income | ¥13.5B | ¥11.6B | ¥8.50B | ¥5.35B | ¥4.08B |
| Free cash flow | ¥12.4B | ¥2.62B | ¥1.81B | ¥4.15B | ¥25.0M |
| Capital expenditure | ¥6.31B | ¥6.29B | ¥4.88B | ¥3.91B | ¥2.62B |
| Total debt | ¥44.0M | ¥15.5B | ¥19.2B | ¥18.7B | ¥17.5B |
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| Measure | 6741.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.1% | -10.2% | 10th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -2.7% | -6.0% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -15.8% | -34.0% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +10.4% | +5.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 2.4% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.8× | 19.3× | 2nd cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -7.9% | 23.1% | 2nd least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.2% | +3.8% | 6th highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -12.1 pp | +20.5 pp | 2nd least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.2 pp | -4.6 pp | 6th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.6× | 12.6× | cheapest of 6 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.1× | -1.7× | 3rd most indebted of 6 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon Signal 6741.T | Japan | $645M | -3% | +10% | 11% | 8.8× | -7.9% | +4.2% |
| Guangdong Champion Asia Electronics 603386.SS | China | $670M | +3% | +15% | 3% | 36.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Nedap NEDAP.AS | Netherlands | $691M | +6% | +13% | 12% | 19.8× | -3.6% | +8.1% |
| Zero One Technology 3029.TW | Taiwan | $566M | +10% | +76% | 6% | 14.3× | -9.2% | +20.4% |
| Sekisui Jushi 4212.T | Japan | $516M | +28% | +5% | 7% | n/a | 1.8% | +3.8% |
| Cheng Uei Precision Industry 2392.TW | Taiwan | $499M | -8% | -10% | -12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan Ligong Guangke 300557.SZ | China | $461M | -28% | +3% | 5% | n/a | 31.7% | +11.1% |
| Beijing Bohui Science & Technology 688004.SS | China | $455M | +63% | -33% | -42% | n/a | 39.5% | -9.9% |
| Guangdong Shenglu Telecommunication Tech 002446.SZ | China | $928M | -32% | -10% | 0% | 16.9× | 43.5% | +1.0% |
| Hochiki 6745.T | Japan | $952M | 0% | +5% | 12% | 14.7× | -0.1% | +6.7% |
| Allot ALLT | United States | $422M | +10% | +14% | 7% | 24.2× | 23.1% | -5.6% |
| Zyxel 3704.TW | Taiwan | $414M | -4% | +5% | 5% | 9.1× | -5.7% | +2.6% |
| Wanma Technology 300698.SZ | China | $397M | -48% | +6% | 3% | 30.8× | 32.9% | +8.5% |
| Zhongfu Information 300659.SZ | China | $384M | -24% | -28% | -27% | 7.2× | 35.0% | -6.1% |
| Shenzhen BSC Technology 300951.SZ | China | $1.11B | +33% | +16% | -5% | 19.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Yarward Electronics 301337.SZ | China | $360M | -16% | +20% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Big Technologies BIG.L | United Kingdom | $353M | -14% | +7% | -36% | 14.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Dnake (Xiamen) Intelligent Technology 300884.SZ | China | $351M | -27% | +6% | -8% | 47.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Transtrue Technology 002771.SZ | China | $334M | -28% | -43% | -18% | n/a | -0.5% | -11.0% |
| Guangdong Weide Information Technology 688171.SS | China | $334M | -48% | +39% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Radware RDWR | United States | $1.26B | +9% | +11% | 4% | 22.0× | 32.4% | +3.8% |