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Japanese consumer-electronics maker (TVs, appliances, displays), majority owned by Taiwan's Foxconn since 2016.
Japanese consumer-electronics maker (TVs, appliances, displays), majority owned by Taiwan's Foxconn since 2016.
Sells appliances, TVs and office equipment under the Sharp brand in Japan and Asia, and also makes displays for other manufacturers' products. Foxconn, Taiwan's contract electronics giant, has controlled it since 2016, and Sharp has since cut back large-panel manufacturing.
In one line: A distressed, smaller Japanese Whirlpool/Vizio combined, now Foxconn-controlled.
Moat: none (brand). Legacy brand recognition but weak profitability and reliance on Foxconn parent support.
Headquarters: Sakai, Japan · Founded: 1912 · Employees: 34,549
Size Sharp (6753.T) is a Japan Information Technology company (Electronics/Appliances) with a market value of $2.18B, the 457th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥529 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.5%, against -3.4% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 11.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +16.8%); the operating margin is 2.2% (peer median 11.5%).
Valuation It trades at 12.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.1× (6th cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -5%, so the hurdle is +6 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 0.3 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥1.86T | ¥1.89T | ¥2.16T | ¥2.32T | ¥2.55T |
| Revenue growth | — | -12% | -7% | -9% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥417B | ¥465B | ¥457B | ¥401B | ¥393B |
| EBITDA | ¥77.8B | ¥86.9B | ¥77.4B | ¥40.8B | ¥60.6B |
| Net income | ¥23.3B | ¥47.4B | ¥36.1B | -¥150B | -¥261B |
| Free cash flow | ¥761M | -¥22.0B | -¥28.4B | ¥83.6B | -¥28.8B |
| Capital expenditure | ¥33.9B | ¥33.5B | ¥39.0B | ¥52.6B | ¥57.0B |
| Total debt | ¥469B | ¥472B | ¥547B | ¥598B | ¥736B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp 6753.T | $2.18B | -5% | -12% | 2% | 12.0× | 1.2% |
| Panasonic 6752.T | $44.5B | -6% | +4% | 8% | 13.5× | 9.8% |
| Sony 6758.T | $156B | +33% | +1% | 13% | 18.7× | 3.4% |
| SamsungElec 005930.KS | $886B | -14% | +88% | 46% | 4.0× | -7.2% |
Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 6753.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -16.9% | -13.1% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -5.5% | -3.4% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -41.5% | -31.7% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -11.7% | +16.8% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 11.5% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.0× | 14.1× | 6th cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 1.2% | 8.3% | 6th least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -4.8% | +8.4% | lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +6.1 pp | -5.4 pp | 3rd most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.3 pp | +2.2 pp | 8th lowest of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.8× | -0.5× | 2nd most indebted of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp 6753.T | Japan | $2.18B | -5% | -12% | 2% | 12.0× | 1.2% | -4.8% |
| Alps Alpine 6770.T | Japan | $2.23B | -24% | +5% | 3% | 10.8× | -3.8% | +7.3% |
| Micronics Japan 6871.T | Japan | $2.11B | -33% | +38% | 28% | 14.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Ferrotec 6890.T | Japan | $2.08B | -19% | +43% | 12% | 8.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Meiko Electronics 6787.T | Japan | $2.07B | -27% | +22% | 10% | 10.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Nippon Electric Glass 5214.T | Japan | $2.32B | -44% | +3% | 8% | 22.6× | 2.4% | +5.1% |
| ULVAC 6728.T | Japan | $2.01B | -34% | +7% | 7% | 15.5× | 14.1% | +8.0% |
| Justsystems 4686.T | Japan | $2.01B | +33% | +10% | 44% | n/a | -6.3% | +4.6% |
| RAKUS 3923.T | Japan | $2.38B | +24% | +17% | 31% | 14.1× | 15.8% | +31.4% |
| GMO Internet 9449.T | Japan | $1.94B | -4% | +6% | 21% | 13.4× | n/a | n/a |
| BIPROGY 8056.T | Japan | $2.47B | -3% | +4% | 10% | 13.1× | -9.5% | +7.1% |
| Money Forward 3994.T | Japan | $2.52B | +51% | +35% | 2% | 2,235.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Anritsu 6754.T | Japan | $1.87B | -45% | +21% | 15% | 16.3× | 11.3% | +2.1% |
| Dexerials 4980.T | Japan | $2.55B | -4% | +5% | 35% | 13.8× | 15.0% | +11.6% |
| Daiwabo 3107.T | Japan | $1.79B | +4% | +14% | 3% | 10.8× | -7.7% | +5.3% |
| freee K.K 4478.T | Japan | $1.72B | +100% | +28% | 3% | 79.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shift 3697.T | Japan | $1.71B | +61% | +24% | 11% | 19.2× | -2.2% | +28.6% |
| Sansan 4443.T | Japan | $1.67B | +65% | +22% | 18% | 27.4× | 20.3% | +27.1% |
| Simplex Holdings,Inc 4373.T | Japan | $1.66B | +25% | +20% | 23% | 19.4× | 12.4% | +16.3% |
| Citizen Watch 7762.T | Japan | $2.90B | +3% | +17% | 10% | 12.8× | 10.1% | +10.9% |
| Tekscend Photomask 429A.T | Japan | $1.64B | -36% | +10% | 22% | 9.9× | 6.4% | +8.7% |