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Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd.6946.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Aerospace & Defense
Momentum laggard 9
Mkt cap
$505M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
41%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.18M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+6.3 pp
WACC 9.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
84 days
29 Jan 2027
Close · JPY¥4,755
1D-8.9%
1W-27.0%
1M-35.2%
3M-11.1%
6M-26.1%
YTD+6.6%
1Y0.0%
ATR %10.3%
52w lowhigh47.2% off high

What Nippon Avionics does

Employees: 763

Nippon Avionics at a glance

Size Nippon Avionics (6946.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Aerospace & Defense) with a market value of $505M, the 1061st largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥4,755 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 26.1%, against -30.4% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 45.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.2%); the operating margin is 21.4% (peer median -3.7%).

Valuation It trades at 12.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.2× (cheapest of 12).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.3 points above its cost of capital (9.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 29 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20266946.T 75Peer median 68
Six months, rebased to 100: Nippon Avionics against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nippon Avionics financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥34.4B¥29.2B¥20.1B¥18.1B¥17.8B
Revenue growth—+45%+11%+2%—
Gross profit¥12.0B¥9.51B¥6.64B¥5.72B¥5.74B
EBITDAn/a¥6.00B¥3.27B¥2.47B¥2.17B
Net income¥5.07B¥3.82B¥1.96B¥2.15B¥1.82B
Free cash flown/a-¥4.35B¥1.74B-¥706M-¥1.02B
Capital expendituren/a¥863M¥471M¥520M¥202M
Total debt¥15.5B¥10.5B¥4.79B¥4.79B¥3.65B

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Nippon Avionics 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%-20%0%FGAPKE7721TATTSATL603261688282SPCE002933688685300719688070EVEX600990300397IDEAFORGEMSI3006966946.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nippon Avionics is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%50×100×FGAPKE7721688685688070600990300397IDEAFORGE3006966946.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Nippon Avionics is the large dot.

Nippon Avionics competitors and peer comparison

How Nippon Avionics 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.

Nippon Avionics against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure6946.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-35.2%-9.0%lowest of 21
6-month return-26.1%-30.4%8th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-47.2%-48.5%10th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+45.2%+5.2%4th highest of 20
Operating margin21.4%-3.7%2nd highest of 20
Forward P/E12.8×21.2×cheapest of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital+6.3 pp-5.1 pp4th highest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Nippon Avionics 6946.TJapan$505M-26%+45%21%12.8×n/an/a
Figeac Aero FGA.PAFrance$506M-3%+13%6%20.5×14.7%+18.9%
Park Aerospace PKEUnited States$515M-30%+28%21%31.2×4.8%+9.6%
Tokyo Keiki 7721.TJapan$494M-37%+5%9%14.1×n/an/a
TAT Technologies TATTUnited States$481M+2%+14%11%20.6×16.8%+18.8%
Satellogic SATLUnited States$535M-54%+369%-67%n/an/an/a
Chengdu Lihang Technology 603261.SSChina$458M+19%+35%-52%n/an/an/a
Beijing Navigation Control Technology 688282.SSChina$564M-42%-4%-26%n/an/an/a
Virgin Galactic SPCEUnited States$420M-6%-39%-24,588%n/an/an/a
Beijing Emerging Eastern Aviation Equipment 002933.SZChina$420M-20%-6%6%n/an/an/a
Jiangsu Maixinlin Aviation Science and Technology 688685.SSChina$620M-42%-36%-18%21.2×n/an/a
Beijing Andawell Science & Technology 300719.SZChina$400M-32%-3%-4%n/an/an/a
Chengdu Jouav Automation Tech 688070.SSChina$399M-34%+5%2%17.6×n/an/a
Eve EVEXUnited States$645M-43%n/an/an/an/an/a
Sun-Create Electronics 600990.SSChina$669M-28%-13%-30%57.1×35.7%-15.1%
Xi'An Tian He Defense Technology 300397.SZChina$713M-28%+69%-5%31.7×n/an/a
Shinmaywa Industries,Ltd 7224.TJapan$721M-32%+12%6%n/a-5.6%+6.4%
Ideaforge Technology IDEAFORGE.NSIndia$353M-15%+221%-8%101.5×n/an/a
MS International MSI.LUnited Kingdom$350M-8%-2%13%n/a-7.8%+13.3%
Chengdu ALD Aviation Manufacturing 300696.SZChina$733M-58%-18%-12%79.0×n/an/a
Innovative Solutions and Support IAUnited States$348Mn/a+20%27%18.8×2.6%+31.3%

Questions

Which companies are Nippon Avionics's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Figeac Aero (FGA.PA), Park Aerospace (PKE), Tokyo Keiki (7721.T), TAT Technologies (TATT), Satellogic (SATL), Chengdu Lihang Technology (603261.SS), Beijing Navigation Control Technology (688282.SS), Virgin Galactic (SPCE).
Is Nippon Avionics expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.8× against a peer median of 21.2×, cheapest of 12 in its peer set.
How has Nippon Avionics stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -26.1% against -30.4% for the median peer; over one year 0.0%.

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.