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Kanadevia Corporation7004.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Engineering & Construction

Formerly Hitachi Zosen; builds waste-to-energy plants, water treatment facilities and industrial machinery, no longer builds ships.

≈ A waste-to-energy/industrial plant builder like a smaller Covanta combined with heavy machMomentum laggard 10
Mkt cap
$979M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
92%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.55M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
6.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-3.1 pp
WACC 6.7%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
94 days
8 Feb 2027
Close · JPY¥916
1D-9.6%
1W-12.5%
1M-21.1%
3M-21.9%
6M-23.3%
YTD-1.2%
1Y-15.4%
ATR %4.5%
52w lowhigh39.5% off high

What Kanadevia does

Formerly Hitachi Zosen; builds waste-to-energy plants, water treatment facilities and industrial machinery, no longer builds ships.

Books revenue as large plants are built under fixed-price contracts, then earns steadier income from long-term operation and maintenance of the plants it builds, mainly for municipalities. A Swiss subsidiary sells waste-to-energy plants in Europe and beyond, and the company has left shipbuilding behind.

In one line: A waste-to-energy/industrial plant builder like a smaller Covanta combined with heavy mach.

Products and services

  • Waste-to-energy incineration plants
  • Water/sludge treatment plants
  • Industrial machinery
  • Decarbonization/hydrogen systems

Customers

  • Municipalities (waste/water plants)
  • Industrial/energy clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Environmental plant engineering
  • Waste-to-energy, water treatment…

What could go right

  • Waste-to-energy plant renewal demand
  • Decarbonization infrastructure spending

What could go wrong

  • Lumpy project timing/cost overrun risk
  • Municipal budget cyclicality

Moat: narrow (process know-how, installed base, regulatory licence). Long incumbency and technical certification in municipal waste-to-energy plant construction.

Headquarters: Osaka, Japan · Founded: 1881 · Employees: 12,666

Named competitors

Kanadevia at a glance

Size Kanadevia (7004.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Engineering & Construction) with a market value of $979M, the 742nd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥916 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.3%, against -8.5% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 7.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.3%); the operating margin is 2.1% (peer median 7.4%).

Valuation It trades at 6.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.7× (cheapest of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.1 points below its cost of capital (6.7% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 8 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 927004.T 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Kanadevia against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Kanadevia financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥662B¥645B¥611B¥556B¥493B
Revenue growth—+6%+10%+13%—
Gross profit¥113B¥109B¥114B¥95.3B¥83.4B
EBITDA¥32.7B¥30.4B¥40.3B¥35.8B¥31.0B
Net income¥14.9B¥11.1B¥22.1B¥19.0B¥15.6B
Free cash flown/a-¥10.0B-¥412M-¥7.29B¥21.4B
Capital expendituren/a¥25.3B¥28.4B¥12.1B¥8.64B
Total debt¥138B¥184B¥136B¥91.4B¥86.5B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Kanadevia 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

-40%-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%6379WELENT3002846031631934002140YRMSLC1946002811003013605167KECYIT1926GFRDSNTIA0603706012267004.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Kanadevia is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%20×40×60×80×6379WELENT3002846031631934002140YRMSLC1946003013605167YIT1926GFRDSNTIA0603706012267004.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Kanadevia is the large dot.

Kanadevia competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (7004.T vs 7011.T vs 5411.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Kanadevia 7004.T$979M-23%+8%2%6.3×n/a
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 7011.T$62.1B-37%-3%10%22.3×9.0%
Jfe 5411.T$6.66B+2%-4%2%8.4×13.2%

How Kanadevia 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.

Kanadevia against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure7004.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-21.1%-5.6%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return-23.3%-8.5%9th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-39.5%-28.8%7th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+7.7%+9.3%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin2.1%7.4%3rd lowest of 21
Forward P/E6.3×21.7×cheapest of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.1 pp+0.8 pp6th lowest of 19
Net debt / EBITDA1.8×-0.0×3rd most indebted of 12

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
Kanadevia 7004.TJapan$979M-23%+8%2%6.3×n/an/a
RAIZNEXT 6379.TJapan$972M+29%+13%8%15.8×-0.9%+3.6%
Welspun Enterprises WELENT.NSIndia$995M+29%+1%19%22.3×n/an/a
JSTI 300284.SZChina$963M-25%-4%1%39.1×10.5%-5.4%
Acter Technology Integration 603163.SSChina$997M-32%+1%11%28.4×18.6%+22.2%
Yurtec 1934.TJapan$998M-8%-2%8%11.0×-6.2%+5.1%
East China Engineering Science and Technology 002140.SZChina$1,000M-24%+9%7%11.6×0.3%+13.9%
Rosetti Marino YRM.MIItaly$1.01B-9%+14%7%27.6×n/an/a
Superloop SLC.AXAustralia$1.01B-19%+22%5%30.8×28.0%+47.3%
Toenec 1946.TJapan$1.01B-32%+2%8%7.9×-2.3%+4.8%
Shenzhen Cheng Chung Design 002811.SZChina$949M+48%+28%13%n/a9.1%-6.2%
Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute 003013.SZChina$1.01B+9%-8%15%21.1×n/an/a
Jiangsu Libert 605167.SSChina$1.02B-24%-29%8%28.6×n/an/a
KEC International KEC.NSIndia$939M-46%-2%5%13.3×n/an/a
YIT YIT.HEFinland$938M+45%+10%3%75.2×12.8%-10.6%
Raito Kogyo 1926.TJapan$928M-5%+9%13%11.6×-8.0%+5.2%
Galliford Try GFRD.LUnited Kingdom$925M+31%+3%3%14.5×-0.8%+11.4%
Sentia SNTIA.OLNorway$924M+8%+15%5%14.3×-11.1%+4.2%
LS Marine Solution 060370.KSSouth Korea$924M-35%+21%6%55.0×n/an/a
HuaDian Heavy Industries 601226.SSChina$1.04B-32%+18%2%29.5×18.2%+3.2%
Hubei Chutian Smart Communication 600035.SSChina$918M-1%+34%9%n/an/an/a

Questions

Who are Kanadevia's main competitors?
Named competitors: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T), JFE Holdings (5411.T), Covanta (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes RAIZNEXT (6379.T), Welspun Enterprises (WELENT.NS), JSTI (300284.SZ), Acter Technology Integration (603163.SS), Yurtec (1934.T), East China Engineering Science and Technology (002140.SZ).
Is Kanadevia expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 6.3× against a peer median of 21.7×, cheapest of 19 in its peer set.
How has Kanadevia stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -23.3% against -8.5% for the median peer; over one year -15.4%.

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.