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Employees: 7,267
Size Daido Metal (7245.T) is a Japan Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $300M, the 1360th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,013 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.9%, against -23.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.6%); the operating margin is 6.0% (peer median 5.6%).
Valuation It trades at 9.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.0× (3rd cheapest of 10).
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 +11%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.7 points below its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥144B | ¥142B | ¥136B | ¥129B | ¥115B |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +6% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥36.3B | ¥34.2B | ¥32.2B | ¥29.8B | ¥24.7B |
| EBITDA | ¥19.3B | ¥19.1B | ¥17.4B | ¥16.5B | ¥12.8B |
| Net income | ¥4.83B | ¥4.40B | ¥2.72B | ¥2.57B | -¥2.21B |
| Free cash flow | ¥5.43B | ¥4.09B | ¥342M | ¥9.05B | ¥239M |
| Capital expenditure | ¥9.67B | ¥9.98B | ¥11.1B | ¥7.98B | ¥5.17B |
| Total debt | ¥63.8B | ¥65.9B | ¥65.8B | ¥63.4B | ¥61.9B |
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| Measure | 7245.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -22.1% | -13.2% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +15.9% | -23.6% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -45.5% | -40.8% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.3% | +1.6% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 5.6% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 9.0× | 14.0× | 3rd cheapest of 10 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 1.2% | -0.2% | 7th most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +10.9% | +5.4% | 2nd highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -9.7 pp | -4.2 pp | 6th least demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.7 pp | -0.8 pp | 8th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.8× | 5.7× | 6th cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.9× | 1.0× | 7th most indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daido Metal 7245.T | Japan | $300M | +16% | +5% | 6% | 9.0× | 1.2% | +10.9% |
| Sungwoo Hitech 015750.KS | South Korea | $302M | -42% | +2% | 5% | n/a | -9.0% | +8.1% |
| Ichikoh Industries,Ltd 7244.T | Japan | $304M | -2% | +2% | 6% | 8.7× | -7.1% | +0.6% |
| GuangDong HongTeo Technology 300176.SZ | China | $305M | -40% | +1% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wuxi Lihu 300694.SZ | China | $308M | -26% | -9% | 2% | n/a | 9.5% | +5.4% |
| Chengdu Shengbang Seals 301233.SZ | China | $310M | -29% | +1% | 17% | n/a | 10.1% | +10.0% |
| Changchun Yidong Clutch 600148.SS | China | $312M | -23% | +18% | 4% | n/a | 27.7% | -7.9% |
| Divgi TorqTransfer Systems DIVGIITTS.NS | India | $287M | +22% | +80% | 17% | 43.3× | 17.1% | +14.0% |
| HanJung NCS 107640.KS | South Korea | $286M | -37% | +18% | -1% | 834.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Kendrion KENDR.AS | Netherlands | $315M | -14% | -18% | 10% | 14.0× | -0.3% | -9.1% |
| Nanjing Chervon Auto Precision Technology 603982.SS | China | $315M | -24% | +4% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Mobitech Technology 301173.SZ | China | $316M | -36% | -5% | 8% | n/a | -14.0% | +4.1% |
| Titan International TWI | United States | $319M | -38% | -4% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cooper-Standard CPS | United States | $319M | -42% | +2% | 3% | 6.0× | n/a | n/a |
| CUB Elecparts 2231.TW | Taiwan | $319M | -34% | -21% | -5% | 17.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Unipres 5949.T | Japan | $325M | -7% | +2% | 4% | 11.2× | -14.1% | +6.5% |
| Suncall 5985.T | Japan | $273M | -16% | -23% | 13% | n/a | -5.1% | +5.4% |
| Mitsuba 7280.T | Japan | $333M | +2% | +3% | 7% | n/a | -16.1% | +5.3% |
| SuperAlloy Industrial 1563.TW | Taiwan | $335M | +60% | +3% | 8% | 13.5× | -0.1% | +5.1% |
| Uniparts India UNIPARTS.NS | India | $338M | +26% | +33% | 19% | 18.1× | 11.8% | +5.4% |
| Nihon Tokushu Toryo 4619.T | Japan | $346M | +23% | -4% | 7% | n/a | 2.1% | +5.2% |