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Japanese karaoke company making DAM-brand karaoke systems and operating the Big Echo chain of karaoke box venues.
Japanese karaoke company making DAM-brand karaoke systems and operating the Big Echo chain of karaoke box venues.
Rents its DAM machines to bars, hotels and karaoke boxes rather than selling them, and collects ongoing content fees as songs are played, which builds on an installed base. The Big Echo venues earn from room charges, food and drink, so they are more sensitive to people going out.
In one line: Japan's leading karaoke-machine maker and karaoke-room operator, a category with no direct.
Moat: narrow (installed base, brand). Large installed base of DAM karaoke machines and licensed song catalog create switching costs for venue operators.
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 1970 · Employees: 3,694
Size Daiichikosho (7458.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Wholesale Distributors) with a market value of $1.13B, the 686th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,721 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.0%, against -18.7% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.4%); the operating margin is 11.4% (peer median 6.8%).
Valuation It trades at 13.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.6× (5th cheapest of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.3 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 | ¥164B | ¥163B | ¥153B | ¥147B | ¥128B |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | +4% | +15% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥56.8B | ¥55.4B | ¥53.1B | ¥51.9B | ¥43.7B |
| EBITDA | ¥36.6B | ¥35.5B | ¥33.3B | ¥31.6B | ¥23.9B |
| Net income | ¥15.5B | ¥15.9B | ¥18.2B | ¥12.6B | ¥8.32B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥8.31B | ¥9.60B | -¥18.9B | ¥17.4B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥23.3B | ¥21.0B | ¥50.6B | ¥11.9B |
| Total debt | ¥54.7B | ¥54.9B | ¥53.6B | ¥64.4B | ¥44.6B |
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| Measure | 7458.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -1.7% | -6.6% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +6.0% | -18.7% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -10.3% | -33.9% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.4% | +10.4% | 4th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 6.8% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 13.0× | 19.6× | 5th cheapest of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -6.0% | -6.3% | 6th most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +11.8% | +8.8% | 4th highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -17.8 pp | -10.8 pp | 4th least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +4.3 pp | +1.4 pp | 5th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.3× | 10.2× | cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.4× | -0.2× | 6th most indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daiichikosho 7458.T | Japan | $1.13B | +6% | +4% | 11% | 13.0× | -6.0% | +11.8% |
| Innovation Medical Management 002173.SZ | China | $1.12B | -29% | -13% | -18% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Imdex IMD.AX | Australia | $1.15B | -21% | +21% | 16% | 24.5× | 20.1% | +14.5% |
| Brighton-Best International (Taiwan) 8415.TWO | Taiwan | $1.11B | +5% | +11% | 20% | 7.8× | -8.8% | +8.8% |
| Techstorm Advanced Material 601026.SS | China | $1.16B | -33% | +8% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chengdu Haoneng Technology 603809.SS | China | $1.16B | -23% | +18% | 10% | 20.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Dongguan Aohai Technology 002993.SZ | China | $1.10B | -44% | +122% | 1% | 19.6× | n/a | n/a |
| BayWa BYW.DE | Germany | $1.07B | -58% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Supply Network SNL.AX | Australia | $1.06B | +12% | +16% | 17% | 26.9× | 11.7% | +19.9% |
| Zhejiang Songyuan Automotive Safety Systems 300893.SZ | China | $1.06B | -34% | +27% | 12% | 20.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Redox RDX.AX | Australia | $1.22B | +2% | +7% | 11% | 17.5× | -7.8% | +10.8% |
| Beijing Geekplus Technology 2590.HK | Hong Kong | $1.05B | -67% | +33% | 0% | 478.1× | n/a | n/a |
| China Agricultural Development Seed 600313.SS | China | $1.04B | -16% | +35% | 1% | n/a | 21.8% | +12.7% |
| Gansu Guofang Industry & Trade (Group) 601086.SS | China | $1.27B | +42% | +17% | 7% | n/a | 33.6% | -4.8% |
| Totech 9960.T | Japan | $1.00B | 0% | +6% | 10% | 10.7× | 5.4% | +9.2% |
| Deep Source 0990.HK | Hong Kong | $1.00B | -31% | +7% | 2% | n/a | -13.6% | +6.1% |
| Inabata & 8098.T | Japan | $1.31B | +6% | +5% | 3% | n/a | -7.8% | +7.6% |
| Yamazen 8051.T | Japan | $978M | +13% | +7% | 2% | n/a | -6.3% | +4.5% |
| Taikisha 1979.T | Japan | $1.32B | -5% | -1% | 8% | 10.6× | -13.3% | +7.2% |
| Trusco Nakayama 9830.T | Japan | $958M | +6% | +10% | 7% | 9.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Cogeneration 605011.SS | China | $956M | -23% | -1% | 5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |