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Kohnan Shoji Co., Ltd.7516.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Consumer Discretionary›Home Improvement Chains
Momentum leader 84
Mkt cap
$925M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
51%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.81M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
10.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-0.5 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-3 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
67 days
12 Jan 2027
Close · JPY¥4,640
1D-4.5%
1W+1.4%
1M+6.9%
3M+11.4%
6M+14.6%
YTD+15.6%
1Y+19.3%
ATR %2.5%
52w lowhigh4.5% off high

What Kohnan Shoji does

Employees: 5,244

Kohnan Shoji at a glance

Size Kohnan Shoji (7516.T) is a Japan Consumer Discretionary company (Home Improvement Chains) with a market value of $925M, the 767th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥4,640 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 14.6%, against +12.8% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 11 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 6.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.9%); the operating margin is 4.7% (peer median 5.8%).

Valuation It trades at 10.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.1× (2nd cheapest of 9).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.5 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20267516.T 116Peer median 113
Six months, rebased to 100: Kohnan Shoji against the median of its 10 peers (local-currency closes).

Kohnan Shoji financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-02-28. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥542B¥520B¥501B¥473B¥439B
Revenue growth—+4%+6%+8%—
Gross profit¥213B¥203B¥197B¥187B¥176B
EBITDA¥43.7B¥40.2B¥41.8B¥39.9B¥36.6B
Net income¥13.9B¥12.3B¥14.2B¥14.1B¥13.2B
Free cash flown/a¥9.12B¥2.23B¥4.50B-¥5.12B
Capital expendituren/a¥14.7B¥21.1B¥18.8B¥15.6B
Total debt¥219B¥219B¥207B¥197B¥172B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Kohnan Shoji competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%0%+10%+20%31919842813082183050HBHBMAXVIC2790CLAS-B7516.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Kohnan Shoji is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%10×15×20×9842813082183050HBHBMAXVICCLAS-B7516.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Kohnan Shoji is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%-10%0%10%31919842813082183050HBHBMAXVICCLAS-B7516.TGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Kohnan Shoji is the large dot.

Kohnan Shoji competitors and peer comparison

How Kohnan Shoji 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.

Kohnan Shoji against its 10 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure7516.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+6.9%+4.9%5th highest of 11
6-month return+14.6%+12.8%6th highest of 11
Distance from 52-week high-4.5%-7.2%4th highest of 11
Revenue growth (TTM)+6.3%+4.9%4th highest of 11
Operating margin4.7%5.8%4th lowest of 11
Forward P/E10.1×13.1×2nd cheapest of 9
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)0.4%-0.4%5th most demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)+3.3%+3.4%5th lowest of 10
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-2.9 pp-4.5 pp5th most demanding of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.5 pp+0.1 pp4th lowest of 11
EV / EBITDA8.0×7.5×5th most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA4.6×1.2×most indebted of 11

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
Kohnan Shoji 7516.TJapan$925M+15%+6%5%10.1×0.4%+3.3%
Joyful Honda 3191.TJapan$859M+10%+5%6%n/a1.1%+0.3%
Arclands 9842.TJapan$748M+6%+8%4%9.4×2.2%+14.2%
Sangetsu 8130.TJapan$1.15B+4%+4%10%13.7×-10.8%+7.3%
Komeri 8218.TJapan$1.21B+17%+3%6%11.8×-6.8%0.0%
DCM 3050.TJapan$1.40B+10%+5%6%12.5×-1.7%+2.9%
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA HBH.DEGermany$1.66B+18%+5%4%10.2×-3.6%+3.4%
Byggmax BMAX.STSweden$393M+42%+2%6%13.7×-0.4%-2.0%
Victorian Plumbing VIC.LUnited Kingdom$386M+15%+7%6%16.9×11.0%+8.2%
NAFCO 2790.TJapan$346M-12%-3%1%n/an/an/a
Clas Ohlson CLAS-B.STSweden$3.49B+33%+10%13%23.7×6.8%+8.6%

Questions

Which companies are Kohnan Shoji's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Joyful Honda (3191.T), Arclands (9842.T), Sangetsu (8130.T), Komeri (8218.T), DCM (3050.T), HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (HBH.DE), Byggmax (BMAX.ST), Victorian Plumbing (VIC.L).
Is Kohnan Shoji expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 10.1× against a peer median of 13.1×, 2nd cheapest of 9 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Kohnan Shoji stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +14.6% against +12.8% for the median peer; over one year +19.3%.

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.