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Japanese restaurant holding company behind Gyu-Kaku yakiniku, Kappa Sushi and other chains, with overseas outlets and a food-processing arm.
Japanese restaurant holding company behind Gyu-Kaku yakiniku, Kappa Sushi and other chains, with overseas outlets and a food-processing arm.
Runs restaurants through subsidiaries and franchisees, earning from food and drink sales at its own outlets and from franchise fees at others, and makes some food products for them. The Gyu-Kaku grilled-meat and Kappa Sushi chains are the best-known brands; it has grown by taking over other chains.
In one line: A restaurant holding conglomerate spanning many izakaya/yakiniku brands.
Moat: none (scale). Broad brand portfolio and purchasing scale, but restaurant dining is highly competitive with low switching costs.
Headquarters: Yokohama, Japan · Founded: 1963 · Employees: 5,907
Size Colowide (7616.T) is a Japan Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $1.51B, the 573rd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,245 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 21.3%, against +27.0% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 16.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 3.9% (peer median 6.7%).
Valuation It trades at 1.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.5× (9th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +1 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.2 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥318B | ¥300B | ¥269B | ¥241B | ¥221B |
| Revenue growth | — | +11% | +12% | +9% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥190B | ¥153B | ¥133B | ¥117B | ¥102B |
| EBITDA | ¥41.9B | ¥39.8B | ¥33.8B | ¥31.5B | ¥22.5B |
| Net income | ¥2.58B | ¥2.23B | ¥1.25B | ¥2.90B | -¥6.80B |
| Free cash flow | ¥17.6B | ¥16.5B | ¥17.4B | ¥16.9B | ¥19.6B |
| Capital expenditure | ¥12.9B | ¥12.2B | ¥11.4B | ¥13.0B | ¥9.22B |
| Total debt | ¥217B | ¥187B | ¥163B | ¥155B | ¥157B |
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.
| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colowide 7616.T | $1.51B | +21% | +16% | 4% | 1.4× | 13.6% |
| Skylark 3197.T | $5.18B | +19% | +11% | 7% | 1.9× | 6.4% |
| Zensho 7550.T | $12.2B | +41% | +12% | 7% | 1.6× | 6.1% |
| Food & Life Companies 3563.T | $7.34B | +12% | +24% | 10% | 2.6× | 6.9% |
| Kura Sushi 2695.T | $848M | -2% | +4% | 1% | 0.7× | 21.5% |
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.
| Measure | 7616.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +14.1% | +1.9% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +21.3% | +27.0% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -7.3% | -12.8% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +16.4% | +5.5% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 6.7% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.4× | 1.5× | 9th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 13.6% | 9.5% | 7th most demanding of 20 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +12.3% | +12.4% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +1.4 pp | -2.2 pp | 9th most demanding of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.2 pp | +1.3 pp | 7th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7× | 11.9× | 7th cheapest of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.2× | 3.3× | 5th most indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colowide 7616.T | Japan | $1.51B | +21% | +16% | 4% | 1.4× | 13.6% | +12.3% |
| Monogatari 3097.T | Japan | $1.50B | +43% | +22% | 8% | 1.6× | 2.0% | +18.8% |
| Domino's Pizza Enterprises DMP.AX | Australia | $1.48B | +48% | -11% | 5% | 1.5× | 17.9% | -1.4% |
| Wendy's WEN | United States | $1.55B | +12% | -1% | 13% | 2.3× | 2.4% | +4.7% |
| Arcos Dorados ARCO | United States | $1.45B | -23% | +11% | 6% | 0.7× | -3.5% | +18.7% |
| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store CBRL | United States | $1.45B | +106% | -5% | 0% | 0.7× | 14.0% | +3.3% |
| Sweetgreen SG | United States | $1.43B | +72% | -1% | -18% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Travel Food Services TRAVELFOOD.NS | India | $1.63B | -6% | -2% | 30% | 8.9× | 13.0% | +15.6% |
| Devyani International DEVYANI.NS | India | $1.68B | +8% | +14% | 4% | 3.3× | 52.1% | +37.6% |
| J D Wetherspoon JDW.L | United Kingdom | $1.33B | +69% | +5% | 5% | 0.9× | 7.7% | +23.7% |
| Guangzhou Restaurant 603043.SS | China | $1.31B | 0% | +9% | 11% | 1.6× | -3.5% | +10.4% |
| Guzman y Gomez GYG.AX | Australia | $1.82B | +55% | +19% | 17% | 5.6× | 32.7% | +34.2% |
| Yoshinoya 9861.T | Japan | $1.84B | +42% | +10% | 4% | 1.2× | 11.2% | +5.8% |
| SSP SSPG.L | United Kingdom | $1.87B | +17% | +5% | 7% | 1.0× | 2.6% | +20.5% |
| Domino's Pizza DOM.L | United Kingdom | $1.19B | +24% | +6% | 15% | 2.0× | 9.5% | +6.3% |
| BJ's Restaurants BJRI | United States | $1.18B | +30% | +4% | 3% | 1.1× | 26.8% | +12.4% |
| Xiaocaiyuan International 0999.HK | Hong Kong | $1.17B | +16% | +3% | 15% | 1.4× | -9.6% | +15.8% |
| Ohsho Food Service 9936.T | Japan | $1.11B | -1% | 0% | 7% | 1.5× | 4.2% | +7.7% |
| Westlife Foodworld WESTLIFE.NS | India | $1.08B | +31% | +10% | 5% | 4.3× | 49.0% | +21.7% |
| Ichibanya 7630.T | Japan | $1.06B | +21% | +8% | 6% | 2.3× | 12.2% | +8.2% |
| Doutor Nichires 3087.T | Japan | $1.03B | +33% | +8% | 7% | 0.8× | -4.7% | +10.6% |