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KOSAIDO Holdings Co.Ltd.7868.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Commercial Printing/Forms
Momentum weak 20
Mkt cap
$434M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
31%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.43M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
15.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+5.6 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-16 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥463
1D-7.4%
1W-8.0%
1M-11.5%
3M-9.6%
6M-23.6%
YTD+2.4%
1Y+8.2%
ATR %3.6%
52w lowhigh38.5% off high

What KOSAIDO does

Employees: 1,002

KOSAIDO at a glance

Size KOSAIDO (7868.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Commercial Printing/Forms) with a market value of $434M, the 1146th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥463 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.6%, against -15.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 5.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.5%); the operating margin is 18.0% (peer median 5.0%).

Valuation It trades at 15.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.3× (5th most expensive of 11).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.6 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 837868.T 76
Six months, rebased to 100: KOSAIDO against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

KOSAIDO financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥35.6B¥36.2B¥38.3B¥36.2B¥36.7B
Revenue growth—-5%+6%-1%—
Gross profit¥13.4B¥13.8B¥16.1B¥14.2B¥12.3B
EBITDA¥8.20B¥8.73B¥10.5B¥8.48B¥6.81B
Net income¥4.60B¥4.74B¥4.46B¥4.89B¥4.04B
Free cash flown/a¥17.5B-¥10.7B¥6.98B¥4.42B
Capital expendituren/a¥3.31B¥2.30B¥3.06B¥2.16B
Total debt¥14.8B¥16.1B¥23.0B¥22.9B¥24.6B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

KOSAIDO competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%TCPLPACK000812QUAD000695603058WPLEBF78600028360021170025993005563012707915002191002229DLXCMPR7868.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. KOSAIDO is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%20×40×TCPLPACKQUADWPLEBF7860002117002599002191DLXCMPR7868.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. KOSAIDO is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%TCPLPACKQUAD603058WPLEBF78600028360021170025993012707915600681DLXCMPR7868.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. KOSAIDO is the large dot.

KOSAIDO competitors and peer comparison

How KOSAIDO 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.

KOSAIDO against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure7868.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-11.5%-7.6%7th lowest of 21
6-month return-23.6%-15.6%7th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-38.5%-38.2%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-5.5%+0.5%6th lowest of 20
Operating margin18.0%5.0%highest of 20
Forward P/E15.2×13.3×5th most expensive of 11
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-13.5%5.6%least demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+2.8%+3.7%7th lowest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-16.3 pp+1.1 pp3rd least demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+5.6 pp+1.6 pp7th highest of 20
EV / EBITDA7.4×8.0×5th cheapest of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-0.9×2.2×2nd least 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
KOSAIDO 7868.TJapan$434M-24%-5%18%15.2×-13.5%+2.8%
TCPL Packaging TCPLPACK.NSIndia$427M+58%+5%12%28.0×22.0%+15.0%
Shaanxi Jinye Science Technology and Education 000812.SZChina$406M-13%+1%-8%n/an/an/a
Quad/Graphics QUADUnited States$388M+2%-5%5%5.8×-7.0%-3.8%
Tianjin Binhai Energy & Development 000695.SZChina$386M-28%+57%-8%n/an/an/a
Yongji Printing 603058.SSChina$492M-28%-15%8%n/a25.0%+15.1%
Wirtualna Polska WPL.WAPoland$364M-6%+39%11%11.4×-5.0%+28.5%
Ennis EBFUnited States$528M+1%+2%14%13.3×-12.4%+1.9%
Avex 7860.TJapan$353M+3%+7%3%13.2×-12.9%+12.4%
Guangdong New Grand Long Packing 002836.SZChina$348M-25%+6%8%n/a19.1%+15.4%
Tungkong 002117.SZChina$543M-32%-12%12%22.3×5.7%+0.3%
Beijing Shengtong Printing 002599.SZChina$552M-17%-4%0%40.8×28.4%0.0%
Silkroad Vision Technology 300556.SZChina$328M-9%+52%-2%n/an/an/a
Beijing Hanyi Innovation Technology 301270.SZChina$314M-19%-7%0%n/a46.1%-0.7%
Nissha 7915.TJapan$303M-19%0%2%n/a6.5%+1.6%
Shenzhen Jinjia 002191.SZChina$674M-16%+32%-16%33.1×n/an/a
Hongbo 002229.SZChina$677M-44%-59%-47%n/an/an/a
Bestsun Energy 600681.SSChina$696M-15%-7%10%n/a-8.3%+3.9%
Manipal Payment and Identity Solutions MPIMANIPAL.NSIndia$768Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Deluxe DLXUnited States$1.22B0%0%13%6.6×2.1%+3.6%
Cimpress CMPRUnited States$1.39B-38%+10%6%12.4×5.4%+7.7%

Questions

Which companies are KOSAIDO's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: TCPL Packaging (TCPLPACK.NS), Shaanxi Jinye Science Technology and Education (000812.SZ), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), Tianjin Binhai Energy & Development (000695.SZ), Yongji Printing (603058.SS), Wirtualna Polska (WPL.WA), Ennis (EBF), Avex (7860.T).
Is KOSAIDO expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 15.2× against a peer median of 13.3×, 5th most expensive of 11 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has KOSAIDO stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -23.6% against -15.6% for the median peer; over one year +8.2%.

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.