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Toppan Holdings Inc7911.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Commercial Printing/Forms

Japanese printing group that also makes semiconductor photomasks, packaging and electronic materials.

≈ A smaller RR Donnelley plus electronics materialsMomentum neutral 47
Mkt cap
$6.77B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
60%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$47.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
15.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-3.3 pp
WACC 6.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
7 days
13 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥4,843
1Dn/a
1W+3.9%
1M-3.2%
3M-3.7%
6M-2.7%
YTD+4.6%
1Y+24.8%
ATR %3.8%
52w lowhigh17.8% off high

What Toppan does

Japanese printing group that also makes semiconductor photomasks, packaging and electronic materials.

Earns from large print and packaging contracts, document services for banks and governments, and from its electronics business, where photomasks (stencil plates used to print circuits onto chips) and display materials are made. It is organised as a holding company over operating subsidiaries, with the aim of growing beyond print.

In one line: A smaller RR Donnelley plus electronics materials.

Products and services

  • Commercial/security printing
  • Packaging
  • Semiconductor photomasks
  • Display materials

Customers

  • Publishers/corporates (printing)
  • Semiconductor foundries (photomasks)
  • Packaged goods makers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Printing & materials
  • Commercial printing + electronics…
  • Printing, packaging, semiconductor…

What could go right

  • Semiconductor photomask demand growth

What could go wrong

  • Structural decline in print volumes

Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification). Photomask and electronics-materials know-how diversify beyond declining print demand.

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 1900 · Employees: 54,371

Named competitors

Toppan at a glance

Size Toppan (7911.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Commercial Printing/Forms) with a market value of $6.77B, the 187th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥4,843 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.7%, against -13.8% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.5%); the operating margin is 4.0% (peer median 7.8%).

Valuation It trades at 15.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.5× (8th cheapest of 15).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.3 points below its cost of capital (6.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20267911.T 105Peer median 86
Six months, rebased to 100: Toppan against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Toppan financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥1.86T¥1.81T¥1.72T¥1.68T¥1.64T
Revenue growth—+5%+2%+2%—
Gross profit¥440B¥431B¥420B¥393B¥368B
EBITDA¥161B¥155B¥167B¥161B¥152B
Net income¥77.1B¥64.8B¥90.1B¥74.2B¥60.9B
Free cash flown/a-¥42.7B-¥57.8B¥75.4B¥40.7B
Capital expendituren/a¥148B¥145B¥102B¥84.1B
Total debt¥544B¥528B¥488B¥223B¥239B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Toppan competitor charts

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.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%+20%79122076300364FOURCMPRDLX600681002229002191002599002117EBF603058TCPLPACKQUAD000695WPL7911.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Toppan is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%0×500×1,000×79122076300364FOURCMPRDLX0021910021177868WPL7911.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Toppan is the large dot.

Toppan competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (7911.T vs 7912.T vs PLAB vs 7741.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Toppan 7911.T$6.77B-3%+9%4%15.0×n/a
Dai Nippon Printing 7912.T$6.96B-14%+4%7%11.8×n/a
Photronics PLAB$1.61B-49%+1%22%13.3×1.9%
Hoya 7741.T$47.4B-23%+13%31%26.7×13.3%
Amcor AMCR$20.7B+14%+57%9%n/a5.8%
Toyo Seikan 5901.T$3.69B+34%+6%6%20.4×-2.7%

How Toppan 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.

Toppan against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure7911.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.2%-6.1%9th highest of 21
6-month return-2.7%-13.8%7th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-17.8%-35.0%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+9.0%+0.5%6th highest of 20
Operating margin4.0%7.8%7th lowest of 20
Forward P/E15.0×14.5×8th cheapest of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.3 pp+1.6 pp8th lowest of 18
EV / EBITDA7.7×8.0×6th cheapest of 13
Net debt / EBITDA0.6×1.6×5th least indebted of 13

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
Toppan 7911.TJapan$6.77B-3%+9%4%15.0×n/an/a
Dai Nippon Printing 7912.TJapan$6.96B-14%+4%7%11.8×n/an/a
Kanzhun 2076.HKHong Kong$8.39B+23%+16%33%13.7×6.3%+32.6%
COL Global 300364.SZChina$2.86B-9%+9%-16%1,310.0×n/an/a
4imprint FOUR.LUnited Kingdom$1.65B+23%-4%10%16.7×10.2%+18.5%
Cimpress CMPRUnited States$1.39B-38%+10%6%12.4×5.4%+7.7%
Deluxe DLXUnited States$1.22B0%0%13%6.6×2.1%+3.6%
Manipal Payment and Identity Solutions MPIMANIPAL.NSIndia$768Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Bestsun Energy 600681.SSChina$696M-15%-7%10%n/a-8.3%+3.9%
Hongbo 002229.SZChina$677M-44%-59%-47%n/an/an/a
Shenzhen Jinjia 002191.SZChina$674M-16%+32%-16%33.1×n/an/a
Beijing Shengtong Printing 002599.SZChina$552M-17%-4%0%40.8×28.4%0.0%
Tungkong 002117.SZChina$543M-32%-12%12%22.3×5.7%+0.3%
Ennis EBFUnited States$528M+1%+2%14%13.3×-12.4%+1.9%
Yongji Printing 603058.SSChina$492M-28%-15%8%n/a25.0%+15.1%
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
Wirtualna Polska WPL.WAPoland$364M-6%+39%11%11.4×-5.0%+28.5%

Questions

Who are Toppan's main competitors?
Named competitors: Dai Nippon Printing (7912.T), Photronics (PLAB), Hoya (7741.T), Amcor (AMCR), Toyo Seikan Group Holdings (5901.T), Kyodo Printing (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Dai Nippon Printing (7912.T), Kanzhun (2076.HK), COL Global (300364.SZ), 4imprint (FOUR.L), Cimpress (CMPR), Deluxe (DLX).
Is Toppan expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 15.0× against a peer median of 14.5×, 8th cheapest of 15 in its peer set.
How has Toppan stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -2.7% against -13.8% for the median peer; over one year +24.8%.

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.