Employees: 1,284
Size Takara & (7921.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $346M, the 1270th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥4,145 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 22.8%, against -21.0% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.2%); the operating margin is 15.3% (peer median 8.1%).
Valuation It trades at 1.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.9× (4th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 17.4 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 22 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥31.6B | ¥31.2B | ¥29.7B | ¥29.3B | ¥27.6B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +1% | +6% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥13.4B | ¥12.9B | ¥12.1B | ¥11.7B | ¥11.0B |
| EBITDA | ¥6.36B | ¥5.95B | ¥5.33B | ¥5.48B | ¥5.03B |
| Net income | ¥3.63B | ¥3.38B | ¥4.08B | ¥3.01B | ¥2.60B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥782M | ¥4.08B | ¥2.86B | ¥4.61B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥4.00B | ¥957M | ¥1.05B | ¥824M |
| Total debt | ¥29.2M | ¥83.6M | ¥209M | ¥107M | ¥367M |
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| Measure | 7921.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -0.2% | -4.4% | 10th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +22.8% | -21.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -13.6% | -41.3% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.9% | +5.2% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 8.1% | 5th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.1× | 2.9× | 4th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -11.6% | 7.1% | least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.7% | +11.8% | 5th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -16.3 pp | -8.7 pp | 5th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +17.4 pp | -2.7 pp | 4th highest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.6× | 9.9× | 3rd cheapest of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -3.0× | -0.7× | 2nd least indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takara & 7921.T | Japan | $346M | +23% | +4% | 15% | 1.1× | -11.6% | +4.7% |
| Insource 6200.T | Japan | $347M | -1% | +7% | 40% | 3.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Pico Far East 0752.HK | Hong Kong | $342M | -14% | +3% | 6% | 0.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Ridge Technology 300977.SZ | China | $349M | -27% | +13% | -2% | 2.7× | 33.2% | -4.0% |
| Zhejiang Xidamen New Material 605155.SS | China | $349M | -23% | +4% | 12% | 1.9× | -0.9% | +20.0% |
| Corporate Travel Management CTD.AX | Australia | $350M | -69% | +7% | 6% | 0.7× | 12.0% | +30.6% |
| Elixirr International ELIX.L | United Kingdom | $340M | -29% | +29% | 21% | 1.9× | 4.4% | +37.6% |
| Avacta AVCT.L | United Kingdom | $352M | -24% | -100% | -27,388% | 2,314.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Color Master Batch 301019.SZ | China | $354M | -31% | +14% | 21% | 4.0× | 10.4% | +1.8% |
| Tianjin LVYIN Landscape & Ecology Construction 002887.SZ | China | $354M | -41% | -8% | 12% | 6.1× | 11.3% | -13.0% |
| Keystone Law KEYS.L | United Kingdom | $335M | +38% | +21% | 9% | 1.9× | 7.3% | +15.9% |
| Qingdao Greensum Ecology 300948.SZ | China | $357M | -30% | +83% | -30% | 14.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Hackett HCKT | United States | $334M | +25% | -8% | 13% | 1.4× | -1.2% | +5.0% |
| Jiayuan Science And Technology 301117.SZ | China | $358M | -57% | -41% | -67% | 11.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Business Brain Showaota 9658.T | Japan | $332M | +63% | +6% | 7% | 1.1× | -1.2% | +7.6% |
| Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories 2395.T | Japan | $360M | -5% | +2% | 10% | 2.4× | 6.9% | +16.6% |
| ECOPRO HN 383310.KS | South Korea | $360M | -27% | -27% | 9% | 2.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Roma Green Finance ROMA | United States | $360M | -1% | -22% | -315% | 295.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan Guide Technology 301633.SZ | China | $331M | -19% | -32% | -11% | 5.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Optima Health OPT.L | United Kingdom | $361M | +29% | +15% | 3% | 2.8× | 29.6% | +1.5% |
| Globe-Ing 277A.T | Japan | $361M | -16% | +31% | 34% | 4.4× | -3.6% | +31.2% |