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Shofu Inc.7979.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Health Care›Medical Specialties
Momentum strong 75
Mkt cap
$475M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
60%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.45M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+4.4 pp
WACC 5.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
96 days
10 Feb 2027
Close · JPY¥2,101
1D-2.8%
1W-6.9%
1M-7.4%
3M+0.6%
6M+27.2%
YTD+15.1%
1Y+8.1%
ATR %3.4%
52w lowhigh13.2% off high

What Shofu does

Employees: 1,462

Shofu at a glance

Size Shofu (7979.T) is a Japan Health Care company (Medical Specialties) with a market value of $475M, the 1098th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,101 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 27.2%, against -14.2% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 6.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.6%); the operating margin is 13.8% (peer median 6.3%).

Valuation It trades at 12.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.6× (3rd cheapest of 11).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.4 points above its cost of capital (5.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20267979.T 127Peer median 86
Six months, rebased to 100: Shofu against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Shofu financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥41.3B¥40.0B¥38.7B¥35.1B¥31.7B
Revenue growth—+3%+10%+11%—
Gross profit¥24.7B¥23.7B¥23.0B¥21.0B¥18.7B
EBITDA¥6.94B¥6.44B¥6.45B¥5.88B¥4.80B
Net income¥6.18B¥4.89B¥4.32B¥3.66B¥3.14B
Free cash flown/a-¥62.0M¥2.22B¥1.47B¥1.62B
Capital expendituren/a¥3.60B¥1.32B¥1.71B¥1.63B
Total debt¥1.32B¥257M¥213M¥457M¥1.34B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Shofu 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

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%-20%0%+20%6039870020161763300110688026301502300289MDXGCEVI9877ANGOREG1V300515468530BWAYRCEL7979.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Shofu is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%20×40×60×1763688026MDXGCEVI603309REG1V4549300515BWAY6883587979.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Shofu is the large dot.

Shofu competitors and peer comparison

How Shofu 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.

Shofu against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure7979.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.4%-4.6%7th lowest of 21
6-month return+27.2%-14.2%5th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-13.2%-36.7%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+6.5%+0.6%6th highest of 21
Operating margin13.8%6.3%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E12.2×22.6×3rd cheapest of 11
ROIC minus cost of capital+4.4 pp-2.5 pp6th highest of 18
EV / EBITDA9.2×25.3×2nd cheapest of 5
Net debt / EBITDA-1.6×-0.8×4th least indebted of 8

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
Shofu 7979.TJapan$475M+27%+7%14%12.2×n/an/a
Shanghai Kindly Enterprises Development 603987.SSChina$474M-14%0%11%n/a3.8%-2.8%
Guangdong Shirongzhaoye 002016.SZChina$473M-28%-31%3%n/a22.2%-11.7%
China Isotope & Radiation 1763.HKHong Kong$478M-38%-5%13%6.7×n/an/a
Huaren Pharmaceutical 300110.SZChina$472M-16%-3%6%n/a6.7%+0.3%
Guangzhou Jet Bio-Filtration 688026.SSChina$471M+40%+5%11%38.6×22.1%+2.2%
Jiangsu Huayang Intelligent Equipment 301502.SZChina$470M+35%-5%2%n/a42.6%+0.4%
Beijing Leadman Biochemistry 300289.SZChina$483M-11%-6%-12%n/a35.5%-6.9%
MiMedx MDXGUnited States$483M-8%-23%-8%59.1×11.5%+11.0%
CellaVision CEVI.STSweden$485M+68%+2%23%31.8×6.5%+10.0%
WELL LEAD MEDICAL 603309.SSChina$486M-19%+1%15%12.2×-5.6%+7.7%
Jenscare Scientific 9877.HKHong Kong$463M-32%+993%-106%n/an/an/a
AngioDynamics ANGOUnited States$493M+5%+8%-6%n/an/an/a
Revenio REG1V.HEFinland$494M-22%+16%14%18.5×19.3%+12.4%
Eiken Chemical 4549.TJapan$454M-29%+4%6%23.6×n/an/a
Hunan Sundy Science and Technology 300515.SZChina$453M-13%+10%27%14.1×0.9%+15.6%
Wuhan Easy Diagnosis Biomedicine 002932.SZChina$499M-14%-9%-51%n/an/an/a
PROTEINA 468530.KSSouth Korea$450M-2%-59%-1,178%n/an/an/a
Brainsway Ltd Sponsored ADR BWAYUnited States$450M-35%+32%12%27.4×34.3%+18.8%
Chison Medical Technologies 688358.SSChina$443M-16%-1%19%21.6×11.8%+5.6%
AVITA Medical RCELUnited States$513M+304%+1%-47%n/an/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Shofu's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Shanghai Kindly Enterprises Development (603987.SS), Guangdong Shirongzhaoye (002016.SZ), China Isotope & Radiation (1763.HK), Huaren Pharmaceutical (300110.SZ), Guangzhou Jet Bio-Filtration (688026.SS), Jiangsu Huayang Intelligent Equipment (301502.SZ), Beijing Leadman Biochemistry (300289.SZ), MiMedx (MDXG).
Is Shofu expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.2× against a peer median of 22.6×, 3rd cheapest of 11 in its peer set.
How has Shofu stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +27.2% against -14.2% for the median peer; over one year +8.1%.

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.