Employees: 2,160
Size Wakita & (8125.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Wholesale Distributors) with a market value of $621M, the 963rd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,887 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.0%, against -10.8% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.3%); the operating margin is 5.5% (peer median 4.7%).
Valuation It trades at 1.0× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.6× (8th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.3 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 8 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥97.3B | ¥93.2B | ¥92.3B | ¥88.7B | ¥78.9B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +4% | +12% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥28.8B | ¥27.4B | ¥26.9B | ¥24.9B | ¥20.9B |
| EBITDA | ¥14.3B | ¥13.6B | ¥14.5B | ¥13.7B | ¥13.1B |
| Net income | ¥3.33B | ¥3.45B | ¥3.91B | ¥3.16B | ¥3.90B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥11.8B | ¥15.1B | ¥11.3B | -¥1.77B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥689M | ¥516M | ¥1.48B | ¥5.94B |
| Total debt | ¥10.6B | ¥18.2B | ¥20.4B | ¥20.4B | ¥18.6B |
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| Measure | 8125.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -0.1% | -3.4% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +4.0% | -10.8% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -11.9% | -24.2% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.7% | +5.3% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 4.7% | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.0× | 1.6× | 8th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 0.1% | 2.5% | 4th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.7% | +8.3% | 4th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -4.6 pp | -5.8 pp | 7th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.3 pp | -1.0 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.9× | 9.7× | 3rd cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.0× | 1.7× | 4th least indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakita & 8125.T | Japan | $621M | +4% | +4% | 6% | 1.0× | 0.1% | +4.7% |
| Shanghai Bloom Technology 603325.SS | China | $628M | -19% | -34% | 14% | 3.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Tachibana Eletech 8159.T | Japan | $629M | +43% | +10% | 4% | 0.4× | 3.0% | +7.1% |
| ADENTRA ADEN.TO | Canada | $610M | +2% | +1% | 4% | 0.6× | -0.4% | +20.3% |
| Meier Tobler MTG.SW | Switzerland | $610M | +41% | +2% | 4% | 1.1× | 5.5% | +0.4% |
| Doman Building Materials DBM.TO | Canada | $633M | -1% | +2% | 5% | 0.6× | 2.0% | +14.1% |
| Zhejiang He Chuan Technology 688320.SS | China | $638M | -15% | +45% | -10% | 3.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Guomai Culture & Media 301052.SZ | China | $603M | +26% | -34% | -19% | 8.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Alligo ALLIGO-B.ST | Sweden | $600M | -15% | +5% | 6% | 0.9× | 0.5% | +9.7% |
| Thermador Groupe THEP.PA | France | $646M | -9% | +8% | 12% | 1.0× | -2.4% | +4.9% |
| Seika 8061.T | Japan | $594M | -13% | +12% | 8% | 0.9× | 4.2% | +8.6% |
| Momentum MMGR-B.ST | Sweden | $650M | +14% | +6% | 10% | 2.2× | 3.8% | +21.2% |
| Lubair Aviation Technology 001316.SZ | China | $672M | -25% | +32% | 20% | 2.9× | -0.8% | +11.0% |
| Vulcan Steel VSL.AX | Australia | $573M | -1% | +15% | 6% | 1.3× | 16.3% | +8.0% |
| Gifore Agricultural Science & Technology Service 300022.SZ | China | $571M | -21% | +8% | 0% | 1.5× | 39.8% | +2.1% |
| Tianjin TEDA Resources Recycling 000652.SZ | China | $683M | -27% | -66% | 3% | 4.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Heshun Petroleum 603353.SS | China | $684M | -38% | -10% | -2% | 1.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Soft99 4464.T | Japan | $562M | +11% | +5% | 14% | 2.0× | 1.9% | +3.1% |
| Zheshang Development 000906.SZ | China | $554M | -18% | +13% | 0% | 0.1× | n/a | n/a |
| CITIC Niya Wine 600084.SS | China | $701M | -22% | +5% | -17% | 28.2× | n/a | n/a |
| ACG Metals ACG.L | United Kingdom | $548M | +15% | +16% | 44% | 4.5× | n/a | n/a |