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Employees: 2,510
Size Maxvalu Tokai (8198.T) is a Japan Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $621M, the 964th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥3,075 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.5%, against -7.9% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 0.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.2%); the operating margin is 3.3% (peer median 2.6%).
Valuation It trades at 0.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.4× (2nd cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is -22 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 10.2 points above 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 | ¥385B | ¥385B | ¥377B | ¥367B | ¥351B |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +3% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥110B | ¥110B | ¥104B | ¥102B | ¥100B |
| EBITDA | ¥18.3B | ¥19.1B | ¥19.2B | ¥18.1B | ¥15.2B |
| Net income | ¥7.84B | ¥10.2B | ¥9.39B | ¥8.31B | ¥6.17B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥13.2B | -¥689M | ¥11.9B | ¥3.45B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥6.50B | ¥10.5B | ¥6.35B | ¥7.08B |
| Total debt | ¥4.53B | ¥1.40B | ¥1.74B | ¥1.64B | ¥1.87B |
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| Measure | 8198.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.2% | -0.8% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -10.5% | -7.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -22.1% | -29.5% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +0.9% | +2.2% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 2.6% | 9th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.1× | 0.4× | 2nd cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -20.0% | -3.2% | 2nd least demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.6% | +4.8% | 6th lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -21.6 pp | -5.3 pp | 3rd least demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +10.2 pp | +0.9 pp | 4th highest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -2.2× | 1.1× | least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxvalu Tokai 8198.T | Japan | $621M | -10% | +1% | 3% | 0.1× | -20.0% | +1.6% |
| Bestore 603719.SS | China | $587M | -11% | 0% | 0% | 0.5× | 6.3% | -7.0% |
| Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage NGVC | United States | $659M | +8% | +2% | 5% | 0.7× | 10.6% | +5.1% |
| Village Super Market VLGEA | United States | $551M | -8% | +4% | 3% | 0.3× | -2.5% | +3.5% |
| Yinchuan Xinhua Commercial 600785.SS | China | $540M | -8% | -2% | 4% | 1.1× | 2.7% | +0.9% |
| Aeon Hokkaido 7512.T | Japan | $719M | -4% | +3% | 2% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Liqun Commercial 601366.SS | China | $528M | -9% | -25% | -4% | 1.5× | 2.9% | -4.2% |
| Zhongbai 000759.SZ | China | $521M | 0% | -22% | -11% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Heiwado 8276.T | Japan | $749M | -2% | +2% | 3% | 0.2× | -3.8% | +0.7% |
| Halows 2742.T | Japan | $500M | -7% | +6% | 5% | 0.3× | -12.8% | +8.2% |
| JM Holdings Co., Ltd. 3539.T | Japan | $493M | +12% | +7% | 5% | 0.3× | -12.4% | +8.9% |
| Sanjiang Shopping Club 601116.SS | China | $833M | -26% | -7% | 3% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| WH Smith SMWH.L | United Kingdom | $851M | -10% | -31% | 8% | 1.3× | 9.1% | +8.8% |
| BELC 9974.T | Japan | $852M | -8% | +5% | 4% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| ARKO ARKO | United States | $445M | -42% | -2% | 2% | 0.2× | -4.2% | +13.8% |
| Axial Retailing 8255.T | Japan | $865M | +30% | +3% | 4% | 0.4× | -10.9% | +2.9% |
| Jiajiayue 603708.SS | China | $874M | -12% | 0% | 2% | 0.4× | -12.7% | +1.5% |
| Jiangxi Guoguang Commercial Chains 605188.SS | China | $908M | -26% | +3% | 1% | 2.1× | 27.5% | +4.6% |
| Guoquan Food (Shanghai) Company 2517.HK | Hong Kong | $422M | -62% | +25% | 6% | 0.2× | -17.7% | +20.5% |
| Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR DDL | United States | $413M | -30% | -44% | -1% | 0.1× | -20.2% | +15.6% |
| United Super Markets 3222.T | Japan | $999M | -7% | +11% | 0% | 0.2× | 31.5% | +5.6% |