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Employees: 2,446
Size XEBIO (8281.T) is a Japan Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear Retail) with a market value of $298M, the 1363rd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,062 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.0%, against -6.0% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.6%); the operating margin is 1.4% (peer median 3.5%).
Valuation It trades at 0.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.7× (cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -9 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.8 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥256B | ¥252B | ¥251B | ¥242B | ¥239B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +3% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥96.4B | ¥88.6B | ¥92.2B | ¥88.5B | ¥88.3B |
| EBITDA | ¥10.5B | ¥9.34B | ¥12.9B | ¥9.30B | ¥12.4B |
| Net income | ¥369M | -¥2.16B | ¥971M | ¥2.59B | ¥5.40B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥2.31B | ¥5.34B | -¥52.0M | ¥3.56B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥10.3B | ¥9.09B | ¥7.25B | ¥5.64B |
| Total debt | ¥12.1B | ¥7.30B | ¥8.40B | ¥11.0B | ¥13.1B |
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| Measure | 8281.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -0.7% | +0.8% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +7.0% | -6.0% | 5th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -15.1% | -26.5% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.6% | +5.6% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 3.5% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| EV / Sales | 0.1× | 0.7× | cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.4% | 3.1% | 6th least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.5% | +5.8% | 6th lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -8.9 pp | -7.1 pp | 7th least demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.8 pp | -2.3 pp | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.0× | 3.1× | 2nd least indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XEBIO 8281.T | Japan | $298M | +7% | +3% | 1% | 0.1× | -4.4% | +4.5% |
| Baazar Style Retail STYLEBAAZA.NS | India | $314M | -6% | +35% | 5% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Designer Brands DBI | United States | $329M | -8% | -1% | 3% | 0.5× | 2.3% | +5.3% |
| J.Jill JILL | United States | $333M | +70% | -2% | 8% | 0.8× | -5.4% | +6.9% |
| Stitch Fix SFIX | United States | $346M | -23% | +6% | -2% | 0.2× | 10.2% | -8.5% |
| Smcp SMCP.PA | France | $368M | -17% | -1% | 9% | 0.7× | -6.7% | +6.9% |
| Citi Trends CTRN | United States | $375M | -3% | +11% | 1% | 0.6× | 49.7% | +0.9% |
| Genesco GCO | United States | $390M | +3% | +3% | 1% | 0.4× | 14.5% | +6.4% |
| Shoe Station SHOE | United States | $395M | -19% | -4% | 3% | 0.6× | 8.0% | +3.1% |
| Purple Style Labs PERNIASPOP.NS | India | $417M | n/a | +14% | -14% | 7.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Universal Store UNI.AX | Australia | $425M | +24% | +13% | 17% | 1.8× | 4.0% | +12.3% |
| United Arrows 7606.T | Japan | $426M | -1% | +8% | 6% | 0.4× | -10.9% | +6.2% |
| Jinfa Labi Maternity & Baby Articles 002762.SZ | China | $429M | -4% | +12% | -14% | 7.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Caleres CAL | United States | $438M | -6% | +7% | 4% | 0.5× | 0.4% | +5.4% |
| EEKA Fashion 3709.HK | Hong Kong | $442M | -20% | -4% | 8% | 0.6× | -19.3% | +2.6% |
| Lindex LINDEX.HE | Finland | $456M | +16% | +4% | 7% | 1.0× | -7.2% | +3.8% |
| Shenzhen Pengfei Green Energy Development 002356.SZ | China | $458M | -29% | -23% | n/a | 6.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Arvind Fashions ARVINDFASN.NS | India | $486M | -25% | +13% | 8% | 1.2× | 16.6% | +22.5% |
| Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ABFRL.NS | India | $503M | -42% | -27% | -8% | 0.6× | n/a | n/a |
| boohoo DEBS.L | United Kingdom | $526M | +46% | +120% | 0% | 0.5× | n/a | n/a |
| RVRC RVRC.ST | Sweden | $596M | -1% | +5% | 21% | 2.7× | 7.6% | +17.6% |