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Tokyo Century Corporation8439.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Financials›Finance/Rental/Leasing

Diversified leasing and financial services company, leasing autos, aircraft, equipment and real estate.

≈ A diversified leasing company like GATX/Air Lease combinedMomentum neutral 55
Mkt cap
$7.50B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
25%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$11.7M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.01×
price to book
ROE
11.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
7.7%
what the price asks
Next earnings
3 days
9 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥2,408
1D-6.1%
1W-5.1%
1M-8.9%
3M-4.7%
6M+11.9%
YTD+18.7%
1Y+28.7%
ATR %2.6%
52w lowhigh13.8% off high

What Tokyo Century does

Diversified leasing and financial services company, leasing autos, aircraft, equipment and real estate.

Buys equipment, vehicles and aircraft and rents them out, earning lease income and gains when assets are resold or leases end, funded by bank loans and bonds, so funding costs matter. Backed by Itochu and Mizuho as long-standing shareholders.

In one line: A diversified leasing company like GATX/Air Lease combined.

Products and services

  • Auto leasing
  • Aircraft leasing
  • Equipment/real estate leasing
  • Specialty finance

Customers

  • Corporates (equipment leasing)
  • Airlines (aircraft leasing)
  • Auto fleet customers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Diversified leasing & finance
  • Auto, aircraft, equipment leasing

What could go right

  • Aircraft leasing demand recovery

What could go wrong

  • Interest rate/funding cost sensitivity

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Diversified leasing scale and ties to Mizuho/Itochu group provide funding and deal flow.

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 1969 · Employees: 8,583

Named competitors

Tokyo Century at a glance

Size Tokyo Century (8439.T) is a Japan Financials company (Finance/Rental/Leasing) with a market value of $7.50B, the 171st largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,408 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 11.9%, against -9.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.5%); the operating margin is 10.6% (peer median 34.5%).

Valuation It trades at 1.01× book value against a peer median of 1.82× (7th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 7.7%; Tokyo Century delivers 11.6%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20268439.T 111Peer median 90
Six months, rebased to 100: Tokyo Century against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Tokyo Century financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥1.50T¥1.46T¥1.37T¥1.35T¥1.32T
Revenue growth—+7%+2%+2%—
Gross profit¥343B¥328B¥280B¥253B¥226B
EBITDA¥448B¥432B¥383B¥351B¥319B
Net income¥124B¥111B¥85.3B¥72.1B¥4.77B
Free cash flown/a-¥92.8B¥94.7B-¥121B-¥18.9B
Capital expendituren/a¥20.8B¥17.8B¥15.1B¥9.63B
Total debt¥5.37T¥5.17T¥4.95T¥4.78T¥4.54T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Tokyo Century 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

-20%0%-10%0%+10%LTFPIRAMALFIN2588FCFSBAJAJHFLRECLTD600901AYVOMFSBICARD5871EFNCACCFIGRHRIIRFCSUNDARMFINALLYPFC8439.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Tokyo Century is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%15%20%10×20×30×LTFPIRAMALFIN2588FCFSBAJAJHFLRECLTD600901AYVOMFSBICARD5871EFNCACCFIGRHRIIRFCSUNDARMFINALLYPFC85938439.TReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Tokyo Century is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%40%20%40%LTFPIRAMALFIN2588FCFSBAJAJHFLRECLTD600901AYVOMFSBICARD5871CACCFIGRHRIIRFCSUNDARMFINALLY85938439.TROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Tokyo Century is the large dot.

Tokyo Century competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (8439.T vs 5871.TW vs 8591.T vs 8593.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Tokyo Century 8439.T$7.50B+12%+8%12%1.01×7.7%
Chailease 5871.TW$5.74B-10%-4%12%0.97×3.8%
Orix 8591.T$35.7B+2%+17%14%1.26×12.4%
Mitsubishi HC Capital 8593.T$11.9B-9%+1%7%0.93×5.9%
AerCap AER$26.2B+13%0%17%1.38×12.4%
Fuyo General Lease 8424.T$2.34B-6%+19%5%0.72×4.8%

How Tokyo Century 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.

Tokyo Century against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure8439.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.9%+0.2%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return+11.9%-9.6%3rd highest of 21
Return on equity11.6%12.5%8th lowest of 21
Price / book1.01×1.82×7th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E9.5×15.8×8th cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies7.7%16.8%5th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered11.6%12.4%8th lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Tokyo Century 8439.TJapan$7.50B+12%+8%12%1.01×7.7%11.6%
L&T Finance LTF.NSIndia$7.36B-9%+17%12%2.38×45.8%12.3%
Piramal Finance PIRAMALFIN.NSIndia$7.17B+13%+71%7%1.58×13.0%6.5%
BOC Aviation 2588.HKHong Kong$7.09B-3%-2%12%1.01×6.2%11.8%
FirstCash FCFSUnited States$7.96B-18%+23%18%3.50×19.9%18.2%
Bajaj Housing Finance BAJAJHFL.NSIndia$7.05B-9%+17%12%2.77×41.1%12.4%
REC RECLTD.NSIndia$8.27B-18%-3%17%0.83×15.1%17.0%
Jiangsu Financial Leasing 600901.SSChina$6.66B+12%+14%13%1.67×5.9%13.5%
Ayvens AYV.PAFrance$8.45B-16%0%9%0.68×8.0%9.2%
OneMain OMFUnited States$6.42B0%+6%23%1.90×18.5%22.7%
SBI Cards & Payment Services SBICARD.NSIndia$5.89B-10%+6%16%3.24×40.7%16.3%
Chailease 5871.TWTaiwan$5.74B-10%-4%12%0.97×3.8%11.5%
Element Fleet Management EFN.TOCanada$5.61B-31%+5%11%2.06×9.2%10.6%
Credit Acceptance CACCUnited States$5.37B-1%+2%23%3.86×38.2%22.7%
Figure Technology Solutions FIGRUnited States$5.10B-40%+66%26%3.58×26.5%26.2%
Herc HRIUnited States$5.08B+14%+19%6%2.56×33.3%6.3%
Indian Railway Finance IRFC.NSIndia$11.1B-25%+13%13%1.74×28.2%12.6%
Sundaram Finance SUNDARMFIN.NSIndia$4.95B-11%+14%14%2.89×35.3%14.4%
Ally Financial ALLYUnited States$11.5B-14%+5%10%0.88×9.8%9.9%
Power Finance PFC.NSIndia$11.5B-28%+4%21%0.76×14.4%n/a
Mitsubishi HC Capital 8593.TJapan$11.9B-9%+1%7%0.93×5.9%7.2%

Questions

Who are Tokyo Century's main competitors?
Named competitors: Chailease Holding (5871.TW), Air Lease Corp (private or unlisted), ORIX (8591.T), Mitsubishi HC Capital (8593.T), AerCap Holdings (AER), Fuyo General Lease (8424.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes L&T Finance (LTF.NS), Piramal Finance (PIRAMALFIN.NS), BOC Aviation (2588.HK), FirstCash (FCFS), Bajaj Housing Finance (BAJAJHFL.NS), REC (RECLTD.NS).
Is Tokyo Century expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.01× against a peer median of 1.82×, 7th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 7.7%; Tokyo Century delivers 11.6%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Tokyo Century stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +11.9% against -9.6% for the median peer; over one year +28.7%.

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.