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Keio Corporation9008.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Railroads

Railway conglomerate operating trains from Tokyo to Takao/western suburbs, plus real estate, retail and hotels.

≈ A Japanese diversified commuter-rail conglomerateMomentum neutral 59
Mkt cap
$2.80B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
86%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$10.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
10.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-1.0 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥761
1D-5.9%
1W+1.6%
1M+2.0%
3M-3.6%
6M+3.3%
YTD-4.8%
1Y+2.1%
ATR %2.5%
52w lowhigh10.4% off high

What Keio does

Railway conglomerate operating trains from Tokyo to Takao/western suburbs, plus real estate, retail and hotels.

Fares from daily commuters, collected through passes and IC cards, give a steady base, though fare increases need government approval. Property and retail built around its stations, such as a department store, shopping centers and housing, add income.

In one line: A Japanese diversified commuter-rail conglomerate.

Products and services

  • Railway operations (Tokyo-Takao)
  • Real estate development/leasing
  • Retail/hotels

Customers

  • Commuters in western Tokyo suburbs
  • Real estate tenants

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Diversified railway conglomerate
  • Railways, real estate, retail, hotels

What could go right

  • Western Tokyo suburb housing demand

What could go wrong

  • Population decline along rail lines

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, installed base). Regulated rail monopoly along its commuter routes plus station-area real estate.

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 1948 · Employees: 13,079

Named competitors

Keio at a glance

Size Keio (9008.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Railroads) with a market value of $2.80B, the 381st largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥761 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.3%, against +0.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 15 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.5%); the operating margin is 10.2% (peer median 11.9%).

Valuation It trades at 10.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.8× (3rd cheapest of 14).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.0 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20269008.T 102Peer median 100
Six months, rebased to 100: Keio against the median of its 14 peers (local-currency closes).

Keio financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥506B¥497B¥453B¥409B¥347B
Revenue growth—+10%+11%+18%—
Gross profit¥114B¥101B¥100B¥84.4B¥58.5B
EBITDA¥87.7B¥86.9B¥87.0B¥74.7B¥50.6B
Net income¥42.7B¥42.9B¥42.9B¥29.2B¥13.1B
Free cash flown/a-¥30.5B-¥20.3B¥7.96B-¥31.1B
Capital expendituren/a¥67.6B¥48.9B¥44.3B¥56.1B
Total debt¥481B¥477B¥456B¥472B¥411B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Keio 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

-10%0%+10%+20%0%+10%900605259142CONCOR900190459007JFNAZJ9009GATX60012500000890219008.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Keio is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%10×15×20×25×900605259142CONCOR900190459007JFN9009GATX60012590219008.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Keio is the large dot.

Keio competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (9008.T vs 9007.T vs 9024.T vs 9020.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Keio 9008.T$2.80B+3%+10%10%10.5×n/a
Odakyu Electric Railway 9007.T$3.80B+11%+3%13%15.1×n/a
Seibu 9024.T$6.11B+2%-41%10%29.6×n/a
East Japan Railway 9020.T$27.4B+13%+9%14%15.8×n/a
Tokyu 9005.T$6.14B-3%+5%9%10.0×n/a
Tobu Railway 9001.T$3.58B+3%+5%11%10.0×n/a
Keikyu 9006.T$2.73B+2%+4%11%13.4×n/a
Tokyo Metro 9023.T$5.31B-8%+3%21%16.5×4.8%
Keisei Electric Railway 9009.T$4.51B+26%+4%11%15.5×n/a

How Keio 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.

Keio against its 14 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure9008.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.0%+4.4%4th lowest of 15
6-month return+3.3%+0.6%5th highest of 15
Distance from 52-week high-10.4%-12.0%6th highest of 15
Revenue growth (TTM)+9.6%+4.5%2nd highest of 15
Operating margin10.2%11.9%4th lowest of 15
Forward P/E10.5×13.8×3rd cheapest of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.0 pp-1.4 pp7th highest of 14
EV / EBITDA10.1×12.5×4th cheapest of 12
Net debt / EBITDA5.1×5.5×6th least indebted of 12

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
Keio 9008.TJapan$2.80B+3%+10%10%10.5×n/an/a
Keikyu 9006.TJapan$2.73B+2%+4%11%13.4×n/an/a
Guangshen Railway 0525.HKHong Kong$3.12B-9%+5%6%9.6×n/an/a
Kyushu Railway 9142.TJapan$3.53B0%+5%14%11.3×n/an/a
Container Corporation of India CONCOR.NSIndia$3.55B-16%+1%14%25.4×33.8%+7.2%
Tobu Railway 9001.TJapan$3.58B+3%+5%11%10.0×n/an/a
Keihan 9045.TJapan$2.15B+3%+10%15%11.5×n/an/a
Odakyu Electric Railway 9007.TJapan$3.80B+11%+3%13%15.1×n/an/a
Jungfraubahn JFN.SWSwitzerland$1.81B+1%-4%21%22.2×4.4%+22.3%
Aurizon AZJ.AXAustralia$4.49B-5%+6%21%14.8×4.4%+6.7%
Keisei Electric Railway 9009.TJapan$4.51B+26%+4%11%15.5×n/an/a
GATX GATXUnited States$6.38B-2%+30%30%17.0×n/an/a
China Railway Tielong Container Logistics 600125.SSChina$1.06B-12%-2%7%11.5×-21.0%-5.4%
China High-Speed Railway Technology 000008.SZChina$919M-14%-11%-19%n/a8.7%+2.1%
West Japan Railway 9021.TJapan$9.19B+12%+6%10%13.8×2.4%+14.9%

Questions

Who are Keio's main competitors?
Named competitors: Odakyu Electric Railway (9007.T), Seibu Holdings (9024.T), East Japan Railway (9020.T), Tokyu Corporation (9005.T), Tobu Railway (9001.T), Keikyu Corporation (9006.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Keikyu (9006.T), Guangshen Railway (0525.HK), Kyushu Railway (9142.T), Container Corporation of India (CONCOR.NS), Tobu Railway (9001.T), Keihan (9045.T).
Is Keio expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 10.5× against a peer median of 13.8×, 3rd cheapest of 14 in its peer set.
How has Keio stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +3.3% against +0.6% for the median peer; over one year +2.1%.

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.