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Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.9041.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Other Transportation

Railway and transportation conglomerate operating trains, buses, hotels and real estate in the Osaka/Nara region.

≈ A Japanese diversified rail conglomerate, like a smaller regional Union Pacific plus real Momentum strong 68
Mkt cap
$4.23B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
88%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-1.6 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
7 days
13 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥3,503
1D-5.0%
1W+2.0%
1M+2.6%
3M+1.8%
6M+5.1%
YTD+14.1%
1Y+13.7%
ATR %1.9%
52w lowhigh6.0% off high

What Kintetsu does

Railway and transportation conglomerate operating trains, buses, hotels and real estate in the Osaka/Nara region.

Rail fares in the Kansai region are the base, but a large international logistics arm, Kintetsu World Express, adds earnings that follow global freight rather than local commuting. Real estate rents and hotels add recurring income, with tourism to Osaka and Nara a swing factor.

In one line: A Japanese diversified rail conglomerate, like a smaller regional Union Pacific plus real .

Products and services

  • Railway operations
  • Real estate development/leasing
  • Hotels/travel (including Universal Studios Japan stake)
  • Retail (department stores)

Customers

  • Commuters/travelers in Kansai
  • Real estate tenants
  • Hotel/tourism customers

Where it sits in the supply chain

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

What could go right

  • Inbound tourism to Kansai/Osaka Expo effects

What could go wrong

  • Population decline along rail lines
  • Real estate cyclicality

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, installed base, scale). Regulated rail monopoly along its routes plus valuable real estate along those lines.

Headquarters: Osaka, Japan · Founded: 1910 · Employees: 44,759

Named competitors

Kintetsu at a glance

Size Kintetsu (9041.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Other Transportation) with a market value of $4.23B, the 276th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥3,503 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.1%, against -3.0% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.6%); the operating margin is 5.1% (peer median 18.7%).

Valuation It trades at 13.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.5× (8th cheapest of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9510010511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20269041.T 101Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: Kintetsu against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Kintetsu financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥1.78T¥1.75T¥1.74T¥1.63T¥1.56T
Revenue growth—0%+7%+4%—
Gross profit¥333B¥330B¥321B¥313B¥255B
EBITDA¥180B¥173B¥166B¥163B¥132B
Net income¥54.8B¥53.8B¥46.7B¥47.8B¥88.8B
Free cash flown/a-¥33.8B¥3.36B¥93.8B¥101B
Capital expendituren/a¥152B¥86.4B¥56.8B¥32.5B
Total debt¥1.29T¥1.33T¥1.33T¥1.32T¥1.36T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Kintetsu 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%+20%0%+5%+10%6010000995S582633CAAP2880600515WWIALX05766012289706OMAB90231199ENAV6000040005826005486011079041.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Kintetsu is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%0×50×100×6010000995S582633CAAP600515WWIALX0576OMAB1199ENAV6000040005829041.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Kintetsu is the large dot.

Kintetsu competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (9041.T vs 9044.T vs 9045.T vs 9042.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Kintetsu 9041.T$4.23B+5%+2%5%13.5×n/a
NANKAI 9044.T$2.03B0%+7%15%13.1×n/a
Keihan 9045.T$2.15B+3%+10%15%11.5×n/a
Hankyu Hanshin 9042.T$7.03B+3%+6%10%13.2×n/a

How Kintetsu 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.

Kintetsu against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure9041.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.6%+1.6%10th highest of 21
6-month return+5.1%-3.0%7th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-6.0%-17.5%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+1.9%+5.6%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin5.1%18.7%3rd lowest of 21
Forward P/E13.5×15.5×8th cheapest of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.6 pp+0.5 pp6th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA10.1×10.2×4th cheapest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA6.1×2.8×4th most 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
Kintetsu 9041.TJapan$4.23B+5%+2%5%13.5×n/an/a
Tangshan Port 601000.SSChina$4.27B+3%+10%39%13.9×-11.0%-6.2%
Anhui Expressway 0995.HKHong Kong$4.18B-3%-17%45%10.5×-5.8%+16.6%
SATS S58.SISingapore$4.34B+15%+9%9%17.6×-0.2%+45.6%
Taiwan High Speed Rail 2633.TWTaiwan$4.36B-3%+4%39%19.2×0.8%+6.9%
Corporacion America Airports CAAPUnited States$4.00B-3%+16%23%9.6×-6.3%+26.4%
Liaoning Port 2880.HKHong Kong$4.53B-26%+1%21%n/a-9.0%-2.0%
Hainan Airport Infrastructure 600515.SSChina$4.56B-26%+25%-5%133.0×n/an/a
Wilh. Wilhelmsen WWI.OLNorway$3.87B+23%-4%10%8.4×6.2%+11.0%
Atlas Arteria ALX.AXAustralia$3.78B-21%+2%-20%20.6×-3.5%+8.9%
Zhejiang Expressway 0576.HKHong Kong$4.86B-13%+18%33%5.9×n/an/a
Guangzhou Port 601228.SSChina$3.54B-3%-18%11%n/an/an/a
Japan Airport Terminal 9706.TJapan$3.46B+16%+8%17%19.2×-2.3%+40.7%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV Sponsored ADR OMABUnited States$5.21B+2%+21%53%13.2×-5.1%+27.2%
Tokyo Metro 9023.TJapan$5.31B-8%+3%21%16.5×4.8%+7.4%
COSCO SHIPPING Ports 1199.HKHong Kong$3.32B+18%+12%14%8.5×8.7%+10.9%
ENAV ENAV.MIItaly$3.19B+8%+3%9%26.9×13.8%+6.0%
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport 600004.SSChina$3.18B-6%+9%11%25.2×-12.5%+8.8%
Beibu Gulf Port 000582.SZChina$3.14B-25%-1%21%18.6×n/an/a
Shenzhen Expressway 600548.SSChina$2.99B-4%-5%17%14.4×0.6%+2.9%
Sichuan Expressway 601107.SSChina$2.89B+16%+7%27%13.2×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Kintetsu's main competitors?
Named competitors: Nankai Co. (9044.T), Keihan Holdings (9045.T), Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (9042.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Tangshan Port (601000.SS), Anhui Expressway (0995.HK), SATS (S58.SI), Taiwan High Speed Rail (2633.TW), Corporacion America Airports (CAAP), Liaoning Port (2880.HK).
Is Kintetsu expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.5× against a peer median of 15.5×, 8th cheapest of 19 in its peer set.
How has Kintetsu stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +5.1% against -3.0% for the median peer; over one year +13.7%.

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.