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Japan's largest construction and industrial equipment rental company, renting machinery to construction and disaster-recovery sites.
Japan's largest construction and industrial equipment rental company, renting machinery to construction and disaster-recovery sites.
Earns daily and monthly rental fees on a fleet of machines it owns, and sells older machines on the used market, which recovers part of the fleet cost. A nationwide network of rental yards lets contractors get equipment close to their sites.
In one line: Japan's United Rentals.
Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Nationwide rental yard network and fleet scale versus regional rental competitors.
Headquarters: Sapporo, Japan · Founded: 1964 · Employees: 3,933
Size Kanamoto (9678.T) is a Japan Financials company (Finance/Rental/Leasing) with a market value of $1.23B, the 647th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥5,420 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 16.8%, against -5.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 9.7% (peer median 21.7%).
Valuation It trades at 1.20× book value against a peer median of 1.39× (9th cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 6.4%; Kanamoto delivers 9.3%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
Next results Next results expected around 4 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥217B | ¥213B | ¥207B | ¥197B | ¥188B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +5% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥69.3B | ¥61.4B | ¥56.5B | ¥53.2B | ¥52.4B |
| EBITDA | ¥54.8B | ¥52.5B | ¥50.9B | ¥46.9B | ¥45.8B |
| Net income | ¥13.8B | ¥11.0B | ¥9.01B | ¥6.72B | ¥8.35B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥43.4B | ¥39.0B | ¥32.7B | ¥28.4B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥4.21B | ¥2.89B | ¥5.58B | ¥5.26B |
| Total debt | ¥69.9B | ¥116B | ¥120B | ¥118B | ¥115B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanamoto 9678.T | $1.23B | +17% | +2% | 9% | 1.20× | 6.4% |
| United Rentals URI | $65.4B | +13% | +9% | 31% | 6.75× | 77.1% |
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.
| Measure | 9678.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +1.3% | +4.1% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +16.8% | -5.6% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 10.0% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 1.20× | 1.39× | 9th cheapest of 21 |
| Trailing P/E | 13.6× | 12.8× | 10th most expensive of 20 |
| ROE the price implies | 6.4% | 10.6% | 9th least demanding of 21 |
| ROE delivered | 9.3% | 9.9% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanamoto 9678.T | Japan | $1.23B | +17% | +2% | 9% | 1.20× | 6.4% | 9.3% |
| Genertec Universal Medical 2666.HK | Hong Kong | $1.21B | -19% | 0% | 12% | 0.41× | 5.1% | 11.6% |
| Home First Finance Company India HOMEFIRST.NS | India | $1.21B | -10% | +19% | 14% | 2.45× | 31.6% | 14.3% |
| Altus AIF.TO | Canada | $1.26B | +15% | -7% | -2% | 5.50× | 28.5% | -2.2% |
| Ricoh Leasing Company,Ltd 8566.T | Japan | $1.20B | 0% | +4% | 5% | 0.77× | 4.3% | 5.3% |
| Taiwan Acceptance 9941.TW | Taiwan | $1.31B | -6% | -3% | 12% | 1.10× | 3.8% | 12.2% |
| Five-Star Business Finance FIVESTAR.NS | India | $1.33B | -10% | +9% | 15% | 1.59× | 22.3% | 15.2% |
| Walker & Dunlop WD | United States | $1.34B | -28% | +9% | 2% | 0.76× | 10.0% | 2.2% |
| Zhejiang Haikong Nanke Huatie Digital Technology 603300.SS | China | $1.34B | -31% | +12% | 5% | 1.29× | 9.8% | 5.3% |
| Haitong Unitrust International Financial Leasing 1905.HK | Hong Kong | $1.38B | +57% | -20% | 6% | 0.52× | 4.2% | 6.5% |
| Atlanticus ATLC | United States | $1.38B | +8% | +84% | 23% | 1.97× | 24.5% | 22.9% |
| Duskin 4665.T | Japan | $1.40B | +20% | +3% | 7% | 1.43× | 5.4% | 6.7% |
| Hotai Finance 6592.TW | Taiwan | $1.08B | -6% | -9% | 10% | 0.92× | 3.4% | 9.7% |
| SBFC Finance SBFC.NS | India | $1.08B | -5% | +28% | 14% | 2.52× | 31.2% | 13.6% |
| Zigup ZIG.L | United Kingdom | $1.41B | +14% | +3% | 7% | 0.96× | 12.8% | 7.1% |
| Upbound UPBD | United States | $1.41B | +29% | +3% | 16% | 1.88× | 23.5% | 15.5% |
| Can Fin Homes CANFINHOME.NS | India | $1.05B | -16% | +8% | 19% | 1.55× | 29.3% | 19.4% |
| PROG PRG | United States | $1.47B | +4% | +10% | 17% | 1.82× | 23.0% | 17.3% |
| Willis Lease Finance WLFC | United States | $992M | -37% | +22% | 10% | 1.47× | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| LOTTE rental 089860.KS | South Korea | $1.56B | +74% | +4% | 8% | 1.34× | 6.3% | 7.7% |
| Sun Hung Kai & 0086.HK | Hong Kong | $958M | -7% | -11% | 6% | 0.33× | 3.9% | 6.2% |