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Employees: 3,305
Size KNT-CT (9726.T) is a Japan Consumer Discretionary company (Other Consumer Services) with a market value of $331M, the 1295th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,912 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.4%, against -12.1% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.3%); the operating margin is 1.7% (peer median 16.0%).
Valuation It trades at 0.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.3× (cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +28%, so the hurdle is -46 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 42.1 points above its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 11 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥296B | ¥297B | ¥275B | ¥255B | ¥252B |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | +7% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥55.6B | ¥55.5B | ¥52.5B | ¥51.6B | ¥54.4B |
| EBITDA | ¥5.84B | ¥6.85B | ¥6.52B | ¥7.63B | ¥11.6B |
| Net income | ¥9.06B | ¥9.68B | ¥7.68B | ¥7.54B | ¥11.8B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥4.33B | ¥3.48B | ¥13.2B | ¥14.2B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥2.73B | ¥741M | ¥721M | ¥750M |
| Total debt | ¥1.52B | ¥136M | ¥169M | ¥329M | ¥420M |
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| Measure | 9726.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.1% | -4.1% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -2.4% | -12.1% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -9.6% | -26.5% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.1% | +5.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 16.0% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.1× | 2.3× | cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -18.4% | -4.4% | 4th least demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +27.6% | +9.6% | 6th highest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -46.0 pp | -15.2 pp | 5th least demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +42.1 pp | +6.8 pp | 6th highest of 19 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -11.5× | -1.9× | least indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNT-CT 9726.T | Japan | $331M | -2% | +6% | 2% | 0.1× | -18.4% | +27.6% |
| Jiangsu Tianmu Lake Tourism 603136.SS | China | $335M | -25% | -12% | 17% | 3.9× | -0.7% | +6.3% |
| Jp Holdings Inc 2749.T | Japan | $337M | -8% | +4% | 16% | 0.8× | -19.0% | +5.3% |
| Riso Kyoiku 4714.T | Japan | $317M | +52% | +4% | 10% | 1.2× | -6.1% | +6.3% |
| On The Beach OTB.L | United Kingdom | $316M | +26% | -2% | 16% | 0.5× | -20.0% | +29.2% |
| Waseda Academy 4718.T | Japan | $314M | +36% | +8% | 12% | 1.0× | -12.9% | +8.1% |
| Convano 6574.T | Japan | $311M | -13% | +494% | 36% | 2.3× | 7.6% | +57.2% |
| Cross-Harbour (Holdings) 0032.HK | Hong Kong | $308M | -22% | -5% | 31% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan Sante Cableways 002159.SZ | China | $356M | -18% | -3% | 37% | 3.5× | -8.9% | +9.6% |
| Power Wind Health Industry 8462.TW | Taiwan | $366M | +2% | +20% | 17% | 2.6× | -4.4% | +10.5% |
| Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu 9081.T | Japan | $298M | +19% | +5% | 6% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Donglai Coating Technology (Shanghai) 688129.SS | China | $370M | -30% | +7% | 13% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Lion Travel Service 2731.TW | Taiwan | $382M | -15% | +5% | 5% | 0.2× | -20.4% | +35.6% |
| Tibet Tourism 600749.SS | China | $384M | -29% | -7% | -12% | 11.0× | 49.8% | +8.1% |
| Azoom 3496.T | Japan | $385M | +21% | +26% | 19% | 3.5× | -1.0% | +28.7% |
| Global Tax Free 204620.KS | South Korea | $285M | -8% | +42% | 19% | 1.6× | -16.6% | +72.2% |
| Shih-her Technologies 3551.TWO | Taiwan | $283M | -28% | +20% | 19% | 2.3× | 1.4% | +7.7% |
| Nagase Brothers 9733.T | Japan | $404M | -5% | +8% | 9% | 1.3× | -8.3% | +7.0% |
| Youngy Health 300247.SZ | China | $409M | -21% | +2% | 19% | 2.8× | 5.7% | +12.8% |
| Beijing Jingxi Culture and Tourism 000802.SZ | China | $409M | -12% | -60% | -62% | 15.4× | 10.6% | -4.8% |
| Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India MHRIL.NS | India | $422M | -18% | +7% | 6% | 2.4× | 30.5% | +12.0% |