Kakaku.com, Inc.

Kakaku.com, Inc.

3,761.00
JPY
+9.00
(+0.24%)
410.21BMarket Cap
Nov 04Next Earn
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
2026 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
133.05
161.65
187.76
199.87
220.38
261.74
293.29
248.06
252.05
298.95
334.55
396.76
475.82
- -
Basic EPS, GAAP
40.46
49.19
59.59
68.11
73.96
79.7
88.25
57.13
69.66
79.39
90.45
101.33
95.05
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
36.15
47.43
54.07
67.76
68.97
78.51
102.42
73.27
69.49
100.28
87.08
124.02
- -
- -
Dividend per Share
8.75
12.64
16
35.06
30.4
34.05
38.13
39.99
40.04
40.23
43.2
47.98
- -
- -
Book Value per Share
116.94
120.25
146.09
162.4
160.02
194.3
208.43
227.57
234.38
238.09
260.06
312.6
328.49
- -
Tangible Book Value per Share
112.52
113.37
137.04
152.35
125.47
160.3
174.15
193.76
200.73
201.07
222.33
276.15
270.86
- -
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
224
221
220
217
212
209
208
206
205
203
200
198
198
198
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
29,814
35,787
41,275
43,464
46,782
54,832
60,978
51,077
51,723
60,820
66,928
78,435
94,127
- -
Operating Margin (%)
49.24
46.97
47.33
49.35
48.9
45.72
44.64
36.17
37.02
39.46
38.7
38.1
29.02
- -
Depreciation Expense
628
849
1,037
1,325
1,581
1,766
3,219
3,568
3,503
3,563
3,649
3,915
- -
- -
Net Income, GAAP
9,066
10,890
13,100
14,812
15,699
16,697
18,348
11,763
14,294
16,152
18,095
20,032
18,803
- -
Effective Tax Rate (%)
38.82
36.64
32.95
30.79
31.04
32.6
31.11
35.04
31.6
30.43
30.63
30.34
31.05
- -
Profit Margin (%)
30.41
30.43
31.74
34.08
33.56
30.45
30.09
23.03
27.64
26.56
27.04
25.54
19.98
- -
Working Capital
24,148
23,725
28,051
29,953
21,268
26,827
26,238
30,289
30,487
30,412
33,920
44,027
42,744
- -
LT Debt
74
- -
- -
- -
235
139
6,417
6,099
4,888
4,391
3,834
2,871
2,154
- -
Total Equity
26,430
26,631
32,111
35,380
33,908
40,941
43,303
47,141
48,164
48,165
51,691
62,134
65,170
- -
Return on Invested Capital (%)
34.16
34.54
38.74
39.43
40.89
40.33
36.84
20.77
22.55
28.51
29.86
30.75
26.05
- -
Return on Capital (%)
39.9
41.08
44.53
43.78
44.95
43.99
39.78
22.37
25.95
30.28
32.66
33.21
28.18
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
40.19
41.35
44.87
44.16
45.68
45.06
43.98
26.2
30.14
33.71
36.46
35.4
29.66
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Capital Structure

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
ST Debt
- -
1,031
- -
LT Borrowings
- -
- -
- -
LT Finance Leases
- -
2,154
- -
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
198
198
198
Market Capitalization
502,306
410,213
670,676

Working Capital

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
Total Current Assets
- -
66,760
- -
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
- -
51,995
- -
Accounts Receivable, Net
- -
13,234
- -
Inventories
- -
- -
- -
Total Current Liabilities
- -
24,016
- -
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
- -
1,031
- -
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
- -
- -
4.89%
Free Cash Flow
- -
- -
- -
Net Income, GAAP
5.05%
10.22%
-6.14%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
9.12%
13.22%
20.01%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
78,435
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
94,127
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
101.33
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
95.05
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
47.98
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

CEO
Atsuhiro Murakami
Full Time Employees
1,421
Sector
Consumer services
Industry
Other consumer services
Address
Digital Gate Building Tokyo TY Japan 150-0022
IPO Date
Oct 9, 2003
Business
Kakaku.com, Inc. Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE:2371) operates as a leading Japanese internet media company, providing comprehensive purchase support, restaurant reviews, and diverse online services through its flagship platforms and subsidiaries. Founded in December 1997 and headquartered at Digital Gate Building in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, the company delivers price comparisons, product specifications, and user-generated reviews across categories including computers, home appliances, smartphones, furniture, fashion, interiors, food and beverages, cosmetics, internet providers, insurance, loans, and communications services via Kakaku.com; restaurant discovery, rankings, and reservations through Tabelog.com; real estate information on Sumaity and Smaity; travel reviews, comparisons, hotel discounts, and bus tours via 4travel, Sumaity, icotto, and Bus Comparison Navi; job listings on Kyushu Box and Jobcube; lifestyle content on kinarino; men's fashion media TASCLAP; shopping spots on Pathee; movie databases and showtimes on eiga.com; animation and Akihabara culture on Akiba-souken; photo sharing on PHOTOHITO; automotive information on webCG; and foreign exchange insights on FX-rashinban, with primary operations focused on Japan and select expansions to the United States, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and India. The company generates revenue predominantly through advertising sales, electronic commerce facilitation, insurance agency services in its Finance segment, and dynamic package systems, website production, and content development in its Internet Media segment, serving over 150 million unique users with unbiased, collective information for consumer decision-making. In March 2025, Kakaku.com, Inc. completed the acquisition of LiPLUS Holdings Inc. for approximately 26.42 million, integrating Liplus-S.com to connect users with professionals for household services like unwanted item collection and daily repairs, aiming to enhance its lifestyle offerings and digital marketing capabilities; it also maintains strategic collaborations with Digital Garage in e-commerce, restaurants, travel, real estate, and HR domains, alongside alliances with KDDI, au Financial Service, and Resona Group for payments, web3, AI research, and financial solutions.

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