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MERF Inc, formerly Kurotani Corp is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in non-ferrous metals and arts and crafts businesses. The Company operates its business through two segments. The Nonferrous Metals business segment is engaged in the production and sale of ingots and the processing and sale of recycled raw materials as a nonferrous metals-related business with a focus on copper. The core ingot products include those used as raw materials for ship screws and those sold mainly to the housing industry. Recycled raw materials include pica wire and red nuggets sold mainly to manufacturers of electric wire, copper sheet and strip, copper tubing, and copper foil, as well as copper scrap and copper tailings sold to copper smelters. The Arts and Crafts segment manufactures and sells arts and crafts, with precious metal figurines, Buddhist statues, and Buddhist altar fittings being the main items sold.
- Revenue in JPY (TTM)82.21bn
- Net income in JPY171.08m
- Incorporated1985
- Employees154.00
- LocationMERF Inc12-2, NagonoeIMIZU-SHI 934-8501JapanJPN
- Phone+81 766840001
- Fax+81 766842000
- Websitehttps://www.merf.co.jp/
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwazawa Holdings Corp | 64.03bn | 508.00m | 10.37bn | 1.01k | 18.30 | 0.553 | 13.29 | 0.1619 | 33.93 | 33.93 | 4,273.88 | 1,123.05 | 1.32 | 19.89 | 2.27 | 63,143,000.00 | 1.03 | 1.33 | 2.68 | 2.99 | 14.53 | 12.13 | 0.7809 | 0.7788 | 1.21 | -- | 0.1007 | 33.16 | 0.8854 | -6.67 | 0.8097 | -2.41 | 6.14 | 24.57 |
| A&A Material Corp | 45.43bn | 109.00m | 10.97bn | 898.00 | 99.64 | 0.5607 | 8.74 | 0.2414 | 14.15 | 14.15 | 5,917.20 | 2,514.93 | 1.03 | 8.22 | 3.63 | 50,587,970.00 | 0.2431 | 2.70 | 0.3841 | 4.41 | 22.78 | 22.09 | 0.2355 | 2.64 | 1.09 | 12.21 | 0.2794 | 36.46 | 5.18 | 0.3068 | -104.45 | -- | 26.53 | 1.76 |
| KFC Ltd | 26.14bn | 926.38m | 11.81bn | 327.00 | 12.72 | 0.5457 | 9.91 | 0.4519 | 125.87 | 125.87 | 3,551.73 | 2,933.95 | 0.8752 | 5.33 | 2.54 | 79,936,180.00 | 3.10 | 5.47 | 4.26 | 7.57 | 25.94 | 27.95 | 3.54 | 5.80 | 1.99 | -- | 0.0675 | 32.44 | 4.00 | -1.74 | -15.26 | -13.86 | 12.56 | -6.51 |
| Asahi Concrete Works Co Ltd | 7.07bn | 236.22m | 12.49bn | 189.00 | 52.62 | 0.9263 | 26.98 | 1.77 | 17.94 | 17.94 | 536.84 | 1,019.09 | 0.4386 | 4.68 | 2.72 | 37,390,810.00 | 1.47 | 2.52 | 1.68 | 3.17 | 18.21 | 19.47 | 3.34 | 4.98 | 3.59 | -- | 0.0475 | 54.64 | 2.12 | -5.93 | 21.96 | 1.52 | 3.03 | 1.49 |
| Nozawa Corp | 21.90bn | 873.01m | 13.35bn | 338.00 | 14.83 | 0.5971 | 7.74 | 0.6097 | 74.56 | 74.56 | 1,873.25 | 1,852.35 | 0.7168 | 18.53 | 2.45 | 64,802,740.00 | 2.86 | 3.80 | 3.41 | 4.69 | 28.15 | 29.47 | 3.99 | 4.92 | 3.05 | -- | 0.00 | 37.68 | -4.86 | -0.4785 | 32.22 | 6.24 | -7.01 | 9.86 |
| Geostr Corp | 29.50bn | 1.04bn | 14.38bn | 465.00 | 13.71 | 0.5832 | 8.40 | 0.4874 | 33.25 | 33.25 | 942.84 | 781.95 | 0.8575 | 2.46 | 4.87 | 63,433,960.00 | 3.02 | 2.85 | 4.29 | 4.41 | 16.52 | 16.28 | 3.53 | 3.48 | 1.50 | -- | 0.0117 | 32.04 | 6.01 | 0.4945 | -24.25 | 9.60 | 12.24 | 17.08 |
| Yamau Holdings Co Ltd | 22.47bn | 2.31bn | 15.30bn | 806.00 | 6.40 | 1.13 | 4.77 | 0.6812 | 379.20 | 379.20 | 3,683.39 | 2,143.61 | 0.9706 | 4.47 | 2.96 | 27,876,910.00 | 10.03 | 7.29 | 17.65 | 15.04 | 39.55 | 35.44 | 10.34 | 7.79 | 1.45 | -- | 0.2077 | 28.00 | 15.66 | -0.2188 | 38.65 | 26.88 | 14.69 | 61.00 |
| Mino Ceramic Co Ltd | 15.66bn | 1.27bn | 16.00bn | 337.00 | 10.00 | 0.8438 | 9.20 | 1.02 | 123.92 | 123.92 | 1,526.67 | 1,468.37 | 0.7332 | 3.66 | 2.85 | 46,462,810.00 | 5.95 | 5.15 | 7.88 | 7.08 | 25.76 | 26.04 | 8.12 | 7.17 | 1.84 | -- | 0.0873 | 25.84 | 6.35 | 2.65 | 15.44 | 3.74 | -7.82 | 18.47 |
| MERF Inc | 82.21bn | 171.08m | 18.88bn | 154.00 | 108.88 | 1.95 | 31.23 | 0.2297 | 12.10 | 12.10 | 5,815.88 | 675.84 | 3.01 | 9.67 | 8.58 | 533,846,300.00 | 0.6265 | 1.96 | 1.39 | 4.18 | 3.92 | 3.67 | 0.2081 | 0.5997 | 0.9606 | 2.30 | 0.5768 | 56.02 | 0.4792 | 14.04 | -138.14 | -- | 40.35 | 5.92 |
| Kunimine Industries Co Ltd | 16.61bn | 1.18bn | 19.41bn | 299.00 | 13.89 | 0.7546 | 9.26 | 1.17 | 96.66 | 96.66 | 1,363.96 | 1,779.69 | 0.6489 | 3.07 | 3.56 | 55,561,190.00 | 4.81 | 5.03 | 5.44 | 5.67 | 29.01 | 29.68 | 7.41 | 8.07 | 6.25 | -- | 0.00 | 37.99 | 0.2065 | 0.3441 | 3.29 | -8.14 | 0.821 | 5.92 |
| Nippon Concrete Industries Co Ltd | 50.57bn | -145.82m | 19.76bn | 1.35k | -- | 0.4639 | 11.61 | 0.3908 | -2.69 | -2.69 | 931.21 | 737.27 | 0.6299 | 4.40 | 4.04 | 37,372,640.00 | -0.0192 | 0.9005 | -0.0287 | 1.38 | 15.97 | 15.78 | -0.0306 | 1.35 | 0.925 | -- | 0.2339 | 89.83 | -1.86 | 2.82 | -134.15 | -- | 7.77 | 45.41 |
| Marufuji Sheet Piling Co Ltd | 38.89bn | 2.02bn | 20.40bn | 493.00 | 9.04 | 0.5613 | 8.27 | 0.5246 | 564.41 | 564.41 | 10,864.85 | 9,085.47 | 0.8662 | 2.09 | 2.93 | 78,874,240.00 | 4.50 | 2.47 | 6.24 | 3.72 | 19.67 | 16.50 | 5.20 | 3.18 | 1.46 | -- | 0.0151 | 32.50 | 3.02 | 0.6849 | 11.81 | 6.80 | 1.72 | 7.63 |
| Danto Holdings Corp | 4.92bn | 740.00m | 21.02bn | 189.00 | 27.29 | 2.41 | 29.35 | 4.28 | 23.08 | 23.08 | 153.32 | 261.01 | 0.4559 | 1.98 | 7.85 | -- | 4.55 | -3.26 | 5.37 | -4.23 | 29.75 | 27.57 | 9.97 | -7.78 | 2.57 | -- | 0.0015 | -- | -7.53 | -1.92 | 2,142.42 | -- | -20.46 | -- |
| Yamax Corp | 26.37bn | 2.03bn | 21.39bn | 607.00 | 8.80 | 1.84 | 8.75 | 0.8111 | 209.93 | 209.93 | 2,720.32 | 1,002.98 | 1.40 | 6.52 | 4.03 | 43,440,550.00 | 10.79 | 6.01 | 19.71 | 12.38 | 25.63 | 23.86 | 7.71 | 4.77 | 1.10 | 429.16 | 0.1636 | 29.11 | 12.80 | 7.60 | 51.84 | 54.06 | 14.17 | 57.42 |
| Nasu Denki Tekko Co Ltd | 24.14bn | 2.27bn | 23.29bn | 475.00 | 9.98 | 0.703 | 6.12 | 0.9647 | 1,944.89 | 1,944.89 | 20,701.95 | 27,610.27 | 0.5383 | 3.12 | 5.69 | 50,829,700.00 | 5.17 | 4.57 | 5.92 | 5.73 | 21.84 | 20.83 | 9.60 | 8.30 | 2.40 | -- | 0.0876 | 15.41 | -1.69 | 1.14 | 1.86 | -18.64 | 15.74 | 35.10 |
| TYK Corp | 32.12bn | 3.35bn | 26.92bn | 911.00 | 7.85 | 0.5818 | 5.49 | 0.8381 | 75.46 | 75.46 | 723.17 | 1,017.53 | 0.5246 | 2.16 | 3.55 | 35,261,730.00 | 6.23 | 5.34 | 8.05 | 7.14 | 26.55 | 26.72 | 11.87 | 9.58 | 3.59 | -- | 0.0608 | 26.47 | 6.40 | 2.64 | 31.60 | 18.43 | -0.212 | 28.72 |
Data as of Feb 18 2026. Currency figures normalised to MERF Inc's reporting currency: Japanese Yen JPY
0.01%Per cent of shares held by top holders
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co. Ltd.as of 05 Mar 2024 | 700.00 | 0.01% |
| Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 31 May 2024 | 500.00 | 0.00% |
| Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 29 Sep 2025 | 200.00 | 0.00% |
| Resona Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 10 Dec 2024 | 100.00 | 0.00% |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 14 Mar 2024 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
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Data from 19 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2025Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
