Equities

Kadokawa Corp

  • Add to watchlist
  • Add to portfolio
  • Add an alert

Kadokawa Corp

Actions
Consumer DiscretionaryMedia
  • Price (JPY)2,780.00
  • Today's Change-144.00 / -4.92%
  • Shares traded486.10k
  • 1 Year change-24.06%
  • Beta0.2215
Data delayed at least 15 minutes, as of Feb 18 2026 02:30 GMT.
More ▼
Notice
Important Notice
Please note that effective 5th February, 2026 the Financial Times will no longer publish or present securities from the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

Profile data is unavailable for this security.

About the company

Kadokawa Corp is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the publishing and intellectual property (IP) creation business, and others. The Company operates through five business segments. The Publishing and IP Creation Business segment publishes and sells books, e-books, e-magazines, and magazines, sells online advertisements, and plans and sells other IP creation-related products. The Animation and Live-Action Video Business segment plans, produces, and distributes anime and live-action video, licenses video distribution rights, and sells video package software. The Game Business segment plans, develops, and sells game software and network games. The Web Services Business segment operates video community services, plans and manages various events, and distributes mobile content. The Education and EdTech Business segment plans and manages online education and vocational schools. The Company also plans and sells character goods, and others.

  • Revenue in JPY (TTM)274.32bn
  • Net income in JPY2.24bn
  • Incorporated2014
  • Employees6.97k
More ▼

Mergers & acquisitions

Acquired companyDeal statusDateDate /
Deal status
9468:TYO since
announced
Transaction
value
Sozo Pte LtdDeal completed30 Nov 202530 Nov 2025Deal completed-16.04%--
Edizioni BD SrlDeal completed19 May 202519 May 2025Deal completed-30.78%--
Data delayed at least 15 minutes, as of Feb 18 2026 02:30 GMT.

Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/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)
Changjiang Publishing & Media Co Ltd153.66bn24.78bn245.95bn4.52k9.931.12--1.600.91880.91885.708.150.48563.223.601,531,553.007.836.9311.469.8633.8432.8116.1212.811.30--0.005153.414.64-1.62-6.963.86-17.7315.44
Southern Publishing and Media Co Ltd199.47bn25.14bn286.33bn7.24k11.431.49--1.441.281.2810.169.790.503.302.851,239,518.007.177.4212.5812.3234.1431.7914.3512.241.03--0.140741.25-2.077.05-36.912.0113.6617.08
Chinese Universe Pblshg Md Grp Co Ltd174.25bn9.24bn286.52bn7.96k31.900.7505--1.640.3000.3005.5212.750.26263.983.66985,390.501.576.362.509.1933.8039.365.9916.981.82--0.091749.21-14.56-3.74-66.32-15.482.60-4.36
ANHUI XINHUA MEDIA CO., LTD205.82bn18.86bn296.71bn6.16k15.701.10--1.440.43430.43434.736.220.46016.563.671,502,935.004.254.386.766.2821.6220.229.247.042.18--0.15155.89-4.404.00-24.674.826.764.56
China Publishing & Media Holdings Co Ltd123.11bn12.65bn303.77bn3.66k24.021.42--2.470.29890.29892.915.070.34811.437.381,513,290.003.775.395.618.3532.5830.4410.8312.851.65--0.034630.12-2.84-0.8838-33.41-1.7513.63-2.54
IReader Technology Co Ltd69.59bn-2.90bn366.89bn816.00--7.14--5.27-0.3126-0.31266.995.271.02--9.813,838,168.00-3.803.68-4.754.9570.4565.41-3.734.61----0.004733.13-7.026.5441.46-21.0815.43-7.79
China Science Publishing & Media Ltd66.94bn11.67bn389.60bn1.41k33.373.20--5.820.66460.66463.816.930.42423.5415.262,142,656.007.567.319.759.9326.6226.5217.8117.572.85--0.019444.092.733.35-15.65-1.42-11.397.60
Zhejiang Publishing & Media Co Ltd241.20bn28.50bn403.92bn6.62k14.201.34--1.670.57610.57614.956.120.48981.7811.681,638,718.005.806.549.4610.8228.1427.3211.8511.621.57--0.008446.70-4.121.91-28.26-0.378-11.63--
Shandong Publishing & Media Co Ltd257.10bn34.31bn420.13bn8.92k12.221.22--1.630.74130.74135.567.450.49853.074.391,297,134.006.648.259.3811.5135.7336.6013.3214.761.93--0.010448.76-3.583.71-46.54-3.83-14.58-0.633
China South Publishing & Media Grp Co Ld277.11bn35.19bn436.20bn13.12k12.391.25--1.570.88180.88186.948.770.46824.137.46950,530.706.316.6510.2410.6345.1141.3513.4713.242.20--0.047870.64-1.945.40-26.121.441.91-2.37
Kadokawa Corp274.32bn2.24bn447.27bn6.97k204.561.7726.711.6314.6814.681,835.781,692.850.73374.503.7339,374,050.001.263.812.025.6634.1134.831.725.131.89--0.03936.787.676.31-35.07-1.81-1.6814.87
Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing&Media293.41bn43.45bn566.06bn6.35k13.031.27--1.930.76840.76845.197.890.4193.3012.132,079,108.006.237.549.4011.8739.4836.0314.8616.431.54--0.039457.17-0.28731.57-45.883.52-19.4910.76
Data as of Feb 18 2026. Currency figures normalised to Kadokawa Corp's reporting currency: Japanese Yen JPY

Institutional shareholders

20.84%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 15 Sep 20256.66m4.47%
Capital Research & Management Co. (World Investors)as of 31 Dec 20255.31m3.56%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 15 Sep 20254.19m2.81%
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 30 Jan 20264.03m2.70%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 04 Feb 20263.59m2.41%
Rheos Capital Works, Inc. (Investment Management)as of 30 Sep 20251.86m1.25%
Norges Bank Investment Managementas of 30 Jun 20251.73m1.16%
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.as of 30 Jan 20261.54m1.04%
BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 06 Feb 20261.26m0.84%
Commons Asset Management, Inc.as of 18 Dec 2024890.30k0.60%
More ▼
Data from 18 Dec 2024 - 12 Feb 2026Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Data Provided by LSEG
All markets data located on FT.com is subject to the FT Terms & Conditions
All content on FT.com is for your general information and use only and is not intended to address your particular requirements. In particular, the content does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation, endorsement or arrangement by FT and is not intended to be relied upon by users in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment or other decisions.
Any information that you receive via FT.com is at best delayed intraday data and not "real time". Share price information may be rounded up/down and therefore not entirely accurate. FT is not responsible for any use of content by you outside its scope as stated in the FT Terms & Conditions.