Consumer Services

Kakaku.com, Inc.

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Business Summary

Kakaku.com, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet services through its website Kakaku.com. It operates through the following segments: Internet Media and Finance. The Internet Media segment includes customer support services, advertising services, sales support, information provision, Tabelog business, 4Travel business, and others, such as external media articles. The Finance segment includes the foreign exchange margin trading and insurance services. It also provides the price margins of products and other information of merchandise and services that include personal computers, home electronics, broadband and mobile phone telecommunication fees, food, drink, interiors and cosmetics. The company was founded on December 11, 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Financial Highlights

Mar 2022	JPY	USD
Revenue	51,723M	460.28M
Gross Profit	34,817M	309.83M
Operating income	19,120M	170.14M
Income before tax	20,791M	185.01M
Net income	14,293M	127.19M
EBITDA	22,626M	201.34M
Diluted EPS	69.60	0.61
Dividends Per Share	40	0.35
Total Assets	70,477M	580.65M
Total liabilities	22,313M	183.83M
Total equity	47,956M	395.10M
Operating cash flow	16,033M	142.67M
	Currency in JPY	Currency in USD

Historical Data

JPY | USD

	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022
Revenue	46,782M	54,832M	60,978M	51,077M	51,723M
Gross Profit	32,625M	37,507M	41,972M	33,580M	34,817M
Operating income	22,697M	25,062M	27,279M	18,404M	19,120M
Income before tax	22,820M	24,839M	26,619M	18,005M	20,791M
Net income	15,698M	16,697M	18,348M	11,763M	14,293M
EBITDA	24,277M	26,829M	30,499M	21,977M	22,626M
Diluted EPS	73.92	79.66	88.20	57.08	69.60
Dividends Per Share	32	36	40	40	40
Total Assets	42,770M	51,242M	63,317M	70,958M	70,477M
Total liabilities	8,862M	10,301M	20,014M	23,816M	22,313M
Total equity	33,573M	40,538M	42,909M	46,880M	47,956M
Operating cash flow	16,000M	18,291M	23,997M	17,288M	16,033M

	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022
Revenue	422.09M	494.45M	560.84M	481.59M	460.28M
Gross Profit	294.36M	338.22M	386.03M	316.62M	309.83M
Operating income	204.78M	225.99M	250.89M	173.52M	170.14M
Income before tax	205.89M	223.98M	244.82M	169.76M	185.01M
Net income	141.63M	150.56M	168.75M	110.91M	127.19M
EBITDA	219.04M	241.93M	280.51M	207.21M	201.34M
Diluted EPS	0.66	0.71	0.81	0.53	0.61
Dividends Per Share	0.28	0.32	0.36	0.37	0.35
Total Assets	402.16M	462.95M	586.51M	642.15M	580.65M
Total liabilities	83.32M	93.06M	185.39M	215.52M	183.83M
Total equity	315.68M	366.24M	397.47M	424.25M	395.10M
Operating cash flow	144.36M	164.94M	220.71M	163.00M	142.67M

Valuation Measures

Mar 2022
PER	39.58
ROA	20.21%
ROE	30.14%
Operating margin	36.96%
Profit margin	27.63%

Key executives

Executive President & Representative Director: Shonosuke Hata
Manager-Finance & Accounting: Ayako Fukawa
Chief Technology Officer & Executive Officer: Norihiko Fukuda
Director, Executive Officer & Head-Eating Log: Atsuhiro Murakami
Director, Executive Officer & GM-Shopping Business: Kanako Miyazaki

Shareholders

Digital Garage, Inc. (20.6%)
KDDI Corp. (17.0%)
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (4.1%)
Baillie Gifford & Co. (3.8%)
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (2.8%)
AllianceBernstein LP (2.2%)
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (1.6%)
Handelsbanken Fonder AB (1.2%)
Brown Capital Management LLC (1.1%)
BlackRock Fund Advisors (1.1%)

Contact Details

Website:http://corporate.kakaku.com
Address: Digital Gate Building, 3-5-7 Ebisu-Minami, Tokyo, 150-0022, Japan
Phone: +81.3.5725.4554

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Last Updated on 10 Aug, 2022