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Cota Co., Ltd.

4923.T

JPXConsumer DefensiveHousehold & Personal Products

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¥1,259

+¥6.00 · +0.48%

Aug 24, 3:30 PM JST

4923.T company overview

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Company profile

Company website

Founded in Kyoto, Japan, in 1979, Cota Co., Ltd. is an international enterprise specializing in the development and distribution of quasi-pharmaceutical items. Their product offerings encompass a wide variety of solutions for hair and scalp care, styling, permanent wave applications, and hair coloring. The company primarily caters to professional beauty salons, utilizing a network of sales branches and authorized partners for its distribution channels.

Industry
Household & Personal Products
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Headquarters
JP
CEO
Hiroteru Oda
Listed since
Sep 19, 2002
Employees
390

Market position

Day range

Current ¥1,259

52-week range

Current ¥1,259

Open
¥1,255
Previous close
¥1,253
Volume
26.5K
0.74× average
Average volume
35.92K
Average daily volume
Market cap
36.68B JPY
Beta
0.27
Market reference 1
50-day average
¥1,185.52
+6.20% above average
200-day average
¥1,168.76
+7.72% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
26.58B JPY
P/E (TTM)
23.86×
P/B (TTM)
2.46×
P/S (TTM)
3.82×
EV / EBITDA
11.25×
Earnings yield
4.40%
Free cash flow yield
0.00%
Dividend yield
1.51%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
69.38%
Operating margin
20.77%
Net margin
14.94%
Return on equity
11.87%
Return on assets
9.05%
Return on invested capital
10.50%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0×
Current ratio
4.03×
Altman Z-score
8.62
Piotroski F-score
5 of 9

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends77%54%31%8%Gross margin, FY2021: 71.07%Gross margin, FY2022: 70.74%Gross margin, FY2023: 67.58%Gross margin, FY2024: 67.45%Gross margin, FY2025: 69.38%Operating margin, FY2021: 24.75%Operating margin, FY2022: 22.95%Operating margin, FY2023: 21.03%Operating margin, FY2024: 19.54%Operating margin, FY2025: 20.77%Net margin, FY2021: 16.03%Net margin, FY2022: 17.73%Net margin, FY2023: 14.77%Net margin, FY2024: 13.91%Net margin, FY2025: 14.94%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 71.07%. Gross margin FY2022 70.74%. Gross margin FY2023 67.58%. Gross margin FY2024 67.45%. Gross margin FY2025 69.38%. Operating margin FY2021 24.75%. Operating margin FY2022 22.95%. Operating margin FY2023 21.03%. Operating margin FY2024 19.54%. Operating margin FY2025 20.77%. Net margin FY2021 16.03%. Net margin FY2022 17.73%. Net margin FY2023 14.77%. Net margin FY2024 13.91%. Net margin FY2025 14.94%.

Income trends

Revenue

9.6B JPY+2.42%

Operating income

2B JPY+8.90%

Net income

1.44B JPY+10.00%
Income trends across reported periods10.43B JPY7.11B JPY3.79B JPY474.58M JPYRevenue, FY2021: 8.69B JPYRevenue, FY2022: 8.8B JPYRevenue, FY2023: 9.14B JPYRevenue, FY2024: 9.38B JPYRevenue, FY2025: 9.6B JPYOperating income, FY2021: 2.15B JPYOperating income, FY2022: 2.02B JPYOperating income, FY2023: 1.92B JPYOperating income, FY2024: 1.83B JPYOperating income, FY2025: 2B JPYNet income, FY2021: 1.39B JPYNet income, FY2022: 1.56B JPYNet income, FY2023: 1.35B JPYNet income, FY2024: 1.3B JPYNet income, FY2025: 1.44B JPYFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 8.69B JPY. Revenue FY2022 8.8B JPY. Revenue FY2023 9.14B JPY. Revenue FY2024 9.38B JPY. Revenue FY2025 9.6B JPY. Operating income FY2021 2.15B JPY. Operating income FY2022 2.02B JPY. Operating income FY2023 1.92B JPY. Operating income FY2024 1.83B JPY. Operating income FY2025 2B JPY. Net income FY2021 1.39B JPY. Net income FY2022 1.56B JPY. Net income FY2023 1.35B JPY. Net income FY2024 1.3B JPY. Net income FY2025 1.44B JPY.
Metric (JPY)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue9.6B JPY9.38B JPY9.14B JPY8.8B JPY8.69B JPY
Cost of goods sold2.94B JPY3.05B JPY2.96B JPY2.58B JPY2.51B JPY
Gross profit6.66B JPY6.32B JPY6.18B JPY6.23B JPY6.18B JPY
Research and development—509.31M JPY507.08M JPY529.35M JPY463.35M JPY
Selling, general, and administrative4.67B JPY3.98B JPY3.75B JPY3.68B JPY3.56B JPY
Operating expenses4.67B JPY4.49B JPY4.25B JPY4.21B JPY4.03B JPY
Interest income24.75M JPY4.97M JPY2.06M JPY2.58M JPY2.77M JPY
Depreciation and amortization367M JPY370.98M JPY346.56M JPY281.2M JPY215.09M JPY
Operating income2B JPY1.83B JPY1.92B JPY2.02B JPY2.15B JPY
Net income1.44B JPY1.3B JPY1.35B JPY1.56B JPY1.39B JPY

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

Latest EPS result
5.64

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Estimates unavailable
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates42.3826.2310.08-6.08Q3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q3 '26
Q3 2024, reported Jul 31, 2024: actual -2.73, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2024, reported Nov 6, 2024: actual 6.89, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2025, reported Jan 31, 2025: actual 35.7, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported May 8, 2025: actual 4.72, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Jul 31, 2025: actual -1.15, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2025, reported Nov 5, 2025: actual 5.74, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Jan 30, 2026: actual 39.04, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2026, reported Jul 30, 2026: actual 5.64, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates4.41B2.94B1.48B8.08MQ3 '24BeatQ4 '24No estimateQ1 '25No estimateQ2 '25MissQ3 '25No estimateQ4 '25No estimateQ1 '26No estimateQ3 '26No estimate
Q3 2024, reported Jul 31, 2024: actual 1.49B JPY, estimate 9.5M JPY, surprise +15605.26%, Beat. Q4 2024, reported Nov 6, 2024: actual 2.1B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2025, reported Jan 31, 2025: actual 3.84B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported May 8, 2025: actual 1.94B JPY, estimate 2.1B JPY, surprise -7.71%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 31, 2025: actual 1.6B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2025, reported Nov 5, 2025: actual 1.94B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Jan 30, 2026: actual 4.09B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2026, reported Jul 30, 2026: actual 1.98B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.

¥19.0476

2025 complete year+62.7% since 2021

2026 partial: ¥19.047

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Mar 30, 2027

¥20.00

Annual

Record Mar 31, 2027 · Payment Mar 30, 2027

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 30, 2026

¥19.9993

Annual

Record Mar 31, 2026 · Payment Jun 22, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 28, 2025

¥20.00

Annual

Record Mar 31, 2025 · Payment Jun 23, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 28, 2024

¥20.00

Annual

Record Mar 31, 2024 · Payment Jun 24, 2024

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 30, 2023

¥20.00

Annual

Record Mar 31, 2023 · Payment Jun 26, 2023

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 30, 2022

¥20.00

Annual

Record Mar 31, 2022 · Payment Jun 20, 2022

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ETFs holding 4923.T

Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.

iShares Core TOPIX ETF logoiShares Core TOPIX ETF1475.T
Market value
68.79M
Weight
0.00%
AUM
2.89T JPY
Expense ratio
0.05%
Price / 1D
¥417.7-0.07%
Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF logoDimensional - International Small Cap ETFDFIS
Market value
178.46K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
5.91B USD
Expense ratio
0.39%
Price / 1D
$37.485-0.16%
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0.22%
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$39.325-0.22%
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27.64K
Weight
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AUM
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Expense ratio
0.18%
Price / 1D
$43.265-0.20%

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