KITZ Past Earnings Performance

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KITZ has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 15.4%, while the Machinery industry saw earnings growing at 9.5% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.3% per year. KITZ's return on equity is 10.3%, and it has net margins of 6.7%.

Key information

15.38%

Earnings growth rate

16.12%

EPS growth rate

Machinery Industry Growth	10.65%
Revenue growth rate	3.29%
Return on equity	10.28%
Net Margin	6.74%
Last Earnings Update	31 Mar 2026

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How KITZ makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:3W8 Revenue, expenses and earnings (JPY Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
31 Mar 26	181,567	12,232	28,189	3,034
31 Dec 25	176,682	11,465	27,340	3,034
30 Sep 25	175,563	11,599	31,470	0
30 Jun 25	174,625	12,372	26,512	3,079
31 Mar 25	173,571	12,207	30,612	0
31 Dec 24	172,042	11,824	26,582	3,079
30 Sep 24	170,878	11,078	27,128	2,610
30 Jun 24	169,464	10,526	27,213	2,610
31 Mar 24	167,911	9,722	26,654	2,610
31 Dec 23	166,941	10,591	26,120	2,610
30 Sep 23	165,013	10,588	25,250	2,716
30 Jun 23	164,256	9,887	25,041	2,716
31 Mar 23	162,405	10,059	24,717	2,716
31 Dec 22	159,914	8,549	24,093	2,716
30 Sep 22	156,202	7,615	23,749	2,620
30 Jun 22	149,605	7,038	23,138	2,620
31 Mar 22	142,768	5,902	22,457	2,620
31 Dec 21	135,790	4,954	22,097	2,620
31 Dec 20	117,252	3,556	18,808	4,645
30 Sep 20	120,690	4,580	21,880	2,692
30 Jun 20	124,956	4,934	22,600	2,692
31 Mar 20	127,090	4,937	23,077	2,692
31 Dec 19	127,513	5,110	26,393	0
30 Sep 19	131,055	3,732	26,585	0
30 Jun 19	134,764	4,755	26,537	0
31 Mar 19	136,637	5,625	26,244	0
31 Dec 18	136,106	5,833	25,392	0
30 Sep 18	132,755	7,803	24,681	0
30 Jun 18	128,016	7,213	23,863	0
31 Mar 18	124,566	6,518	23,428	0
31 Dec 17	122,194	6,630	23,251	0
30 Sep 17	118,752	5,374	22,773	0
30 Jun 17	115,992	5,325	22,373	0
31 Mar 17	114,101	5,400	22,069	0
31 Dec 16	112,610	4,579	21,659	0
30 Sep 16	112,183	5,194	21,726	0
30 Jun 16	115,686	5,045	21,832	0
31 Mar 16	117,278	4,915	21,941	0
31 Dec 15	118,727	5,159	22,272	0
30 Sep 15	119,542	6,811	21,755	0
30 Jun 15	116,999	6,670	21,415	0

Quality Earnings: 3W8 has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: 3W8's current net profit margins (6.7%) are lower than last year (7%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: 3W8's earnings have grown by 15.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: 3W8's earnings growth over the past year (0.2%) is below its 5-year average (15.4% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: 3W8 earnings growth over the past year (0.2%) did not outperform the Machinery industry 1.6%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: 3W8's Return on Equity (10.3%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/06/02 07:46
End of Day Share Price	2026/06/02 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
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Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

KITZ Corporation is covered by 4 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Kazue Yanagisawa	CLSA
Hirosuke Tai	Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
Koichi Hariya	Ichiyoshi Research Institute Inc.