Kakaku.com Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Kakaku.com's CEO is Atsuhiro Murakami, appointed in Apr 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.004% of the company’s shares, worth €118.48K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.3 years and 5.4 years respectively.

Key information

Atsuhiro Murakami

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.004%
Management average tenure	4.3yrs
Board average tenure	5.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Atsuhiro Murakami (49 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. Atsuhiro Murakami serves as Executive Vice President at Kakaku.com, Inc. since July 01, 2023 and served as Executive Officer since July 1, 2019 until July 01, 2023. Mr. Murakami served as the Chief of...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Kaoru Hayashi	Executive Chairman	22.3yrs	no data	0.084% € 2.5m
Atsuhiro Murakami	President	less than a year	no data	0.0040% € 118.5k
Shinichi Kasuya	CFO, Senior Executive Officer & Director	less than a year	no data	0.0010% € 29.5k
Takayuki Kyowa	Senior Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data
Hitoshi Ishii	Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data
Kanako Miyazaki	CHRO, GM of Human Resources & General Affairs Division	9.6yrs	no data	0.0071% € 208.6k
Shingo Yuki	Senior Executive Officer & Head of Kakaku.com Company	5.3yrs	no data	0.011% € 315.1k
Takeshi Kamada	Executive Officer & Assistant GM of Shopping Media Division	no data	no data	no data
Norihiko Fukuda	Operating Officer	no data	no data	no data
Kimihiro Murakami	Executive Officer & Head of Kakaku.com Sales Division	3.3yrs	no data	no data
Ryu Shibaki	Executive Officer & GM of Kakaku.com Business Division	no data	no data	no data
Tomoyuki Watabe	Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data

4.3yrs

Average Tenure

49yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: KKC's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Kaoru Hayashi	Executive Chairman	22.3yrs	no data	0.084% € 2.5m
Atsuhiro Murakami	President	12.4yrs	no data	0.0040% € 118.5k
Shinichi Kasuya	CFO, Senior Executive Officer & Director	15.4yrs	no data	0.0010% € 29.5k
Kanako Miyazaki	CHRO, GM of Human Resources & General Affairs Division	5.4yrs	no data	0.0071% € 208.6k
Masayuki Kinoshita	External Independent Director	4.4yrs	no data	0.00071% € 20.8k
Daisuke Iwase	Independent Outside Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Hisashi Kajiki	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	6.4yrs	no data	no data
Masahito Okuma	Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Hirofumi Hirai	Chairman of Audit & Supervisory Board	5.4yrs	no data	0.0014% € 40.1k
Tomoharu Kato	External Independent Director	7.4yrs	no data	no data
Yuko Nemoto	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	3.4yrs	no data	no data
Makoto Kadowaki	Independent External Director	1.5yrs	no data	no data

5.4yrs

Average Tenure

50.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: KKC's board of directors are considered experienced (5.4 years average tenure).

Kakaku.com Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Announces Board Retirements

Kakaku.com, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 19, 2024

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Announces CEO Changes

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Announces Board Changes

Kakaku.com, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 20, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Recent updates

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: JP¥24.11 (vs JP¥21.21 in 2Q 2024)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥25.00 per share

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Nov 06, 2024

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: JP¥24.42 (vs JP¥18.16 in 1Q 2024)

Now 21% undervalued

New minor risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 19%

Final dividend of JP¥25.00 announced

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Aug 06, 2024

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥90.44 (vs JP¥79.30 in FY 2023)

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Announces Board Retirements

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥90.44 (vs JP¥79.30 in FY 2023)

Kakaku.com, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 19, 2024

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ending September 30, 2024 and Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2025

Upcoming dividend of JP¥23.00 per share

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q4, 2024 Results on May 09, 2024

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥23.77 (vs JP¥23.55 in 3Q 2023)

Kakaku.com, Inc. Provides Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Announces CEO Changes

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Feb 06, 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥21.21 (vs JP¥18.94 in 2Q 2023)

Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE:2371) announces an Equity Buyback for 5,000,000 shares, representing 2.49% for ¥6,000 million.

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of JP¥23.00 per share at 3.0% yield

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Nov 07, 2023

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥18.16 (vs JP¥20.38 in 1Q 2023)

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥79.30 (vs JP¥69.66 in FY 2022)

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Aug 03, 2023

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Announces Board Changes

Kakaku.com, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ending September 30, 2023 and Full Year Ending March 31, 2024

Kakaku.com, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 20, 2023

Upcoming dividend of JP¥20.00 per share at 2.2% yield

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥23.55 (vs JP¥22.84 in 3Q 2022)

Kakaku.com, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2023

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Feb 02, 2023

Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE:2371) announces an Equity Buyback for 4,300,000 shares, representing 2.1% for ¥8,000 million.

Less than half of directors are independent

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥18.94 (vs JP¥14.71 in 2Q 2022)

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Declares Dividend for the Second Quarter and Provides Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2023

Upcoming dividend of JP¥20.00 per share

Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE:2371) agreed to acquire 70.3% stake in Pathee Inc. from Digital Holdings, Inc. (TSE:2389), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TSE:8031), Japan Ventures I L.P., managed by FIL Capital Management Limited and others for ¥515 million.

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Nov 02, 2022

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥20.38 (vs JP¥13.35 in 1Q 2022)

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Provides Dividend Guidance for the Second Quarter and Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2023

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: JP¥69.66 (vs JP¥57.13 in FY 2021)

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Aug 03, 2022

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ending September 30, 2022 and for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2023

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on May 11, 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending March 31, 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JP¥14.71 (vs JP¥14.69 in 2Q 2021)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥20.00 per share

Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE:2371) announces an Equity Buyback for 8 shares, representing 0.000004% for ¥0.03 million.

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ending September 30, 2021 and Full Year Ending March 31, 2022

Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE:2371) announces an Equity Buyback for 2,000,000 shares, representing 0.97% for ¥5,000 million.

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JP¥13.35 (vs JP¥6.89 in 1Q 2021)

Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE:2371) agreed to acquire 9.8% stake in forTravel, Inc. for ¥17.7 million.

External Independent Auditor Kaori Matsuhashi has left the company

External Independent Auditor Kaori Matsuhashi has left the company

Kakaku.Com, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Six Months Ending September 30, 2021 and Full Year Ending March 31, 2022

Upcoming dividend of JP¥20.00 per share

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2021 Results on May 11, 2021

New 90-day high: €27.40

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥21.60 (vs JP¥23.46 in 3Q 2020)

Revenue beats expectations

Kakaku.com, Inc. to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Feb 03, 2021

Kakaku.com, Inc. Not Provided Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2021