Overview
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Cookpad Inc.

Cookpad Inc. operates Japan's largest recipe-sharing platform, 'Cookpad,' enabling users to post, search, and discover cooking recipes, with premium subscription features including popularity-ranked search and personalized meal planning suggestions. The company also runs 'Cookpad Mart,' a fresh food e-commerce service that delivers market-direct ingredients to dedicated refrigerated lockers installed at apartments, convenience stores, and stations. Additionally, Cookpad offers 'moment,' an AI-powered kitchen camera that records and analyzes users' cooking processes to provide personalized improvement advice based on culinary principles learned from world-class chefs.

Market Cap
¥8.84B
US$56.4M
EV
¥3.13B
US$20.0M
Stock¥123▼-1.60%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
8.4
x
LTM EV/EBIT
29.6
x
LTM PER
7.2
x
LTM PBR
0.7
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-48.9%pt
1001
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Apr 1, 26Selling pressure after earnings release
MC → EV Bridge
8.84BUS$56.4MMarket Cap0.54BUS$3.42M+ Debt6.25BUS$39.8M− Cash0.00BUS$0.00M− Inv. Sec.3.13BUS$20.0MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
10.0US$63.8M'21/129.09US$57.9M'22/127.61US$48.5M'23/125.88US$37.5M'24/125.34US$34.0M'25/12
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
-2.12-US$13.5M'21/12-3.22-US$20.5M'22/12-2.48-US$15.8M'23/121.03US$6.55M'24/120.53US$3.39M'25/12
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
-2.38-US$15.2M'21/12-3.49-US$22.2M'22/12-2.23-US$14.2M'23/121.33US$8.49M'24/120.74US$4.73M'25/12
Capital Structure
96%
EquityD/E 0.04xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
20.4US$130M1.23US$7.87M'21/1216.8US$107M1.14US$7.26M'22/1212.0US$76.7M0.28US$1.81M'23/1212.1US$77.1M0.84US$5.34M'24/125.89US$37.5M0.65US$4.15M'25/12
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 72.5%
1
Hikari SANO
64.81%
2
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
3.73%
3
UBS AG LONDON A/C IPB SEGREGATED CLIENT ACCOUNT (Standing Proxy: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch)
1.12%
4
Kenta HASHIMOTO
0.66%
5
Takako SAITO
0.45%
6
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account 4)
0.37%
7
INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC (Standing Proxy: Interactive Brokers Securities Japan Inc.)
0.37%
8
Atsushi MURAYAMA
0.35%
9
Takeshi HIRAO
0.31%
10
SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.
0.28%
Management
5 officers
Hikari SANO
Director
Oct 1997: Established Coin Co., Ltd. (now the Company) Sep 2004: Representative Director of the Company Jul 2007: Representative Executive Officer and Director of the Company May 2012: Director and Executive Officer of the Company Jul 2012: Director of the Company (current) Mar 2016: Executive Officer of the Company Jun 2016: Director, Cookpad Limited (U.K.) (current) Oct 2023: Representative Executive Officer of the Company (current)
1973-05-01
Shigeo INUKAI
Director
Oct 1995: Joined Asahi Audit Corporation (now Azusa Audit LLC) Jul 2007: Joined Goldman Sachs Realty Japan G.K. Nov 2011: Joined Venture Republic Inc. Jul 2016: Joined the Company; Vice President, Finance, and Head of Finance Division Nov 2016: Executive Officer of the Company (current) Sep 2023: Director, Cookpad Limited (U.K.) (current) Mar 2024: Director of the Company (current)
1973-02-02
Atsushi NARUMATSU
Director
Apr 1996: Joined Hara Accounting Audit Corporation May 1998: Joined Tohmatsu Audit Corporation (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Dec 2004: Seconded to the Listing Department, Tokyo Stock Exchange Jan 2007: Joined the Company Jun 2007: Director of the Company Jul 2007: Executive Officer of the Company Apr 2013: Established Museo Inc. (now Neuer Garten Inc.); Representative Director and President (current) May 2013: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nile Inc. Oct 2013: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, RareJob, Inc. Dec 2013: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Helios Inc. May 2015: Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Nile Inc. Nov 2015: Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Wantedly, Inc. (current) Jun 2016: Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), RareJob, Inc. (current) Mar 2017: Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), CROSS MARKETING GROUP INC. (current) Mar 2018: Outside Director, Helios Inc. Mar 2018: Outside Director, Nile Inc. Mar 2025: Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Nile Inc. (current)
1968-11-14
Trang Diep Kieu LE
Director
Feb 2006: Joined HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd. Dec 2007: Joined Leading Business Club (Vietnam) Sep 2011: Joined McKinsey and Company, Incorporated (USA) Dec 2012: COO and CFO, Misfit Wearables Corporation Jan 2016: Managing Director, Fossil Vietnam Limited Liability Company Mar 2018: Country Director, Facebook Vietnam Nov 2019: President of Vietnam Operations, Harrison-AI Pty Ltd (current) Apr 2020: CFO and General Manager, Vietnam, Arevo Inc. Mar 2023: Director of the Company (current) Apr 2023: Co-Founder, Hestya Inc. (current)
1980-08-11
Matsukane IMAI
Director
Sep 2002: Joined Sony Corporation Jun 2006: Representative Director and CEO, Majidesu Inc. Jun 2009: Director and CTO, Gengo Inc. Mar 2015: Representative Director and CEO, Gengo Inc. Jan 2019: Head of Gengo Division, Lionbridge Japan K.K. Apr 2020: Representative Member, Shizen Capital LLC (current) Mar 2024: Director of the Company (current)
1979-08-04
Large Shareholding Reports
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Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-08-10
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2026 – Dec 2026
TDnet
2026-08-07
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2026
TDnet
2026-05-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2026
EDINET
2026-03-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
TDnet
2025-11-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-08-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
TDnet
2025-05-09
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-03-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
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2024-08-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
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2024-05-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Mar 2024
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2024-03-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Dec 2023
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2023-11-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
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2023-08-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
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2023-05-15
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
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2023-03-30
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
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2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
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2022-08-15
Quarterly Securities Report
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2022-05-16
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-03-28
Annual Securities Report
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2021-11-08
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-05-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-03-24
Annual Securities Report
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