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Kanro Inc.

Kanro Co., Ltd. is a Japanese confectionery manufacturer specializing in the production and sale of candy and gummy products. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Yamaguchi Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture, producing a range of sugar confectionery including hard candies, soft candies, and gummy candies. Kanro is known for its established brand presence in the Japanese confectionery market, supported by a sales partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation.

Market Cap
¥44.2B
US$282M
EV
¥42.2B
US$269M
Stock¥1,049▲+0.77%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
7.3
x
LTM EV/EBIT
10.1
x
LTM PER
14.5
x
LTM PBR
2.2
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-63.8%pt
100123
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Oct 29, 25Q2 earnings downward revision
2Feb 13, 26Weak Q3 earnings results
3Jul 31, 26Board approved share buyback and cancellation; Q2 FY2026/12 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
44.2BUS$282MMarket Cap1.07BUS$6.84M+ Debt3.10BUS$19.8M− Cash0.03BUS$0.18M− Inv. Sec.42.2BUS$269MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
25.7US$164M'21/1225.1US$160M'22/1229.0US$185M'23/1231.8US$203M'24/1234.8US$222M'25/12
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
2.37US$15.1M'21/123.08US$19.7M'22/124.60US$29.4M'23/125.79US$36.9M'24/126.30US$40.2M'25/12
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.88US$5.63M'21/121.35US$8.58M'22/122.46US$15.7M'23/123.26US$20.8M'24/123.38US$21.5M'25/12
Capital Structure
95%
EquityD/E 0.05xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
2.31US$14.7M0.56US$3.58M'21/122.49US$15.8M0.06US$0.39M'22/124.05US$25.8M0.16US$1.04M'23/125.20US$33.2M0.12US$0.77M'24/124.48US$28.6M1.07US$6.84M'25/12
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 55.7%
1
Mitsubishi Corporation
29.55%
2
Enomoto Buhei Shoten Co., Ltd.
6.26%
3
Kanro Kyoei-kai
5.56%
4
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
3.53%
5
BOFAS INC SEGREGATION ACCOUNT (Standing Proxy: BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
2.85%
6
BNP PARIBAS LUXEMBOURG/2S/JASDEC/FIM/LUXEMBOURG FUNDS/UCITS ASSETS (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)
2.48%
7
MSIP CLIENT SECURITIES (Standing Proxy: Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.)
2.07%
8
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (Standing Proxy: Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
1.39%
9
The Yamaguchi Bank, Ltd. (Standing Proxy: The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
1.11%
10
Kanro Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Association
0.94%
Management
11 officers
Tetsuya MURATA
Representative Director, President and CEO, Chief Compliance Officer, Chairman of Sustainability Committee
Apr 1992 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation Jul 2011 Seconded to Life Corporation Mar 2012 Executive Officer, Head of Metropolitan Store Support Division, Life Corporation Apr 2015 Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Metropolitan Sales Division and Head of Metropolitan Store Division, Life Corporation Apr 2016 Head of Strategic Planning Office, Fresh Food Division, Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2018 General Manager, Food Distribution Department, Lifestyle & Distribution Division, Mitsubishi Corporation Mar 2019 Director of the Company Apr 2020 General Manager, Food Distribution Department, Food Distribution & Logistics Division, and Food Distribution DX Office, Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2021 General Manager, Food Distribution Department and Paper & Packaging Department, Food Distribution & Logistics Division, and Food Distribution DX Office, Mitsubishi Corporation Jul 2021 Executive Officer, in charge of Global Business and Future Business, the Company (resigned as Outside Director at end of June) Mar 2022 Director and Executive Officer, Head of Global Business Division, Head of Future Design Business Division and Head of Corporate Planning Division, the Company Jan 2023 Representative Director, President and CEO, Chief Compliance Officer, the Company Jan 2024 Representative Director, President and CEO, Chief Compliance Officer, Chairman of Sustainability Committee, the Company (current)
1969-10-11
Kazuhiro ISHIKAWA
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Core Business Division
Apr 1988 Joined the Company Jul 2005 General Manager, Wide-Area Sales Department Oct 2007 General Manager, Sales Department, Sales Division Jul 2009 General Manager, Development Planning Department, Development Division Jan 2011 General Manager, Product Strategy Office, Marketing Division Mar 2014 Executive Officer, Head of New Business Division Sep 2014 Executive Officer, Head of Development Division Jan 2016 Executive Officer, in charge of SCM Promotion Department Jan 2017 Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Cost Reduction, SCM Promotion Department and Quality Assurance Department Jan 2018 Managing Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Sales Division Jan 2021 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division Jan 2022 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Core Business Division Mar 2024 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Head of Core Business Division Jan 2026 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Core Business Division (current)
1965-08-26
Hisao YAMAMOTO
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1990 Joined the Company Jul 2007 General Manager, Production Department, Production Division Apr 2011 Plant Manager, Hikari Plant Jan 2016 Executive Officer, Head of Production Division Jan 2018 Executive Officer, Head of Development Division Jan 2019 Executive Officer, Head of Marketing Division Jan 2022 Executive Officer, Head of SCM Division and in charge of Cost Reduction Strategy Jan 2024 Executive Officer, in charge of Cost Reduction Strategy Mar 2024 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
1967-09-30
Mitsuki SATO
Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Head of Finance & Accounting Division and CIO, Head of Digital Solutions Division
Apr 1993 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2001 Seconded to Mitsubishi Corporation Financial Services Ltd. Jul 2005 Director, Mitsubishi Corporation (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. May 2010 Machinery Group Management Department, Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2017 Director, Vice President and Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation Financial Services Ltd.; Head of Corporate Planning Office and Head of Accounting Group Feb 2021 Director, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Administration, Mitsubishi Corporation Energy Ltd. Mar 2025 Retired as Director, Mitsubishi Corporation Energy Ltd. Mar 2025 Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Head of Finance & Accounting Division and CIO, Head of System Solutions Division, the Company Jan 2026 Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Head of Finance & Accounting Division and CIO, Head of Digital Solutions Division, the Company (current)
1969-12-29
Hiromi HORIE
Director
May 1987 Joined Levi Strauss Japan K.K. Jan 1992 General Manager, Public Relations Department, Levi Strauss Japan K.K. Dec 1999 General Manager, Marketing Department, Levi Strauss Japan K.K. Mar 2005 Joined Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd.; Head of Public Relations Division Dec 2006 Head of Marketing Division, Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. Aug 2010 Executive Officer, in charge of Marketing, and member of Management Committee, Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. May 2016 Outside Director, Adastria Co., Ltd. Dec 2016 Resigned from Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. Mar 2017 Representative Director, Haruka Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2021 Director of the Company (current)
1956-06-19
Yoshikazu ITO
Director
Apr 1983 Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Apr 2005 Vice President, Ajinomoto U.S.A., Inc. Oct 2008 General Manager, Production Control Center, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jul 2013 Director, Head of Kawasaki Plant Operations and Plant Manager, Kawasaki Plant, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jul 2017 Representative Director, President, Knorr Foods Co., Ltd. Apr 2019 Senior Managing Director, Ajinomoto Foods Corporation Jul 2020 Advisor, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Jun 2021 Outside Director, Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Retired from Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Mar 2023 Director of the Company (current)
1960-03-19
Tomohisa OTA
Director
Apr 1991 Joined Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. Apr 2006 Account Manager, Corporate Strategy Department, Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. Apr 2021 Senior Advisor, IT & System Planning Department, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Apr 2021 Senior Advisor, Corporate Business Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Mar 2022 Retired from Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. Apr 2022 Representative, TC Consulting LLC (current) Apr 2022 Executive Officer, System Integrator Co., Ltd. Mar 2023 Executive Officer, Head of Business Strategy Division, System Integrator Co., Ltd. Feb 2024 Retired from System Integrator Co., Ltd. Mar 2024 Director of the Company (current)
1967-01-20
Michio NAGABAYASHI
Director
Apr 1988 Joined Kirin Brewery Company, Limited Sep 2003 Seconded to Pernod Ricard (France) Sep 2005 General Manager, Wide-Area Sales Promotion Department No. 2, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited Jun 2009 Manager, Miyazaki Branch, Kyushu Regional Headquarters, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited Apr 2011 Representative Director, President, Interfood (Vietnam), and Head of Sales & Marketing Division Mar 2015 Executive Officer, Head of Wide-Area Sales Promotion Division, Kirin Beer Marketing Co., Ltd. Mar 2018 Executive Officer, Head of Wide-Area Sales Promotion Division, Marketing Division, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited Mar 2019 Executive Officer, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited; Representative Director, President, Mercian Corporation; Chairman, Japan Winery Association Jun 2024 Director, Delsole Co., Ltd. Jun 2025 Vice President and COO, b-ex Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2026 Director of the Company
1964-10-14
Atsuhiko KIMURA
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1980 Joined Arthur Andersen & Co. (now AZSA LLC) May 1984 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Apr 1987 Manager, Finance Department, Merrill Lynch Securities Feb 1991 Vice President, Daiwa Securities America Jul 1995 Passed U.S. Certified Public Accountant examination Nov 1996 Manager, Asahi & Co. (now AZSA LLC) May 2001 Partner, Asahi & Co. Jun 2005 Director, CFO, Nishimoto Co., Ltd. (now Nishimoto Wismettac Holdings Co., Ltd.) Mar 2020 Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nishimoto Wismettac Holdings Co., Ltd. Mar 2023 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1958-02-04
Nobuko HANANO
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1991 Researcher, Management Research Department, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Apr 1999 Entered Legal Training and Research Institute Oct 2000 Registered with Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Oct 2000 Joined Kowa Law Office Oct 2004 Partner Attorney, Kowa Law Office (current) Mar 2019 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Organo Corporation (current)
1968-10-06
Toyofumi HIZATSUKI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1998 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation May 2003 Seconded to Mitsubishi UBS Realty Inc.; Manager, Finance, Accounting & General Affairs Department Sep 2004 Manager, Real Estate Management Department, Mitsubishi UBS Realty Inc. Dec 2007 Real Estate & Business Finance Unit, Industrial Finance Division, New Industry Finance Group, Mitsubishi Corporation Oct 2012 Non-executive Director, Kizuna Capital Partners Co., Ltd. Oct 2013 Seconded to Ant Capital Partners Co., Ltd., Private Equity Investment Group, Principal Jan 2016 Corporate Finance Department, Asset Management Division, New Industry Finance Group, Mitsubishi Corporation Oct 2018 CVC (Corporate Venture Capital) Special Assignment, CEO Office, New Industry Finance Group, Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2021 Head of Business Concept & Digital Strategy Unit, CEO Office, Multi-Urban Development Group, Mitsubishi Corporation May 2022 Senior Manager, Internal Control, Audit & Compliance Unit, CEO Office, Multi-Urban Development Group, Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2024 Manager, S.L.C. Group Audit Department, Mitsubishi Corporation (current) Jun 2024 Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Mar 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1974-09-23
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Disclosures
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Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-08-06
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2026 – Dec 2026
TDnet
2026-07-31
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2026
EDINET
2026-06-22
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-04-30
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2026
EDINET
2026-03-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
EDINET
2026-03-23
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-02-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-11-21
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-10-29
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-08-07
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-08-07
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-04-25
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Dec 2025
EDINET
2025-03-31
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
EDINET
2024-08-06
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Jun 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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2023-11-09
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Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
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2023-08-08
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
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2023-05-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
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2023-03-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
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2022-11-09
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-09
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-05-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-03-30
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-09
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-05-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-03-29
Annual Securities Report
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