Overview
Retail Trade

AUTOWAVE Co.,Ltd.

Autowave Co., Ltd. operates two core business segments in Chiba Prefecture, Japan: an automotive-related business encompassing new and used car sales and purchases, vehicle inspection (shaken) and maintenance services, and automotive accessories/parts retail; and a Business Super (Gyomu Super) franchise business focused on the retail sale of frozen foods and processed foods. The company leverages co-location of its automotive and food retail stores on shared premises to maximize operational efficiency and customer traffic. Autowave has expanded its service offerings to include coin laundry, bicycle sales and repair, and simulation golf facilities, all integrated within or adjacent to existing store locations.

Market Cap
¥2.66B
US$17.0M
EV
¥3.18B
US$20.3M
Stock¥184▲+0.00%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
5.9
x
LTM EV/EBIT
10.3
x
LTM PER
6.1
x
LTM PBR
0.6
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-4.8%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
2.66BUS$17.0MMarket Cap1.33BUS$8.48M+ Debt0.81BUS$5.14M− Cash0.00BUS$0.00M− Inv. Sec.3.18BUS$20.3MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
7.43US$47.4M'22/37.99US$51.0M'23/38.42US$53.7M'24/38.87US$56.6M'25/39.84US$62.7M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
0.36US$2.32M'22/30.51US$3.26M'23/30.55US$3.54M'24/30.51US$3.24M'25/30.55US$3.49M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.14US$0.87M'22/30.26US$1.65M'23/30.26US$1.68M'24/30.27US$1.71M'25/30.44US$2.81M'26/3
Capital Structure
77%
23%
EquityD/E 0.29xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
0.76US$4.87M2.24US$14.3M'22/30.61US$3.87M1.98US$12.7M'23/30.65US$4.15M1.78US$11.4M'24/30.53US$3.38M1.58US$10.1M'25/30.77US$4.88M1.38US$8.80M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 51.1%
1
Daisuke HIROOKA
16.04%
2
Wave Kai
9.04%
3
AUTOWAVE Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
8.51%
4
Akihiko HIROOKA
4.63%
5
Kunio FUKUI
3.67%
6
Kohei HIROOKA
3.39%
7
Tadaaki NAKAMURA
1.80%
8
Hikaru HOSHIKAWA
1.46%
9
Ueda Yagi Tanshi Co., Ltd.
1.36%
10
MATSUI SECURITIES CO.,LTD.
1.23%
Management
7 officers
Daisuke HIROOKA
Director, Representative Director, President
Dec 1996 Appointed Director of the Company Sep 2001 Resigned as Director Nov 2003 General Manager, Overseas Business Division Jun 2010 Appointed Representative Director, President (current)
1969-07-26
Kazuya MIYAUCHI
Director, General Manager, Business Operations Department
Apr 1997 Joined the Company Apr 2006 Store Manager, Auto Wave Kashiwanuma Store Apr 2015 General Manager, Second Sales Department Mar 2016 General Manager, Business Operations Department and General Manager, Store Operations Department Jun 2016 Appointed Director (current) Nov 2016 Director, Bel Garage Co., Ltd. (subsidiary of the Company; merged into the Company in Apr 2019) Jun 2017 Representative Director, Bel Garage Co., Ltd. (subsidiary of the Company; merged into the Company in Apr 2019) May 2026 General Manager, Business Operations Department (current)
1975-02-28
Koichi IMAI
Director, General Manager, Internal Audit Office
Apr 1972 Joined Chiba Shinkin Bank Sep 1991 Joined Hakkosha Co., Ltd. Apr 2001 Joined the Company Aug 2013 General Manager, Internal Audit Office (current) Jun 2024 Appointed Director (current)
1953-12-08
Ken KONO
Director
Oct 1996 Passed the second-stage Japanese CPA examination Sep 1998 Joined Asahi Audit Corporation (currently Azsa LLC) Aug 2002 Joined Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Jul 2004 Joined Tokyo Hokuto Audit Corporation (currently Gyosei Audit Corporation) Dec 2006 Opened Kono CPA Office; Office Head (current) Nov 2013 Established Kono Accounting Office Co., Ltd.; Representative Director (current) Jun 2019 Appointed Outside Director of the Company (current)
1971-10-09
Kaoru TSUKAMOTO
Full-time Corporate Auditor
Apr 1998 Joined Nisshin Kenko Co., Ltd. Sep 1999 Joined Tsukamoto Liquor Store Co., Ltd.; Director Sep 2000 Joined Cast Consulting Co., Ltd.; General Manager, IT & ISO Business Division Oct 2003 Representative Director, Cast Consulting Co., Ltd. Apr 2011 Member of the House of Representatives Tomoyuki TAIRA; appointed as Special Government Employee (Second Secretary) Oct 2012 Registered as ISO 9001 Contract Examiner, AJA Registrar Jun 2015 Resigned as Representative Director, Cast Consulting Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Appointed Full-time Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company Jun 2019 Resigned as Full-time Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company Jun 2019 Appointed Representative Director, Cast Consulting Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2020 Registered as ISO 14001 Contract Examiner, AJA Registrar Dec 2020 Director, Association for Supporting Elderly Welfare Services (public interest incorporated association) (current) Feb 2021 Registered as ISO 45001 Contract Examiner, AJA Registrar Nov 2022 Appointed Director, Alco Japan Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Appointed Full-time Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (current) Apr 2024 Specially Appointed Researcher, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University (national university corporation) (current)
1972-03-12
Kunio SATO
Corporate Auditor
Apr 1978 Joined Mitsui Bank Jun 2000 Representative Director, At Loan Co., Ltd. Jun 2003 General Manager, Kyobashi Corporate Business Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Jun 2005 General Manager, Nagoya Business Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Apr 2006 Executive Officer, General Manager, Nagoya Business Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Apr 2007 Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Advisory Division, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Apr 2008 Executive Officer, Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd. Sep 2009 Senior Advisor, Investment Banking Division, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Apr 2010 Managing Executive Officer, Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. (currently SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.) Apr 2011 Managing Executive Officer, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.; stationed in Nagoya Mar 2012 Senior Managing Executive Officer, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.; stationed in Nagoya; General Manager, Nagoya Corporate Business Division Mar 2014 Senior Managing Director, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.; stationed in Nagoya; General Manager, Nagoya Corporate Business Division Jul 2016 Advisor, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. Mar 2017 Retired as Advisor, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. Apr 2017 Appointed Outside Director, Vestera Co., Ltd. Apr 2017 Appointed Director, Good Insurance Service Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2017 Appointed Outside Director, Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2022 Appointed Outside Corporate Auditor, Tia Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Appointed Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)
1955-01-20
Naomi MORI
Corporate Auditor
Apr 1999 Joined Meidensha Corporation Nov 2008 Passed the former Bar Examination Apr 2009 Entered the Legal Training and Research Institute Aug 2010 Registered as attorney, Tokyo Bar Association Aug 2010 Joined Partners Law Office LLP May 2015 Joined Fukuma Tomohito Law Office Sep 2015 Joined Kitanomaru Law Office Dec 2019 Joined Sakurakitsu Law Office Jan 2021 Appointed Provisional Corporate Auditor of the Company Jun 2021 Appointed Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)
1975-07-30
Large Shareholding Reports
Wave-kai, Chairman Kimihiko SANO
2026-02-26
7.99%→9.00%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-02-26
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-13
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-07
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2025-08-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-14
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-08
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-09
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-21
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-24
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-07-07
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-25
Annual Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-06-23
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-06-23
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2021-06-23
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2015 – Mar 2016
EDINETAmended
2021-06-23
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2016 – Mar 2017
EDINETAmended
2021-06-23
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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