Overview
Textiles and Apparels

WORLD CO.,LTD.

World Co., Ltd. is a Japanese integrated apparel conglomerate operating across three core segments: Brand Business (retail of women's, men's, and children's apparel and accessories under a multi-brand portfolio spanning department stores and shopping centers domestically and in Asia), Digital Business (B2B digital solutions including EC platform operation, logistics systems, and CRM services for fashion companies, as well as B2C circular economy services such as used select shops, off-price stores, and a luxury bag subscription service), and Platform Business (end-to-end supply chain services including production, procurement, store development, shared services, and fixture/space design for both group companies and external clients). The company leverages its proprietary apparel platform to support over 40 subsidiaries and has expanded its B2B external sales capabilities through strategic acquisitions including MC Fashion Co., Ltd. in 2025.

Market Cap
¥110B
US$704M
EV
¥215B
US$1.37B
Stock¥1,448▲+0.42%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
6.2
x
LTM EV/EBIT
14.2
x
LTM PER
9.0
x
LTM PBR
1.1
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-17.3%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
110BUS$704MMarket Cap121BUS$774M+ Debt16.0BUS$102M− Cash1.00BUS$6.40M− Inv. Sec.0.43BUS$2.76M+ NCI215BUS$1.37BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
171US$1.09B'22/3214US$1.37B'23/3202US$1.29B'24/2226US$1.44B'25/2284US$1.81B'26/2
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
18.0US$115M'22/329.0US$185M'23/327.7US$177M'24/234.9US$223M'25/235.0US$223M'26/2
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.24US$1.52M'22/35.69US$36.3M'23/36.76US$43.1M'24/211.1US$70.8M'25/212.0US$76.6M'26/2
Capital Structure
45%
55%
EquityD/E 1.22xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
22.4US$143M139US$887M'22/321.7US$138M134US$852M'23/321.9US$140M124US$792M'24/222.8US$145M132US$841M'25/218.1US$115M130US$829M'26/2
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 30.8%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
8.50%
2
Hidezo TERAI
4.40%
3
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
3.10%
4
Eighty Co., Ltd.
2.60%
5
KM Co., Ltd.
2.60%
6
YR Co., Ltd.
2.60%
7
EH Co., Ltd.
2.20%
8
Kenji KAMIYAMA
1.80%
9
Toyoshima Co., Ltd.
1.50%
10
WORLD CO.,LTD. Employee Stock Ownership Association
1.50%
Management
9 officers
Nobuteru SUZUKI
Representative Director, President and Executive Officer
Born Aug 1974 Mar 1999 Joined Andersen Consulting Co., Ltd. (now Accenture Japan Ltd.) Sep 2004 Joined Roland Berger Ltd. May 2010 Joined Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan Feb 2012 Joined Boston Consulting Group K.K. Sep 2012 Joined the Company Jun 2014 Executive Officer, Head of SPARCS Promotion Office, the Company Apr 2015 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Structural Reform Division, the Company Oct 2015 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Structural Reform Division and Head of International Division, the Company Apr 2017 Senior Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Group Planning Division and D-GROWTH Strategy Division, the Company Group Apr 2018 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Group Strategy Supervisor, in charge of Group Planning Division and D-GROWTH Strategy Division, the Company Group Jun 2020 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, the Company (current) Sep 2025 Head of Corporate Strategy Office, the Company (current)
1974-08-23
Keiichi NAKABAYASHI
Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Born Nov 1971 Apr 1995 Joined Kanikaku Research Institute Inc. (now Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.) Oct 1997 Joined SBC Warburg Securities Ltd. (now UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.) Jul 2003 Joined Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan Jan 2007 Joined Frontier Management Inc., Executive Officer Nov 2011 Managing Executive Officer, Frontier Management Inc. Jul 2013 Joined the Company, Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Management Administration Division Dec 2013 Executive Officer, Head of Management Administration Division, the Company Apr 2015 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Platform Division, the Company Apr 2017 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Group Support Division, the Company Group Apr 2018 Managing Executive Officer, Group CFO, in charge of Group Support Division, and Co-Representative, World Investment Network Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, the Company, and Co-Representative, World Investment Network Co., Ltd. May 2024 Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, the Company (current); Co-Representative, World Investment Network Co., Ltd.; Outside Director, Narumiya International Inc. (current)
1971-11-23
Mitsuyoshi HATASAKI
Director
Born Feb 1963 Mar 1987 Joined former World Co., Ltd. Jun 1991 Director, World Co., Ltd. Jun 1996 Senior Managing Director, Head of Human Resources Division, World Co., Ltd. Jun 1999 Executive Officer, Group Leader, Second Generation Middle Mix Group, World Co., Ltd. Jun 2002 Group Leader, WEL Sports Casual Group, World Co., Ltd. Apr 2008 General Manager, Corporate Strategy Promotion Department, WEL, the Company Jun 2013 Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Management Support Division, the Company Jun 2017 Director, the Company (current)
1963-02-04
Hidehiko AOKI
Outside Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Born Mar 1967 Apr 1989 Joined Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Investment Research Department Jan 1997 Assigned to Nomura Securities International, Inc., U.S., Research Department Jul 2000 Joined Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo Branch, Research Department, Vice President Jul 2005 Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (now BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.), Research Department, Managing Director Sep 2017 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Equity Research Department, Managing Director Sep 2020 Professor, Graduate School of Management, Department of Technology Management, Tokyo University of Science (current) Dec 2021 Outside Director, Kato Sangyo Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2022 Outside Director, Butsuryu Kakumei Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, the Company (current) May 2024 Director, Chairman of the Board (non-executive Chairman), the Company May 2025 Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Company (current)
1967-03-05
Hayuru TSUTSUMI
Outside Director
Born Feb 1962 Jan 1987 Joined British Caledonian Airways Apr 1988 Joined British Airways Sep 1997 Joined Skymark Airlines Inc. Sep 1998 Joined Alc Press, Inc. Sep 2002 Joined L'Oréal Japan, Inc. Mar 2007 Joined Recruit Executive Agent Co., Ltd. Nov 2012 Representative Director, Hayuru Corporation May 2014 Outside Director, Life Corporation Aug 2020 Representative, OFFICE HAYURU (current) May 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Osaka Jogakuin School Corporation (current) May 2024 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1962-02-25
Ryo OISHI
Outside Director
Born Jul 1973 Apr 1996 Joined Marubeni Corporation Dec 2000 Representative Director, Web Senmon Co., Ltd. (now Server Works Co., Ltd.) May 2014 Outside Director, Sky 365 Co., Ltd. Dec 2018 President, Representative Director, Server Works Co., Ltd. Dec 2019 Director, BS Asset Management Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2024 President and Executive Officer, Representative Director, Server Works Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2024 Outside Director, Fujifilm Cloud Co., Ltd. (current) May 2025 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1973-07-20
Naoki MATSUZAWA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Born Feb 1961 Apr 1984 Joined former World Co., Ltd. Oct 2001 General Manager, Human Resources Planning Department, World Co., Ltd. May 2007 Representative Director, Le Monde Gourmet Co., Ltd. May 2011 General Manager, FCMS Division, the Company May 2014 Deputy Head of Human Resources Division, the Company Nov 2014 Head of Human Resources Division, the Company Apr 2015 Executive Officer, Head of Human Resources Division, the Company Apr 2020 Executive Officer, Head of Group Support Division, the Company Group Apr 2021 Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Group Planning Division, the Company Group Jan 2023 Executive Officer, Head of New Economy Business Division and Deputy Head of Group Planning Division, the Company Group Apr 2023 Executive Officer, Assistant to the President, the Company Group Jun 2023 Full-time Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1961-02-04
Kanae FUKUSHIMA
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Born Mar 1974 Apr 2000 Assistant Judge, Tokyo District Court Aug 2004 Assistant Judge, Odawara Branch, Yokohama District and Family Court Apr 2005 Assistant Judge, Naha Family and District Court Apr 2008 Assistant Judge, Tokyo District Court Apr 2010 Judge, Tokyo District Court Apr 2012 Judge, Kobe District Court Apr 2014 Judge, Tokyo High Court Apr 2016 Instructor, Legal Training and Research Institute Mar 2019 Registered as attorney-at-law (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association) Apr 2019 Joined Utsunomiya, Shimizu & Yorai Law Office Jun 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), WOW WORLD Co., Ltd. Aug 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Ixis Co., Ltd. Oct 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), WOW WORLD GROUP Co., Ltd. Jan 2023 Partner, Utsunomiya, Shimizu & Yorai Law Office (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current) Dec 2023 Public Interest Member, Tokyo Metropolitan Labor Relations Commission (current) Jun 2024 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Solasto Corporation (current) Jun 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kasitas Co., Ltd. (current)
1974-03-30
Naoko TOMITA
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Born Aug 1964 Apr 1988 Joined Mitsui Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (now Taiju Life Insurance Co., Ltd.) Jan 1994 Joined Tohmatsu/Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York Feb 1997 Joined Kogin Investment Co., Ltd. Dec 1999 Director, Chief Financial Officer, Crayfish Co., Ltd. Sep 2001 Joined General Electric International, Inc. Aug 2003 Joined Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan Sep 2004 Outside Director, OCC Corporation Apr 2007 Executive Advisor, Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. Aug 2015 Joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC Jul 2016 Chief Senior Inspector, General Affairs Division, Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency; Deputy Section Chief, Supervisory Research Office, Research Section 2; Administrator, Financial Research Center Dec 2019 Chief Financial Officer, DNX Ventures Dec 2021 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), WHI Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2022 Outside Director, Interix Co., Ltd. May 2024 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current) Oct 2024 Representative Director, Y&N Management Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2025 Professor, Graduate School of Business Creation and Faculty of Business Economics, Kaetsu University (current) Dec 2025 Outside Director, Interix Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2026 Outside Director, Infomart Corporation (current)
1964-08-03
Large Shareholding Reports
Hidezo TERAI
2026-10-19
4.13%→3.75%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.40%
Hidezo TERAI
2026-10-13
5.16%→4.13%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.40%
Hidezo TERAI
2026-07-17
5.48%→5.16%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.40%
Hidezo TERAI
2026-07-13
5.61%→5.48%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.40%
Hidezo TERAI
2026-05-13
6.85%→6.14%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.40%
Hidezo TERAI
2026-05-13
6.14%→5.61%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.40%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2026-02-20
4.47%→4.45%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2026-01-22
5.50%→4.47%
Hidezo TERAI
2026-01-09
6.85%→6.14%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.40%
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2025-12-05
3.12%→2.87%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-10-22
6.54%→5.50%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-09-22
6.66%→6.54%
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2025-09-19
3.12%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-09-05
6.43%→6.66%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-08-07
6.51%→6.43%
Disclosures
M&A / Other
2026-10-05
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-10-19
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-10-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2026 – Feb 2027
EDINET
2026-10-13
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-10-05
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2027
TDnet
2026-10-05
M&A / Other
EDINET
2026-07-17
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-07-13
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-07-03
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2027
EDINET
2026-05-21
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-05-13
Change Report
EDINET
2026-05-13
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-02-20
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-01-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-01-09
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-01-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2026
EDINET
2025-12-05
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
EDINET
2025-09-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-09-19
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-09-05
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-08-07
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-07-03
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2026
EDINET
2025-05-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2024 – Feb 2025
TDnet
2025-01-08
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2025
EDINETAmended
2024-11-21
Amended Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2024 – Feb 2025
EDINET
2024-10-11
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2024 – Feb 2025
EDINET
2024-07-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Mar 2024 – May 2024
TDnet
2024-07-03
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2025
EDINET
2024-05-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Feb 2024
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