Overview
Information & Communication

PR TIMES Corporation

PR TIMES Corporation operates Japan's No.1 press release distribution platform 'PR TIMES,' connecting companies with media outlets (approx. 10,800 registered media) and consumers, with monthly page views exceeding 89.84 million. Beyond press release distribution, the company offers complementary SaaS tools including task management tool 'Jooto' and customer support tool 'Tayori,' as well as PR strategy consulting services under its PRパートナー offering. The group also operates multiple news media properties (isuta, STRAIGHT PRESS, THE BRIDGE) and SNS marketing support through consolidated subsidiaries, with a nascent U.S. presence via PR TIMES Inc.

Market Cap
¥32.2B
US$206M
EV
¥23.4B
US$149M
Stock¥2,376▼-1.90%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
6.2
x
LTM EV/EBIT
6.7
x
LTM PER
14.3
x
LTM PBR
3.2
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-39.0%pt
10012
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Jul 15, 26Q1 FY2027/02 earnings announced
2Oct 15, 26Dividend policy change: DOE raised 2%→9%, annual dividend increased 16.8→74.3 yen
MC → EV Bridge
32.2BUS$206MMarket Cap0.00BUS$0.01M+ Debt8.77BUS$56.0M− Cash0.02BUS$0.15M− Inv. Sec.0.00BUS$0.00M+ NCI23.4BUS$149MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
4.85US$31.0M'22/25.71US$36.4M'23/26.84US$43.6M'24/28.00US$51.0M'25/29.55US$60.9M'26/2
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
1.96US$12.5M'22/21.28US$8.14M'23/21.86US$11.9M'24/22.01US$12.8M'25/23.84US$24.5M'26/2
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
1.28US$8.17M'22/20.78US$4.96M'23/21.16US$7.40M'24/21.12US$7.13M'25/22.40US$15.3M'26/2
Capital Structure
100%
EquityD/E 0.00xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
3.37US$21.5M0.00US$0.03M'22/23.77US$24.1M0.00US$0.01M'23/24.72US$30.1M0.00US$0.02M'24/25.68US$36.2M0.00US$0.01M'25/28.33US$53.1M0.00US$0.01M'26/2
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 75.5%
1
VECTOR INC.
52.30%
2
Takumi YAMADA
6.18%
3
JPMSLLC CLIENT ASSETS SK JPY (Standing Proxy: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch)
4.47%
4
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
4.18%
5
RE FUND 107-CLIENT AC (Standing Proxy: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch)
2.45%
6
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
2.32%
7
BBH CO FOR ARCUS JAPAN VALUE FUND (Standing Proxy: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
1.15%
8
JP JPMSE LUX RE NOMURA INT PLC 1 EQ CO (Standing Proxy: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
0.95%
9
Eitaku MISHIMA
0.92%
10
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140040 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
0.59%
Management
8 officers
Takumi YAMADA
Representative Director, President
Apr 1996 Joined Yamaichi Securities Co., Ltd. Apr 1997 Joined Gulf Net Communications Co., Ltd. Oct 1999 Joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (now ABeam Consulting Ltd.) Mar 2006 Joined Vector Inc. Jun 2006 Appointed Director, Vector Inc. Jan 2007 Appointed Director, the Company May 2009 Appointed Representative Director, President, the Company (current) Jun 2011 Appointed Representative Director, Second News Co., Ltd.; Representative Director, Straight Press Network Co., Ltd. (merged into the Company) Oct 2016 Appointed Director, PR Research Co., Ltd. (merged into the Company) Jan 2020 Appointed Outside Director, Goodpatch Inc. Mar 2023 Appointed Director, Glucose Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2023 Appointed Director, NAVICUS Co., Ltd. (current)
1974-01-12
Eitaku MISHIMA
Director, General Manager of Corporate Communications Department
Mar 2005 Joined Vector Inc. Aug 2007 Joined the Company Mar 2015 Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Service Division May 2017 Appointed Director, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division Oct 2019 Appointed Director, General Manager of Corporate Administration Division Dec 2022 Appointed Director, THE BRIDGE Co., Ltd. (current) Sep 2023 Appointed Director, General Manager of PR and HR Division Apr 2025 Appointed Director, General Manager of PR Division Apr 2026 Appointed Director, General Manager of Corporate Communications Department (current)
1980-03-26
Hiroko OZAWA
Director
Apr 1985 Joined Sony Corporation (now Sony Group Corporation) Aug 1991 Appointed Personal Audio Product Manager, Sony Deutschland GmbH Dec 1997 Transferred to Overseas Marketing Division, Sony Corporation Aug 1999 Transferred to Event & Sports Entertainment Promotion Department, Sony Corporation Jul 2001 Seconded to Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc. Sep 2007 Seconded to AXN Japan Inc.; appointed Director, Vice President and General Manager Oct 2008 Seconded to Mystery Channel Inc.; appointed Director, Vice President and General Manager (concurrent) Jun 2015 Appointed Outside Director, Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (concurrent) Oct 2015 Seconded to Star Channel Inc.; appointed Representative Director, Executive Vice President Nov 2018 Appointed Vice President, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Jun 2021 Appointed Outside Director, Nojima Corporation May 2022 Appointed Outside Director, the Company (current) May 2022 Appointed Outside Director, Cecile Co., Ltd. Mar 2023 Appointed Outside Director, Outsourcing Inc. Jun 2023 Appointed Outside Director, Suncall Corporation (current) Jun 2024 Appointed Outside Director, Kyushu Railway Company (current)
1961-12-15
Hirohisa TAKADA
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1985 Joined Development Bank of Japan (now Development Bank of Japan Inc.) Apr 2001 Manager, Investment Department No. 2, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. (now DBJ Capital Co., Ltd.) May 2003 Visiting Researcher, Stanford University, USA Jun 2004 Manager, Industry and Technology Department, Development Bank of Japan Inc. Apr 2006 Deputy General Manager, General Planning Department, Development Bank of Japan Inc. Apr 2007 Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Development Bank of Japan Inc. Jun 2009 Managing Director and Secretary General, Japan Economic Research Institute Foundation Jun 2012 Head of Audit & Supervisory Office, Development Bank of Japan Inc. Dec 2014 Senior Research Fellow, Japan Economic Research Institute Foundation Jun 2018 Appointed Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DBJ Real Estate Co., Ltd. Jul 2019 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Nov 2022 Opened Hirohisa TAKADA Certified Public Accountant Office Mar 2023 Appointed Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nissuikon Co., Ltd. (current) May 2023 Appointed Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1962-10-25
Keita SUZUKI
Director
Feb 2000 Joined Urawa Red Diamonds Oct 2015 Appointed Representative Director, AuB Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2016 Left Urawa Red Diamonds; retired from professional play Sep 2016 Appointed Outside Director, Lan System Co., Ltd. May 2020 Appointed Outside Director, the Company (current)
1981-07-08
Koji SUZUKI
Director
Apr 1995 Joined Nihon Brain Center Co., Ltd. Jan 2000 Director, en Japan Inc. (currently en Inc.) Jun 2008 Representative Director, President, en Japan Inc. Sep 2010 Director, Wall Street Associates Co., Ltd. (currently en World Japan Inc.) Apr 2013 Director, Navigos Group Vietnam Joint Stock Company Apr 2015 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, en Japan Inc. (currently en Inc.) Mar 2017 Representative Director, Chairman, en World Japan Inc. Apr 2020 Chairman of the Board, Navigos Group Vietnam Joint Stock Company Oct 2023 Director, Future Focus Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Apr 2024 Director, en SX Inc. Apr 2025 Director, en Japan Inc. (currently en Inc.) Jun 2025 Representative Director, President, B-BLUE partners Inc. (current) Jul 2025 Senior Advisor, Beyond Arch Partners Inc. (current) Oct 2025 Outside Director, Dirbato Inc. (current) Nov 2025 Outside Director, Paycloud Holdings Inc. (current) Dec 2025 Outside Director, YourRoute Inc. (current) May 2026 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1971-01-03
Toshiyuki FUJITA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Nov 1995 Joined Sony Creative Products Inc. Sep 1996 Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) Mar 1999 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Sep 2000 Joined Frameworks Inc. Dec 2000 Appointed Director, General Manager of Administration Division, Frameworks Inc. Apr 2005 Joined KPMG FAS Co., Ltd. Apr 2012 Joined RareJob Inc. Jun 2012 Appointed Director, RareJob Inc. Jun 2015 Appointed Director and Executive Vice President, RareJob Inc. Oct 2019 Appointed Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Stadium Inc. Jun 2021 Appointed Director, Stadium Inc. Oct 2021 Joined PowerX Inc. Mar 2022 Appointed Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Division and CFO, PowerX Inc. (current) May 2022 Appointed Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1971-09-04
Tomoka MINAMI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Dec 2015 Registered as Attorney-at-law Jan 2016 Joined Nishimura & Asahi Apr 2018 Joined ZeLo Law Office (current) Nov 2022 Joined Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Office of Startup Creation Promotion, as General Coordinator May 2025 Appointed Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1990-01-07
Large Shareholding Reports
Takumi Yamaguchi
2026-07-31
6.66%→6.76%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 6.18%
Takumi YAMAGUCHI
2026-07-08
6.29%→6.66%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 6.18%
Takumi YAMAGUCHI
2026-07-06
6.29%→6.66%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 6.18%
Asset Management One Co., Ltd.
2026-03-23
6.06%→5.00%
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
2025-09-22
4.97%→4.00%
Vector Inc.
2025-08-08
55.48%→52.48%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 52.30%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-10-14
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2027
EDINET
2026-10-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2026 – Feb 2027
EDINET
2026-07-31
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-07-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2027
EDINETAmended
2026-07-08
Change Report
EDINET
2026-07-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-05-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
EDINET
2026-03-23
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-01-13
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2026
EDINET
2025-10-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
EDINET
2025-09-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-08-08
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-07-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2026
EDINET
2025-05-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2024 – Feb 2025
TDnet
2025-01-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2025
EDINET
2024-10-11
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2024 – Feb 2025
EDINET
2024-07-11
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Mar 2024 – May 2024
TDnet
2024-07-11
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2025
EDINET
2024-05-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2023 – Feb 2024
EDINET
2024-01-11
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Sep 2023 – Nov 2023
EDINET
2023-10-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jun 2023 – Aug 2023
EDINET
2023-07-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Mar 2023 – May 2023
EDINET
2023-05-24
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2022 – Feb 2023
EDINET
2023-01-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Sep 2022 – Nov 2022
EDINET
2022-10-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-07-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-05-25
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-01-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-10-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-07-14
Quarterly Securities Report
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