Overview
Electric Power and Gas

METAWATER Co.,Ltd.

MetaWater is a comprehensive water and environmental infrastructure company providing engineering, construction, and operations services for water purification plants, sewage treatment facilities, and resource recycling facilities across Japan and internationally. The company operates across four segments: Environmental Engineering (mechanical equipment design/construction), System Solutions (electrical/control systems), Operations (facility management under PPP/PFI schemes), and Overseas (international water treatment projects). Key competitive strengths include integrated capabilities spanning design, construction, and long-term operations, backed by technology heritage from NGK Insulators and Fuji Electric, with a growing global presence in the US, Netherlands, and beyond.

Market Cap
¥129B
US$820M
EV
¥105B
US$667M
Stock¥2,945▼-1.04%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
6.4
x
LTM EV/EBIT
7.9
x
LTM PER
13.6
x
LTM PBR
1.5
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-23.9%pt
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Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Oct 28, 25TOB for Suidokiko completed (¥6B, 85.86% stake)
2Dec 19, 25Strong Q3 earnings results
3Feb 16, 26Strong Q3 earnings results
4Mar 9, 26Market-wide: Inflation concerns resurface
MC → EV Bridge
129BUS$820MMarket Cap39.3BUS$250M+ Debt59.4BUS$379M− Cash8.54BUS$54.5M− Inv. Sec.4.69BUS$29.9M+ NCI105BUS$667MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
136US$865M'22/3151US$961M'23/3166US$1.06B'24/3179US$1.14B'25/3210US$1.34B'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
9.62US$61.3M'22/310.3US$65.8M'23/312.0US$76.8M'24/313.2US$84.4M'25/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
6.25US$39.8M'22/36.25US$39.9M'23/36.88US$43.8M'24/36.85US$43.7M'25/39.14US$58.3M'26/3
Capital Structure
69%
31%
EquityD/E 0.45xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
23.1US$148M1.82US$11.6M'22/317.3US$110M2.39US$15.2M'23/317.3US$110M13.6US$86.7M'24/338.6US$246M25.0US$159M'25/335.8US$228M25.0US$160M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 65.6%
1
FUJI ELECTRIC CO.,LTD.
20.81%
2
NGK Corporation
19.72%
3
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
8.34%
4
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
4.79%
5
Kotsushin KK Investment Business Limited Partnership
3.49%
6
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. LONDON SECS LENDING OMNIBUS ACCOUNT [Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Settlement Operations Department]
2.26%
7
METAWATER Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.14%
8
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505223 [Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Settlement Operations Department]
1.68%
9
UH Partners 2 Investment Business Limited Partnership
1.20%
10
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140044 [Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Settlement Operations Department]
1.18%
Management
11 officers
Kenji YAMAGUCHI
Representative Director, President
Apr 1987 Joined NGK Insulators, Ltd. (now NGK Corporation) Apr 2008 Joined the Company; Deputy General Manager, Western Japan Sales Department, Sales Division Apr 2013 Deputy General Manager, Business Strategy Division Apr 2015 General Manager, Business Strategy Division Jun 2015 Executive Officer Jun 2019 Director Jun 2021 Representative Director, President (current) Executive Officer, President of the Company (current)
1963-10-08
Izutomo FUJII
Director; General Manager, Corporate Planning Division; General Manager, Export Control Office
Apr 1990 Joined Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Apr 2008 Joined the Company; Deputy General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department, Management Division Apr 2010 General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department, Management Division Jul 2012 General Manager, Human Resources Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division Apr 2016 Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Planning Office, Corporate Planning Division Jun 2016 Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Division Apr 2020 General Manager, Export Control Office (current) Apr 2022 General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Planning Office Jun 2022 Director (current) Apr 2023 General Manager, Corporate Planning Division (current); General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Planning Office, Corporate Planning Division Apr 2024 Managing Executive Officer (current)
1965-12-14
Hajime ITO
Director; General Manager, System Solutions Business Division
Apr 1995 Joined Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Apr 2008 Joined the Company; Manager (in charge), GENESEED Technology Department No. 1 Group, Engineering Division Apr 2014 General Manager, GENESEED Technology Department, Plant Engineering Business Division Apr 2016 General Manager, Electrical Engineering Technology Department No. 1, Plant Engineering Business Division Apr 2020 Deputy General Manager, Plant Engineering Business Division Apr 2021 Executive Officer (current) Apr 2024 General Manager, System Solutions Business Division (current) Jun 2024 Director (current)
1970-03-20
Kazuhiko AOKI
Director; General Manager, Cost Engineering Center
Apr 1992 Joined NGK Insulators, Ltd. (now NGK Corporation) Apr 2008 Joined the Company; Manager (in charge), Plant Technology Group No. 1, Technology Department No. 2, Engineering Division Apr 2014 General Manager, Engineering Planning Department, Plant Engineering Business Division Apr 2016 General Manager, Water Technology Department, Plant Engineering Business Division Apr 2019 General Manager, Procurement Department, Procurement Center Apr 2021 General Manager, Cost Engineering Center (current) Apr 2022 Executive Officer (current) Jun 2026 Director (current)
1967-05-04
Fumiko KOZAO
Director
Apr 1973 Joined National Tax Agency Jul 2011 Director, Gyoda Tax Office, Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau Jul 2012 Chief Coordinator, Investigation Division No. 4, Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau Jul 2013 Deputy Director, Investigation Division No. 2, Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau Jul 2014 Director, Nihonbashi Tax Office, Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau Aug 2015 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant; Certified Tax Accountant, Fumiko Kozao Tax Accounting Office (current) Jun 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tobishima Corporation Mar 2017 Outside Director, Construction Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2017 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jul 2020 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Toel Co., Ltd. Jun 2023 Outside Director, Nippon Road Co., Ltd. (current)
1954-04-17
Tsuneo TAUCHI
Director
Apr 1981 Joined Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Jun 2004 Managing Director, Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Apr 2006 Vice President, Honda of America Mfg., Inc. Jun 2006 Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Apr 2008 President, Honda of America Mfg., Inc. Apr 2009 General Manager, Automobile Division, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Jun 2009 Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Apr 2011 Director and Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Jun 2011 Representative Director, President, Keihin Corporation (now Astemo, Ltd.) Jun 2016 Senior Advisor, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2019 Outside Director, Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd. Jun 2021 Outside Director, the Company (current) Feb 2024 Outside Director, Izawa Towel Co., Ltd.
1957-01-24
Akihiro TERANISHI
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mar 1985 Joined NGK Insulators, Ltd. (now NGK Corporation) Apr 2008 Deputy General Manager, Management Strategy Department, Management Strategy Office, the Company Apr 2013 General Manager, Management Administration Department, Corporate Planning Division Dec 2021 General Manager, Legal Department, Corporate Planning Division Apr 2022 Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Office Jun 2023 Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
1962-08-03
Michiko TANJI
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1987 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation Oct 2013 General Manager, Human Resources, Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. Apr 2017 Human Resources in charge, Metals Group, Mitsubishi Corporation; concurrently Compliance Officer Apr 2020 Deputy General Manager, Human Development Department, Human Resources and General Affairs Planning Office, Corporate Planning Division, the Company Oct 2020 General Manager, Human Development Department, Human Resources and General Affairs Planning Office, Corporate Planning Division Jul 2023 General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Planning Office, Corporate Planning Division Jun 2025 Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Division; Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
1965-01-03
Takahisa MATSUMOTO
Director
Apr 1988 Joined Ministry of Construction (now Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) Sep 2012 Director, Sewerage Planning Division, Sewerage Department, Water Management and Land Conservation Bureau, MLIT Nov 2013 Special Adviser, Japan Water Agency Apr 2014 General Affairs Director, Japan Water Agency Jul 2015 Counselor, Minister's Secretariat, MLIT (Taxation) Jun 2016 Director, Housing Comprehensive Development Division, Housing Bureau, MLIT Jul 2017 Director, General Affairs Division, Housing Bureau, MLIT Jul 2018 Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Workers' Accident Compensation, Construction and Automotive Transport) Aug 2020 Deputy Director-General, Cabinet Office (Economic and Social Systems); Director, PFI Promotion Office, Cabinet Office Jul 2021 Director-General for Policy Planning (Taxation, Land, Diet Relocation), MLIT Jun 2022 Retired from MLIT Oct 2022 Adviser, Tokyu Research Institute Inc. (current) Jun 2026 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1965-12-15
Taku FUKUI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1987 Registered as Attorney (Daini Tokyo Bar Association); joined Kashiwagi Law Office Apr 2004 Professor, Keio University Law School (Graduate School of Law) Jun 2005 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. Jan 2009 Managing Partner, Kashiwagi Law Office (current) Jun 2017 Outside Director, Yamaha Corporation Jun 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Dec 2024 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mynavi Corporation (current)
1961-08-24
Masaki KUSUNOKI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Oct 1988 Joined Sanwa Teramatsu Aoki Audit Corporation (now Tohmatsu LLC) Aug 1994 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Mar 2004 Deputy Head, Tokyo Small and Medium Enterprise Restructuring Support Council, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (now Tokyo Small and Medium Enterprise Revitalization Council) Jun 2007 Head, National Headquarters for SME Restructuring Support, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan (now National Headquarters for SME Revitalization) Apr 2009 Certified Public Accountant, Kusunoki Accounting Office (current) Jun 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1962-01-22
Large Shareholding Reports
NGK Co., Ltd.
2026-08-05
19.48%→17.50%
NGK Co., Ltd.
2026-04-03
19.10%→19.48%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 19.72%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-08-05
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-07-29
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-16
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-04-03
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-01-28
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2025-07-25
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-01-30
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-07-25
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-09
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-21
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-22
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
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