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YAMAZAWA CO.,LTD.

Yamazawa is a regional supermarket chain primarily operating in Yamagata and Miyagi prefectures in northeastern Japan, offering food products (including fresh produce), household goods, apparel, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The group also operates drug stores and dispensing pharmacies through Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd., manufactures and sells prepared foods, sushi, dairy products, and noodles through Sankō Shokuhin Co., Ltd., and provides ancillary services including insurance agency, mobile phone retail, real estate, and agricultural production. The company differentiates through regional dominance, an in-house food manufacturing capability, and proprietary customer loyalty programs.

Market Cap
¥11.7B
US$74.9M
EV
¥18.0B
US$115M
Stock¥1,143▼-0.17%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
3.7
x
LTM EV/EBIT
14.7
x
LTM PER
9.2
x
LTM PBR
0.4
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-23.9%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
11.7BUS$74.9MMarket Cap11.1BUS$70.7M+ Debt4.26BUS$27.1M− Cash0.60BUS$3.85M− Inv. Sec.18.0BUS$115MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
111US$706M'22/299.5US$634M'23/2102US$650M'24/2103US$654M'25/2105US$672M'26/2
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
3.95US$25.2M'22/23.56US$22.7M'23/23.95US$25.2M'24/22.76US$17.6M'25/2
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
0.37US$2.35M'22/20.21US$1.31M'23/20.45US$2.88M'24/2-2.62-US$16.7M'25/21.38US$8.79M'26/2
Capital Structure
71%
29%
EquityD/E 0.41xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
6.50US$41.5M5.29US$33.8M'22/25.73US$36.6M10.4US$66.4M'23/26.46US$41.2M15.6US$99.3M'24/26.19US$39.5M15.3US$97.6M'25/25.97US$38.1M12.9US$82.2M'26/2
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 53.8%
1
Yamazawa Education Promotion Foundation (Public Interest Foundation)
8.70%
2
Yamazawa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
8.12%
3
YAMAZAWA CO.,LTD. Business Partners' Stock Ownership Association
6.31%
4
Yamazawa Sankyo Co., Ltd. (Sankyo)
5.95%
5
Yamazawa Corporation (Yugen Kaisha)
5.17%
6
Yamazawa Kosan (Yugen Kaisha)
4.78%
7
Yamazawa Home (Yugen Kaisha)
4.75%
8
Yamazawa Agency Co., Ltd.
4.68%
9
The Yamagata Bank,Ltd.
3.32%
10
YAMAZAWA CO.,LTD. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.01%
Management
12 officers
Hiroshi YAMAZAWA
Chairman and Representative Director
Jan 1999 Joined Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. Apr 2002 Transferred to the Company May 2002 General Manager, President's Office, the Company Jun 2002 Appointed Director, the Company Mar 2003 Appointed Managing Director, the Company Apr 2003 Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, the Company Apr 2004 Appointed Senior Managing Director, the Company Jun 2006 Appointed Deputy President and Director, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. Apr 2009 Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. Apr 2011 General Manager, Sales Department, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. Mar 2013 Appointed Representative Director and President, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. May 2023 Appointed Representative Director and Chairman, the Company (current) Representative Director and Chairman, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. (current)
1970-09-09
Toshiaki FURUYAMA
President and Representative Director
Apr 1993 Joined The Yamagata Bank, Ltd. Jul 2009 Loan Department, The Yamagata Bank, Ltd. Oct 2011 Joined the Company Apr 2012 General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, the Company Jun 2012 Appointed Director, the Company Jul 2012 Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, the Company Mar 2013 General Manager, Sales Division, the Company May 2013 Appointed Deputy President and Representative Director, the Company May 2015 Appointed President and Representative Director, the Company (current) May 2022 Appointed President and Representative Director, Yoneya Shoji Co., Ltd. May 2023 Appointed President and Representative Director, Sanko Shokuhin Co., Ltd.
1970-10-11
Hitomi KAMIHATA
Senior Managing Director
May 1999 Joined Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. May 2005 General Manager, Dispensing Department, and Head of Dispensing Miyagi Block, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. Jun 2007 Appointed Director, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. Jun 2008 Appointed Senior Managing Director, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. May 2018 Appointed Director, the Company May 2023 Appointed Senior Managing Director, the Company (current) Representative Director and President, Yamazawa Yakuhin Co., Ltd. (current)
1960-02-01
Kazuhisa KUDO
Director, General Manager of Administration Division
Sep 1982 Joined the Company Jan 2008 Head of Yamagata Block, the Company Jun 2010 Appointed Executive Officer, the Company Jul 2014 General Manager, Sales Department, the Company May 2015 Appointed Director, the Company (current) May 2019 General Manager, Personnel and Training Department, the Company May 2021 General Manager, Administration Division, and General Manager, Personnel and Training Department, the Company Feb 2025 General Manager, Administration Division, and in charge of Store Strategy Office, the Company Feb 2026 General Manager, Administration Division, and in charge of Store Strategy Office and Sustainability Promotion Project, the Company (current)
1959-01-13
Yasuyuki KAKIZAKI
Director, General Manager of Sales Division
Apr 1988 Joined the Company Mar 2015 Deputy Manager, Grocery Products Department, and General Manager, Processed Foods, the Company Mar 2016 Appointed Executive Officer, the Company; General Manager, Grocery Products Department, the Company Mar 2019 Head of Yamagata North Block, the Company May 2020 General Manager, Store Operations Department, the Company Mar 2023 General Manager, Sales Division, and General Manager, Store Operations Department, the Company May 2023 Appointed Director, the Company (current) Feb 2026 General Manager, Sales Division, and in charge of Quality Control Office, the Company (current)
1966-01-31
Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
Director
Apr 1999 Joined the Company Mar 2020 Head of Mogami-Murayama Block, Store Operations Department, the Company Mar 2021 General Manager, Information and Logistics Department, the Company May 2022 Appointed Executive Officer, the Company; General Manager, Personnel and Training Department, and General Manager, Information and Logistics Department, the Company Feb 2023 General Manager, Personnel and Training Department, General Manager, Information and Logistics Department, and in charge of Projects, the Company May 2023 Appointed Director, the Company (current) Feb 2025 General Manager, Information and Logistics Department, and in charge of Personnel and Training Department, Improvement Promotion Office and Projects, the Company (current) Feb 2026 Chief Logistics Officer (CLO), General Manager, Information and Logistics Department, and in charge of Personnel and Training Department, Improvement Promotion Office and Projects, the Company
1975-01-24
Kazuo TAKAHASHI
Outside Director
Jul 1996 Office Manager, Yamagata Office, Shin Nihon & Co. (currently EY ShinNihon LLC) Jul 2011 Head, Kazuo Takahashi Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Jun 2012 Appointed Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jul 2013 President, Tohoku Chapter, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants May 2015 Appointed Outside Director, the Company (current) Apr 2019 Chairman, Alumni Association, Yamagata Prefectural Yamagata Higashi High School (current)
1952-05-22
Minoru HANDA
Outside Director
Apr 1989 Registered as Attorney-at-Law Founded and became Head of Handa Law Office (current) Jan 2015 Chairman, Tendo City Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board (current) Feb 2017 Chairman, Yamagata Prefectural Bar Association Cooperative (current) May 2017 Director, National Federation of Bar Associations Cooperatives (current) Jul 2018 Chairman, Yamagata Prefectural Land Expropriation Committee (current) Jun 2019 Outside Director, Jimoto Holdings, Inc. (current) May 2023 Appointed Outside Director, the Company (current)
1957-09-03
Osamu TAKAHASHI
Outside Director
Oct 1983 Joined Toyota Auto Yamagata Co., Ltd. (currently Netz Toyota Yamagata Co., Ltd.) Apr 2009 President and Representative Director, Netz Toyota Yamagata Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2017 Chairman, Tohoku Branch, Toyota Dealers Association (current) Mar 2020 Vice Chairman, Yamagata Chamber of Commerce and Industry (current) Feb 2022 Director, Yamagata Fukushikai Social Welfare Corporation (current) Feb 2023 Chairman, Yamagata Branch, Japan Automobile Federation (current) May 2023 Appointed Outside Director, the Company (current)
1958-04-28
Masahiro IKEDA
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1980 Joined the Company Apr 2008 General Manager, Personnel and Training Department, the Company Apr 2009 Appointed Executive Officer, the Company Jun 2010 Appointed Director, the Company May 2016 Appointed President and Representative Director, Yamazawa Customer Service Co., Ltd. (currently Yamazawa Hoken Service Co., Ltd.) May 2017 Appointed Deputy President and Director, Yoneya Shoji Co., Ltd. Feb 2020 Appointed Representative Director, Yoneya Shoji Co., Ltd. May 2022 Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1957-03-04
Masahiro KAWAI
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Sep 1977 Joined Tsukada Accounting Office Co., Ltd. Mar 1984 Head, Masahiro Kawai Tax Accountant Office (current) Mar 1986 Director, Tsukada Accounting Office Co., Ltd. Mar 1998 Senior Managing Director, Tsukada Accounting Office Co., Ltd. Mar 2008 Representative Director and Senior Managing Director, Tsukada Accounting Office Co., Ltd. May 2013 Appointed Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company May 2016 Appointed Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1954-01-14
Wataru HIROSE
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1977 Joined Yamagata Prefectural Government Apr 2010 Director General, Commerce and Tourism Department, Yamagata Prefectural Government Apr 2012 Director General, Planning and Promotion Department, Yamagata Prefectural Government Apr 2014 Enterprise Manager, Yamagata Prefectural Government Apr 2016 Superintendent of Education, Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education Apr 2019 President, Yamagata Prefectural Construction Technology Center Foundation Jun 2020 Director, Shonai Bank, Ltd. (current) May 2021 Appointed Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Fidea Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1954-09-22
Large Shareholding Reports
Yamazawa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
2026-02-26
—
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 8.12%
Yamazawa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
2026-01-22
5.79%→7.61%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 8.12%
Yamazawa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
2026-01-15
5.79%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 8.12%
Yamazawa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
2025-12-26
5.79%→5.79%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 8.12%
Yamazawa Kosan Co., Ltd.
2025-12-25
9.23%→9.23%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.78%
Yamazawa Kosan Co., Ltd.
2025-12-25
9.23%→9.23%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.78%
Yamazawa Kosan Co., Ltd.
2025-12-10
9.23%→9.23%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.78%
Yamazawa Kosan Co., Ltd.
2025-12-09
9.23%→9.23%
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.78%
Yamazawa Kosan Co., Ltd.
2025-02-09
9.23%→9.23%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.78%
Yamazawa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
2025-02-09
5.79%→5.79%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 8.12%
Yamazawa Kosan Co., Ltd.
2025-02-09
9.23%→9.23%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-08-31): 4.78%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-10-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2026 – Feb 2027
TDnet
2026-10-14
Q2 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2027
TDnet
2026-07-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2027
EDINET
2026-05-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-02-26
Change Report
EDINETAmended
2026-02-09
Change Report
EDINETAmended
2026-02-09
Change Report
EDINETAmended
2026-02-09
Change Report
EDINET
2026-01-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2026-01-15
Change Report
TDnet
2026-01-14
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2026
EDINET
2025-12-26
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2025-12-25
Change Report
EDINETAmended
2025-12-25
Change Report
EDINET
2025-12-10
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-12-09
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
TDnet
2025-07-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2026
EDINET
2025-05-29
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
2024-07-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Mar 2024 – May 2024
TDnet
2024-07-11
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Feb 2025
EDINET
2024-05-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2023 – Feb 2024
EDINET
2024-01-12
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
2023-05-31
Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2022 – Feb 2023
EDINETAmended
2023-04-14
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2021 – Feb 2022
EDINETAmended
2023-04-14
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Mar 2020 – Feb 2021
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