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Sanoyas Holdings Corporation

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Sanoyas Holdings Corporation7022

Business

Sanoyas Holdings Co., Ltd. traces its roots to the shipbuilding business founded in 1911. After transferring its Shipbuilding Business in 2021, the company relaunched as a holding company specializing in three segments: Manufacturing-related, Construction-related, and Leisure. It oversees 13 group operating companies and provides a diverse range of products and services, including industrial machinery, environmental equipment, mechanical parking systems, air conditioning and sanitary equipment, electrical panels, and amusement park rides and equipment. Its main customers are BtoB companies in manufacturing, construction, and amusement park operation, and the company has been expanding its business performance amid domestic construction demand and increased data center investment. In June 2025, the company brought Kodera Electronics Co., Ltd. into the group through M&A, followed by Yamagata Kyodo Co., Ltd. in July of the same year, continuously expanding its business domains and production capacity.

Business Model

Each operating company adopts an order-based business model in which it handles everything from product design and manufacturing to installation and maintenance in an integrated manner. The structure generates ongoing revenue even after initial delivery, through maintenance contracts for mechanical parking systems and amusement rides, as well as orders for the installation of air conditioning and sanitary equipment. Sanoyas Holdings Co., Ltd., the holding company, and Sanoyas Techno Support Co., Ltd. support each operating company as a common group platform, and the group progressively expands its business domains and revenue base by bringing niche market-leading companies into the group through M&A.

Company Strengths

The order backlog at the end of FY2026 (ending March 2026) reached ¥18,805 million (up 48.1% year on year), driven by the Construction-related Segment at ¥9,783 million and the Leisure Segment at ¥4,575 million (up 1,181.7% year on year). Multiple large-scale projects, including a large roller coaster for Greenland, have accumulated, confirming a stable buildup of sales for the following periods and beyond.

Following the acquisition of Happiness Denki Co., Ltd. in 2020 and the Shoei Denki Group in 2022, the company brought Kotera Electronics Mfg. Co., Ltd., which boasts the top domestic share in wire harness processing machines, into the group in June 2025, followed by Yamagata Kyodo Co., Ltd. in July of the same year. The company has continuously executed its M&A strategy based on its medium-term management plan, steadily expanding its business scope and sales scale by incorporating the technologies and customer bases of each acquired company.

Operating profit in the Construction-related Segment reached ¥1,761 million (up 34.2% year on year) in FY2026 (ending March 2026), with the operating margin significantly improving from 10.9% in the previous period to 14.1%. The main drivers of this margin improvement were cost reduction activities and the promotion of price pass-through in the manufacturing of power control panels and distribution boards for large-scale facilities and in air conditioning and sanitary equipment construction, reflecting an improvement in the company's own profit management capabilities in these figures.

ENVALITH's Perspective

The company's forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2026) calls for net sales of ¥30,000 million (up 11.8% year on year) and operating profit of ¥1,000 million (down 40.3% year on year), indicating a significant profit decline. In addition to the payback from the previous fiscal year's better-than-expected performance, the company cites continued investment in human capital such as wage increases and the impact of rising raw material and energy prices due to escalating tensions in the Middle East as factors behind the profit decline. It should also be noted that the effect of the change in depreciation method to the straight-line method (which boosted the previous period's profit by ¥153 million) will fall off, which needs to be taken into account when assessing the underlying profit level. While revenue growth is considered highly likely given the substantial order backlog, the recovery of profit margins remains a challenge.

Following the acquisition of Kodera Denshi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., the goodwill balance surged from ¥499 million to ¥2,278 million (amortized on a straight-line basis over 10 years). Long-term borrowings also expanded from ¥3,713 million to ¥5,442 million, bringing total interest-bearing debt (short-term and long-term combined) to ¥10,337 million. Although the equity ratio remained at 36.5%, roughly in line with the previous period (36.6%), there is a risk of increased financial burden in a rising interest rate environment. As the company continues its M&A strategy, close attention should be paid to the potential pressure on future profit levels from the growing burden of goodwill amortization (¥259 million in the current period) and rising borrowing costs.

The order backlog for the Leisure Segment has expanded sharply to ¥4,575 million (up 1,181.7% year on year), and its contribution to sales and profit in FY2027 (ending March 2026) is expected. The company's forecast of ¥1,000 million in operating profit may be conservatively set, leaving room for upward revision depending on the progress of order backlog fulfillment. On the other hand, amusement ride manufacturing is subject to significant performance volatility due to concentration and dispersion of large-scale projects, making construction delay risk and profitability management important points to monitor. As an external factor, the increasing momentum of domestic theme park investment is serving as a tailwind.

Growth Strategy

Aiming to achieve the final-year targets of the medium-term management plan through a three-pronged approach combining M&A, investment in focus areas, and new product development

As a pillar of the growth strategy under the medium-term management plan <'24-'26>, the Company continues to acquire niche industry-leading companies, including those outside its existing business areas. In June 2025, it made Kodera Denshi Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (wire harness processing machines; acquisition cost ¥3,000 million) a subsidiary, and in July 2025, Yamagata Kyodo Co., Ltd. (control panel manufacturing; acquisition cost ¥184 million), immediately contributing to the current period's results.

The Company simultaneously achieved order expansion and margin improvement in the design and construction of air conditioning, water supply/drainage and sanitary equipment, and in the manufacturing of power control panels, distribution boards, and switchboards. The order backlog for the Construction-related Business at the end of FY2026 (ending March 2026) grew to ¥9,783 million (up 34.2% year on year), and stable accumulation of sales in the next fiscal year is expected.

The Company received orders for multiple large-scale amusement ride equipment projects, including a large roller coaster for Kumamoto Prefecture's Green Land, causing the order backlog to expand sharply to ¥4,575 million (up 1,181.7% year on year). This is expected to drive sales and profit from FY2027 (ending March 2027) onward. The Company also continues to strengthen its product development and construction capabilities by increasing development personnel and deepening collaboration with partner companies.

Under the medium-term management plan, the Company has set targets of achieving ROE exceeding the cost of shareholders' equity and achieving a PBR of 1x or above by the end of the final year of the medium-term management plan (end of FY2026). ROE for FY2026 (ending March 2026) improved to 12.6% (from 12.3% in the previous fiscal year). As a subsequent event, in May 2026 the Company resolved to acquire treasury shares up to a limit of 250,000 shares and ¥50 million, working to enhance shareholder returns and capital efficiency.

Last updated: July 19, 2026