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EQT$EQT · filed: grew revenue 63.9% in FY2025 to $8.6BWeathered boatTrillion Score 473Fall Risk HighNext year $5.8B–$19.7B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What EQT filed
Grew revenue 63.9% in FY2025 to $8.6 billion, operating margin 37.6% against a 16.8% median for crude petroleum & natural gas, equity 56.8% of assets, and dividend per share up 4 years running. Every figure links to the filing it came from on EQT’s card. Weathered boat: two warning signs. Trillion Score 473, #38 of 49 in its field; Fall Risk High (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2025-12-31 between $5.8B and $19.7B, an 80% range sealed on 26 Sept 2026 · receipt #7727f6 · graded in public by the revenue in EQT’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
EQT's **14-day extension** on Kakaku.com means the tender is not yet secured—watch for revised pricing or a second extension by July 10.
14 calendar days
to a process that was already approaching its original…
¥3,200
per share
¥5,000
highs in 2021
62% of Japan's price-comparison traffic
and operates Tabelog
EQT pushed the tender offer deadline for Kakaku.com from July 2 to July 16, adding 14 calendar days to a process that was already approaching its original close. The Swedish private equity firm filed the extension on June 30, giving minority shareholders in Japan's dominant price-comparison platform an additional window to tender or hold. The move is procedural but not passive.
Kakaku.com trades at roughly ¥3,200 per share, and EQT's offer—disclosed in May at an undisclosed premium to market—has drawn lukewarm public response from retail holders who remember the platform's ¥5,000 highs in 2021. The extension suggests EQT has not yet cleared the acceptance threshold it needs for a clean take-private, or that a subset of institutional holders is negotiating for improved terms. Tender offer extensions in Japan are rare unless the offeror faces either valuation resistance or needs time to secure regulatory clearance. No antitrust filing delays have been reported, so the former is more probable.
Kakaku.com controls 62% of Japan's price-comparison traffic and operates Tabelog, the restaurant-review platform with 120 million monthly active users. EQT's thesis is likely centered on taking the company private, consolidating the Tabelog unit, and monetizing the first-party data layer that feeds ad revenue. The business generates approximately ¥42 billion in annual revenue, but growth has stalled at 2-3% year-over-year as Amazon and Rakuten encroach on product-search behavior. EQT's playbook—seen in its prior Springer Nature and IFS Global take-privates—favors operational restructuring under cover of private ownership, then a re-IPO at improved multiples three to five years out.
The extension tells allocators that the deal is not automatic. If EQT cannot secure majority acceptance by July 16, it has three options: raise the offer price, extend again, or walk. The first is expensive, the second signals weakness, and the third would reset the stock 15-20% lower within days. Minority shareholders now have a fortnight to decide whether to tender at the current price or hold for a potential bump. Institutional holders with 3-5% stakes—likely including domestic pension funds and foreign hedge funds that entered post-2022—are the swing vote.
Watch for any revised tender price or secondary extension filed before July 10. If neither materializes, assume EQT is confident it has the votes and is simply allowing stragglers to process paperwork. If a price revision surfaces, the original offer was too low, and the deal was never as clean as EQT's May filings suggested.
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For the principal
If your family office holds Kakaku shares, tender only if you need liquidity—valuation upside is capped until a rival bid surfaces.
For the operator
Track EQT's next filing date—a second extension or price bump before July 10 confirms minority pushback and pricing leverage remains live.
For the house
Named accounts with Japan exposure: no new Kakaku positions until tender resolves—volatility is binary and timeframe is compressed to 16 days.
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