Quantitative
Katana computes its metrics for every company.
- Net cash / total assets ≥ 0.3 (Nintendo: about 0.58)
- Equity ratio ≥ 60% (Nintendo: 77.6%)
- Operating margin ≥ 12%
AI screening example · run on September 29, 2026
Companies like Nintendo,
Companies like Nintendo,
across all of Japan.
We picked Nintendo as the reference and wrote what to compare in one sentence. Katana used Nintendo's financials to narrow ~3,800 Japanese stocks to 290, then AI read each annual report and found 7.
01 / Input
All we typed was this sentence.
Reference company: Nintendo (7974)
“A cash-rich balance sheet and high profit margins like Nintendo, and a business built on characters or content IP that it owns and monetizes worldwide”
02 / Conditions
Katana turns it into screening conditions.
Qualitative
AI reads each annual report and judges support and counterevidence.
- Does the company own commercially meaningful rights to characters or content that it monetizes, rather than relying solely on IP licensed from others?
- Does the company currently earn revenue from its owned characters or content IP in multiple overseas markets?
~3,800listed companies
290match the numbers
7supported by filings
Katana
read the filings and found 7 companies.
03 / Results
The 7 companies, and the evidence.
Each line summarizes the company's Japanese annual securities report. Only companies the AI judged as supported are listed.
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Capcom
Invests in creating IP and in growing its global brand recognition.Filing ↗
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Sanrio
Monetizes Sanrio characters worldwide and is widening its IP portfolio beyond Hello Kitty.Filing ↗
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Bandai Namco Holdings
Sees ample room to grow its IP business worldwide as Japanese IP gains fans globally.Filing ↗
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NEXON
Owns its game IP and licenses it to publishers region by region for royalties.Filing ↗
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Toei Animation
Licenses its own anime across Asia, Europe and the Americas through overseas subsidiaries.Filing ↗
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Nihon Falcom
Develops its own games and runs a dedicated licensing division.Filing ↗
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EXTREME
Has a segment built on the game and character IP it owns, including licensing.Filing ↗
Your stock-picking, handed straight to AI.
Complex theses, your own selection rules. Katana narrows companies with its own metrics, and AI reads annual reports to judge qualitative conditions. The selection you used to do one company at a time, AI now runs across the Japanese market.
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