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AI screening example · run on September 30, 2026

Companies like UNIQLO,
across all of Japan.

We picked Fast Retailing, UNIQLO's parent, as the reference and wrote what to compare in one sentence. Katana used its financials to narrow ~3,800 Japanese stocks to 457, then AI read each annual report and found 22.

01 / Input

All we typed was this sentence.

Reference company: Fast Retailing (UNIQLO) (9983)

“Strong profitability and a solid balance sheet like Fast Retailing, and a consumer brand that designs its own products, sells them in its own stores, and keeps growing overseas”

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02 / Conditions

Katana turns it into screening conditions.

A

Quantitative

Katana computes its metrics for every company.

  1. ROE ≥ 12% (Fast Retailing: 20.2%)
  2. Operating margin ≥ 10% (Fast Retailing: 16.6%)
  3. Equity ratio ≥ 45% (Fast Retailing: 58.9%)
  4. Net D/E ratio ≤ 0% (no net debt)
B

Qualitative

AI reads each annual report and judges support and counterevidence.

  1. Does the company design the consumer products sold under its own brand?
  2. Does the company sell its own products through stores it operates?

AI also proposed a third question, on overseas sales growth over multiple periods. We removed it on screen before running.

~3,800listed companies
457match the numbers
22supported by filings
Katana

read the filings and found 22 companies.

03 / Results

The 22 companies, and the evidence.

Each line summarizes the company's Japanese annual securities report. Only companies the AI judged as supported are listed.

  • ASICS7936 · Other Products

    Opened large directly run stores for its own brands in Barcelona, London and Paris.Filing ↗

  • Capcom9697 · Information & Communication

    Builds its games on IP it owns, such as Monster Hunter and Street Fighter, and runs its own arcades.Filing ↗

  • Sanrio8136 · Wholesale Trade

    Sells goods of its own characters in its own shops; new Tokyo stores drew crowds with store-only items.Filing ↗

  • YONEX7906 · Other Products

    A global badminton and tennis brand, now selling directly through its own e-commerce and pop-up stores in the U.S.Filing ↗

  • SHOEI7839 · Other Products

    Designs and makes its helmets in Japan, and sells through its own showrooms in Japan and Europe.Filing ↗

  • ABC-MART2670 · Retail Trade

    Owns in-house brands such as HAWKINS and Danner that it plans, makes and sells itself.Filing ↗

  • JINS HOLDINGS3046 · Retail Trade

    Designs, makes and sells its own eyewear in one integrated model.Filing ↗

  • WORKMAN7564 · Retail Trade

    Its private-brand products reached 71.9% of chain-wide store sales.Filing ↗

  • HUMAN MADE456A · Retail Trade

    Runs seven HUMAN MADE brand stores in Japan, alongside its own e-commerce.Filing ↗

  • MTG7806 · Other Products

    Develops its own ReFa and SIXPAD brands; ReFa hair-care products kept growing fast.Filing ↗

  • Kotobuki Spirits2222 · Foods

    Creates and grows its own confectionery shop brands and product brands.Filing ↗

  • Kanro2216 · Foods

    Sells its own premium gummy, Gummitzel, in its Hitotsubu Kanro stores and on its own online platform.Filing ↗

  • KeePer Technical Laboratory6036 · Services

    Applies car coatings made with its own chemicals at its KeePer LABO stores.Filing ↗

  • COVER5253 · Information & Communication

    Creates its own hololive VTuber characters and sells their goods through its official shop.Filing ↗

  • CELSYS3663 · Information & Communication

    Plans, develops and runs its illustration app CLIP STUDIO PAINT entirely in-house.Filing ↗

  • TENTIAL325A · Retail Trade

    Sells its own conditioning-wear brand through directly run stores in major cities.Filing ↗

  • Colan Totte7792 · Other Products

    Sells its own Colantotte magnetic health products directly in stores it runs.Filing ↗

  • DAYTONA7228 · Transportation Equipment

    Plans and develops its own DAYTONA motorcycle gear.Filing ↗

  • TRANSACTION7818 · Other Products

    Grew by designing its own products, including the MOTTERU brand, and makes them in its own factories.Filing ↗

  • Wagokoro9271 · Retail Trade

    Designs, makes and sells its own Japanese accessories, such as kanzashi hairpins, in its own stores.Filing ↗

  • Inuneko Seikatsu556A · Retail Trade

    Sells its own-brand pet food, mostly by subscription on its own site, and runs vet clinics and grooming salons.Filing ↗

  • Fast Retailing (the reference)9983 · Retail Trade

    Develops its own LifeWear products from customer feedback gathered through its stores and app.Filing ↗

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