Prices as of 2026/10/30 close
Company comparison · Family & Casual Restaurants
Create Restaurants (¥165.4B) and Monogatari (¥151.7B) are about the same size by revenue.
Monogatari earns more on each yen of sales, with an operating margin of 8.0% — 3.2 points above Create Restaurants (4.8%).
Revenue growth in the latest results: Monogatari +22.4%, Create Restaurants +5.8%. For next year, Monogatari guides for the fastest operating profit growth (+14.2%).
Create Restaurants pays more on average — ¥6.80M against ¥5.46M at Monogatari.
Over the past year the shares moved Monogatari +58.2%, Create Restaurants +8.9%.
Head-to-head wins17 metrics
One win per metric for the company with the best value. Metrics with no better or worse (P/E, average age, employees) are excluded.
ScaleInvestors
Monogatari aheadCreate Restaurants 1 : Monogatari 2
Revenue: Create Restaurants ¥165.4B / Monogatari ¥151.7B
ProfitabilityInvestors
Monogatari aheadCreate Restaurants 1 : Monogatari 3
Operating margin: Create Restaurants 4.8% / Monogatari 8.0%
GrowthInvestors
Monogatari aheadCreate Restaurants 0 : Monogatari 4
Revenue growth (YoY): Create Restaurants +5.8% / Monogatari +22.4%
Stock & balance sheetInvestors
Monogatari aheadCreate Restaurants 0 : Monogatari 3
Share price, 1 year: Create Restaurants +8.9% / Monogatari +58.2%
Pay & workforceJob seekers
Create Restaurants aheadCreate Restaurants 2 : Monogatari 1
Average salary: Create Restaurants ¥6.80M / Monogatari ¥5.46M
| Metric | Create Restaurants | Monogatari | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ◎¥165.4B | ¥151.7B | 1.1x |
| Operating profit | ¥7.9B | ◎¥12.1B | 1.5x |
| Net income | ¥4.7B | ◎¥8.7B | 1.9x |
| Metric | Create Restaurants | Monogatari | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | ◎8.0% | 3.2pt |
| Net margin | 2.8% | ◎5.8% | 2.9pt |
| ROE | 11.1% | ◎20.0% | 8.9pt |
| Revenue per employee | ◎¥1.3B | ¥83M | 15.6x |
| Metric | Create Restaurants | Monogatari | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +5.8% | ◎+22.4% | 16.6pt |
| Operating profit growth (YoY) | −6.6% | ◎+31.4% | 38.0pt |
| Guidance: revenue growthnext FY plan | +3.4% | ◎+14.1% | 10.7pt |
| Guidance: op. profit growthnext FY plan | +13.3% | ◎+14.2% | 0.9pt |
| Metric | Create Restaurants | Monogatari | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | +8.9% | ◎+58.2% | 49.3pt |
| Share price, 3 months | −0.7% | ◎+11.6% | 12.3pt |
| P/E (trailing)lower = cheaper | 71.6x | 26.3x | |
| Equity ratio | 34.3% | ◎54.3% | 20.0pt |
| Share price (close) | ¥796 | ¥5,980 |
◎ marks the best value for each metric. Revenue and profit are from the latest full-year earnings release; share prices are closing-price references; P/E = latest close ÷ trailing EPS. For banks and some other financials, revenue means ordinary income.
| Metric | Create Restaurants | Monogatari | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average salary | ◎¥6.80M | ¥5.46M | ¥1.34M |
| Starting salary (monthly) | ¥207,000 | ◎¥300,000 | ¥93,000 |
| Average tenure | ◎14.2 yrs | 4.9 yrs | 9.3 |
| Average age | 48.5 | 32.7 | 15.8 |
| Employees | 127 | 1,820 | 14.3x |
Average salary is for the reporting (parent) company and is affected by average age and job mix. Holding companies with few employees are left out of the salary comparison.
Close (Oct 30, 2026)
¥796+8.9% (1Y)
Create Restaurants +8.9% over 1Y. Compared: Monogatari +58.2%.
Reference chart of daily closing prices, not real-time quotes (split-adjusted; weekly closes before the last year). Each line shows the % change from the start of the period. Updated Oct 30, 2026.
AAverage annual salary from the securities filings: Create Restaurants ¥6.80M, Monogatari ¥5.46M. Create Restaurants pays the most. Averages also depend on staff age and job mix, so check the average age too (Create Restaurants 48.5, Monogatari 32.7).
ARevenue in the latest results: Create Restaurants ¥165.4B, Monogatari ¥151.7B. Create Restaurants (¥165.4B) and Monogatari (¥151.7B) are about the same size by revenue.
AOperating margins: Monogatari 8.0%, Create Restaurants 4.8%. Monogatari turns the highest share of sales into operating profit.
AShare price change over the past year (closing prices, for reference): Monogatari +58.2%, Create Restaurants +8.9%. Monogatari has risen the most.
Comparing 2 companies (up to 4)
Sources: earnings releases (kessan tanshin), annual securities reports and other public information. Share prices are closing-price references, not real-time. Our data may contain errors; investment decisions are your own responsibility.
