Who has been buying Watami Co., Ltd. stock?

8 distinct investors have filed 5 disclosed large-shareholding filings in Watami Co., Ltd. (7522), most recently on 2025-06-12. Each filer, their role, the number of shares and the price at filing are listed in the table on this page.

How many insider filings does Watami Co., Ltd. have?

Watami Co., Ltd. has 5 buy-side and 2 sell-side disclosures on record, covering ¥1.5B ($9.7M) in total reported value, spanning 2022-07-25 to 2025-06-12.

Where does StockDrifts get Watami Co., Ltd. insider data?

From EDINET large-shareholding (5%+) reports — the official filing system run by the Financial Services Agency (Japan). StockDrifts parses each disclosure and matches it to daily price history; the original filings remain available directly from EDINET.

Do insider buys in Japanese stocks predict returns?

Not uniformly. StockDrifts scored 101,000+ Japanese large-shareholding filings on fixed 12-month forward returns and found the predictive power concentrated in specific filer types and filing patterns rather than spread evenly across all disclosures.

Watami Co., Ltd. 7522

Company

ワタミ株式会社Watami Co., Ltd.

Investors

Buys

Total Value

¥1.5B ($9.7M)

Avg Return

+4.45%

Last Filing

2025-06-12

Watami Co., Ltd. (7522) has 5 disclosed large-shareholding filings and 2 disclosed disposals on record, filed by 8 distinct investors. Together those filings cover ¥1.5B ($9.7M) in reported transaction value. The earliest filing StockDrifts holds for Watami Co., Ltd. is dated 2022-07-25; the most recent is 2025-06-12. All of it is parsed from EDINET large-shareholding (5%+) reports, the official disclosure system operated by the Financial Services Agency (Japan). Across these filings the average return since disclosure is +4.45%, measured from each filing date to the latest available close.

Price & insider activity (12 months)

Recent filings

Date	Type	Source	Insider	Purpose	Shares	Price at filing	Return	Value
2025-06-12	BUY	negotiated	渡邉将也 Shoya Watanabe	activist	13.0K	¥1,007	-2.2%	¥13M ($84K)
2025-06-12	BUY	negotiated	株式会社乾為天 Inuiten Co., Ltd.	activist	11.5M	¥1,007	-2.2%	¥11.5B ($74.5M)
2025-06-12	BUY	negotiated	株式会社乾為天 Inuiten Co., Ltd.	activist	11.5M	¥1,007	-2.2%	¥11.5B ($74.5M)
2025-06-12	BUY	negotiated	渡邉将也 Shoya Watanabe	activist	13.0K	¥1,007	-2.2%	¥13M ($84K)
2024-10-30	BUY	negotiated	有限会社アレーテー ARETE LIMITED.	activist	11.5M	¥1,054	-6.5%	¥12.1B ($77.9M)
2024-10-30	BUY	negotiated	有限会社アレーテー ARETE LIMITED.	activist	11.5M	¥1,054	-6.5%	¥12.1B ($77.9M)
2024-10-30	BUY	negotiated	渡邉将也 Shoya Watanabe	activist	13.0K	¥1,054	-6.5%	¥14M ($88K)
2024-10-30	BUY	negotiated	渡邉将也 Shoya Watanabe	activist	13.0K	¥1,054	-6.5%	¥14M ($88K)
2024-07-08	BUY	negotiated	渡邉将也 Shoya Watanabe	activist	13.0K	¥943	+4.5%	¥12M ($79K)
2024-07-08	BUY	negotiated	有限会社アレーテー ARETE LIMITED.	activist	11.5M	¥943	+4.5%	¥10.8B ($69.7M)
2024-07-04	BUY	negotiated	日興アセットマネジメント株式会社 Nikko Asset Management Co.,Ltd.	other	329.0K	¥957	+2.9%	¥315M ($2.0M)
2024-07-04	BUY	negotiated	三井住友トラスト・アセットマネジメント株式会社 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co.,Ltd.	other	499.0K	¥957	+2.9%	¥478M ($3.1M)
2024-07-04	BUY	negotiated	三井住友信託銀行株式会社 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank,Limited	strategic	1.9M	¥957	+2.9%	¥1.8B ($11.5M)
2024-05-09	BUY	negotiated	渡邉将也 Shoya Watanabe	activist	13.0K	¥925	+6.5%	¥12M ($78K)
2024-05-09	BUY	negotiated	有限会社アレーテー ARETE LIMITED.	activist	11.5M	¥925	+6.5%	¥10.6B ($68.4M)
2024-02-07	BUY	negotiated	有限会社アレーテー ARETE LIMITED.	activist	11.5M	¥1,013	-2.8%	¥11.6B ($74.9M)
2024-02-07	BUY	negotiated	有限会社アレーテー ARETE LIMITED.	activist	11.5M	¥1,013	-2.8%	¥11.6B ($74.9M)
2024-02-07	BUY	negotiated	渡邉将也 Shoya Watanabe	activist	13.0K	¥1,013	-2.8%	¥13M ($85K)
2024-02-07	BUY	negotiated	渡邉将也 Shoya Watanabe	activist	13.0K	¥1,013	-2.8%	¥13M ($85K)
2023-03-09	BUY	Market Buy	サントリー株式会社 SUNTORY SPIRITS LIMITED	strategic	5.4M	¥925	+6.5%	¥1.2B ($7.6M)
2023-03-06	SELL	unknown	アサヒビール株式会社 ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.	other	1.5M	¥909	-8.4%	¥648M ($4.2M)
2022-07-25	SELL	unknown	サントリー酒類株式会社 Suntory Liquors Limited	unknown	0	¥921	-7.0%	¥3.9B ($25.2M)
2022-07-25	BUY	negotiated	サントリー株式会社 SUNTORY SPIRITS LIMITED	strategic	4.1M	¥921	+7.0%	¥3.8B ($24.6M)

Frequently asked questions

Who has been buying Watami Co., Ltd. stock?: 8 distinct investors have filed 5 disclosed large-shareholding filings in Watami Co., Ltd. (7522), most recently on 2025-06-12. Each filer, their role, the number of shares and the price at filing are listed in the table on this page.
How many insider filings does Watami Co., Ltd. have?: Watami Co., Ltd. has 5 buy-side and 2 sell-side disclosures on record, covering ¥1.5B ($9.7M) in total reported value, spanning 2022-07-25 to 2025-06-12.
Where does StockDrifts get Watami Co., Ltd. insider data?: From EDINET large-shareholding (5%+) reports — the official filing system run by the Financial Services Agency (Japan). StockDrifts parses each disclosure and matches it to daily price history; the original filings remain available directly from EDINET.
Do insider buys in Japanese stocks predict returns?: Not uniformly. StockDrifts scored 101,000+ Japanese large-shareholding filings on fixed 12-month forward returns and found the predictive power concentrated in specific filer types and filing patterns rather than spread evenly across all disclosures.

Source filings

Every trade listed above is disclosed in EDINET large-shareholding (5%+) reports, filed with the Financial Services Agency (Japan). View the original EDINET filings for Watami Co., Ltd.. For how StockDrifts scores these disclosures, see the Japan insider signal tier research, or browse every Japanese stock we track.