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Gun Ei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Gun Ei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

TTSE:4229
4,030.00
JPY
-70.00
(-1.71%)
34.91BMarket Cap
Oct 30Next Earn
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
2026 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
3,691.27
3,895.76
3,575.62
3,638.96
3,809.13
3,987.6
3,917.73
3,794.27
4,436.44
4,736.05
4,572.33
4,607.2
4,718.25
- -
Basic EPS, GAAP
161.76
170.02
190.32
266.29
228.46
169.69
198.91
242.02
291.03
181.2
307.74
289.6
297.35
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
340.51
362.33
227.48
398.29
-31.75
-48.91
413.22
344.88
193.72
-80.42
274.7
208
-89.07
- -
Dividend per Share
59.63
59.78
59.95
70.02
79.81
79.65
80.29
80.12
89.62
84.64
89.91
104.68
99.62
- -
Book Value per Share
5,052.48
5,310.11
5,316.2
5,655.5
5,852.24
5,813.41
6,014.19
6,366.76
6,550.61
6,723.34
7,320.42
7,499.44
8,234.99
8,234.99
Tangible Book Value per Share
5,049.84
5,308.02
5,313.8
5,650.59
5,847.77
5,715.42
5,932.05
6,304.61
6,511.53
6,705.54
7,299.3
7,476.38
8,204.25
8,204.25
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
26,494
27,955
25,589
25,363
26,393
27,636
26,983
25,194
29,406
31,390
30,310
30,545
31,307
- -
Operating Margin (%)
5.14
4.79
8.05
10.75
9.32
5.84
7.18
8.8
8.47
5.29
9
7.51
8.2
- -
Depreciation Expense
1,525
1,504
1,313
1,202
1,303
1,546
1,764
1,669
1,619
1,753
1,641
1,692
1,831
- -
Net Income, GAAP
1,161
1,220
1,362
1,856
1,583
1,176
1,370
1,607
1,929
1,201
2,040
1,920
1,973
- -
Effective Tax Rate (%)
16.29
10.91
26.4
22.22
33.31
23.56
23.85
26.56
28.13
30.23
26
24.2
25.27
- -
Profit Margin (%)
4.38
4.36
5.32
7.32
6
4.26
5.08
6.38
6.56
3.83
6.73
6.29
6.3
- -
Working Capital
13,320
14,518
16,468
15,321
14,773
13,516
15,027
16,879
16,839
17,423
16,432
16,847
18,702
18,702
LT Debt
499
239
2,304
1,650
1,050
450
- -
62
633
662
690
735
665
665
Total Equity
37,493
39,394
38,868
40,452
41,953
41,745
42,019
43,749
44,898
46,107
50,280
51,730
56,853
56,853
Return on Invested Capital (%)
3
3.03
3.67
4.96
3.75
2.84
3.44
3.74
3.97
2.49
4.11
3.34
3.46
- -
Return on Capital (%)
2.88
3.22
3.12
4.05
3.42
2.5
2.95
3.46
4.29
2.74
3.89
3.47
3.23
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
3.25
3.28
3.6
4.83
3.97
2.91
3.4
3.89
4.51
2.73
4.38
3.91
3.78
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Capital Structure

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Jun'26
Sep'26
Mar'26
ST Debt
- -
- -
- -
LT Borrowings
- -
- -
- -
LT Finance Leases
- -
670
665
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
7
7
7
Market Capitalization
19,004
22,298
34,905

Working Capital

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Jun'26
Sep'26
Mar'26
Total Current Assets
- -
24,721
25,359
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
- -
10,776
11,688
Accounts Receivable, Net
- -
7,010
6,841
Inventories
- -
5,477
5,356
Total Current Liabilities
- -
7,085
6,657
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
- -
- -
- -
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
3.92%
5.43%
9.9%
Free Cash Flow
-173.66%
-158.84%
-142.86%
Net Income, GAAP
7.87%
9.81%
2.76%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
2.22%
4.66%
2.49%
Total Cash Common Dividend
4.73%
4.8%
-4.76%

Quarterly Revenue

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
7,952
7,666
7,595
7,097
30,310
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
30,545
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
31,307

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
93.25
98.19
86.58
29.72
307.74
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
289.6
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
297.35

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
89.91
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
104.68
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
99.62

Company Description

Company Profile APIChatGPT
CEO
Kiichiro Arita
Full Time Employees
541
Sector
Process industries
Industry
Chemicals: specialty
Address
700 Shukuorui-machi Takasaki GU Japan 370-0032
IPO Date
May 28, 1974
Website
gunei-chemical.co.jp
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Business
Gun Ei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells synthetic resins, high-performance fibers, starches, sugars and real estate leasing services primarily in Japan. The company operates through three segments: Chemicals, Foods and Real Estate Utilization; the Chemicals segment produces industrial phenolic resins including RESITOP (Relay Top) for shell molding and photoresist, reactive polyimide GPI series, high purity bisphenol F (BPF-SG), functional phenolic resins, kynol novoloid fibers, spherical phenolic resins such as Marilin, s-RP nano sand, Milex special phenolic resin, urea-melamine-based adhesives, casting binders, plasticizers and formalin; the Foods segment offers isomerized sugars, glucose, water syrup, oligosaccharides (Guneioligo Puretos) and cereal syrup; the Real Estate Utilization segment engages in property leasing. Founded on January 23, 1946 and headquartered in Takasaki-shi, Gunma, Japan, the company lists on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (ticker 4229) and targets industries such as electronics, automotive, construction and casting with electronic materials, industrial materials and food products. Recent developments include the launch of a dedicated website for Kynol novoloid fibers in November 2023, exhibition of Kynol at the Technical Textiles event in April 2024 and notice concerning completion of payment for disposal of treasury shares as restricted stock remuneration in July 2025.