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Arakawa Chemical Industries,Ltd.

Arakawa Chemical Industries,Ltd.

TTSE:4968
2,065.00
JPY
-156.00
(-7.02%)
25.00BMarket Cap
Nov 05Next Earn
Arakawa Chemical Industries,Ltd.
TSE:4968
(Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Recent

price

2,065.00

P/E

ratio

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2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
TTM
JPY
3,299.8
3,514.68
3,366.47
3,725.46
4,040.56
3,871.11
3,763.5
3,913.99
3,851.95
3,595.49
3,557.22
4,058.42
4,003.79
3,640.43
4,044.4
4,140.13
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Revenue per Share
80.39
67.93
48.76
73.84
109.93
113.07
166.14
150.73
188.48
85.35
109.33
75.71
-249.06
-52.52
133.27
110.94
- -
Basic EPS, GAAP
-300.47
-74.33
205.28
37.64
163.76
144.29
291.19
77.18
-61.39
-79.68
-118.15
-122.69
-337.21
-287.31
30.34
19.26
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
25.47
23.98
22.99
23.49
25.95
29.89
30.93
40.99
38.96
44.4
43.95
47.99
47.99
47.99
47.99
49.95
- -
Dividend per Share
1,801.54
1,827.71
1,931.07
2,107.17
2,280.81
2,248.36
2,418.48
2,622.35
2,652.53
2,648.65
2,884.62
2,983.16
2,726.06
2,829.51
2,947.46
3,143.2
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Book Value per Share
1,765.39
1,788.3
1,892.49
2,073.7
2,252.67
2,200.51
2,346.73
2,564.01
2,606.94
2,585.65
2,795.4
2,889.86
2,641.48
2,752.44
2,878.2
3,083.72
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Tangible Book Value per Share
20
20
20
20
20
20
21
21
21
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
66,454
70,781
67,796
75,025
81,742
79,119
77,380
80,782
79,501
72,967
70,572
80,515
79,431
72,222
80,236
82,135
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Sales/Revenue/Turnover
4.18
2.51
2.77
3.11
3.62
4.6
6.59
6.06
4.48
3.53
4.62
4.1
-3.66
-3.62
1.32
3.04
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Operating Margin (%)
2,409
3,211
3,404
3,011
2,761
2,872
2,871
2,895
3,151
3,168
3,165
3,196
4,477
5,808
5,720
5,588
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Depreciation Expense
1,619
1,368
982
1,487
2,224
2,311
3,416
3,111
3,890
1,732
2,169
1,502
-4,941
-1,042
2,644
2,201
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Net Income, GAAP
30.43
23.33
40.66
38.37
33.55
33.64
28.05
24.02
27.37
32.16
38
38.49
- -
- -
62.96
72.3
- -
Effective Tax Rate (%)
2.44
1.93
1.45
1.98
2.72
2.92
4.41
3.85
4.89
2.37
3.07
1.87
-6.22
-1.44
3.3
2.68
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Profit Margin (%)
18,603
19,499
16,811
25,359
29,092
23,545
29,345
30,507
32,103
30,326
19,940
26,003
20,686
20,753
24,656
18,787
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Working Capital
7,847
8,080
1,825
7,079
7,683
2,433
5,343
5,000
8,895
13,945
8,813
13,715
15,407
18,875
21,061
12,907
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LT Debt
37,407
37,910
40,109
43,634
47,845
47,744
51,557
55,695
56,325
54,027
58,589
62,577
56,508
56,917
57,237
59,240
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Total Equity
3.69
2.36
1.9
2.36
3.06
3.65
5.55
5.55
3.71
2.4
2.6
2.37
- -
- -
0.4
0.7
- -
Return on Invested Capital (%)
3.22
2.54
1.8
2.46
3.2
3.4
4.97
4.18
5.3
2.01
2.65
1.52
- -
- -
4.45
3.93
- -
Return on Capital (%)
4.49
3.74
2.59
3.66
5.01
5
7.11
5.98
7.15
3.23
3.95
2.58
-8.72
-1.89
4.61
3.64
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Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
ST Debt
20,614
27,873
- -
LT Borrowings
19,654
12,907
- -
LT Finance Leases
- -
- -
- -
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
20
20
20
Market Capitalization
21,743
24,997
41,681

Working Capital

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
Total Current Assets
61,341
64,897
- -
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
9,074
10,595
- -
Accounts Receivable, Net
25,778
25,847
- -
Inventories
22,929
25,069
- -
Total Current Liabilities
37,953
46,110
- -
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
20,614
27,873
- -
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
2.34%
0.38%
3.5%
Free Cash Flow
-6.05%
3.36%
-36.54%
Net Income, GAAP
-87.54%
-181.82%
-16.75%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
0.62%
3.43%
2.37%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
4.1%

Quarterly Revenue

JPY

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
80,236
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
82,135
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
133.27
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
110.94
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
47.99
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
49.95
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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Business
Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells specialty chemicals derived primarily from rosin and other natural resins for papermaking, printing inks, adhesives, coatings, and electronic materials. The company produces papermaking chemicals including sizing agents such as Sizepine (rosin derivatives, alkyl ketene dimers, alkenyl succinic anhydrides), water repellent agents, paper strength enhancers such as Polystron, ARAFIX (polyamide-polyamine derivatives), and Polymerjet (polyacrylamide resins), surface sizing agents such as Polymaron (styrenic, acrylic, olefin resins), and coated paper chemicals; coating and printing ink resins including rosin-modified phenolic TAMANOL, maleic MALKYD, alkyd ARAKYD, polyester ARAPOL, modified epoxy MODEPICS, polyurethane UREARNO, photocurable BEAMSET, and styrene-maleic ARASTAR; adhesive and tackifying resins including hydrogenated hydrocarbon ARKON, rosin esters such as ESTER GUM, PENSEL, SUPER ESTER, and SUPER ESTER E emulsions, terpene phenolic and alkyl phenolic TAMANOL, polymerized rosin ARDYME, disproportionated rosin RONDIS, colorless PINECRYSTAL, and hydrogenated HYPALE; functional materials including electronic compounds such as thermoplastic polyimide PIAD, hybrid polyimide film POMIRAN, organic-inorganic hybrid COMPOCERAN, precision parts cleaners PINE ALPHA, precision abrasives, solders PINE SOLDER and PINE FLUX, and cleaning equipment. Arakawa Chemical Industries operates six domestic plants and maintains a global network with one domestic manufacturing subsidiary, five overseas manufacturing subsidiaries, one domestic sales subsidiary, three domestic manufacturing and sales subsidiaries, and five overseas manufacturing and sales subsidiaries, serving markets in Japan, Asia, Europe, and North America. Founded in 1876 and incorporated in 1931, the company is headquartered at 1-3-7 Hiranomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan, and lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 4968. In recent developments, the company completed consolidation of manufacturing sites for rosin derivatives and sizing agents on March 31, 2025 to enhance earning power, expanded production capacity for fine chemical products in semiconductor-related advanced materials and polishing agents for hard disk substrates achieving significant sales growth, and formed the Arkon Special Committee to rebuild global sales strategy for hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin Arkon amid challenges at Chiba Arkon Production Limited while pursuing long-term production improvements.