Inabata & Co., Ltd.

Inabata & Co., Ltd.

TTSE:8098
4,445.00
JPY
-30.00
(-0.67%)
210.86BMarket Cap
Nov 05Next 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
8,869.22
9,094.8
9,217.14
9,461.07
10,123.35
10,402.45
9,930.13
9,594.95
11,401.46
12,965.49
13,871.51
15,372.83
15,532.84
- -
Basic EPS, GAAP
137.01
137.19
151.91
156.23
109.91
211.35
188.82
229.12
374.23
343.3
362.17
363.9
384.84
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
-66.35
90.44
140.55
-9.53
56.41
148.64
140.47
250.86
-224.93
122.76
465.9
252.27
118.52
- -
Dividend per Share
24.07
34.16
34.15
38.16
42.21
40.2
48.25
53.24
73.92
131.31
120.57
126.16
129.26
- -
Book Value per Share
1,817.66
2,036.29
2,029.68
2,378.28
2,314.38
2,693.91
2,424.09
2,887.24
3,062.41
3,214.38
3,623.95
3,827.45
4,416.78
- -
Tangible Book Value per Share
1,759.34
1,978.49
1,971.95
2,321.81
2,262.87
2,640.64
2,374.15
2,838.77
3,016.07
3,171.34
3,554.16
3,655.98
4,159.7
- -
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
63
63
63
62
61
61
60
60
60
57
55
55
54
54
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
561,173
572,114
577,037
586,630
621,137
634,740
600,312
577,583
680,962
735,620
766,022
837,838
832,745
- -
Operating Margin (%)
1.95
1.88
1.97
2.15
0.96
2.21
2.2
2.59
2.94
2.76
2.77
3.08
3.14
- -
Depreciation Expense
2,179
2,150
2,270
2,066
2,335
2,413
2,976
2,874
3,160
3,532
3,744
4,463
4,541
- -
Net Income, GAAP
8,669
8,630
9,510
9,687
6,744
12,896
11,415
13,792
22,351
19,478
20,000
19,833
20,632
- -
Effective Tax Rate (%)
30.38
33.3
27.37
34.87
46.1
29.44
28.86
27.15
26.2
28.98
26.17
28.07
26.01
- -
Profit Margin (%)
1.54
1.51
1.65
1.65
1.09
2.03
1.9
2.39
3.28
2.65
2.61
2.37
2.48
- -
Working Capital
59,583
80,262
84,299
87,924
86,100
91,949
94,360
106,392
118,320
141,839
164,768
191,508
209,585
- -
LT Debt
13,448
24,354
23,993
19,275
16,806
13,658
9,775
7,475
5,880
15,295
19,889
45,294
52,741
- -
Total Equity
115,880
128,525
127,024
147,628
142,933
164,696
147,724
175,801
176,912
181,505
206,751
216,551
245,935
- -
Return on Invested Capital (%)
4.2
3.56
4.06
3.92
1.46
4.47
4.41
5.17
6.36
5.82
6
6.57
6.11
- -
Return on Capital (%)
5.08
4.57
5.06
4.87
3.33
6.34
5.62
6.65
9.91
8.49
8.02
7.07
6.64
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
8.14
7.11
7.5
7.12
4.69
8.47
7.39
8.63
12.82
10.99
10.54
9.71
9.3
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Capital Structure

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
ST Debt
27,308
37,102
- -
LT Borrowings
50,742
52,741
- -
LT Finance Leases
- -
- -
- -
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
53
53
53
Market Capitalization
186,305
210,859
207,120

Working Capital

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
Total Current Assets
370,698
394,072
- -
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
66,188
76,836
- -
Accounts Receivable, Net
202,783
182,481
- -
Inventories
90,333
96,524
- -
Total Current Liabilities
171,410
184,487
- -
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
27,308
37,102
- -
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
7.24%
7.09%
13.57%
Free Cash Flow
-73.06%
-34.35%
-53.79%
Net Income, GAAP
12.71%
11.02%
4.03%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
3.93%
7.77%
-0.61%
Total Cash Common Dividend
14.36%
19.98%
0.79%

Quarterly Revenue

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
837,838
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
832,745
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
363.9
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
384.84
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

JPY

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
126.16
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
129.26
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

CEO
Katsutaro Inabata
Full Time Employees
4,719
Sector
Distribution services
Industry
Wholesale distributors
Address
1-15-14 Minami-semba Tokyo TY Japan 542-8558
IPO Date
Oct 2, 1961
Business
Inabata & Co., Ltd. (8098.T) operates as a diversified Japanese trading company, specializing in the import, export, domestic distribution, manufacturing, and processing of products across information and electronics, chemicals, life industry, and plastics segments; it provides comprehensive solutions including logistics, finance, market research, and supply chain optimization to a global client base of approximately 10,000 companies spanning industries such as automotive, construction, consumer goods, displays, and food. The company offers core products encompassing polarizing films, alignment layer materials, color resists, OLED and backlight materials, driver ICs, LED encapsulants, power semiconductor materials, and sensors in the information and electronics segment; automotive resins and parts raw materials, paints, inks, adhesives, papermaking chemicals, dyes, pigments, rubber, and wood products in the chemicals segment; pharmaceutical and agrochemical ingredients, fine chemicals, insecticides, toiletry ingredients, and food-related processed agricultural and marine products including eel in the life industry segment; and general-purpose and engineering plastics, high-performance resins, molded products, films, sheets, packaging materials, and plastic compounding with an annual capacity exceeding 195,000 metric tons primarily for automotive, appliances, construction, and daily goods applications in the plastics segment. Founded in 1890 and headquartered at the Osaka Head Office in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan, with a temporary Tokyo Head Office in Nihonbashi Muromachi through early 2026, Inabata maintains a global network of approximately 70 bases across 19 countries, including manufacturing and R&D facilities in Japan, Southeast Asia (11 bases focused on plastics), Northeast Asia (China, Taiwan, South Korea), the Americas (U.S., Mexico, Brazil), Europe (including Turkey, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic), India, Australia, and new expansions in Cambodia. Recent strategic developments include the 2023 acquisitions of Daigo Tsusho Co., Ltd. and Maruishi Chemical Trading Co., Ltd. to bolster chemicals operations, followed by the 2025 integration of Satoen Co., Ltd. and Marukabu Sato Seicha Co., Ltd. to expand food processing capabilities; participation in establishing a U.S.-based lithium-ion battery materials venture; launch of the New Challenge 2026 medium-term management plan emphasizing proactive M&A, investments, and growth in automotive, environment-related, and overseas markets targeting consolidated net sales over 950 billion yen, operating profit of 27 billion yen, and ROE above 10% by FY2026; and enhancement of post-merger integration via the Business Planning Office while advancing sustainability initiatives under the Sustainability Medium-term Plan 2026 addressing climate change, human rights, and supply chain resilience.