4968 — Arakawa Chemical Industries Share Price
Growth & Value
| 12m Forecast Rolling | Industry | Market | |
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| PE Ratio (f) | 12.32 | ||
| PEG Ratio (f) | n/a | ||
| EPS Growth (f) | -4.65% | ||
| Dividend Yield (f) | 3.03% | ||
| Valuation (ttm) | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Book Value | 0.52 | ||
| Price to Tang. Book | 0.54 | ||
| Price to Free Cashflow | 85.92 | ||
| Price to Sales | 0.4 | ||
| EV to EBITDA | 8.17 | ||
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Quality
| Name | Industry | Market | |
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| Return on Capital | 2.14% | ||
| Return on Equity | 3.64% | ||
| Operating Margin | 2.08% | ||
Financial Summary
| Year End 31st Mar | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027E | 2028E | CAGR / Avg |
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| Total Revenue | ¥m | 80,515 | 79,431 | 72,222 | 80,236 | 82,135 | 89,600 | 96,100 | 3.08% |
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| EPS Growth | % | -19.31 | n/a | n/a | n/a | +31.95 | -12.28 | +34.05 | n/a |
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Other Ratios
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Recent History
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Profile Summary
Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd is a Japan-based company functional coatings business, papermaking and environmental business, adhesives and biomass business, fine electronics business, and other businesses. The Company operates in four business segments. The Functional Coatings segment mainly consists of photocurable resins, thermosetting resins, resins for printing inks, and resins for paints. The Papermaking and Environmental segment mainly consists of paper strength enhancers, sizing agents, and new water-based polymers. The Adhesives and Biomass segment mainly consists of hydrogenated petroleum resins, resins for adhesives and glues, ultra-light colored rosin, and emulsifiers for synthetic rubber polymerization. The Fine Electronics segment's main products include precision parts cleaning agents and cleaning equipment, low-dielectric polyimide resins, fine chemical products, compounding products for electronic materials, and precision polishing agents.
Directors
- Takashi Une PRE (59)
- Hirohiko Morioka CEX (60)
- Yoshiteru Manabe SMD (63)
- Toru Nobuhiro MDR (61)
- Daiji Hashimoto EXO
- Akihiro Higashi EXO
- Tsukasa Ishimoto EXO
- Takeshi Kondo EXO
- Katsuyoshi Kubo EXO
- Mitsuhiro Matsumoto EXO
- Taizo Mita EXO
- Jiro Mizuya EXO
- Yoshihiro Motoki EXO
- Takumi Okazaki EXO
- Hirofumi Yoshimura EXO
- Katsuhiko Zukawa EXO
- Masaya Inaba OTH (64)
- Nobuyuki Takagi OTH (56)
- Yasutomo Miyashita DRC (64)
- Manabu Nishikawa DRC (63)
- Daisaburo Akita IND (67)
- Naohisa Maruta IND (63)
- Elizabeth Masamune IND (61)
- Masahiro Nakatsukasa IND (56)
- Last Annual
- March 31st, 2026
- Last Interim
- March 31st, 2026
- Incorporated
- May 31st, 1936
- Public Since
- November 1st, 1999
- No. of Employees
- 1,667
- Sector
- Chemicals
- Industry
- Basic Materials
- Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Shares in Issue
- 19,838,729

- Address
- 1-3-7, Hirano-machi, Chuo-ku, OSAKA-SHI, 541-0046
- Web
- https://www.arakawachem.co.jp/
- Phone
- +81 662098500
- Auditors
- Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
Upcoming Events for 4968
Dividend For 4968.T - 26.0000 JPY
Dividend For 4968.T - 1.5000 JPY
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FAQ
As of Today at 19:18 UTC, shares in Arakawa Chemical Industries are trading at ¥1,650. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Arakawa Chemical Industries last closed at ¥1,650 and the price had moved by +54.21% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Arakawa Chemical Industries share price has underperformed the Nikkei 225 Index by -13.03% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Arakawa Chemical Industries is Hold. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Find out moreThe Arakawa Chemical Industries dividend yield is 3.03% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Arakawa Chemical Industries paid a total dividend of ¥50, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 3.03%.Looking ahead, the next dividend pay date is 2026-06-25.
We do not have data on when Arakawa Chemical Industries is to next pay dividends. The historic dividend yield on Arakawa Chemical Industries shares is currently 3.03%.
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As of the previous close price of ¥1,650, shares in Arakawa Chemical Industries had a market capitalisation of ¥33bn.
Here are the trading details for Arakawa Chemical Industries:
- Country of listing: Japan
- Exchange: TYO
- Ticker Symbol: 4968
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Arakawa Chemical Industries is currently classified as a Turnaround. The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
We could not find analyst target price data for this security.
Find out moreAn important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Arakawa Chemical Industries. Over the past six months, its share price has outperformed the Nikkei 225 Index by +10.53%.
As of the last closing price of ¥1,650, shares in Arakawa Chemical Industries were trading +33.31% higher than their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Arakawa Chemical Industries PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is 12.32. The shares last closed at ¥1,650.
The PE ratio (or price-to-earnings ratio) is the one of the most popular valuation measures used by stock market investors. It is calculated by dividing a company's price per share by its earnings per share.
The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Arakawa Chemical Industries' management team is headed by:
- Takashi Une - PRE
- Hirohiko Morioka - CEX
- Yoshiteru Manabe - SMD
- Toru Nobuhiro - MDR
- Daiji Hashimoto - EXO
- Akihiro Higashi - EXO
- Tsukasa Ishimoto - EXO
- Takeshi Kondo - EXO
- Katsuyoshi Kubo - EXO
- Mitsuhiro Matsumoto - EXO
- Taizo Mita - EXO
- Jiro Mizuya - EXO
- Yoshihiro Motoki - EXO
- Takumi Okazaki - EXO
- Hirofumi Yoshimura - EXO
- Katsuhiko Zukawa - EXO
- Masaya Inaba - OTH
- Nobuyuki Takagi - OTH
- Yasutomo Miyashita - DRC
- Manabu Nishikawa - DRC
- Daisaburo Akita - IND
- Naohisa Maruta - IND
- Elizabeth Masamune - IND
- Masahiro Nakatsukasa - IND





