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Ibiden Co Ltd4062.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Information Technology›Electronic Components

Makes IC package substrates for CPUs/AI chips and ceramic diesel particulate filters for vehicles.

≈ A Japanese Amkor/Unimicron for chip substratesMomentum leader 99
Mkt cap
$22.1B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
83%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.10B
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
39.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-2.4 pp
WACC 18.9%
Hurdle
+34 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
90 days
4 Feb 2027
Close · JPY¥22,310
1Dn/a
1W+17.7%
1M+18.7%
3M-15.6%
6M+163.5%
YTD+232.1%
1Y+517.2%
ATR %7.2%
52w lowhigh18.8% off high

What Ibiden does

Makes IC package substrates for CPUs/AI chips and ceramic diesel particulate filters for vehicles.

Substrate makers are paid per board on long-qualified programmes, so a chip maker's product cycle shapes demand, and Intel has historically been an anchor customer. The ceramics side supplies particulate filters for diesel vehicles, a mature business. It has been adding substrate capacity in Gifu Prefecture to meet AI-chip demand.

In one line: A Japanese Amkor/Unimicron for chip substrates.

Products and services

  • Semiconductor package substrates (FC-BGA)
  • Diesel particulate filters (ceramics)
  • Printed circuit boards

Customers

  • Intel
  • AMD/other CPU and AI-chip makers
  • Automakers (diesel filters)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information technology
  • Electronic components
  • IC package substrates + ceramics

What could go right

  • AI server/CPU substrate demand
  • Advanced packaging content growth

What could go wrong

  • Substrate price competition (Taiwan/Korea)
  • Diesel filter demand decline (EV shift)

Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification, scale). Qualified substrate supplier for leading-edge CPU/AI packages; capacity and yield take years to replicate.

Headquarters: Ogaki, Japan · Founded: 1912 · Employees: 11,105

Named competitors

Ibiden at a glance

Size Ibiden (4062.T) is a Japan Information Technology company (Electronic Components) with a market value of $22.1B, the 76th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥22,310 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 163.5%, against -27.1% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 26.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +33.4%); the operating margin is 17.8% (peer median 12.3%).

Valuation It trades at 39.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.3× (3rd most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 39% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is +34 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.4 points below its cost of capital (18.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10020030011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20264062.T 270Peer median 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Ibiden against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Ibiden financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥483B¥416B¥369B¥371B¥418B
Revenue growth—+13%0%-11%—
Gross profit¥158B¥128B¥112B¥102B¥128B
EBITDA¥163B¥124B¥100B¥93.7B¥127B
Net income¥80.2B¥63.7B¥33.7B¥31.5B¥52.2B
Free cash flow¥168B¥289M-¥78.6B¥59.8B¥22.5B
Capital expenditure¥95.7B¥107B¥199B¥86.4B¥104B
Total debt¥162B¥193B¥343B¥344B¥270B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Ibiden competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+100%-40%-20%0%+20%300408002463002916CLS30047630088046303723683189238234814062.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ibiden is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%20×30×40×3004080024630029166762CLS3004760023843008NVT804600293830372368495800228131892382247534816032284062.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Ibiden is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%+60%0%20%40%60%3004086762CLS30088046303723683189238234814062.TGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Ibiden is the large dot.

Ibiden competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (4062.T vs 3037.TW vs 8046.TW vs 009150.KS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Ibiden 4062.T$22.1B+164%+26%18%39.2×39.2%
Unimicron Technology 3037.TW$35.4B-19%+33%13%20.1×45.9%
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board 8046.TW$17.1B-12%+34%12%26.1×58.7%
SamsungElecMech 009150.KS$47.2B+5%+22%12%38.7×42.8%
Kinsus Interconnect Technology 3189.TW$10.7B+27%+34%14%29.4×41.2%
LG Innotek 011070.KS$4.62B-54%+20%4%9.6×-0.3%
Shennan Circuit 002916.SZ$20.4B-36%+51%18%22.6×n/a
Daeduck Electronics 353200.KS$2.61B-37%+56%16%15.0×15.3%

How Ibiden compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Ibiden against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure4062.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+18.7%-39.2%highest of 21
6-month return+163.5%-27.1%highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-18.8%-50.8%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+26.1%+33.4%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin17.8%12.3%7th highest of 21
Forward P/E39.2×19.3×3rd most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)39.2%18.2%4th most demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+5.2%+8.3%5th lowest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+34.0 pp+7.1 pp4th most demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-2.4 pp+3.9 pp6th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA19.9×13.4×3rd most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA-1.6×-0.7×3rd least indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Ibiden 4062.TJapan$22.1B+164%+26%18%39.2×39.2%+5.2%
Chaozhou Three-Circle (Group) 300408.SZChina$21.6B-15%+65%34%28.1×23.7%+17.7%
Wus Printed Circuit (Kunshan) 002463.SZChina$21.2B-29%+61%28%18.2×n/an/a
Shennan Circuit 002916.SZChina$20.4B-36%+51%18%22.6×n/an/a
Tdk 6762.TJapan$25.4B-27%+25%10%15.0×18.2%+11.1%
Celestica CLS.TOCanada$26.3B-44%+61%9%11.5×11.0%+17.6%
Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) 300476.SZChina$18.3B-62%+38%26%17.2×n/an/a
Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing 002384.SZChina$26.9B-57%+56%11%18.0×n/an/a
Largan Precision 3008.TWTaiwan$17.7B+76%0%35%26.0×12.6%+1.8%
NVT NVTUnited States$17.2B-38%+48%18%16.4×16.2%+14.3%
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board 8046.TWTaiwan$17.1B-12%+34%12%26.1×58.7%+0.8%
Avary Holding (Shenzhen) 002938.SZChina$16.2B-35%+8%10%22.4×n/an/a
Unimicron Technology 3037.TWTaiwan$35.4B-19%+33%13%20.1×45.9%+8.3%
Gold Circuit Electronics 2368.TWTaiwan$12.9B-45%+68%26%14.5×14.2%+20.7%
Zhen Ding Technology Holding Lt 4958.TWTaiwan$12.8B-12%+5%9%18.4×n/an/a
Accelink Technologies 002281.SZChina$10.8B-37%+32%11%42.6×n/an/a
Kinsus Interconnect Technology 3189.TWTaiwan$10.7B+27%+34%14%29.4×41.2%+7.7%
Sunny Optical 2382.HKHong Kong$8.92B-3%+20%8%14.8×4.9%+1.9%
Luxshare Precision Industry 2475.HKHong Kong$55.2Bn/a+33%4%15.7×n/an/a
Innolux 3481.TWTaiwan$8.71B+32%+11%0%62.6×37.3%-3.4%
Shenzhen Kinwong Electronic 603228.SSChina$8.38B-23%+33%12%22.6×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Ibiden's main competitors?
Named competitors: Unimicron Technology (3037.TW), Nan Ya PCB (8046.TW), AT&S (private or unlisted), Shinko Electric Industries (private or unlisted), Samsung Electro-Mechanics (009150.KS), Kinsus Interconnect Technology (3189.TW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Chaozhou Three-Circle (Group) (300408.SZ), Wus Printed Circuit (Kunshan) (002463.SZ), Shennan Circuit (002916.SZ), Tdk (6762.T), Celestica (CLS.TO), Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) (300476.SZ).
Is Ibiden expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 39.2× against a peer median of 19.3×, 3rd most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 39% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is +34 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Ibiden stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +163.5% against -27.1% for the median peer; over one year +517.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.