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Employees: 3,514
Size Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg.Co (4116.T) is a Japan Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $576M, the 994th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,256 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 17.8%, against -20.9% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.7%); the operating margin is 6.6% (peer median 7.3%).
Valuation It trades at 0.7× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.0× (3rd cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -2%, so the hurdle is +6 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 3.6 points below its cost of capital (7.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥127B | ¥124B | ¥125B | ¥120B | ¥122B |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | +4% | -2% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥26.9B | ¥26.0B | ¥25.2B | ¥22.4B | ¥21.3B |
| EBITDA | ¥13.5B | ¥12.7B | ¥11.9B | ¥9.73B | ¥8.23B |
| Net income | ¥8.51B | ¥8.10B | ¥10.3B | ¥3.66B | ¥2.01B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥3.46B | -¥1.27B | ¥4.57B | -¥2.11B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥6.67B | ¥5.67B | ¥4.54B | ¥5.24B |
| Total debt | ¥18.2B | ¥18.7B | ¥21.0B | ¥25.3B | ¥31.0B |
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| Measure | 4116.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -3.7% | -16.2% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +17.8% | -20.9% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -11.3% | -42.6% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.6% | +15.7% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 7.3% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.7× | 2.0× | 3rd cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 3.4% | 17.2% | 4th least demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -2.1% | +11.9% | lowest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +5.5 pp | +3.3 pp | 4th most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -3.6 pp | -2.7 pp | 9th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.6× | 9.5× | 4th cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.3× | 1.8× | 2nd least indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg.Co 4116.T | Japan | $576M | +18% | +2% | 7% | 0.7× | 3.4% | -2.1% |
| TSRC 2103.TW | Taiwan | $576M | +17% | 0% | 7% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| MEC 4971.T | Japan | $578M | -47% | +29% | 31% | 3.3× | 17.2% | +11.9% |
| Shandong Sunway Chemical 002469.SZ | China | $579M | -20% | -19% | 3% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Hebei Jianxin Chemical Industry 300107.SZ | China | $581M | -6% | +39% | 11% | 5.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Grand Pacific Petrochemical 1312.TW | Taiwan | $571M | +3% | +28% | -15% | 1.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Yussen Energy Technology 002986.SZ | China | $571M | -30% | +57% | 2% | 0.7× | -5.0% | +27.8% |
| Kanto Denka Kogyo 4047.T | Japan | $570M | -6% | +13% | 12% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals IOLCP.NS | India | $569M | +87% | +19% | 9% | 2.1× | 29.8% | +3.5% |
| Koppers KOP | United States | $567M | -32% | -5% | 10% | 0.8× | -7.1% | +2.4% |
| Advanced Nano Products 121600.KS | South Korea | $565M | -23% | +33% | 12% | 5.5× | 28.1% | +18.2% |
| Skchem 285130.KS | South Korea | $588M | -27% | +27% | 0% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Jdd Tech New Material 301538.SZ | China | $591M | -33% | +10% | 18% | 3.4× | 15.3% | +25.6% |
| Shandong Fengyuan Chemical 002805.SZ | China | $591M | -38% | +281% | 1% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Everlight Chemical Industrial 1711.TW | Taiwan | $593M | -45% | -2% | -1% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Jinneng Science & Technology 603113.SS | China | $559M | -34% | +6% | -4% | 0.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Lushan New Materials 603051.SS | China | $595M | +5% | -5% | 0% | 2.2× | 32.5% | +8.5% |
| Cytech 301557.SZ | China | $595M | -3% | +13% | 7% | 3.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Hengxing New Material Technology 603276.SS | China | $596M | +7% | +29% | 8% | 3.3× | 18.5% | +15.2% |
| Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 4028.T | Japan | $596M | -22% | +1% | 11% | 0.9× | 1.1% | +8.8% |
| Balaji Amines BALAMINES.NS | India | $604M | +15% | +21% | 19% | 3.5× | n/a | n/a |