Employees: 1,877
Size Riken Technos (4220.T) is a Japan Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $771M, the 855th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,420 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 45.8%, against -23.8% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.4%); the operating margin is 10.5% (peer median 10.5%).
Valuation It trades at 10.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.6× (2nd cheapest of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is -13 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.7 points above its cost of capital (6.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 1 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥138B | ¥131B | ¥128B | ¥126B | ¥123B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +2% | +2% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥29.3B | ¥26.0B | ¥24.8B | ¥22.3B | ¥20.7B |
| EBITDA | ¥19.2B | ¥15.7B | ¥14.6B | ¥12.6B | ¥11.1B |
| Net income | ¥10.3B | ¥7.57B | ¥7.37B | ¥6.88B | ¥4.56B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥8.56B | ¥7.25B | ¥6.72B | ¥4.85B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥4.93B | ¥4.78B | ¥4.25B | ¥3.99B |
| Total debt | ¥12.2B | ¥11.5B | ¥11.8B | ¥10.2B | ¥10.6B |
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| Measure | 4220.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.5% | -14.3% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +45.8% | -23.8% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -17.0% | -43.2% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.1% | +8.4% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 10.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.4× | 26.6× | 2nd cheapest of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.8% | 24.2% | least demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.3% | +6.5% | 5th highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -13.1 pp | +15.3 pp | 2nd least demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.7 pp | -2.6 pp | 2nd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.3× | 18.9× | 2nd cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.6× | 0.7× | 4th least indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riken Technos 4220.T | Japan | $771M | +46% | +6% | 11% | 10.4× | -4.8% | +8.3% |
| Poly Plastic Masterbatch (SuZhou) 300905.SZ | China | $758M | -59% | +10% | 11% | n/a | 29.1% | +17.2% |
| Sichuan Lutianhua Company Limited By Shares 000912.SZ | China | $785M | -31% | -5% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nanjing COSMOS Chemical 300856.SZ | China | $757M | -24% | +12% | 12% | 35.0× | 3.3% | +8.0% |
| Zhejiang Jihua 603980.SS | China | $788M | +22% | +2% | 2% | n/a | 27.0% | -3.6% |
| Clean Science & Technology CLEAN.NS | India | $753M | -24% | +5% | 26% | 26.6× | 31.8% | +13.2% |
| Shandong Longhua New Material 301149.SZ | China | $751M | -39% | +33% | 2% | 8.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Pan Asian Microvent Tech (Jiangsu) 688386.SS | China | $792M | -40% | +37% | 18% | 40.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Toyobo 3101.T | Japan | $793M | -1% | +2% | 7% | 13.6× | 2.0% | +4.6% |
| Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP | United States | $747M | -9% | +9% | 29% | 12.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Greenda Electronic Materials 603931.SS | China | $797M | -31% | -4% | 20% | 39.7× | 21.4% | +1.4% |
| Sinolong New Materials 301565.SZ | China | $799M | -27% | +20% | 1% | 23.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Hebei Cangzhou Dahua 600230.SS | China | $738M | -36% | -1% | 4% | 16.6× | -0.4% | +22.6% |
| Sino-High (China) 301076.SZ | China | $736M | -24% | +4% | 14% | 57.1× | 43.8% | +9.1% |
| Neogen Chemicals NEOGEN.NS | India | $809M | +47% | +27% | 14% | 109.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Aisen Semiconductor Material 688720.SS | China | $817M | -21% | +29% | 5% | 40.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Xinhua Chemical 603867.SS | China | $817M | -27% | +7% | 10% | 16.1× | 12.8% | +4.9% |
| Cybrid Technologies 603212.SS | China | $725M | -19% | -9% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Neo Performance Materials NEO.TO | Canada | $821M | -13% | +24% | 14% | 12.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Kornit Digital KRNT | United States | $724M | +4% | +4% | -17% | 86.4× | 36.2% | +0.9% |
| Shanghai Allied Industrial 301419.SZ | China | $723M | +10% | +19% | 14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |