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Employees: 713
Size Nippon Fine Chemical (4362.T) is a Japan Materials company (Chemicals: Major Diversified) with a market value of $338M, the 1283rd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,404 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.5%, against -20.9% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 4.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.3%); the operating margin is 14.5% (peer median 7.3%).
Valuation It trades at 10.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.5× (3rd cheapest of 8).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is -4 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.6 points above its cost of capital (7.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥34.0B | ¥33.8B | ¥35.7B | ¥33.5B | ¥36.8B |
| Revenue growth | — | -5% | +6% | -9% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥10.8B | ¥10.9B | ¥10.6B | ¥9.70B | ¥10.8B |
| EBITDA | ¥6.46B | ¥6.82B | ¥6.21B | ¥5.51B | ¥6.01B |
| Net income | ¥4.60B | ¥4.43B | ¥3.87B | ¥3.33B | ¥4.08B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥3.85B | ¥1.75B | ¥5.43B | -¥1.17B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥2.99B | ¥2.38B | ¥1.27B | ¥2.76B |
| Total debt | n/a | ¥22.6M | ¥1.13B | ¥27.7M | ¥35.7M |
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| Measure | 4362.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -9.3% | -12.0% | 10th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -5.5% | -20.9% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -22.8% | -37.4% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -4.9% | +7.3% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 7.3% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.0× | 11.5× | 3rd cheapest of 8 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -2.2% | 5.6% | 6th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.1% | +5.8% | 4th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -4.2 pp | -4.6 pp | 7th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.6 pp | +0.7 pp | 10th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.8× | 6.5× | 5th most expensive of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -2.4× | 0.6× | 3rd least indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon Fine Chemical 4362.T | Japan | $338M | -6% | -5% | 14% | 10.0× | -2.2% | +2.1% |
| Selena FM SEL.WA | Poland | $340M | +23% | +8% | 10% | 10.2× | -1.5% | +5.3% |
| OCI 456040.KS | South Korea | $349M | -65% | +2% | 5% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Chemplast Sanmar CHEMPLASTS.NS | India | $353M | -9% | +5% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| San Fu Chemical 4755.TW | Taiwan | $358M | -21% | -11% | 10% | 14.6× | 12.8% | +4.8% |
| Pan Asia Chemical 4707.TWO | Taiwan | $318M | +69% | -9% | -5% | n/a | 24.6% | -1.6% |
| Zhejiang Dayang Biotech 003017.SZ | China | $315M | -22% | +12% | 7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Double Bond Chemical Ind 4764.TW | Taiwan | $313M | -64% | +12% | 11% | n/a | 25.8% | +1.6% |
| Hunan Hengguang Technology 301118.SZ | China | $313M | -34% | +16% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Daqing Huake 000985.SZ | China | $310M | -21% | +4% | 0% | n/a | 31.9% | +0.9% |
| Ingentec 4768.TWO | Taiwan | $370M | -52% | +98% | 0% | 132.2× | n/a | n/a |
| ENF Technology 102710.KS | South Korea | $376M | -38% | +14% | 12% | 8.0× | -8.0% | +6.6% |
| Shandong Newleaf Chemical 002476.SZ | China | $382M | -29% | +15% | 4% | n/a | 29.0% | +6.3% |
| Jiangxi Selon Industrial 002748.SZ | China | $382M | -17% | +10% | 7% | n/a | -4.4% | +5.0% |
| Jiangsu Hanbon Science & Technology 688755.SS | China | $409M | -23% | +7% | 10% | n/a | 12.8% | +15.1% |
| Pentapro Materials 7887.TWO | Taiwan | $266M | -63% | +101% | -25% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| China Sunsine Chemical QES.SI | Singapore | $441M | -10% | +4% | 14% | 11.5× | n/a | n/a |
| MiwonComcl 002840.KS | South Korea | $441M | -9% | +7% | 11% | n/a | -4.3% | +8.4% |
| Zhejiang Weihua New Material 603310.SS | China | $442M | -19% | +26% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Soken Chemical & Engineering 4972.T | Japan | $451M | +27% | +4% | 13% | 16.9× | -2.3% | +8.8% |
| Miwon Sc 268280.KS | South Korea | $468M | +8% | +7% | 15% | n/a | -15.8% | +7.4% |