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Employees: 2,153
Size Kumiai Chemical Industry (4996.T) is a Japan Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $499M, the 1069th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥629 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.1%, against -23.8% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.1%); the operating margin is 4.3% (peer median 3.0%).
Valuation It trades at 10.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.5× (4th cheapest of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.0 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 11 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥177B | ¥170B | ¥161B | ¥161B | ¥145B |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | 0% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥32.0B | ¥37.0B | ¥38.1B | ¥41.3B | ¥37.9B |
| EBITDA | ¥14.7B | ¥17.1B | ¥17.3B | ¥19.1B | ¥17.6B |
| Net income | ¥1.06B | ¥4.38B | ¥13.6B | ¥18.0B | ¥16.3B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥25.5B | -¥25.7B | -¥3.93B | -¥8.98B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥8.66B | ¥9.19B | ¥8.82B | ¥7.98B |
| Total debt | ¥43.8B | ¥51.9B | ¥75.1B | ¥50.8B | ¥35.7B |
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| Measure | 4996.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.4% | -11.3% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -17.1% | -23.8% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -24.6% | -34.0% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.6% | +7.1% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 3.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.1× | 15.5× | 4th cheapest of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -8.5% | 2.3% | 2nd least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.7% | +3.4% | 3rd highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -18.2 pp | -2.2 pp | 2nd least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.0 pp | -2.1 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.8× | 7.7× | 3rd cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.0× | 1.0× | 6th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumiai Chemical Industry 4996.T | Japan | $499M | -17% | +7% | 4% | 10.1× | -8.5% | +9.7% |
| Sinon 1712.TW | Taiwan | $514M | -4% | 0% | 7% | 15.5× | -4.3% | +1.3% |
| Nihon Nohyaku 4997.T | Japan | $522M | +6% | +7% | 10% | n/a | -7.1% | +9.3% |
| Hailir Pesticides & Chemicals 603639.SS | China | $463M | -29% | -9% | 1% | 6.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Fanli Digital Technology 600228.SS | China | $539M | +39% | +140% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical 002391.SZ | China | $461M | -28% | -2% | 3% | 34.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Haili Chemical Industry 600731.SS | China | $459M | -19% | -24% | 11% | n/a | -5.8% | -3.6% |
| Suzhou Fengbei Biotech Stock 603334.SS | China | $586M | -44% | +63% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals GSFC.NS | India | $588M | -22% | +37% | 3% | 8.7× | 23.2% | +3.2% |
| Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers RCF.NS | India | $590M | -23% | +18% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production .Co 002556.SZ | China | $594M | -31% | 0% | 1% | 19.0× | 8.7% | -1.2% |
| Epigral EPIGRAL.NS | India | $418M | -33% | +13% | 15% | 12.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Huifeng Bio Agriculture 002496.SZ | China | $409M | -15% | +40% | -31% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grupa Azoty Spolka Akcyjna ATT.WA | Poland | $406M | -24% | -3% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sino-Agri Leading Biosciences 603970.SS | China | $403M | -24% | +5% | 2% | 9.4× | -9.0% | +11.1% |
| Zhejiang Qianjiang Biochemical 600796.SS | China | $629M | -24% | -2% | 11% | n/a | 7.8% | -2.0% |
| Rallis India RALLIS.NS | India | $389M | -28% | +7% | 10% | 17.6× | 20.1% | +3.6% |
| Suli 603585.SS | China | $384M | -33% | +9% | 9% | 10.2× | 2.3% | +12.3% |
| Jiangsu Flag Chemical Industry 300575.SZ | China | $383M | -19% | +21% | 1% | 27.0× | 0.5% | +7.5% |
| Anhui Liuguo Chemical 600470.SS | China | $376M | -31% | -2% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sdic Fengle Seed 000713.SZ | China | $664M | -15% | +10% | 2% | 37.0× | 12.2% | +3.4% |