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Employees: 1,527
Size Nihon Nohyaku (4997.T) is a Japan Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $522M, the 1047th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,046 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.9%, against -23.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 7.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.7%); the operating margin is 10.4% (peer median 3.3%).
Valuation It trades at 0.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.1× (7th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.8 points above its cost of capital (5.8% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥116B | ¥112B | ¥100.0B | ¥103B | ¥102B |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | -3% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥39.8B | ¥38.1B | ¥33.2B | ¥29.9B | ¥30.6B |
| EBITDA | ¥14.7B | ¥13.4B | ¥10.9B | ¥9.54B | ¥10.6B |
| Net income | ¥8.25B | ¥7.23B | ¥2.36B | ¥4.78B | ¥4.49B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥3.29B | ¥8.11B | -¥1.94B | -¥3.53B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥1.68B | ¥3.11B | ¥2.14B | ¥1.72B |
| Total debt | ¥30.3B | ¥29.6B | ¥34.0B | ¥40.1B | ¥26.9B |
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| Measure | 4997.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -3.5% | -9.6% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +5.9% | -23.6% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -21.1% | -34.0% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +7.3% | +6.7% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 3.3% | 5th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.8× | 1.1× | 7th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -7.1% | 1.4% | 4th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.3% | +3.5% | 5th highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -16.5 pp | -3.9 pp | 4th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.8 pp | -2.0 pp | 3rd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.1× | 7.7× | 2nd cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.4× | 1.0× | 4th least indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nihon Nohyaku 4997.T | Japan | $522M | +6% | +7% | 10% | 0.8× | -7.1% | +9.3% |
| Sinon 1712.TW | Taiwan | $514M | -4% | 0% | 7% | 1.0× | -4.3% | +1.3% |
| Jiangxi Fanli Digital Technology 600228.SS | China | $539M | +39% | +140% | -7% | 4.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Kumiai Chemical Industry 4996.T | Japan | $499M | -17% | +7% | 4% | 0.6× | -8.5% | +9.7% |
| Suzhou Fengbei Biotech Stock 603334.SS | China | $586M | -44% | +63% | 4% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals GSFC.NS | India | $588M | -22% | +37% | 3% | 0.4× | 23.2% | +3.2% |
| Hailir Pesticides & Chemicals 603639.SS | China | $463M | -29% | -9% | 1% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers RCF.NS | India | $590M | -23% | +18% | 4% | 0.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical 002391.SZ | China | $461M | -28% | -2% | 3% | 1.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Haili Chemical Industry 600731.SS | China | $459M | -19% | -24% | 11% | 1.5× | -5.8% | -3.6% |
| Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production .Co 002556.SZ | China | $594M | -31% | 0% | 1% | 0.5× | 8.7% | -1.2% |
| Zhejiang Qianjiang Biochemical 600796.SS | China | $629M | -24% | -2% | 11% | 3.2× | 7.8% | -2.0% |
| Epigral EPIGRAL.NS | India | $418M | -33% | +13% | 15% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Sdic Fengle Seed 000713.SZ | China | $664M | -15% | +10% | 2% | 1.1× | 12.2% | +3.4% |
| Jiangsu Huifeng Bio Agriculture 002496.SZ | China | $409M | -15% | +40% | -31% | 6.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical 002749.SZ | China | $668M | -24% | -2% | 18% | 1.9× | -8.5% | +12.2% |
| Grupa Azoty Spolka Akcyjna ATT.WA | Poland | $406M | -24% | -3% | -4% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Sino-Agri Leading Biosciences 603970.SS | China | $403M | -24% | +5% | 2% | 0.4× | -9.0% | +11.1% |
| Rallis India RALLIS.NS | India | $389M | -28% | +7% | 10% | 1.2× | 20.1% | +3.6% |
| Suli 603585.SS | China | $384M | -33% | +9% | 9% | 1.5× | 2.3% | +12.3% |
| Jiangsu Flag Chemical Industry 300575.SZ | China | $383M | -19% | +21% | 1% | 1.3× | 0.5% | +7.5% |