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Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.5161.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Consumer Discretionary›Auto Parts: OEM
Momentum leader 85
Mkt cap
$852M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
51%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.24M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+4.0 pp
WACC 5.5%
Hurdle
-12 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
7 days
13 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥3,670
1D-5.9%
1W+0.3%
1M+8.6%
3M+11.2%
6M+15.1%
YTD+14.2%
1Y+22.4%
ATR %3.5%
52w lowhigh19.2% off high

What Nishikawa Rubber does

Employees: 6,294

Nishikawa Rubber at a glance

Size Nishikawa Rubber (5161.T) is a Japan Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $852M, the 816th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥3,670 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.1%, against -21.2% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 7.7% (peer median 5.9%).

Valuation It trades at 0.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.3× (8th 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 +9%, so the hurdle is -12 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.0 points above its cost of capital (5.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20265161.T 116Peer median 78
Six months, rebased to 100: Nishikawa Rubber against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nishikawa Rubber financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥123B¥122B¥121B¥118B¥98.2B
Revenue growth—+1%+2%+20%—
Gross profit¥24.1B¥23.0B¥21.0B¥18.3B¥10.8B
EBITDA¥15.5B¥14.5B¥13.4B¥12.6B¥6.00B
Net income¥11.4B¥11.0B¥3.96B¥5.04B¥1.17B
Free cash flown/a¥6.84B¥5.61B¥10.5B¥23.0M
Capital expendituren/a¥5.51B¥3.86B¥4.56B¥5.42B
Total debt¥25.6B¥26.2B¥20.2B¥20.2B¥26.5B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Nishikawa Rubber competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%30068072206007426031970026643006957283603293603286001311AUTN000030688667SSWL0021017287PRICOLLTD6006983002585161.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nishikawa Rubber is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×2×4×6×30068072206007426031970026643006957283603293603286001311002448000030688667SSWL0021017287PRICOLLTD6006983002585161.TRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Nishikawa Rubber is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0%20%3006807220002448AUTN000030688667SSWL72875161.TGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Nishikawa Rubber is the large dot.

Nishikawa Rubber competitors and peer comparison

How Nishikawa Rubber compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Nishikawa Rubber against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure5161.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+8.6%-1.3%4th highest of 21
6-month return+15.1%-21.2%3rd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-19.2%-40.7%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+3.2%+3.8%9th lowest of 21
Operating margin7.7%5.9%6th highest of 21
EV / Sales0.9×1.3×8th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-2.9%7.3%3rd least demanding of 9
Growth delivered (Del g)+8.8%+10.3%3rd lowest of 9
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-11.7 pp-7.4 pp4th least demanding of 9
ROIC minus cost of capital+4.0 pp-1.7 pp3rd highest of 21
EV / EBITDA7.2×9.6×4th cheapest of 7
Net debt / EBITDA-1.7×1.3×2nd least indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Nishikawa Rubber 5161.TJapan$852M+15%+3%8%0.9×-2.9%+8.8%
Wuxi Longsheng Technology 300680.SZChina$849M-37%+4%7%2.5×12.1%+35.6%
Musashi Seimitsu Industry 7220.TJapan$861M-52%+4%6%0.6×9.7%+11.1%
Changchun FAWAY Group Automobile Components 600742.SSChina$863M-18%-20%2%0.1×n/an/a
Shanghai Baolong Automotive 603197.SSChina$840M-23%+26%5%1.1×n/an/a
Xinzhi 002664.SZChina$839M-32%+16%2%1.4×n/an/a
Zhejiang ZhaoFeng Mechanical & Electric 300695.SZChina$875M-6%+4%11%6.7×n/an/a
Aisan Industry 7283.TJapan$828M+18%+2%6%0.4×n/an/a
Wuhu Atech Automotive 603293.SSChina$819M-39%+4%7%1.2×n/an/a
Jiangsu Riying Electronics 603286.SSChina$891M-22%+1%-5%6.2×n/an/a
Chuzhou Duoli Automotive Technology 001311.SZChina$894M-36%+45%7%1.2×n/an/a
ZYNP Corporation 002448.SZChina$896M-32%+26%13%1.4×-3.0%+16.9%
Autoneum AUTN.SWSwitzerland$896M+7%-1%6%0.6×-7.5%+5.6%
FAWER Automotive Parts 000030.SZChina$897M-28%-7%0%0.6×4.9%+9.4%
Wuhan Lincontrol Automotive Electronics 688667.SSChina$809M-31%-19%12%4.6×26.5%+9.4%
Steel Strips Wheels SSWL.NSIndia$898M+153%+33%8%1.5×25.4%+24.3%
Guangdong Hongtu Technology (Holdings) 002101.SZChina$805M-19%-1%2%0.8×n/an/a
Nippon Seiki 7287.TJapan$800M-14%+6%4%0.3×-1.7%+8.6%
Pricol PRICOLLTD.NSIndia$916M+15%+39%9%2.0×n/an/a
Hunan Tyen Machinery 600698.SSChina$918M-5%+17%-7%10.5×n/an/a
Jiangsu Pacific Precision Forging 300258.SZChina$789M-20%-8%2%3.1×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Nishikawa Rubber's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Wuxi Longsheng Technology (300680.SZ), Musashi Seimitsu Industry (7220.T), Changchun FAWAY Group Automobile Components (600742.SS), Shanghai Baolong Automotive (603197.SS), Xinzhi (002664.SZ), Zhejiang ZhaoFeng Mechanical & Electric (300695.SZ), Aisan Industry (7283.T), Wuhu Atech Automotive (603293.SS).
Is Nishikawa Rubber expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.9× against a peer median of 1.3×, 8th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -12 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Nishikawa Rubber stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +15.1% against -21.2% for the median peer; over one year +22.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.