Which companies are Nippon Denko's closest peers?

The cockpit's peer set: Taewoong (044490.KS), Qingdao Victall Railway Co. Ltd. Class 1 (605001.SS), Shenke Slide Bearing (002633.SZ), Xiangtan Yongda Machinery Manufacturing (001239.SZ), Zhangjiagang Zhonghuan Hailu High-End Equipment (301040.SZ), Guizhou Wire Rope (600992.SS), Brave C&H Supply (6538.TWO), Zhejiang Huaye Plastics Machinery (301616.SZ).

How has Nippon Denko stock performed?

Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -12.4% against -29.6% for the median peer; over one year +9.0%.

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Nippon Denko Co., Ltd.5563.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Industrials›Metal Fabrication

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Mkt cap

$298M

US dollars, full cap

Free float

97%

of shares outstanding

$/day

$1.83M

20-day average traded

Fwd P/E

n/m

no positive forecast

ROIC−WACC

-0.9 pp

WACC 8.4%

Hurdle

-13 pp

Req g minus delivered

Close · JPY¥375

1D-5.3%

1W-6.2%

1M-14.4%

3M-12.2%

6M-12.4%

YTD+4.8%

1Y+9.0%

ATR %3.3%

52w lowhigh32.9% off high

What Nippon Denko does

Employees: 964

Nippon Denko at a glance

Size Nippon Denko (5563.T) is a Japan Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $298M, the 1362nd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥375 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 12.4%, against -29.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.0%); the operating margin is 10.8% (peer median 3.1%).

Valuation It trades at 0.7× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.0× (2nd cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -13 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.9 points below its cost of capital (8.4% WACC).

Relative performance

Six months, rebased to 100: Nippon Denko against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nippon Denko financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
	TTM	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Revenue	¥78.0B	¥77.3B	¥78.2B	¥78.4B	¥79.3B
Revenue growth	—	-1%	0%	-1%	—
Gross profit	¥16.0B	¥12.5B	¥13.6B	¥11.3B	¥15.4B
EBITDA	¥12.4B	¥8.83B	¥10.1B	¥7.64B	¥11.3B
Net income	-¥1.74B	¥1.42B	¥3.14B	¥4.33B	¥7.95B
Free cash flow	n/a	¥9.74B	¥1.66B	¥3.98B	¥1.74B
Capital expenditure	n/a	¥4.83B	¥4.30B	¥4.79B	¥4.54B
Total debt	¥14.8B	¥13.8B	¥17.1B	¥18.6B	¥21.1B

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Nippon Denko competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nippon Denko is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Nippon Denko is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Nippon Denko is the large dot.

Nippon Denko competitors and peer comparison

How Nippon Denko 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.

Nippon Denko against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure	5563.T	Peer median	Rank in peer set
1-month return	-14.4%	-15.6%	9th highest of 21
6-month return	-12.4%	-29.6%	5th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high	-32.9%	-45.5%	5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)	-2.4%	+9.0%	4th lowest of 21
Operating margin	10.8%	3.1%	5th highest of 21
EV / Sales	0.7×	2.0×	2nd cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)	-6.1%	6.7%	3rd least demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)	+7.4%	+6.4%	4th highest of 10
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)	-13.5 pp	-4.0 pp	4th least demanding of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital	-0.9 pp	-4.0 pp	6th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA	4.6×	14.4×	cheapest of 11
Net debt / EBITDA	0.8×	0.0×	6th most indebted of 14

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
Company	Market	Market cap	6M return	Revenue growth	Op. margin	EV / Sales	Req g	Delivered g
Nippon Denko 5563.T	Japan	$298M	-12%	-2%	11%	0.7×	-6.1%	+7.4%
Taewoong 044490.KS	South Korea	$299M	-62%	+1%	1%	1.2×	22.3%	+0.3%
Qingdao Victall Railway Co. Ltd. Class 1 605001.SS	China	$309M	-30%	+2%	5%	1.7×	n/a	n/a
Shenke Slide Bearing 002633.SZ	China	$313M	-28%	+9%	3%	6.6×	n/a	n/a
Xiangtan Yongda Machinery Manufacturing 001239.SZ	China	$317M	-20%	+6%	0%	1.9×	18.0%	+21.4%
Zhangjiagang Zhonghuan Hailu High-End Equipment 301040.SZ	China	$323M	-33%	-5%	-7%	3.6×	n/a	n/a
Guizhou Wire Rope 600992.SS	China	$326M	-22%	-4%	-10%	1.7×	n/a	n/a
Brave C&H Supply 6538.TWO	Taiwan	$330M	+258%	-26%	5%	7.8×	52.6%	-5.7%
Zhejiang Huaye Plastics Machinery 301616.SZ	China	$335M	-31%	+9%	8%	2.3×	n/a	n/a
KFM Kingdom 3816.HK	Hong Kong	$263M	+32%	+37%	10%	2.0×	n/a	n/a
LCY Technology 4989.TW	Taiwan	$261M	-50%	+37%	-7%	2.6×	n/a	n/a
Itcenglobal 124500.KS	South Korea	$343M	-63%	+103%	3%	0.1×	-17.9%	+31.3%
NLI NL	United States	$349M	+19%	+6%	11%	1.6×	2.7%	+6.7%
Shandong Liancheng Precision Manufacturing 002921.SZ	China	$357M	-46%	+20%	1%	2.0×	n/a	n/a
Jiangsu Fasten 000890.SZ	China	$359M	-64%	+30%	-10%	9.4×	29.1%	-7.8%
Taiwan Steel Union 6581.TW	Taiwan	$363M	0%	+6%	46%	4.9×	-7.6%	+6.4%
Earth-Panda Advanced Magnetic Material 688077.SS	China	$378M	-27%	+36%	2%	1.8×	n/a	n/a
Anhui Xinbo Aluminum 003038.SZ	China	$379M	-29%	+6%	-3%	0.9×	n/a	n/a
Hvm 295310.KS	South Korea	$389M	-53%	+75%	8%	5.8×	n/a	n/a
W&B Technology 7744.TWO	Taiwan	$396M	-29%	+177%	26%	3.6×	6.7%	+49.1%
SUNG KWANG BEND 014620.KS	South Korea	$421M	-54%	+10%	15%	1.8×	-5.0%	+6.3%

Questions

Which companies are Nippon Denko's closest peers?: The cockpit's peer set: Taewoong (044490.KS), Qingdao Victall Railway Co. Ltd. Class 1 (605001.SS), Shenke Slide Bearing (002633.SZ), Xiangtan Yongda Machinery Manufacturing (001239.SZ), Zhangjiagang Zhonghuan Hailu High-End Equipment (301040.SZ), Guizhou Wire Rope (600992.SS), Brave C&H Supply (6538.TWO), Zhejiang Huaye Plastics Machinery (301616.SZ).
Is Nippon Denko expensive compared with its peers?: On ev / sales it trades at 0.7× against a peer median of 2.0×, 2nd cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -13 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Nippon Denko stock performed?: Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -12.4% against -29.6% for the median peer; over one year +9.0%.