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Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited (4008.T)

JPY1,314.00 +31.00 (+2.42%)
JP JPX Basic Materials Chemicals - Specialty
Address The Sumitomo Building 541-0041
Osaka, JP
CEO Yoshihiko Ogino
IPO 2001-01-01
ISIN JP3405600002

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Description

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited. engages in the manufacture and sale of absorbent polymers, functional chemicals, and gases in Japan and internationally. It operates through the Super Absorbent Polymers and Functional Materials segments. The Super Absorbent Polymers segment offers a super absorbent polymer, AQUA KEEP, used in water absorbent materials for hygiene products, including disposable diapers, baby diapers, sanitary napkins, and incontinent pad; industrial materials comprising water blocking tape for power and optical cables and water-swelling rubber; and other applications, such as water absorbent pad, freshness agent, water retention agent, anti-dewing agent, pet sheets, and water absorbent sheets. Its Functional Materials segment manufactures and sells water soluble polymers, emulsions, latexes, powder resins, and organic synthetic chemicals. This segment also produces particle polymers, pharmaceuticals-related products, functional products, electronics gases, standard gases, industrial chemicals, medical gases, chemical gases, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and other gas generators, including PSA systems. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

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Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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JPY1,314.00 +31.00 (+2.42%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
173.5K
Beta
0.83
Float Shares
33.79M
Free Float %
52.2%
Price Performance
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+4.04% +2.32% -1.36% -6.79% +19.77% +16.60% +31.91% +40.94% +62.63% +118.37% +412.86%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
1,314.00
DCF (Unlevered) 1,118.70 -14.9%
DCF (Levered) 1,046.69 -20.3%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM)
Rating 2024-11 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 0 0
Hold 0 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
3.22
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
5 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
4 / 10
Developing
Composite Rating
B+
Overall Score
3 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
3 / 5
Medium
ROA Score
4 / 5
High
D/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Chemicals - Specialty: +4.7%
    +0.5% Q1'26: +5.1% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Chemicals - Specialty: +13.2%
    +30.4% Q1'26: +388.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Chemicals - Specialty: +44.1%
    +6.8% Q1'26: +0.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Chemicals - Specialty: +8.8%
    +9.8% Q1'26: +11.3% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Chemicals - Specialty: +5.6%
    +9.2% Q1'26: +11.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Chemicals - Specialty: +0.1%
    -1.2% Q1'26: -0.7% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Chemicals - Specialty: 0.18×
    0.90× Q1'26: 0.79× (vs Q1'25)
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Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (1.01) × ERP
WACC = 81% × Ke + 19% × Kd (4.1%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 1,114.59 Current price: 1,314.00
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Consensus Estimates
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Revenue
92.70B
est: 100.00B (-7.3%)
87.00B
est: 94.00B (-7.4%)
98.86B
est: 94.00B (+5.2%)
105.88B
est: 100.90B (+4.9%)
109.63B
est: 116.00B (-5.5%)
99.70B
est: 100.00B (-0.3%)
EBITDA
13.16B
est: 11.53B (+14.2%)
13.32B
est: 10.84B (+22.9%)
16.66B
est: 10.84B (+53.7%)
15.53B
est: 11.63B (+33.5%)
14.86B
est: 13.37B (+11.1%)
13.21B
est: 11.53B (+14.5%)
EBIT
7.15B
est: 7.37B (-2.9%)
7.40B
est: 6.92B (+6.9%)
10.64B
est: 6.92B (+53.7%)
9.74B
est: 7.43B (+31.0%)
9.07B
est: 8.54B (+6.2%)
7.78B
est: 7.37B (+5.6%)
Net Income
5.54B
est: 5.28B (+5.0%)
4.01B
est: 4.99B (-19.5%)
5.74B
est: 5.28B (+8.8%)
6.70B
est: 6.33B (+5.8%)
604.00M
est: 5.75B (-89.5%)
4.29B
est: 3.36B (+27.6%)
SGA
11.19B
est: 11.98B (-6.6%)
11.28B
est: 11.26B (+0.2%)
11.73B
est: 11.26B (+4.2%)
12.41B
est: 12.08B (+2.7%)
12.47B
est: 13.89B (-10.2%)
11.43B
est: 11.98B (-4.5%)
EPS
80.38
est: 399.00 (-79.9%)
58.19
est: 377.00 (-84.6%)
83.22
est: 398.80 (-79.1%)
97.13
est: 478.50 (-79.7%)
8.76
est: 435.00 (-98.0%)
62.14
est: 253.80 (-75.5%)
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-11 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 4/5
2026-05-08 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 4/5
2026-05-07 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 4/5
2026-05-01 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-30 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-28 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-27 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-24 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-23 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-22 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-21 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-20 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-17 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5
2026-04-16 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
394.87M
OE per share TTM
6.14
Owner's Yield
0.50%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
9.77%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
31.5%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

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Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

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ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 46 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund DFJ 0.08% 307.6K 0.58%
2 iShares International Developed Small Cap Value Factor ETF ISVL 0.05% 145.7K 0.31%
3 Dimensional - International Small Cap Value ETF DISV 0.03% 1.64M 0.42%
4 WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund DTH 0.03% 209.9K 0.58%
5 Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF AVDV 0.03% 5.49M 0.36%
6 WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund DXJ 0.03% 2.02M 0.48%
7 WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF - CHF Hedged Acc DXJD.SW 0.03% 280.1K 0.45%
8 WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF - EUR Hedged Acc DXJF.MI 0.03% 258.4K 0.45%
9 WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF DXJ.L 0.03% 226.9K 0.48%
10 WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF - GBP Hedged DXJP.L 0.03% 303.4K 0.45%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

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Recent insider transactions

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Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
10.00M
Shares Outstanding
64.68M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Isao Kurimoto Mng Exec. Officer, Chief of R&D Sector and Tech. (Tech. Affairs and Intellec. Prop.) Sector
Kazuhisa Uemura Executive Officer, Chief of Technology Sector (Engineering and RC) & GM of Engineering Office
Kenichiro MacHida Mng Exe. Off., GM of Corp. Planning & Acc. office, Chief of Admin Sector and Representative Director male
Kenji Nakamura Executive Officer, Chief of Production Sector & Director
Kin Bunchin Executive Officer
Nobuhiro Maeda Executive Officer
Takashi Yamamoto Executive Officer
Takehiro Toya Mng Exe. Officer, Head of Business Div., Director of Func. Materials Div & Director male
Yoshiaki Oda President, Chief Executive Officer & Representative Director
ESG Score History

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