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Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (4521.T)

JPY3,850.00 +25.00 (+0.65%)
JP JPX Healthcare Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Address 28-8, Honkomagome 2-chome 113-8650
Tokyo, JP
CEO Hiroyuki Horiuchi
IPO 2001-01-01
ISIN JP3207000005

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Also trades on Other OTC · KKPCF (USD) Tokyo Stock Exchange · 4521.T (JPY)
Description

Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is involved in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of a diverse range of medical goods, health devices, and agricultural chemicals, serving both domestic and global markets. Their extensive product portfolio includes specialized treatments like Clenafin, a topical solution for fungal nail infections; Artz, an agent combating osteoarthritis; Seprafilm, an absorbable film preventing surgical adhesions; Fiblast, a spray designed for pressure and skin ulcer healing; Regroth for periodontal tissue regeneration; and Hernicore, which addresses lumbar disc herniation. They also market Adofeed, a plaster for pain and inflammation relief; Ebrantil for dysuria and hypertension management; Procylin, an oral prostaglandin I2 analogue; Lipidil, used to treat high cholesterol; Mentax, an anti-fungal cream; and Loxoprofen Na Tape, another pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory patch. Additionally, Ropion is offered as an injectable pain medication. The company's agricultural and animal health division provides products such as Polyoxins, a fungicidal agent; Pentoxazone, a herbicide for rice crops; and Salinomycin, an anti-coccidial feed additive for poultry. Kaken Pharmaceutical is actively advancing several investigational compounds. BBI-4000 has completed its Phase III clinical trials for primary axillary hyperhidrosis, while KMW-1 is also in Phase III for managing eschar removal in thermal burns. KAR is being developed for hide lice infestation, and KP-607 is currently in Phase II for the treatment of onychomycosis. Beyond pharmaceuticals, the firm also manages the rental of the commercial property, Bunkyo Green Court. Its products are sold under various brand names, including Mentax Lotrimin Ultra, Mentax Butena, Mentax, Kaifen, Fiblast, and Jublia. The company holds licensing agreements with Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. and Arbor Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Established in 1917, Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has its main office situated in Tokyo, Japan.

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Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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JPY3,850.00 +25.00 (+0.65%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
113.1K
Beta
0.12
Float Shares
22.52M
Free Float %
59.5%
Price Performance
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-1.42% +2.59% +0.60% -1.42% +13.80% +3.74% +10.98% +12.87% -7.65% -28.44% +228.99%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
3,850.00
DCF (Unlevered) 12,292.73 +219.3%
DCF (Levered) 15,636.97 +306.2%

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) 25% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 1 0
Buy 0 0
Hold 3 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
5.04
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
4 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
2 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
B-
Overall Score
3 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
5 / 5
High
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic: +6.8%
    -18.3% Q1'26: +6.7% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic: +16.5%
    -84.5% Q1'26: +114.7% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic: +32.3%
    -5.9% Q1'26: +0.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic: +13.0%
    -1.2% Q1'26: -7.6% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic: +6.5%
    -0.8% Q1'26: -5.8% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic: +0.0%
    -0.7% Q1'26: -2.9% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic: -0.10×
    1.59× Q1'26: -2.21× (vs Q1'25)
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WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.07) × ERP
WACC = 98% × Ke + 2% × Kd (4.1%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 12,109.88 Current price: 3,850.00
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

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Consensus Estimates
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Mar 2018
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Mar 2019
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Mar 2020
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Mar 2021
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Mar 2022
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Mar 2026
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Mar 2027
3 Rev. Ana.
3 EPS Ana.
Mar 2028
4 Rev. Ana.
4 EPS Ana.
Mar 2029
2 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Mar 2030
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
93.90B
est: 93.90B (0.0%)
109.22B
est: 109.95B (-0.7%)
101.99B
est: 102.85B (-0.8%)
98.43B
est: 99.75B (-1.3%)
94.17B
est: 92.60B (+1.7%)
89.23B
est: 89.50B (-0.3%)
74.98B
est: 76.90B (-2.5%)
76.03B
est: 76.00B (+0.0%)
72.98B
est: 71.50B (+2.1%)
72.04B
est: 72.70B (-0.9%)
94.04B
est: 90.55B (+3.8%)
82.17B
79.18B – 85.29B
-9.3% YoY
74.16B
71.03B – 75.78B
-9.7% YoY
78.25B
75.86B – 82.49B
+5.5% YoY
88.00B
84.28B – 91.73B
+12.5% YoY
97.90B
94.34B – 101.62B
+11.3% YoY
EBITDA
23.03B
est: 19.40B (+18.7%)
37.39B
est: 22.71B (+64.6%)
32.64B
est: 21.25B (+53.6%)
29.91B
est: 20.61B (+45.1%)
27.19B
est: 19.13B (+42.1%)
29.37B
est: 18.49B (+58.9%)
20.99B
est: 15.89B (+32.1%)
16.38B
est: 15.70B (+4.4%)
9.40B
est: 14.77B (-36.3%)
12.57B
est: 15.02B (-16.3%)
22.02B
est: 18.71B (+17.7%)
16.97B
16.36B – 17.62B
-9.3% YoY
15.32B
14.67B – 15.65B
-9.7% YoY
16.17B
15.67B – 17.04B
+5.5% YoY
18.18B
17.41B – 18.95B
+12.5% YoY
20.22B
19.49B – 20.99B
+11.2% YoY
EBIT
20.63B
est: 16.32B (+26.4%)
35.15B
est: 19.10B (+84.0%)
30.71B
est: 17.87B (+71.8%)
27.71B
est: 17.33B (+59.8%)
24.59B
est: 16.09B (+52.8%)
26.51B
est: 15.55B (+70.5%)
18.67B
est: 13.36B (+39.8%)
13.90B
est: 13.21B (+5.3%)
6.83B
est: 12.42B (-45.0%)
9.81B
est: 12.63B (-22.3%)
19.47B
est: 15.73B (+23.7%)
14.28B
13.76B – 14.82B
-9.3% YoY
12.89B
12.34B – 13.17B
-9.7% YoY
13.60B
13.18B – 14.33B
+5.5% YoY
15.29B
14.64B – 15.94B
+12.5% YoY
17.01B
16.39B – 17.66B
+11.3% YoY
Net Income
12.12B
est: 11.19B (+8.3%)
21.14B
est: 19.21B (+10.0%)
22.02B
est: 19.70B (+11.8%)
19.04B
est: 18.72B (+1.7%)
17.78B
est: 15.40B (+15.4%)
19.37B
est: 17.82B (+8.7%)
13.41B
est: 13.31B (+0.7%)
9.55B
est: 9.28B (+2.8%)
5.44B
est: 10.96B (-50.4%)
8.03B
est: 7.62B (+5.3%)
13.95B
est: 16.46B (-15.3%)
2.60B
2.48B – 2.73B
-84.2% YoY
1.67B
1.52B – 1.82B
-35.8% YoY
2.35B
1.52B – 3.70B
+40.6% YoY
3.07B
2.99B – 4.23B
+30.5% YoY
5.44B
5.18B – 5.71B
+77.4% YoY
SGA
20.59B
est: 19.85B (+3.7%)
20.30B
est: 23.24B (-12.6%)
20.02B
est: 21.74B (-7.9%)
20.17B
est: 21.08B (-4.3%)
18.72B
est: 19.57B (-4.3%)
17.32B
est: 18.92B (-8.4%)
16.16B
est: 16.25B (-0.6%)
15.83B
est: 16.06B (-1.4%)
15.48B
est: 15.11B (+2.4%)
16.17B
est: 15.37B (+5.2%)
18.50B
est: 19.14B (-3.3%)
17.37B
16.74B – 18.03B
-9.3% YoY
15.68B
15.01B – 16.02B
-9.7% YoY
16.54B
16.04B – 17.44B
+5.5% YoY
18.60B
17.81B – 19.39B
+12.5% YoY
20.69B
19.94B – 21.48B
+11.2% YoY
EPS
290.90
est: 293.18 (-0.8%)
510.54
est: 503.47 (+1.4%)
536.70
est: 516.12 (+4.0%)
470.55
est: 490.65 (-4.1%)
445.78
est: 403.55 (+10.5%)
494.89
est: 466.84 (+6.0%)
347.37
est: 348.73 (-0.4%)
251.44
est: 243.30 (+3.3%)
144.79
est: 288.20 (-49.8%)
212.66
est: 197.90 (+7.5%)
365.42
est: 430.74 (-15.2%)
68.12
64.90 – 71.48
-84.2% YoY
44.00
39.78 – 47.77
-35.4% YoY
65.72
39.79 – 96.84
+49.4% YoY
94.50
78.27 – 110.73
+43.8% YoY
142.50
135.77 – 149.55
+50.8% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-13 B- 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-12 B- 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-11 B- 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-08 B- 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-07 B- 3/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-01 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-30 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-28 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-27 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-24 B- 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 B- 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 B- 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-17 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
6.49B
OE per share TTM
171.45
Owner's Yield
4.23%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
39.44%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
31.6%

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%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

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ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 67 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap UCITS ETF IDJP.L 0.05% 282.4K 0.58%
2 iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF SCJ 0.04% 114.4K 0.50%
3 Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF FNDC 0.03% 961.7K 0.39%
4 Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF SCHC 0.03% 1.53M 0.06%
5 Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF VSS 0.02% 2.68M 0.06%
6 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF HSCZ 0.02% 42.3K 0.83%
7 iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF SCZ 0.02% 2.55M 0.40%
8 Amundi Japan TOPIX II UCITS ETF EUR Hedged Dist JPNH.PA 0.01% 88.6K 0.45%
9 Amundi Japan TOPIX II UCITS ETF EUR Dist JPNU.L 0.01% 87.1K 0.45%
10 iShares Core MSCI Japan IMI UCITS ETF IJPA.L 0.01% 940.7K 0.12%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

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Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

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Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
-792.1K
Shares Outstanding
37.87M

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
Hiroyuki Horiuchi Chairman, President & Representative Director 103M male
Hideki Kawabata Head of Clinical Development Department
Keizo Kimura Corporate Officer, Chief Officer of Production Division & Chief of Shizuoka Factory male
Masaru Ogawa Chief Officer of Regulatory Affairs Division & GM of Regulatory Affairs Department
Masashi Suzudo MD, Director of the Corporate Planning & Coordination Department and Director male
Mitsuru Watanuki Chief Officer of R&D Division and Director male
Tatsuhiro Harada Deputy Chief Officer of R&D Division & Chief of Drug Research Center
Tomohiro Takaya General Manager of Legal Affairs & Intellectual Property Department male
Gaku Kametsu General Manager of Corporate Communications Department
Tomoyuki Koseki Chief Officer of Marketing & Sales Division male
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