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  • Price (JPY)1,737.00
  • Today's Change-26.00 / -1.47%
  • Shares traded5.35m
  • 1 Year change+69.05%
  • Beta0.9432
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About the company

Asahi Kasei Corp is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the materials business, housing business and healthcare business. The Company operates through three business segments. The Materials segment provides styrene monomer, acrylonitrile, polyethylene, automotive-related fibers, electronic materials, mixed signal large scale integrated circuits (LSI), hall elements, deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs), pharmaceutical and food additives and others. The Housing segment provides construction contracting, renovation and other housing-related business, as well as lightweight aerated concrete (ALC), insulation materials and others. The Healthcare segment provides medical drugs, hemodialysis and apheresis related equipment, virus removal filters, cardiopulmonary resuscitation-related products and others. The Company also provides plant engineering, environmental engineering, various research and information provision businesses, and personnel dispatch and introduction services.

  • Revenue in JPY (TTM)3.04tn
  • Net income in JPY157.13bn
  • Incorporated1931
  • Employees50.35k
  • Location
    Asahi Kasei CorpHibiya Mitsui Tower, 1-1-2, Yuraku-choCHIYODA-KU 100-0006JapanJPN
  • Phone+81 366993000
  • Fax+81 332963161
  • Websitehttps://www.asahi-kasei.com/
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
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Net profit margin (TTM)Net Profit margin
(5 yr avg)
Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
(5 yr avg)
Revenue
(YOY change %)
Revenue
(5 yr growth rate)
Net income
(YOY change %)
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(5 yr growth rate)
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(5 yr growth rate)
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(5 yr growth rate)
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp3.81tn-3.74bn1.60tn63.26k--0.81544.830.4198-2.6967.022,749.871,361.950.64013.645.0860,279,200.001.032.311.593.5628.9827.621.613.151.022.910.434148.940.46014.24-62.363.906.600.00
Toray Industries Inc2.56tn42.90bn1.85tn47.91k43.861.0410.300.724428.0928.091,669.821,187.150.7293.633.8253,405,600.001.432.182.023.0319.8818.781.972.911.167.080.343341.704.004.16255.81-1.554.962.38
Resonac Holdings Corp1.35tn29.03bn1.87tn23.94k63.172.6314.961.39160.51160.517,447.303,861.430.62964.794.86--1.451.331.911.8424.0422.002.302.071.3728.570.5713---3.196.71-60.50--10.60--
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp1.33tn114.44bn2.35tn19.75k20.542.019.751.76264.38264.383,082.972,698.880.51916.864.9167,554,930.004.603.925.744.9242.3039.298.867.430.955311.120.420321.484.229.00-6.7313.1215.0612.74
Asahi Kasei Corp3.04tn157.13bn2.37tn50.35k15.011.186.600.7805115.70115.702,237.841,477.870.73952.676.0360,361,520.003.972.045.322.7932.4930.495.372.611.23--0.353975.039.067.14208.175.377.132.25
Nitto Denko Corp1.02tn134.25bn2.41tn25.77k18.052.1711.852.36196.70196.701,494.391,638.250.7514.174.3839,651,830.009.879.2511.7711.2338.1835.9913.1411.562.83--0.000533.5910.796.4733.6623.8212.136.96
Nippon Paint Holdings Co Ltd1.77tn179.80bn2.55tn38.56k14.021.3910.141.4476.6776.67756.50774.870.50064.794.70--5.114.436.175.4542.2939.7810.218.031.7835.450.4382--8.2718.0941.2031.429.78--
Data as of Feb 13 2026. Currency figures normalised to Asahi Kasei Corp's reporting currency: Japanese Yen JPY

Institutional shareholders

24.45%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 08 Jan 202652.97m3.88%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 07 Jan 202646.44m3.40%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 15 Sep 202544.38m3.25%
BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 30 Sep 202544.31m3.25%
Asset Management One Co., Ltd.as of 31 Dec 202437.39m2.74%
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 15 Sep 202524.53m1.80%
BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd.as of 30 Sep 202524.51m1.80%
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.as of 30 Dec 202523.94m1.75%
Geode Capital Management LLCas of 05 Feb 202618.89m1.38%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPas of 08 Jan 202616.53m1.21%
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