Company Overview for Investors

SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO.,LTD.
Market: Tokyo Symbol: 4204 ISIN:JP3419400001 Sector: Chemicals

SEKISUI CHEMICAL, established in 1947, has been carrying out business while successively meeting social demand by new materials and technologies such as plastic molding, and has been contributing to resolve social issues. SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group maintains BtoC businesses primarily in the new housing construction industry and BtoB businesses that handle conductive fine particles, interlayer films for automotive laminated glass, water supply/sewerage pipes, and diagnostic reagents and others. Similarly, we carry out business through the three “High Performance Plastics,” “Housing,” and “Urban Infrastructure & Environmental Products” divisional companies as well as the Medical Business in the fields of “Residential and Social Infrastructure Creation” and “Chemical Solutions.” In aim of realizing both a sustainable society and the sustainable growth, the Group will continue to provide the products and services that support people’s everyday lives around the world along the strategy axis of ESG management of bringing peace of mind for the future.

Key Figures

Years ended March 31

Millions of yen FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Net sales 1,157,945 1,242,521 1,256,538
Operating profit 88,879 91,666 94,399
Ordinary profit 97,001 104,241 105,921
Profit attributable to owners of parent 37,067 69,263 77,930
Cash flows from operating activities 105,023 71,543 106,632
Cash flows from investing activities 2,694 59,430 -18,515
Cash Flows from financing activities -54,729 -62,906 -53,023
Profit attributable to owners of parent per share (yen) 83.17 159.19 183.48
Dividends per share (yen) 49 59 74
Net assets per share (yen) 1,519.19 1,642.67 1,880.30
Total assets 1,198,921 1,228,131 1,323,243
Net assets 702,753 732,525 820,925
Equity*1 674,636 705,026 792,329
Capital expenditures 52,540 56,761 60,606
Depreciation 45,912 48,995 51,195
Amortization of goodwill 2,792 3,411 1,477
R&D expenditures 37,010 40,471 41,701
Operating profit margin (%) 7.7 7.4 7.5
ROE (%)*2 6.5 10.0 10.4
ROA (%)*3 5.6 8.3 8.3
ROIC (%)*4 5.4 7.6 7.3
EBITDA *5 116,647 142,099 147,072
Equity-to-asset ratio (%) 56.3 57.4 59.9
Number of employees 26,577 26,419 26,929
Number of shares issued (Thousands of shares) 471,507 456,507 448,507
Note
  1. *1: Equity= Shareholders' equity including accumulated other comprehensive Income
  2. *2: ROE=Profit attributable to owners of parent/Average equity
  3. *3: ROA= Ordinary profit/Average total assets
  4. *4: ROIC= After tax operating profit/Average invested capital (Fixed assets + working capital)
  5. *5: EBITDA= Operating profit + Depreciation + Amortization of goodwill

Composition (FY2023)

  1. *1: High Performance Plastics
  2. *2: Urban Infrastructure Environmental Products

Major Shareholders

(As of March 31, 2024)

Name Number of Shares Held (thousand shares) Percentage of Ownership (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 61,578 14.57
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 21,555 5.10
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited 12,793 3.02
Employees Stock Ownership Plan 11,599 2.74
Asahi Kasei Corporation 9,744 2.30
STATE STREET BANK WEST CLIENT - TREATY 505234 9,034 2.13
Sekisui House, Ltd. 7,998 1.89
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140042 7,475 1.76
National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives 7,302 1.72
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. 5,805 1.37
Note
  1. *1: The Company maintains 25,969,220 shares of treasury shares, which does not include the holdings of the major shareholders. The ratio of the number of treasury shares to the total number of outstanding shares is 5.79 %.
  2. *2: The treasury shares excludes 148 thousand shares held by the entrusted Employee Stock Ownership Plan and 784 thousand shares held by the Board Incentive Plan as part of the officer remuneration system.
  3. *3: The percentage of ownership is calculated after subtracting the treasury shares from the total number of outstanding shares.

Breakdown of Shareholders (As of March 31, 2024)