NH Foods Ltd.

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JPXConsumer DefensivePackaged Foods

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¥6,391

−¥32.00 · -0.50%

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Company profile

Company website

NH Foods Ltd. engages in manufacturing and selling ham, sausage, processed food, meat, and dairy product in Japan and internationally. It operates through Processed Foods Business Division and the Fresh Meat Business Division. The Processed Foods Business division offers ham and sausages under the SCHAU ESSEN brand; and Chinese food meal kits under the Chuka Meisai brand; chilled pizza under the Ishigama Kobo brand; and other meat product under the Hokkaido Carl Ramon and Kamakura Ham Tomioka brands. This segment also provides dairy products, such as cheese and yogurt products. The Fresh Meats Business division is involved in the production and raising, slaughtering, processing, distribution, and sale of fresh meat product. The company also engages in the operation of a football club, baseball club, and ballpark. It also exports its products. The company was formerly known as Nippon Meat Packers Inc. and changed its name to NH Foods Ltd. in June 2014. NH Foods Ltd. was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Industry: Packaged Foods
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Headquarters: JP
CEO: Fumio Maeda
Listed since: Feb 10, 1963
Employees: 15,790

Market position

Volume: 439.1K; 0.77× average
Average volume: 571.99K; Average daily volume
Market cap: 600.35B JPY
Beta: 0.06; Market reference 1

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value: 842.49B JPY
P/E (TTM): 17.74×
P/B (TTM): 1.13×
P/S (TTM): 0.4×
EV / EBITDA: 8.11×
Earnings yield: 5.14%
Free cash flow yield: 7.01%
Dividend yield: 2.50%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin: 16.84%
Operating margin: 3.80%
Net margin: 2.31%
Return on equity: 6.53%
Return on assets: 3.52%
Return on invested capital: 4.88%

Financial health

Debt / equity: 0.47×
Current ratio: 1.77×
Altman Z-score: 3.16
Piotroski F-score: 7 of 9

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin

Income trends

Revenue

1.46T JPY+6.34%

Operating income

57.6B JPY+60.29%

Net income

35.07B JPY+31.90%

Metric (JPY)	FY2026	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Revenue	1.46T JPY	1.37T JPY	1.3T JPY	1.26T JPY	1.15T JPY
Cost of goods sold	1.21T JPY	1.17T JPY	1.12T JPY	1.1T JPY	967.21B JPY
Gross profit	250.58B JPY	204.71B JPY	188.25B JPY	161.58B JPY	184.68B JPY
Research and development	3.21B JPY	3.15B JPY	3.34B JPY	3.21B JPY	3.21B JPY
Selling, general, and administrative	175.01B JPY	165.63B JPY	153.35B JPY	147.42B JPY	139.11B JPY
Operating expenses	192.98B JPY	168.78B JPY	156.69B JPY	150.63B JPY	142.32B JPY
Interest income	4.08B JPY	2.34B JPY	2.7B JPY	1.73B JPY	435M JPY
Interest expense	4.33B JPY	1.9B JPY	1.98B JPY	1.73B JPY	1.11B JPY
Depreciation and amortization	45.05B JPY	41.73B JPY	39.72B JPY	38.43B JPY	36.46B JPY
Operating income	57.6B JPY	35.93B JPY	31.56B JPY	10.95B JPY	42.36B JPY
Net income	35.07B JPY	26.59B JPY	28.08B JPY	19.37B JPY	36.01B JPY

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.

¥135

2025 complete year+48.4% since 2021

2026 partial: ¥160

¥91.00

2,021

¥102

2,022

¥110

2,023

¥119

2,024

¥135

2,025

¥160

2,026*

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

Action	Ex-dividend date	Details	Record date	Payment date
DividendUpcoming	Mar 30, 2027	¥180Annual	Mar 31, 2027	Mar 30, 2027
Dividend	Mar 30, 2026	¥160Annual	Mar 31, 2026	Jun 3, 2026
Dividend	Mar 28, 2025	¥135Annual	Mar 31, 2025	Jun 4, 2025
Dividend	Mar 28, 2024	¥119Annual	Mar 31, 2024	Jun 4, 2024
Dividend	Mar 30, 2023	¥110Annual	Mar 31, 2023	Jun 2, 2023
Dividend	Mar 30, 2022	¥100Annual	Mar 31, 2022	Jun 1, 2022