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Japan Pure Chemical Co.,Ltd.

4973.T

JPXIndustrialsIndustrial - Specialties

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¥4,690

+¥90.00 · +1.96%

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4973.T company overview

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Company profile

Company website

Japan Pure Chemical Co.,Ltd. develops, manufactures, and sells precious metal plating chemicals for electronic components in Japan and internationally. The company provides gold electrolytic plating formulation for semiconductor applications, as well as PWB, connector, contact, and soldering applications; strike gold plating formulation for lead frame applications; flash gold plating formulation for leadframe uses; and palladium electrolytic formulation for connector and lead frame uses. It also offers gold plating formulation for soldering and wire bonding; electroless palladium plating formulation for wire bonding and soldering uses; and electrolytic and electroless silver plating formulations. In addition, the company provides anti bacterial agents for plating tanks and drag-out tanks; and impurity removal resin that removes Cu ions dissolved in Au and palladium plating formulation. Additionally, it offers surface treatment chemicals and stripping agents. Japan Pure Chemical Co.,Ltd. was founded in 1971 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Industry
Industrial - Specialties
Sector
Industrials
Headquarters
JP
CEO
Tomoyuki Kojima
Listed since
Mar 22, 2004
Employees
60

Market position

Day range

Current ¥4,690

52-week range

Current ¥4,690

Open
¥4,665
Previous close
¥4,600
Volume
46.9K
0.5× average
Average volume
93.4K
Average daily volume
Market cap
27.22B JPY
Beta
0.47
Market reference 1
50-day average
¥5,047.5
-7.08% below average
200-day average
¥4,633.7
+1.22% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
18.97B JPY
P/E (TTM)
15.45×
P/B (TTM)
1.22×
P/S (TTM)
1.31×
EV / EBITDA
28.54×
Earnings yield
6.75%
Free cash flow yield
-3.15%
Dividend yield
4.26%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
9.23%
Operating margin
2.47%
Net margin
8.44%
Return on equity
9.99%
Return on assets
8.30%
Return on invested capital
2.03%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0×
Current ratio
15.67×
Altman Z-score
4.66
Piotroski F-score
3 of 9

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends14%10%6%2%Gross margin, FY2021: 11.70%Gross margin, FY2022: 9.70%Gross margin, FY2023: 12.04%Gross margin, FY2024: 12.91%Gross margin, FY2025: 10.73%Operating margin, FY2021: 6.42%Operating margin, FY2022: 3.49%Operating margin, FY2023: 3.10%Operating margin, FY2024: 3.99%Operating margin, FY2025: 3.19%Net margin, FY2021: 5.21%Net margin, FY2022: 3.51%Net margin, FY2023: 4.80%Net margin, FY2024: 12.53%Net margin, FY2025: 9.98%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 11.70%. Gross margin FY2022 9.70%. Gross margin FY2023 12.04%. Gross margin FY2024 12.91%. Gross margin FY2025 10.73%. Operating margin FY2021 6.42%. Operating margin FY2022 3.49%. Operating margin FY2023 3.10%. Operating margin FY2024 3.99%. Operating margin FY2025 3.19%. Net margin FY2021 5.21%. Net margin FY2022 3.51%. Net margin FY2023 4.80%. Net margin FY2024 12.53%. Net margin FY2025 9.98%.

Income trends

Revenue

18.07B JPY+43.31%

Operating income

576.38M JPY+14.67%

Net income

1.8B JPY+14.20%
Income trends across reported periods20.55B JPY13.21B JPY5.86B JPY−1.48B JPYRevenue, FY2021: 18.71B JPYRevenue, FY2022: 16.25B JPYRevenue, FY2023: 11.42B JPYRevenue, FY2024: 12.61B JPYRevenue, FY2025: 18.07B JPYOperating income, FY2021: 1.2B JPYOperating income, FY2022: 567.7M JPYOperating income, FY2023: 354.37M JPYOperating income, FY2024: 502.65M JPYOperating income, FY2025: 576.38M JPYNet income, FY2021: 974.2M JPYNet income, FY2022: 569.98M JPYNet income, FY2023: 548.26M JPYNet income, FY2024: 1.58B JPYNet income, FY2025: 1.8B JPYFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 18.71B JPY. Revenue FY2022 16.25B JPY. Revenue FY2023 11.42B JPY. Revenue FY2024 12.61B JPY. Revenue FY2025 18.07B JPY. Operating income FY2021 1.2B JPY. Operating income FY2022 567.7M JPY. Operating income FY2023 354.37M JPY. Operating income FY2024 502.65M JPY. Operating income FY2025 576.38M JPY. Net income FY2021 974.2M JPY. Net income FY2022 569.98M JPY. Net income FY2023 548.26M JPY. Net income FY2024 1.58B JPY. Net income FY2025 1.8B JPY.
Metric (JPY)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue18.07B JPY12.61B JPY11.42B JPY16.25B JPY18.71B JPY
Cost of goods sold16.13B JPY10.98B JPY10.05B JPY14.68B JPY16.52B JPY
Gross profit1.94B JPY1.63B JPY1.37B JPY1.58B JPY2.19B JPY
Research and development—401.63M JPY342.54M JPY321M JPY344M JPY
Selling, general, and administrative1.36B JPY1.13B JPY635.97M JPY619.72M JPY545M JPY
Operating expenses1.36B JPY1.13B JPY1.02B JPY1.01B JPY988.44M JPY
Interest income14.09M JPY3.53M JPY59K JPY45K JPY40K JPY
Depreciation and amortization88.25M JPY87.09M JPY48.69M JPY84.28M JPY117.14M JPY
Operating income576.38M JPY502.65M JPY354.37M JPY567.7M JPY1.2B JPY
Net income1.8B JPY1.58B JPY548.26M JPY569.98M JPY974.2M JPY

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

Latest EPS result
15.25

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Estimates unavailable
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates150.04104.3558.6612.96Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26Q3 '26
Q4 2024, reported Oct 23, 2024: actual 95.47, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2025, reported Jan 28, 2025: actual 88.27, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported Apr 25, 2025: actual 42.9, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Jul 25, 2025: actual 23.4, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2025, reported Oct 24, 2025: actual 84.64, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Jan 26, 2026: actual 140.06, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2026, reported Apr 24, 2026: actual 63.76, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2026, reported Jul 24, 2026: actual 15.25, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates6.48B5.07B3.67B2.26BQ1 '25BeatQ2 '25MissQ3 '25BeatQ4 '25BeatQ1 '26BeatQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Jan 28, 2025: actual 3.73B JPY, estimate 3.3B JPY, surprise +13.06%, Beat. Q2 2025, reported Apr 25, 2025: actual 2.55B JPY, estimate 3.6B JPY, surprise -29.17%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 25, 2025: actual 3.41B JPY, estimate 2.9B JPY, surprise +17.45%, Beat. Q4 2025, reported Oct 24, 2025: actual 4.13B JPY, estimate 3.2B JPY, surprise +29.06%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Jan 26, 2026: actual 4.73B JPY, estimate 3.96B JPY, surprise +19.35%, Beat. Q2 2026, reported Apr 24, 2026: actual 5.81B JPY, estimate 3.6B JPY, surprise +61.28%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 24, 2026: actual 6.19B JPY, estimate 4.2B JPY, surprise +47.34%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Oct 27, 2026: actual —, estimate 4.4B JPY, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

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

¥126

2025 complete year+57.5% since 2021

2026 partial: ¥137

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Sep 30, 2026

¥115

Semi-Annual

Record Sep 30, 2026 · Payment Sep 30, 2026

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Mar 30, 2027

¥115

Semi-Annual

Record Mar 31, 2027 · Payment Mar 30, 2027

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 30, 2026

¥137

Semi-Annual

Record Mar 31, 2026 · Payment Jun 9, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Sep 29, 2025

¥63.00

Semi-Annual

Record Sep 30, 2025 · Payment Dec 1, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 28, 2025

¥63.00

Semi-Annual

Record Mar 31, 2025 · Payment Jun 5, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Sep 27, 2024

¥63.00

Semi-Annual

Record Sep 30, 2024

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Weight
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AUM
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Expense ratio
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Price / 1D
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