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Kohoku Kogyo CO.,LTD.

6524.T

JPXTechnologyHardware, Equipment & Parts

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¥4,755

+¥140 · +3.03%

Aug 25, 9:40 AM JST

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Company profile

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Founded in Nagahama, Japan, in 1959, Kohoku Kogyo CO.,LTD. is a prominent domestic manufacturer and supplier specializing in a diverse range of high-tech products. The company's core business encompasses the production and sale of lead terminals vital for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, a comprehensive suite of optical components and devices for advanced optical fiber communication networks, and precision parts crafted from quartz glass materials. Its extensive selection of lead terminals features numerous types, such as standard, burr-free, edge-free, one-side rib, round 4-corner, vibration-resistant, and front-back discriminative designs. They also offer terminals with specialized welded resin coating and round bar resin coating. Beyond manufacturing, Kohoku Kogyo provides essential services like rounding and anodic oxidation processing, in addition to supplying the raw materials for these terminals. For the optical communication sector, the company delivers a broad portfolio of specialized devices. This includes in-line and hybrid optical isolators, optical filter devices, optical circulators, and variable light attenuators. They also develop polarized optical fiber assembled products, faraday rotators, and high-power laser assemblies equipped with end caps and anti-reflective (AR) coatings. Further expanding their offerings, Kohoku Kogyo produces high-purity silica glasses, optical fiber preforms, and critical optical components designed for submarine cables and hermetic feedthrough-assembled optical fiber arrays.

Industry
Hardware, Equipment & Parts
Sector
Technology
Headquarters
JP
CEO
Futoshi Ishii
Listed since
Dec 21, 2021
Employees
1,710

Market position

Day range

Current ¥4,755

52-week range

Current ¥4,755

Open
¥4,610
Previous close
¥4,615
Volume
173.3K
0.63× average
Average volume
276.71K
Average daily volume
Market cap
123.18B JPY
Beta
1.23
Market reference 1
50-day average
¥4,936.7
-3.68% below average
200-day average
¥4,432.48
+7.28% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
73.61B JPY
P/E (TTM)
27.33×
P/B (TTM)
4.83×
P/S (TTM)
6.28×
EV / EBITDA
13.06×
Earnings yield
3.72%
Free cash flow yield
3.18%
Dividend yield
1.11%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
45.28%
Operating margin
29.39%
Net margin
23.01%
Return on equity
12.76%
Return on assets
10.57%
Return on invested capital
12.20%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0.08×
Current ratio
6.59×
Altman Z-score
15.23
Piotroski F-score
4 of 9

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends47%35%23%11%Gross margin, FY2021: 41.44%Gross margin, FY2022: 39.21%Gross margin, FY2023: 40.67%Gross margin, FY2024: 43.24%Gross margin, FY2025: 43.61%Operating margin, FY2021: 28.22%Operating margin, FY2022: 24.79%Operating margin, FY2023: 20.88%Operating margin, FY2024: 24.75%Operating margin, FY2025: 26.50%Net margin, FY2021: 20.25%Net margin, FY2022: 19.57%Net margin, FY2023: 14.13%Net margin, FY2024: 20.42%Net margin, FY2025: 17.14%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 41.44%. Gross margin FY2022 39.21%. Gross margin FY2023 40.67%. Gross margin FY2024 43.24%. Gross margin FY2025 43.61%. Operating margin FY2021 28.22%. Operating margin FY2022 24.79%. Operating margin FY2023 20.88%. Operating margin FY2024 24.75%. Operating margin FY2025 26.50%. Net margin FY2021 20.25%. Net margin FY2022 19.57%. Net margin FY2023 14.13%. Net margin FY2024 20.42%. Net margin FY2025 17.14%.

Income trends

Revenue

17.45B JPY+9.61%

Operating income

4.63B JPY+17.36%

Net income

2.99B JPY-8.00%
Income trends across reported periods19.01B JPY12.79B JPY6.57B JPY349M JPYRevenue, FY2021: 14.62B JPYRevenue, FY2022: 15.67B JPYRevenue, FY2023: 13.47B JPYRevenue, FY2024: 15.92B JPYRevenue, FY2025: 17.45B JPYOperating income, FY2021: 4.13B JPYOperating income, FY2022: 3.88B JPYOperating income, FY2023: 2.81B JPYOperating income, FY2024: 3.94B JPYOperating income, FY2025: 4.63B JPYNet income, FY2021: 2.96B JPYNet income, FY2022: 3.07B JPYNet income, FY2023: 1.9B JPYNet income, FY2024: 3.25B JPYNet income, FY2025: 2.99B JPYFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 14.62B JPY. Revenue FY2022 15.67B JPY. Revenue FY2023 13.47B JPY. Revenue FY2024 15.92B JPY. Revenue FY2025 17.45B JPY. Operating income FY2021 4.13B JPY. Operating income FY2022 3.88B JPY. Operating income FY2023 2.81B JPY. Operating income FY2024 3.94B JPY. Operating income FY2025 4.63B JPY. Net income FY2021 2.96B JPY. Net income FY2022 3.07B JPY. Net income FY2023 1.9B JPY. Net income FY2024 3.25B JPY. Net income FY2025 2.99B JPY.
Metric (JPY)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue17.45B JPY15.92B JPY13.47B JPY15.67B JPY14.62B JPY
Cost of goods sold9.84B JPY9.04B JPY7.99B JPY9.53B JPY8.56B JPY
Gross profit7.61B JPY6.89B JPY5.48B JPY6.15B JPY6.06B JPY
Research and development807M JPY737M JPY574.18M JPY393.77M JPY
Selling, general, and administrative2.99B JPY2.14B JPY1.93B JPY1.69B JPY1.54B JPY
Operating expenses2.99B JPY2.94B JPY2.67B JPY2.26B JPY1.93B JPY
Interest income127M JPY214M JPY102M JPY13.93M JPY9.05M JPY
Interest expense88M JPY108M JPY92M JPY67.66M JPY66.97M JPY
Depreciation and amortization1.01B JPY998M JPY780M JPY692.25M JPY582.73M JPY
Operating income4.63B JPY3.94B JPY2.81B JPY3.88B JPY4.13B JPY
Net income2.99B JPY3.25B JPY1.9B JPY3.07B JPY2.96B JPY

Company facts updated Aug 25, 2026.

Earnings

EPS beat rate
50%
3 beats, 3 misses, 0 met estimates
Average EPS surprise
-5.02%
6 comparable reports
Latest EPS result
47.3
Estimate 36.67 · Beat by 28.99%

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates53.4438.0622.677.28Q1 '25No estimateQ2 '25MissQ2 '25MissQ3 '25BeatQ1 '26BeatQ2 '26MissQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Feb 12, 2025: actual 38.08, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported May 12, 2025: actual 8.56, estimate 28.14, surprise -69.58%, Miss. Q2 2025, reported Jun 30, 2025: actual 14.55, estimate 26.78, surprise -45.67%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Sep 30, 2025: actual 44.39, estimate 35.02, surprise +26.76%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Feb 12, 2026: actual 47.61, estimate 35.7, surprise +33.36%, Beat. Q2 2026, reported May 13, 2026: actual 34.66, estimate 36.09, surprise -3.96%, Miss. Q3 2026, reported Aug 6, 2026: actual 47.3, estimate 36.67, surprise +28.99%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Nov 5, 2026: actual —, estimate 50.12, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates6.2B5.24B4.28B3.32BQ1 '25MissQ2 '25MissQ2 '25MissQ3 '25MissQ1 '26BeatQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Feb 12, 2025: actual 3.79B JPY, estimate 3.9B JPY, surprise -2.92%, Miss. Q2 2025, reported May 12, 2025: actual 3.56B JPY, estimate 4.56B JPY, surprise -21.97%, Miss. Q2 2025, reported Jun 30, 2025: actual 4.32B JPY, estimate 4.33B JPY, surprise -0.28%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Sep 30, 2025: actual 4.61B JPY, estimate 4.81B JPY, surprise -4.26%, Miss. Q1 2026, reported Feb 12, 2026: actual 4.97B JPY, estimate 4.72B JPY, surprise +5.38%, Beat. Q2 2026, reported May 13, 2026: actual 4.54B JPY, estimate 4.37B JPY, surprise +4.10%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Aug 6, 2026: actual 5.48B JPY, estimate 5.07B JPY, surprise +8.06%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Nov 5, 2026: actual —, estimate 5.96B JPY, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

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

¥33.00

2025 complete year+80.0% since 2021

2026 partial: ¥20.00

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2026

¥20.00

Semi-Annual

Record Dec 31, 2026 · Payment Dec 29, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Jun 29, 2026

¥20.00

Semi-Annual

Record Jun 30, 2026 · Payment Sep 11, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2025

¥33.00

Annual

Record Dec 31, 2025 · Payment Mar 31, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 27, 2024

¥30.00

Annual

Record Dec 31, 2024 · Payment Mar 31, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 28, 2023

¥60.00

Annual

Record Dec 31, 2023 · Payment Mar 29, 2024

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2022

¥55.00

Annual

Record Dec 31, 2022 · Payment Mar 31, 2023

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