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Hi-Lex Corporation

7279.T

JPXConsumer CyclicalAuto - Parts

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¥2,544

+¥6.00 · +0.24%

Aug 24, 11:23 AM JST

7279.T company overview

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Company profile

Company website

Hi-Lex Corporation operates in the automotive, industrial equipment, and medical equipment sectors in Japan and internationally. The company provides system products, such as power lift gates, wheelchair anchoring systems, and electronic parking systems; door systems comprising door modules and window regulators; cables, such as push-pull cables, pull cables, SPIRAX, and actuators; and ECU electronic control products. It also offers products in the construction equipment field, including accelerator actuators; housing equipment field products comprising dampers for system air conditioners, elevated grilles, operator units for high windows, and drain valve cables; marine vessel field products, such as operation boxes; and nursing care field products that include bath assist products. In addition, the company provides medical equipment field products, such as microcatheters and vasular grafts for hemodialysis. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Takarazuka, Japan.

Industry
Auto - Parts
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Headquarters
JP
CEO
Kazunori Ishii
Listed since
Apr 4, 2000
Employees
12,071

Market position

Day range

Current ¥2,544

52-week range

Current ¥2,544

Open
¥2,551
Previous close
¥2,538
Volume
48.4K
0.54× average
Average volume
89.7K
Average daily volume
Market cap
94.04B JPY
Beta
0.71
Market reference 1
50-day average
¥2,243.2
+13.41% above average
200-day average
¥2,861.39
-11.09% below average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

P/E (TTM)
2.27×
P/B (TTM)
0.44×
P/S (TTM)
0.26×
Dividend yield
3.01%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
11.70%
Operating margin
0.91%
Net margin
11.50%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0.16×

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends13%7%1%-4%Gross margin, FY2021: 10.84%Gross margin, FY2022: 7.81%Gross margin, FY2023: 10.55%Gross margin, FY2024: 10.04%Gross margin, FY2025: 11.17%Operating margin, FY2021: 0.31%Operating margin, FY2022: -1.90%Operating margin, FY2023: 1.00%Operating margin, FY2024: 0.12%Operating margin, FY2025: 1.12%Net margin, FY2021: 2.25%Net margin, FY2022: -2.79%Net margin, FY2023: -1.00%Net margin, FY2024: 0.64%Net margin, FY2025: 2.77%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 10.84%. Gross margin FY2022 7.81%. Gross margin FY2023 10.55%. Gross margin FY2024 10.04%. Gross margin FY2025 11.17%. Operating margin FY2021 0.31%. Operating margin FY2022 -1.90%. Operating margin FY2023 1.00%. Operating margin FY2024 0.12%. Operating margin FY2025 1.12%. Net margin FY2021 2.25%. Net margin FY2022 -2.79%. Net margin FY2023 -1.00%. Net margin FY2024 0.64%. Net margin FY2025 2.77%.

Income trends

Revenue

304.12B JPY-1.38%

Operating income

3.39B JPY+829.59%

Net income

8.42B JPY+326.76%
Income trends across reported periods339.93B JPY213.73B JPY87.53B JPY−38.67B JPYRevenue, FY2021: 217.75B JPYRevenue, FY2022: 255.62B JPYRevenue, FY2023: 298.62B JPYRevenue, FY2024: 308.38B JPYRevenue, FY2025: 304.12B JPYOperating income, FY2021: 685M JPYOperating income, FY2022: −4.86B JPYOperating income, FY2023: 2.98B JPYOperating income, FY2024: 365M JPYOperating income, FY2025: 3.39B JPYNet income, FY2021: 4.9B JPYNet income, FY2022: −7.12B JPYNet income, FY2023: −2.99B JPYNet income, FY2024: 1.97B JPYNet income, FY2025: 8.42B JPYFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 217.75B JPY. Revenue FY2022 255.62B JPY. Revenue FY2023 298.62B JPY. Revenue FY2024 308.38B JPY. Revenue FY2025 304.12B JPY. Operating income FY2021 685M JPY. Operating income FY2022 −4.86B JPY. Operating income FY2023 2.98B JPY. Operating income FY2024 365M JPY. Operating income FY2025 3.39B JPY. Net income FY2021 4.9B JPY. Net income FY2022 −7.12B JPY. Net income FY2023 −2.99B JPY. Net income FY2024 1.97B JPY. Net income FY2025 8.42B JPY.
Metric (JPY)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue304.12B JPY308.38B JPY298.62B JPY255.62B JPY217.75B JPY
Cost of goods sold270.17B JPY277.41B JPY267.12B JPY235.65B JPY194.16B JPY
Gross profit33.96B JPY30.97B JPY31.5B JPY19.97B JPY23.6B JPY
Research and development4.63B JPY4.51B JPY4.42B JPY3.98B JPY3.67B JPY
Selling, general, and administrative30.57B JPY26.07B JPY24.1B JPY20.85B JPY19.02B JPY
Operating expenses30.57B JPY30.61B JPY28.52B JPY24.82B JPY22.91B JPY
Interest income742M JPY917M JPY741M JPY509M JPY395M JPY
Interest expense348M JPY452M JPY463M JPY208M JPY164M JPY
Depreciation and amortization9.69B JPY10.46B JPY9.94B JPY9.82B JPY8.84B JPY
Operating income3.39B JPY365M JPY2.98B JPY−4.86B JPY685M JPY
Net income8.42B JPY1.97B JPY−2.99B JPY−7.12B JPY4.9B JPY

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

Latest EPS result
40.63

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Estimates unavailable
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates978.73609.61240.48-128.64Q3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26
Q3 2024, reported Sep 6, 2024: actual 99.75, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2024, reported Dec 13, 2024: actual -52.27, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2025, reported Mar 10, 2025: actual 20.02, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported Jun 9, 2025: actual 27.4, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Sep 5, 2025: actual 43.35, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2025, reported Dec 12, 2025: actual 135.77, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Mar 6, 2026: actual 902.36, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2026, reported Jun 5, 2026: actual 40.63, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Estimates unavailable
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates109.79B96.08B82.36B68.64BQ3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26
Q3 2024, reported Sep 6, 2024: actual 81.12B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2024, reported Dec 13, 2024: actual 72.87B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2025, reported Mar 10, 2025: actual 77.5B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported Jun 9, 2025: actual 74.84B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Sep 5, 2025: actual 75.33B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2025, reported Dec 12, 2025: actual 76.44B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Mar 6, 2026: actual 105.57B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2026, reported Jun 5, 2026: actual 103.54B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

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

¥46.00

2025 complete year+35.3% since 2021

2026 partial: ¥53.50

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Oct 29, 2026

¥26.50

Annual

Record Oct 31, 2026 · Payment Oct 29, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Apr 28, 2026

¥53.50

Special

Record Apr 30, 2026 · Payment Jul 1, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Oct 30, 2025

¥23.00

Semi-Annual

Record Oct 31, 2025 · Payment Jan 26, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Apr 28, 2025

¥23.00

Semi-Annual

Record Apr 30, 2025 · Payment Jul 1, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Oct 30, 2024

¥20.00

Semi-Annual

Record Oct 31, 2024 · Payment Jan 27, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Apr 26, 2024

¥20.00

Semi-Annual

Record Apr 30, 2024 · Payment Jul 1, 2024

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ETFs holding 7279.T

Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF logoVanguard Total International Stock ETFVXUS
Market value
4.31M
Weight
0.00%
AUM
646.2B USD
Expense ratio
0.05%
Price / 1D
$87.71+0.78%
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF logoVanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETFVEA
Market value
2.81M
Weight
0.00%
AUM
315B USD
Expense ratio
0.03%
Price / 1D
$73.42+0.80%
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF logoAvantis International Small Cap Value ETFAVDV
Market value
1.79M
Weight
0.01%
AUM
20.24B USD
Expense ratio
0.36%
Price / 1D
$111.95+1.06%
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF logoVanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETFVSS
Market value
1.15M
Weight
0.01%
AUM
13.6B USD
Expense ratio
0.06%
Price / 1D
$160.06+0.43%
Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF logoSchwab International Small-Cap Equity ETFSCHC
Market value
661.19K
Weight
0.01%
AUM
5.73B USD
Expense ratio
0.06%
Price / 1D
$51.25+0.61%
Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF logoVanguard FTSE Pacific ETFVPL
Market value
302.95K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
13.1B USD
Expense ratio
0.07%
Price / 1D
$115.11+0.89%
Avantis International Equity ETF logoAvantis International Equity ETFAVDE
Market value
288.25K
Weight
—
AUM
19.1B USD
Expense ratio
0.23%
Price / 1D
$94.26+0.87%
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF logoVanguard Total World Stock ETFVT
Market value
275.93K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
97.9B USD
Expense ratio
0.06%
Price / 1D
$160.77+0.53%

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