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 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Net sales 1,056,560 1,157,945 1,242,521
Operating profit 67,300 88,879 91,666
Ordinary profit 62,649 97,001 104,241
Profit attributable to owners of parent 41,544 37,067 69,263
Cash flows from operating activities 75,271 105,023 71,543
Cash flows from investing activities -58,495 2,694 59,430
Cash Flows from financing activities -19,157 -54,729 -62,906
Profit attributable to owners of parent per share (yen) 91.92 83.17 159.19
Dividends per share (yen) 47 49 59
Net assets per share (yen) 1,485.89 1,519.19 1,642.67
Total assets 1,150,143 1,198,921 1,228,131
Net assets 694,392 702,753 732,525
Equity*1 667,066 674,636 705,026
Capital expenditures 55,326 52,540 56,761
Depreciation 44,926 45,912 48,995
Amortization of goodwill 4,419 2,792 3,411
R&D expenditures 35,110 37,010 40,471
Operating profit margin (%) 6.4 7.7 7.4
ROE (%)*2 6.5 5.5 10.0
ROA (%)*3 5.6 8.3 8.6
ROIC (%)*4 5.4 7.3 7.6
EBITDA *5 116,647 137,584 142,099
Equity-to-asset ratio (%) 58.0 56.3 57.4
Number of employees 26,577 26,419 26,838
Number of shares issued (Thousands of shares) 476,507 471,507 456,507
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 (FY2022)

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

Major Shareholders

(As of March 31, 2023)

Name Number of Shares Held (thousand shares) Percentage of Ownership (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 63,924 14.84
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 24,085 5.59
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited 15,737 3.65
Asahi Kasei Corporation 11,149 2.58
Employees Stock Ownership Plan 11,115 2.58
J. P. MORGAN BANK LUXEMBOURG S. A. 381572 8,216 1.90
Sekisui House, Ltd. 7,998 1.85
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140042 7,603 1.76
National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives 7,302 1.69
STATE STREET BANK WEST CLIENT - TREATY 505234 7,140 1.65
Note
  1. *1: The Company maintains 25,967,970 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 5.68 %.
  2. *2: The treasury shares excludes 211 thousand shares held by the entrusted Employee Stock Ownership Plan and 811 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 September 30, 2023)