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Morinaga & Co.,Ltd.

Morinaga & Co., Ltd. is a leading Japanese confectionery and food manufacturer founded in 1899, producing and selling a wide range of products including biscuits, chocolates, candies, frozen desserts, and functional nutrition products under brands such as 'in' (nutrition bars and jelly drinks). The company serves both domestic retail and food service channels, with international operations spanning the United States, China, Taiwan, and other Asia-Pacific markets. Its competitive strengths lie in long-established brand equity, diversified product portfolio across snack, confectionery, frozen, and health nutrition categories, and an integrated supply chain from manufacturing to distribution.

Market Cap
¥205B
US$1.31B
EV
¥214B
US$1.36B
Stock¥2,445.5▲+0.74%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
6.8
x
LTM EV/EBIT
9.9
x
LTM PER
12.0
x
LTM PBR
1.4
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-30.3%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
205BUS$1.31BMarket Cap42.0BUS$268M+ Debt25.5BUS$162M− Cash9.85BUS$62.8M− Inv. Sec.1.84BUS$11.7M+ NCI214BUS$1.36BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
181US$1.16B'22/3194US$1.24B'23/3213US$1.36B'24/3229US$1.46B'25/3237US$1.51B'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
27.7US$177M'22/325.3US$161M'23/329.8US$190M'24/331.2US$199M'25/332.6US$208M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
27.8US$177M'22/310.1US$64.2M'23/315.2US$96.6M'24/317.7US$113M'25/317.8US$113M'26/3
Capital Structure
77%
23%
EquityD/E 0.29xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
67.1US$428M11.0US$70.0M'22/346.5US$297M20.4US$130M'23/358.1US$371M20.3US$130M'24/341.3US$263M20.2US$129M'25/336.4US$232M20.0US$128M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 41.4%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
12.78%
2
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
8.49%
3
Morinaga & Co.,Ltd. Business Partners' Stock Ownership Association
7.67%
4
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (Standing Proxy: Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
2.66%
5
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
2.55%
6
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,N.A. LONDONSECS LENDING OMNIBUS ACCOUNT (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.64%
7
MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.
1.63%
8
Morinaga & Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
1.53%
9
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.26%
10
Nippon Life Insurance Company (Standing Proxy: The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
1.14%
Management
14 officers
Eijiro OTA
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
Apr 1982 Joined the Company Jun 2011 Director of the Company Jun 2011 Concurrently General Manager, Frozen Desserts Business Division Apr 2014 Concurrently General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2014 Director, Senior Executive Officer Jun 2015 Director, Managing Executive Officer Jun 2017 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer Jun 2019 Representative Director, President Jun 2020 Chairman, Morinaga Angel Foundation (current) Jun 2021 Chairman, All Japan Confectionery Association (current) Jun 2024 Chairman, Japan Food and Bio Intellectual Property Center (current) Apr 2025 Representative Director, Chairman and CEO (current)
1959-06-30
Shinya MORI
Representative Director, President and COO
Apr 1984 Joined the Company Jun 2013 General Manager, Healthcare Business Division, the Company Apr 2016 Executive Officer, General Manager, Health Business Division Apr 2018 Executive Officer, Deputy Director, Research Institute Jan 2019 Executive Officer, Director, Research Institute Jun 2019 Director, Senior Executive Officer Jun 2019 Concurrently Director, Research Institute Jun 2023 Director, Managing Executive Officer Apr 2025 Representative Director, President and COO (current)
1962-03-14
Daisuke FUJII
Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr 1987 Joined the Company Apr 2018 General Manager, General Affairs Department Apr 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, General Affairs Department Jun 2019 Director, Senior Executive Officer Aug 2019 Concurrently General Manager, Business Strategy Department Jul 2022 Concurrently General Manager, General Affairs Department Sep 2022 Concurrently General Manager, Strategic Investment Department Jun 2023 Director, Managing Executive Officer (current)
1964-10-18
Hideki MATSUNAGA
Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr 1990 Joined the Company Oct 2010 General Manager, Regional Sales Department, Confectionery and Food Sales Division, the Company Apr 2014 General Manager, Sales Strategy Department, Sales Division Apr 2018 Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Strategy Department, Sales Division Apr 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Confectionery and Food Sales Department, Sales Division Oct 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Division Apr 2021 Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Division Apr 2022 Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Marketing Division Jun 2022 Director, Senior Executive Officer Jun 2022 Concurrently General Manager, Marketing Division Apr 2025 Concurrently General Manager, Overseas Business Division (current) Chairman, Shanghai Morinaga Food Co., Ltd. (current) Chairman, Morinaga Food (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2026 Director, Managing Executive Officer (current)
1967-02-16
Kenji TAKANAMI
Director, Senior Executive Officer
Apr 1994 Joined the Company Apr 2016 General Manager, Confectionery and Food Marketing Department, Marketing Division Apr 2017 General Manager, Frozen Desserts Marketing Department, Marketing Division Apr 2021 Representative Director, President, Antstella Co., Ltd. Apr 2024 Senior Executive Officer, the Company Jun 2024 Director, Senior Executive Officer (current)
1972-03-06
Takehiko SASAMORI
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1985 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation Sep 2007 Director, PT Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motors (Indonesia) Jun 2013 Director, Executive Officer, Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd. Apr 2017 General Manager, Risk Management Office, Mitsubishi Corporation Apr 2018 General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (now TOYO TIRE Corporation) Jan 2019 Executive Officer, TOYO TIRE Corporation Mar 2019 Director, TOYO TIRE Corporation Jun 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1962-08-07
Yuichi SANO
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1986 Joined the Company Oct 2011 General Manager, Confectionery Marketing Department, Confectionery Business Division Apr 2014 General Manager, General Planning Department, Marketing Division Apr 2015 General Manager, Weider Marketing Department, Marketing Division Apr 2016 Executive Officer, General Manager, Marketing Department, Health Business Division Apr 2018 Executive Officer, General Manager, General Planning Department, Marketing Division Apr 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager, DX Promotion Department Apr 2023 Senior Managing Director, Morinaga Business Partner Co., Ltd. Apr 2026 Special Advisor to the President, the Company (current) Jun 2026 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
1963-10-03
Tetsuya OKUMURA
Director, Senior Executive Officer, CFO
Apr 1990 Joined Nikon Corporation Apr 2019 General Manager, Finance and Accounting Division, Nikon Corporation Aug 2024 Joined the Company Dec 2024 General Manager, Accounting Department (current) Apr 2025 Executive Officer Apr 2026 Senior Executive Officer, CFO (current) Jun 2026 Director, Senior Executive Officer, CFO
1967-03-04
Tamaki SAWAMURA
Director
Aug 1985 Joined Nestle Japan Ltd. Jul 1991 Joined Asatsu International Inc. Oct 1992 Joined Dentsu Tohoku Inc. Oct 2007 Joined Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. Apr 2008 General Manager, Advertising Department, Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. Jan 2015 Executive Officer in charge of Marketing, Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. Jan 2023 Advisor, Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. Aug 2023 Advisor, Home Serve Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director, Takara Standard Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director of the Company (current)
1962-10-03
Yoichiro SHIMOMURA
Director
Mar 1984 Joined Sanrio Co., Ltd. Apr 2010 Executive Officer, Sanrio Co., Ltd. Jun 2013 Executive Officer, General Manager, Licensing Business Division, Sanrio Co., Ltd. Jun 2014 Director, Sanrio Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Entertainment Business Division, Sanrio Co., Ltd. Director, Sanrio Far East Ltd. (now Sanrio Co., Ltd.) Jun 2022 Representative Director, Fleur Inc. (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director of the Company (current)
1962-03-11
Hiromi YAMAGISHI
Director
Apr 1985 Joined Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Apr 2014 General Manager, Product Assurance Center, Production Division, Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Mar 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Product Assurance Center, Production Division, Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Mar 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager, DE&I Office, Asahi Group Japan, Ltd. Mar 2023 Advisor, General Manager, DE&I Office, Asahi Group Japan, Ltd. Sep 2023 Advisor, General Manager, Culture & Employee Experience Department, People & Culture Division, Asahi Group Japan, Ltd. Apr 2024 Advisor, Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director of the Company (current)
1963-03-04
Yoshihiro IWATA
Director
Apr 1984 Joined Sapporo Breweries Ltd. (now Sapporo Holdings Limited) Mar 2011 Director, Sapporo International Inc. (now Sapporo Holdings Limited) Mar 2014 President, Sapporo International Inc. Mar 2014 Director, Group Executive Officer, Sapporo Holdings Limited Mar 2016 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd. Jan 2017 President, Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd. Mar 2020 Managing Director, Sapporo Holdings Limited Jun 2025 Outside Director, Daio Paper Corporation (current) Jun 2026 Outside Director of the Company
1961-08-21
Sawako UENO
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1988 Joined Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) Oct 1996 Joined Ota Showa & Co. (now Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) Oct 2008 Partner, Ota Showa & Co. Sep 2017 Joined Tohmatsu LLC as Partner Sep 2019 Director, Tohmatsu LLC (resigned Dec 2020) Jan 2021 Joined Financial Services Agency, Specialist Investigator, Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission Apr 2023 Established Sawako Ueno CPA Office, Representative Jun 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Jun 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kuukou Setsubi Co., Ltd. Mar 2024 Outside Director (Audit Committee Member), Sumida Corporation (current) Nov 2025 Representative Director, Japan Integrity Inc. (current) Mar 2026 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), AD Works Group Co., Ltd. (current)
1964-08-12
Hideo KISHI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1988 Appointed as Judge Feb 2019 President, Takamatsu District Court Dec 2020 President, Nagano District and Family Court Apr 2022 President, Chiba Family Court Apr 2024 Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University Law School (current) Jun 2024 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1958-05-13
Large Shareholding Reports
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
2026-07-08
5.02%
Silchester International Investors LLP
2023-04-06
5.11%→4.10%
Silchester International Investors LLP
2023-03-15
6.15%→5.11%
Silchester International Investors LLP
2022-12-23
5.03%→6.15%
Silchester International Investors LLP
2022-02-24
5.03%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-06
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-07-08
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2026-02-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINETAmended
2024-11-19
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2024-11-18
Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2024-11-13
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-04-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2023-03-15
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2023-02-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-12-23
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2022-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-29
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-24
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2022-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-29
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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