Overview
Pulp and Paper

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co.,Ltd.

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper manufactures and sells a broad range of paper and pulp products, including printing paper, packaging paper, newsprint, paperboard, and specialty papers, operating primarily through its Takaoka and Sendai factories in Japan. The company also engages in power generation and has developed proprietary innovative products such as 'Bamboo Paper' (addressing the social issue of abandoned bamboo forests) and cellulose nanofiber products marketed under the 'nanoforest' brand. Its diversified group structure encompasses paper processing, logistics, afforestation, and related services across Japan and select overseas markets.

Market Cap
¥26.4B
US$168M
EV
¥39.3B
US$250M
Stock¥2,101▼-0.38%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
4.2
x
LTM EV/EBIT
11.9
x
LTM PER
8.8
x
LTM PBR
0.4
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-0.5%pt
10012
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Nov 28, 25Dividend change announcement (increased dividend, filed 2025/11/27)
2Aug 7, 26Q1 FY2027/03 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
26.4BUS$168MMarket Cap32.4BUS$207M+ Debt3.12BUS$19.9M− Cash16.4BUS$105M− Inv. Sec.39.3BUS$250MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
90.1US$575M'22/3106US$674M'23/3108US$688M'24/3111US$708M'25/3110US$704M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
8.62US$55.0M'22/38.42US$53.7M'23/312.1US$77.2M'24/311.0US$70.2M'25/38.89US$56.7M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
1.27US$8.09M'22/33.05US$19.5M'23/33.70US$23.6M'24/31.76US$11.2M'25/32.44US$15.6M'26/3
Capital Structure
65%
35%
EquityD/E 0.54xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
23.1US$147M47.9US$305M'22/317.6US$112M44.0US$281M'23/321.5US$137M41.7US$266M'24/320.7US$132M37.2US$237M'25/320.2US$129M33.4US$213M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 51.8%
1
Oji Holdings Corporation
21.91%
2
JAPAN PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED
5.65%
3
SHINSEI PULP&PAPER COMPANY LIMITED
4.49%
4
INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC (Standing Proxy: Interactive Brokers Securities Japan Inc.)
4.48%
5
KPP GROUP HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
4.25%
6
The Hokuriku Bank, Ltd.
3.65%
7
The Norinchukin Bank
2.39%
8
Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.02%
9
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
1.60%
10
MURAKAMI TAKATERU
1.35%
Management
7 officers
Ryoji FUKUMOTO
Representative Director, President and Executive Officer; Head of Corporate Management Division; in charge of Resource Strategy Division, Internal Audit Office and Tokyo Office
Apr 1986 Joined Honshu Paper Co., Ltd. Jun 2003 General Manager, General Affairs Department, Amagasaki Mill, Oji Tac Co., Ltd. Jun 2006 Manager, Planning and Management Department, Planning Division, Oji Chiyoda Container Co., Ltd. Jun 2008 Group Manager, Administration Department, Corporate Management Division, Oji Paper Co., Ltd. Jun 2011 General Manager, Planning and Administration Department, Oji Paperboard Co., Ltd. Jul 2011 General Manager, Planning and Administration Department, Business Promotion Division, Oji Paperboard Co., Ltd. Apr 2014 Executive Officer, Head of Business Promotion Division, Oji Materia Co., Ltd. Apr 2016 Director, Head of Business Promotion Division, Oji Materia Co., Ltd. Dec 2020 Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Division, the Company Jun 2021 Director and Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Division; in charge of Internal Audit Office and Tokyo Office, the Company Jun 2022 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Division and Head of Resource Strategy Division; in charge of Internal Audit Office and Tokyo Office, the Company Jun 2023 Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Division and Head of Resource Strategy Division; in charge of Internal Audit Office and Tokyo Office, the Company Jun 2024 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Division; in charge of Resource Strategy Division and Internal Audit Office, the Company Jun 2026 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Division; in charge of Resource Strategy Division, Internal Audit Office and Tokyo Office, the Company (current)
1960-10-12
Tsutomu ISOBE
Director and Managing Executive Officer; Head of Sales Division
Apr 1988 Joined the Company Jun 2010 General Manager, Paper Machine Department, Kawauchi Mill, the Company Jun 2015 Deputy General Manager, Takaoka Mill, the Company Jun 2017 Executive Officer, Takaoka Mill Manager and Deputy Head of Sales Division, the Company Jun 2021 Senior Executive Officer, Takaoka Mill Manager and Deputy Head of Sales Division, the Company Jun 2022 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division, the Company Jun 2024 Director and Managing Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division, the Company (current)
1963-09-06
Yasuhiro SHIMOKAWA
Director and Managing Executive Officer; Head of Production Division; in charge of Development Division
Apr 1989 Joined the Company Jun 2011 General Manager, Administration Department, Kawauchi Mill, the Company Jun 2016 General Manager, Facilities and Power Department, Takaoka Mill, the Company Jun 2017 Deputy General Manager and General Manager, Facilities and Power Department, Kawauchi Mill, the Company Jun 2018 Executive Officer, Kawauchi Mill Manager and Deputy Head of Sales Division, the Company Jun 2021 Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Production Division and General Manager, Production Technology Department, the Company Jun 2022 Senior Executive Officer, Takaoka Mill Manager, the Company Jun 2025 Director and Managing Executive Officer, Head of Production Division; in charge of Development Division, the Company (current)
1964-04-15
Nobuyuki HAMAMOTO
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1984 Joined the Company Jun 2006 General Manager, Sales Department No. 1, Sales Division, the Company Jun 2011 General Manager, Sales Department No. 2, Sales Division, the Company Oct 2012 General Manager, Sales Management Department, Sales Management Division, the Company Jun 2013 Deputy Head of Sales Management Division and General Manager, Sales Management Department, the Company Jun 2014 Deputy Head of Paper and Paperboard Sales Division and Manager, Osaka Sales Branch, the Company Jun 2015 Deputy Head of Sales Management Division and General Manager, Sales Management Department, the Company Jun 2018 Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Sales Division and General Manager, Sales Management Department, the Company Jun 2026 Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1961-04-20
Katsuji AZUMA
Outside Director
Nov 1977 Joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells Jul 1981 Registered as Certified Public Accountant; joined Ota Tetsuzo CPA Office (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Jul 2000 Designated Partner, EY ShinNihon LLC Aug 2009 Advisory Member, EY ShinNihon LLC Sep 2014 Established Katsuji Azuma Certified Public Accountant Office Feb 2015 Auditor, Chiba Prefecture Municipal Promotion Foundation (current) Jun 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. Jul 2019 Auditor, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (current) Aug 2019 Non-Member Auditor, National Federation of Workers' Mutual Aid Cooperatives Jun 2024 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1952-11-27
Toshihiko YAMAGUCHI
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1991 Registered as attorney-at-law Apr 1995 Established Yamaguchi Law Office Apr 2000 Family Court Mediation Commissioner, Toyama Family Court; Civil Mediation Commissioner, Takaoka Summary Court (current) Jun 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Alvis Co., Ltd. (current); Part-time Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jun 2016 Part-time Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current) Aug 2018 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Glass Cube Inc. (current)
1957-10-26
Kayoko SAKURAI
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Jun 1988 Joined Commonwealth Bank of Australia Sep 2000 Joined Barclays Bank, Tokyo Branch May 2004 Passed US Certified Public Accountant examination (Illinois) Jul 2012 Joined Portigon Bank, Tokyo Branch Feb 2015 Joined TransValue Trust Company Ltd. (now Rakuten Trust Co., Ltd.) Apr 2018 Joined TMF Group K.K. (current) Jun 2022 Part-time Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1964-09-08
Large Shareholding Reports
No filings
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINETAmended
2026-08-27
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2026-08-06
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2026-02-12
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-24
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-12
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Sep 2024
TDnet
2024-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-27
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-24
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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