Overview
Chemicals

Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg.Co.,Ltd.

Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals is a specialty chemicals manufacturer operating across three core segments: Color & Functional Products (pigments, colorants for fibers and plastics, functional materials), Polymer & Coating Materials (urethane resins, bio-based polymers, UV/EB-curable coatings), and Graphic & Printing Materials (gravure, flexo, and offset inks for packaging and publishing). The company serves a broad range of industries including textiles, plastics, packaging, and printing, with manufacturing and sales operations spanning Japan, Italy, Thailand, China, and Indonesia. Its competitive strengths lie in vertically integrated pigment processing capabilities and a diversified specialty chemicals portfolio with global production footprint.

Market Cap
¥89.1B
US$568M
EV
¥65.7B
US$418M
Stock¥1,306▼-0.99%
US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)
LTM EV/EBITDA
4.9
x
LTM EV/EBIT
7.5
x
LTM PER
10.5
x
LTM PBR
0.6
x
2026-08-25 closing price basis: ranked #47 in beluuga.ai's "Japanese listed companies with negative Enterprise Value" ranking (simplified EV ≈ ¥-27B).
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+10.0%pt
10012
Oct 23, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Mar 4, 26Activist shareholder criticism of mgmt
2Aug 6, 26Q1 FY2027/03 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
89.1BUS$568MMarket Cap18.3BUS$117M+ Debt22.2BUS$141M− Cash22.2BUS$142M− Inv. Sec.2.61BUS$16.6M+ NCI65.7BUS$418MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
122US$776M'22/3122US$777M'23/3120US$763M'24/3125US$794M'25/3124US$791M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
12.7US$81.0M'22/38.23US$52.4M'23/39.73US$61.9M'24/311.9US$75.9M'25/312.7US$81.1M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
6.17US$39.3M'22/32.01US$12.8M'23/33.66US$23.3M'24/310.3US$65.5M'25/38.10US$51.6M'26/3
Capital Structure
88%
EquityD/E 0.13xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
44.9US$286M32.9US$210M'22/342.8US$272M31.0US$197M'23/342.4US$270M25.3US$161M'24/342.8US$272M21.0US$134M'25/344.1US$281M18.7US$119M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 36.5%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
11.67%
2
Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg.Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
5.11%
3
Taiju Life Insurance Company Limited
3.26%
4
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
3.10%
5
Koji TAKAHASHI
2.54%
6
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505103 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
2.53%
7
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
2.23%
8
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
2.11%
9
NIHON PARKERIZING CO.,LTD.
2.10%
10
Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
1.82%
Management
10 officers
Koji TAKAHASHI
Representative Director, President; Chief Information Security Officer; Member, Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Jul 1993 Joined the Company Jun 1998 Director Jun 2000 Managing Director Jul 2009 Senior Managing Director Jun 2011 Representative Director, President (current) Jun 2014 In charge of President's Office (current); In charge of Secretarial Office; In charge of Internal Audit Office (current); In charge of Production Planning Office Apr 2018 In charge of Specific Business Planning Office Apr 2019 In charge of Business Promotion Office; In charge of Environment & Safety Management Division; In charge of Quality & Chemicals Management Division Jun 2020 In charge of CSR/Risk Management Promotion HQ (now CSR/ESG Promotion HQ) (current); Chief Information Security Officer (current) Oct 2024 In charge of Management Planning HQ (current)
1961-04-30
Masahiko AOBA
Representative Managing Director; General Manager, Production Organization; General Manager, HR Strategy Organization; Member, Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Apr 1988 Joined the Company Apr 2019 Executive Officer Jun 2020 Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Production Organization; In charge of Production Promotion HQ; In charge of each manufacturing site; In charge of Facilities & Equipment HQ (current) Jun 2021 Director; General Manager, Production Organization (current); In charge of Kawaguchi and Sakura Plants; In charge of Tokyo, Osaka, Tokai and Bando Plants (current) Jun 2023 Managing Director Jun 2024 Representative Managing Director (current); In charge of Shiga Plant (current); General Manager, HR Strategy Organization (current); In charge of General Affairs & HR HQ (current)
1963-09-05
Osamu TAKEDA
Senior Managing Director; General Manager, Business Organization
Apr 1981 Joined the Company Apr 2016 Executive Officer Jun 2020 Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Business Organization; In charge of Laminating & Adhesive Materials No. 2 Division; In charge of Coating Materials Division (current); In charge of Fine Polymer Division (current) Jun 2021 In charge of Gravure Ink Division (current) Jun 2022 Senior Managing Executive Officer Jun 2023 Managing Director; General Manager, Business Organization (current); In charge of Pigments Division; In charge of New Business Development HQ (current); In charge of Offset Ink Division (current) Jun 2024 Senior Managing Director (current)
1958-11-19
Yoshiaki NAKAGAWA
Outside Director; Chairman, Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Apr 1978 Joined Ground Self-Defense Force, Defense Agency (now Ministry of Defense) Dec 2000 Director, Obihiro Regional Liaison Office, Ground Self-Defense Force Mar 2002 Chief, Welfare Affairs Section, Personnel Division, Ground Staff Office, Ground Self-Defense Force Mar 2004 Chief of Staff, Northern Army Headquarters (Sapporo) Mar 2006 Spokesperson, Joint Staff Office Jul 2007 Chief of Staff, Central Army Headquarters; concurrently Commander, Itami Garrison Dec 2009 Commander, 1st Division (Nerima) Apr 2011 Director, Research Headquarters, Ground Self-Defense Force Aug 2013 Retired from Ground Self-Defense Force Nov 2013 Joined Komatsu Ltd. (Advisor) Feb 2020 Retired from Komatsu Ltd. Apr 2020 Joined Denkosha Co., Ltd. (Advisor) Jun 2021 Director of the Company (current) Sep 2025 Representative Director, Japan Active Drone Association (current)
1955-02-02
Akiko NAGAHAMA
Outside Director; Member, Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Nov 2005 Passed the National Bar Examination Dec 2007 Completed Legal Training and Research Institute; registered as attorney; joined YNM Law Office (now Nagahama, Mizuno & Inoue Law Office) (current) Jun 2021 Director of the Company (current) Jun 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nohmi Bosai Ltd. Jun 2024 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nohmi Bosai Ltd. (current)
1976-09-30
Atsufumi NAKANO
Outside Director; Member, Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Aug 1981 Joined Citibank N.A. Osaka Branch (now Citibank N.A. Tokyo Branch) Nov 1992 Joined Bankers Trust Company (now Deutsche Bank) Nov 1998 Joined UBS Warburg Securities Co. (now UBS Securities Co., Ltd.) Jun 2002 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd. (now Ultra Fabrics Holdings Co., Ltd.; hereinafter "Same Company") Feb 2003 Director, RSC Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2007 Representative Director, Riverside Company Jun 2012 Director, Office of the President, Same Company Jun 2014 Representative Director, President, Same Company Mar 2018 Chairman of the Board, Same Company Mar 2022 Senior Advisor, Same Company Mar 2023 Outside Director, GVC Asset Management Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2024 Alternate Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nihon M&A Center Holdings, Inc. Jan 2025 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nihon M&A Center Holdings, Inc. Jun 2025 Director of the Company (current)
1957-03-31
Takashi NAKAYAMA
Director
Apr 2002 Joined Kao Corporation Feb 2020 Joined Rakuten Group, Inc. (formerly Rakuten, Inc.) Oct 2021 Director, Rakuten TV Europe, S.L.U. Jan 2024 Joined the Company Apr 2025 Executive Officer of the Company (current)
Shuichi MURATA
Director; Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 1981 Joined the Company Jun 2015 Internal Audit Office Apr 2016 Senior Specialist Apr 2023 Assistant to Audit & Supervisory Board Members Jun 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member Jun 2025 Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current)
1957-07-16
Ichiro WAKABAYASHI
Outside Director; Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 1981 Joined Nagase & Co., Ltd. Apr 2008 General Manager, Industrial Materials Division, Nagase & Co., Ltd. Apr 2010 Executive Officer; General Manager, Industrial Materials Division, Nagase & Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Director and Executive Officer, Nagase & Co., Ltd. Apr 2018 Director and Managing Executive Officer, Nagase & Co., Ltd. Apr 2019 Representative Director and Managing Executive Officer, Nagase & Co., Ltd. Jun 2021 Adviser, Nagase & Co., Ltd. Jun 2022 Retired as Adviser, Nagase & Co., Ltd. Jun 2023 Outside Director, Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd. (current); Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Jun 2025 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (current)
1957-10-25
Shuichiro IGARI
Outside Director; Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 1978 Joined Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau Jun 2002 Qualified as Certified Tax Accountant Jul 2016 Director, Fujisawa Tax Office Jul 2019 Director, Investigation Division IV, Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau Jul 2020 Retired from Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau Aug 2020 Opened tax accountant office (current) Apr 2021 Tax Advisor to the Company Jun 2021 Alternate Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Dec 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Step Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Central Sogo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2024 Managing Member, Igari Accounting LLC (current) Jun 2025 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (current) Mar 2026 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Actio Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
1960-01-02
Large Shareholding Reports
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
2026-06-15
1.99%→1.99%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 2.11%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-06
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-06-15
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-06-03
株主総会招集通知
TDnet
2026-02-13
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-11
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-14
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-11
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINETAmended
2024-06-27
Amended Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-10
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
2023-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2022-08-10
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-29
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-29
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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