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Sumitomo Rubber Industries,Ltd.

Sumitomo Rubber Industries is a global tire manufacturer operating under the DUNLOP and FALKEN brands, producing tires for passenger cars, trucks/buses, motorcycles, construction vehicles, and motorsport applications. The company also operates a sports business offering golf clubs (SRIXON, XXIO, Cleveland Golf), golf balls, and tennis equipment, alongside an industrial products segment covering vibration-damping devices, medical rubber components, artificial turf, and household rubber goods. Its proprietary software technology 'SENSING CORE' enables smart tire capabilities, differentiating its products in the connected mobility space.

Activists: Silchester International Investors LLP 6.66%

Market Cap

¥511B

US$3.25B

¥855B

US$5.44B

Stock¥1,943.5▼-1.04%

US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)

LTM EV/EBITDA

4.8

LTM EV/EBIT

8.9

LTM PER

8.3

LTM PBR

0.7

Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-17.5%pt

Oct 23, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX

1Nov 13, 25Sumitomo group rally on Sumitomo Riko TOB

2Dec 1, 25Silchester International Investors LLP changed stake (8.82%→7.69%)

3Dec 12, 25Silchester International Investors LLP changed stake (7.69%→6.66%)

4Aug 7, 26H1 earnings: net profit +80% YoY to ¥25.8bn, revenue +8%

MC → EV Bridge

AI Briefing

Sumitomo Rubber: global DUNLOP/FALKEN tire maker with sports (SRIXON) and industrial arms, backed by SENSING CORE smart tire tech. FY25/12 revenue ¥1,207B, OP swung back to ¥82.6B (6.8% margin) after a weak ¥11.2B/0.9% FY24 — sharp profitability recovery. EV/EBITDA ~4.9x on ¥178B LTM EBITDA with Sumitomo Electric holding ~29%; margin volatility keeps the re-rating story in focus.

Performance & Balance

Revenue 5Y (¥B)

EBITDA 5Y (¥B)

Net Income 5Y (¥B)

Capital Structure

64%

36%

EquityD/E 0.57xDebt

Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt

CashInv. Sec.Debt

Shareholders

Top 10 hold 61.1%

as of 2026-06-30 · Source: Annual Securities Report

Sumitomo Electric Industries,Ltd.

28.87%

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)

14.66%

Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)

7.15%

NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC) RE SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TRUST (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)

2.81%

NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC) RE U.S. TAX EXEMPTED PENSION FUNDS (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)

1.64%

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505223 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

1.41%

MSIP CLIENT SECURITIES (Standing Proxy: Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.)

1.32%

NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC) RE NON TREATY CLIENTS ACCOUNT (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)

1.29%

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

1.03%

NORTHERN TRUST CO. (AVFC) RE IEDU UCITS CLIENTS NON LENDING 15 PCT TREATY ACCOUNT (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch, Securities Services Operations Department)

0.97%

Management

15 officers

Satoru YAMAMOTO

Representative Director, Chairman of the Board

Apr 1982 Joined the Company Jan 2001 General Manager, Tire Sales Department, Tire Sales Division Mar 2010 Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Dunlop Tire Sales Division Mar 2011 General Manager, Dunlop Tire Sales Division Mar 2013 Managing Executive Officer Mar 2015 Director (Managing Executive Officer) Mar 2019 Representative Director, President Mar 2026 Representative Director, Chairman of the Board (current)

1958-06-14

Yasuaki KUNIYASU

Representative Director, President

Apr 1992 Joined the Company Jan 2015 General Manager, Fourth Technology Department, Tire Technology Division Dec 2020 General Manager, Tire Quality Assurance Department; General Manager, Tire Quality Control Office Jan 2021 Executive Officer; General Manager, Tire Technology Division Jan 2022 Managing Executive Officer Jan 2023 General Manager, Corporate Planning Department Mar 2023 Director (Managing Executive Officer) Mar 2026 Representative Director, President

1969-09-04

Hideaki KAWAMATSU

Director (Managing Executive Officer)

Apr 1986 Joined the Company Jan 2012 Chairman and General Manager, Changshu Shili Sports Goods Trading Co., Ltd. Apr 2014 General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd. Mar 2015 Executive Officer Mar 2017 Director (Managing Executive Officer) Jan 2018 Executive Officer, the Company; General Manager, Sports Business Division and Golf Business Department Jan 2022 Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Sports Business Division Mar 2024 Director (Managing Executive Officer) (current)

1964-02-03

Hitoshi HINO

Director (Managing Executive Officer)

Apr 1989 Joined Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Apr 2015 General Manager, Budget Department, Accounting Division Sep 2021 General Manager, Finance Department Jan 2024 General Manager, Accounting and Finance Division, the Company Mar 2024 Executive Officer Apr 2025 General Manager, Corporate Planning Department; General Manager, Global New Site Promotion Project Department Mar 2026 Director (Managing Executive Officer)

1966-11-20

Masahiro TSUZAKI

Director (Managing Executive Officer)

Apr 1997 Joined the Company Jan 2014 Representative Director, President, Dunlop Tire Hokkaido Co., Ltd. (now Dunlop Tire Hokkaido Company, Dunlop Tire Corporation) Apr 2016 General Manager, Sales Planning Department, Tire Domestic Replacement Sales Division, the Company Jan 2020 Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Department Jan 2022 General Manager, Hybrid Business Division Jan 2023 Executive Officer Mar 2026 Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Tire Business Planning Division (current)

1973-04-06

Mari SONODA

Outside Director

Apr 1982 Joined the Ministry of Finance Jul 2010 Director, National Property Division, Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance Jul 2012 General Manager, General Affairs Department, Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations Jan 2014 Secretary General, Secretariat of the Specific Personal Information Protection Commission Jan 2016 Secretary General, Secretariat of the Personal Information Protection Commission Mar 2021 Outside Director, the Company (current) Sep 2023 Advisor, Digital Agency (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director, Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd. (current)

1959-07-24

Kazuo KINAMERI

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr 1979 Joined the Company Jan 2001 General Manager, Sports Administration Department Mar 2007 Director, SRI Sports Ltd. (renamed Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd. in 2012) Mar 2011 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, the Company's subsidiary Mar 2015 Representative Director, President Mar 2023 Senior Managing Executive Officer, the Company; Representative Director (Vice President) Mar 2023 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)

1956-08-15

Naoki OKAWA

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr 1987 Joined Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Apr 2012 General Manager, Harness Accounting Department, Accounting Division Mar 2019 General Manager, Accounting Department, the Company Jan 2020 Executive Officer Jan 2021 Managing Executive Officer Mar 2022 Director (Managing Executive Officer) Mar 2026 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

1961-07-09

Takashi TANITOKORO

Outside Director

Apr 1973 Joined Hitachi Zosen Corporation (now Kanadevia Corporation) Jun 2010 Director, Hitachi Zosen Corporation Apr 2012 Managing Director, Hitachi Zosen Corporation Apr 2013 Representative Director, President and COO Apr 2016 Representative Director, President and CEO Apr 2017 Representative Director, Chairman and President Apr 2020 Representative Director, Chairman and CEO Apr 2022 Representative Director, Chairman Jun 2023 Outside Director, the Company (current) Director Adviser, Hitachi Zosen Corporation (now Kanadevia Corporation) Adviser, Hitachi Zosen Corporation (now Kanadevia Corporation) Outside Director, Tsubakimoto Chain Co. (current) Outside Director, Matsumoto Yushi-Seiyaku Co., Ltd. (current)

1949-02-26

Misao FUDABA

Outside Director

Apr 1979 Joined Daicel Corporation Jun 2006 Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Business Support Center Jun 2008 General Manager, Raw Materials Center Jun 2010 Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation Jun 2019 Chairman of the Board, Daicel Corporation Jun 2022 Advisor, Daicel Corporation Mar 2023 Outside Director, the Company (current)

1956-02-23

Naomi HONJIMA

Outside Director

Apr 1987 Joined Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (now Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited) Apr 2014 General Manager, Injury and Illness Claims Support Department, Claims Support Division, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited Apr 2018 Executive Officer, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. Jun 2018 Representative Director, President, MS&AD Ability Works, Inc. Apr 2020 Director, MS&AD Ability Works, Inc. (current) Apr 2021 Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Claims Support Division, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited Apr 2023 Managing Executive Officer, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director, the Company (current)

1963-08-21

Yoshihisa UEDA

Outside Director

Apr 1974 Joined the Ministry of Finance Jul 1980 Director, Nobeoka Tax Office Jun 1984 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the United States Jun 1994 Director, International Capital Division, International Finance Bureau, Ministry of Finance Jun 1999 Commissioner, Kobe Customs Jun 2000 Counsellor, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance Jun 2001 Director, Inter-American Development Bank Jul 2005 Executive Director, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mar 2014 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Paraguay Sep 2017 Registered as attorney; joined Iroikawa Law Office, Tokyo Office (current) Jun 2019 Outside Director, AFS Corporation Mar 2025 Outside Director, the Company (current)

1951-03-17

Asli COLPAN

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr 2008 Associate Professor (Specially Appointed), Kyoto Japan Center, Columbia University Oct 2012 Visiting Scholar, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University; Visiting Associate Professor, Political Science and Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jul 2015 Outside Director, Gourmet Kineya Co., Ltd. Apr 2016 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University May 2016 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University Sep 2016 Visiting Professor, Harvard Business School Mar 2018 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Apr 2018 Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (current) Mar 2019 Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University (current) Outside Director, NISSHA Co., Ltd. Jun 2024 Outside Director, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2025 Assistant to the Executive Vice President, Kyoto University (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (current)

1977-10-25

Hirofumi YASUHARA

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr 1979 Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic Holdings Corporation) Jun 2008 Director, Panahome Corporation (now Panasonic Homes Co., Ltd.) Jun 2012 Representative Director, Panahome Corporation Jun 2015 Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Panasonic Corporation (now Panasonic Holdings Corporation) Jun 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Mar 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Jun 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Hitachi Zosen Corporation (now Kanadevia Corporation) (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Sumidenko Co., Ltd. (current)

1956-08-28

Riichi TAGAWA

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Nov 1979 Joined Asahi & Co. (now Azsa & Co.); left Dec 1995 Mar 1983 Registered Certified Public Accountant (current) Jan 1996 Tax Partner, Ernst & Young, New York Office (now EY) Jul 2008 Tax Partner, EY Tax Co., Ltd., Japan Jul 2010 Tax Partner, Shanghai Office, China; Tax Services Managing Partner, Japanese Corporate Division Jul 2012 Managing Director, Financial Services, Shin Nihon & Co. (now EY Japan) May 2015 Director, Japan SR Association Jun 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsui Sumitomo DS Asset Management Co., Ltd. Sep 2016 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, Musashi University Sep 2018 CEO, Ranzan USA Corporation (current) May 2021 Independent Non-Executive Director, CITIC Limited (current) Jun 2022 Auditor, Music Dialogue (current) Mar 2024 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)

1953-05-08

Large Shareholding Reports

Fidelity Investment Trust Company, Limited

2026-06-04

5.30%

Fidelity Investment Trust Company, Limited

2026-03-06

5.57%