Overview
Machinery

Asahi Diamond Industrial Co.,Ltd.

Asahi Diamond Industrial is a leading manufacturer and seller of diamond tools (including CBN tools and grinding wheels) serving the electronics/semiconductor, automotive, machinery, and stone/construction industries. The company offers a broad product portfolio including ultra-porous metal bond wheels (M-cloud), arrayed electroplated wheels (AG Wheel), and porous metal wheels (Aero Metal), underpinned by proprietary R&D capabilities. Its competitive strengths lie in advanced abrasive tool technology and a fully integrated global manufacturing and sales network spanning Japan, Asia-Oceania, Europe, North America, and beyond.

Market Cap
¥49.9B
US$318M
EV
¥25.7B
US$164M
Stock¥1,037▼-0.58%
US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)
LTM EV/EBITDA
3.8
x
LTM EV/EBIT
7.3
x
LTM PER
21.3
x
LTM PBR
0.8
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+0.3%pt
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Oct 23, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Jan 28, 26Potential activist intervention surge
2Feb 12, 26Q3 results: Revenue slight decline, OP -14.2%, NP +46.0%, FY recurring profit guidance raised +30.27%
3Apr 17, 26Apr 16 disclosure: Net profit guidance cut and special loss recorded
4Aug 7, 26Q1 FY2027/03 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
49.9BUS$318MMarket Cap4.73BUS$30.1M+ Debt15.0BUS$95.6M− Cash15.8BUS$100M− Inv. Sec.1.86BUS$11.8M+ NCI25.7BUS$164MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
37.2US$237M'22/339.3US$250M'23/338.7US$246M'24/341.0US$261M'25/342.0US$267M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
5.77US$36.8M'22/35.39US$34.3M'23/34.50US$28.6M'24/35.64US$35.9M'25/35.88US$37.4M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
3.29US$20.9M'22/32.77US$17.6M'23/32.11US$13.4M'24/32.49US$15.9M'25/32.01US$12.8M'26/3
Capital Structure
93%
EquityD/E 0.07xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
25.5US$162M0.21US$1.34M'22/329.2US$186M0.18US$1.14M'23/325.9US$165M0.54US$3.46M'24/325.5US$163M2.42US$15.4M'25/329.3US$187M4.72US$30.1M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 28.5%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
9.29%
2
Asahi Diamond Industrial Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association
4.15%
3
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
3.49%
4
Stock Ownership Association
2.75%
5
Nippon Life Insurance Company (Standing Proxy: The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
2.15%
6
UNION TOOL CO.
1.87%
7
Rakuten Securities, Inc. (Joint Account)
1.53%
8
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
1.43%
9
JP JPMSE LUX RE BARCLAYS CAPITAL SEC LTD EQ CO (Standing Proxy: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
1.06%
10
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 140044 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
0.83%
Management
12 officers
Kazuki KATAOKA
Representative Director, President
Apr 1976 Joined the Company Jul 2005 General Manager, Technology Department, Sales Division Jun 2008 Director; Deputy General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2011 Senior Managing Director; General Manager, Management Strategy Planning Division; Deputy General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2013 Representative Director, Senior Managing Director; General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2015 Representative Director, President (current) Jul 2019 Member, Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee (current)
1952-03-05
Tomohiko HARA
Representative Director, Senior Managing Director; General Manager, Production Division and Plant Manager, Mie Plant
Apr 1980 Joined the Company Jul 2010 General Manager, Second Manufacturing Department, Tamagawa Plant Feb 2013 General Manager, Overseas Business Division (seconded to P.T. Asahi Diamond Industrial Indonesia) Jun 2013 Executive Officer; President, P.T. Asahi Diamond Industrial Indonesia Jul 2017 Executive Officer; General Manager, Overseas Business Division, in charge of ASEAN and Australia (President, P.T. Asahi Diamond Industrial Indonesia) Jun 2019 Director; Plant Manager, Mie Plant Jun 2021 Director; General Manager, Production Division and Plant Manager, Mie Plant Jun 2022 Representative Director, Senior Managing Director; General Manager, Production Division and Plant Manager, Mie Plant (current)
1958-01-10
Toshimasa HAGIWARA
Director; General Manager, Sales Division and in charge of East Japan
Apr 1982 Joined the Company Jun 2009 Executive Officer; Branch Manager, Nagoya Branch Jun 2014 Director; Branch Manager, Nagoya Branch Apr 2015 Director, in charge of China (Chairman, Shanghai Asahi Kuihui Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.) Jul 2017 Director, in charge of China and Taiwan, Overseas Business Division (Chairman, Shanghai Asahi Kuihui Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.) Nov 2019 Director, in charge of China and Taiwan, Global Business Division (Chairman, Shanghai Asahi Kuihui Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.) Jan 2021 Director (Chairman, Shanghai Asahi Kuihui Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.) Jun 2021 Director; Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, in charge of East Japan Jun 2022 Director; General Manager, Sales Division, in charge of East Japan (current)
1959-11-10
Junichi MATSUDA
Director; General Manager, Overseas Business Division and Management Strategy Division
Apr 1986 Joined the Company Jul 2009 General Manager, Technical Research Institute Jun 2013 Executive Officer; General Manager, Technical Research Institute Jun 2015 Executive Officer; General Manager, Management Strategy Planning Division Oct 2018 Executive Officer; General Manager, Management Strategy Division and Overseas Business Department Nov 2019 Executive Officer; General Manager, Management Strategy Division Jan 2021 Executive Officer; General Manager, Management Strategy Division and Overseas Business Department, Group Companies Division Jun 2022 Director; General Manager, Group Companies Division and Overseas Business Department Jun 2024 Director; General Manager, Overseas Business Division and Management Strategy Division (current)
1961-04-11
Hiroaki KAWAI
Director; Plant Manager, Chiba Plant
Apr 1990 Joined the Company Jul 2016 Deputy Manager, Atsugi Sales Office Jul 2019 General Manager, Tokyo Sales Department Jun 2021 Executive Officer; in charge of Central Japan, Sales Division; Branch Manager, Nagoya Branch Jun 2025 Director; in charge of Central Japan, Sales Division; Branch Manager, Nagoya Branch Jun 2026 Director; Plant Manager, Chiba Plant (current)
1967-07-31
Kenichi KANEMOTO
Director; Plant Manager, Tamagawa Plant and General Manager, Procurement Department, Production Division
Apr 1996 Joined the Company Jul 2018 Deputy General Manager, Accounting and Purchasing, Mie Plant Apr 2020 Deputy General Manager, Administration Department, Mie Plant Apr 2022 General Manager, Procurement Department, Production Division; General Manager, Administration Department, Mie Plant Apr 2024 General Manager, Procurement Department, Production Division; General Manager, Administration Department, Tamagawa Plant Jun 2024 Executive Officer; Plant Manager, Tamagawa Plant; General Manager, Procurement Department, Production Division Jun 2026 Director; Plant Manager, Tamagawa Plant; General Manager, Procurement Department, Production Division (current)
1970-09-26
Takeshi MATSUZAKI
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1985 Joined the Company Jul 2016 Deputy General Manager, Accounting Department, Administration Division Jul 2017 Deputy General Manager, Finance Section, Accounting Department, Administration Division Jul 2021 Senior Expert, Accounting Department, Administration Division Jun 2022 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
1961-07-07
Yuko ICHIKAWA
Director
Jun 2016 Investor Relations General Manager, Rakuten, Inc. (now Rakuten Group, Inc.) Mar 2018 Outside Director, Allied Architects Inc. May 2019 Founded Market River Inc.; Representative Director (current) Jun 2019 Outside Director, Stroly Inc. (current) Mar 2020 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Allied Architects Inc. Oct 2020 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Classico Inc. (current) Oct 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Your Mystar Inc. (current) Jun 2021 Director of the Company (current) Jun 2021 Member, Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director, WILLGROUP Inc. (current)
1970-12-26
Eriko KAWAJIRI
Director
Oct 2003 Assistant Judge, Tokyo District Court Apr 2008 Public Prosecutor Jul 2011 Assistant Judge, Tokyo District Court; Judge, Tokyo Summary Court Apr 2012 Assistant Judge, Morioka District and Family Court; Chief, Miyako Branch; Judge, Morioka Summary Court Oct 2013 Judge, Morioka District and Family Court; Chief, Miyako Branch; Judge, Morioka Summary Court May 2015 Registered as attorney-at-law; joined Harlow Law Office (current) Jul 2019 Outside Director, GigWorks Advalue Inc. (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director, HCS Holdings Inc. (now Hibiya Computer System Corporation) Jun 2023 Director of the Company (current) Jun 2023 Member, Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Rasa Shoji Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2024 Outside Director, Kyutech ARISE Inc. (current)
1975-08-18
Tetsuya NAKAMURA
Director
Apr 2004 General Manager, Management Planning Division, NEC Corporation Jun 2005 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. Jul 2008 Chief Business Strategist, NEC Electronics Corporation (now Renesas Electronics Corporation) Jun 2010 Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, NEC Capital Solutions Limited Jul 2012 Executive Expert, Management Planning, Office of the Managing Director, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. Jun 2013 Executive Officer; General Manager, Management Planning Division, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. Jun 2019 Director, Executive Officer, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. Aug 2019 Deputy General Manager, Connector Business Division (New Business Project), Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. Apr 2021 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. Jun 2025 Advisor, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. Jun 2026 Director of the Company (current) Jun 2026 Member, Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee (current)
1958-12-25
Yukio OTAKA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
May 2004 Head, Bahrain Representative Office, Mizuho Corporate Bank (now Mizuho Bank) Jun 2007 Head, Dubai Branch Office and Head, Bahrain Representative Office, European Products Sales Department, Mizuho Corporate Bank Jun 2008 General Manager, Finance Department, Daiwa Can Company Oct 2010 Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Asia and Middle East Sales Division, Zebra Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Outside Director, Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Jun 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nippon CMK Corporation Jun 2023 Member, Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee
1955-10-23
Makoto KAWASHIMA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
May 2004 Deputy Head, Osaka Branch, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Feb 2006 Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., Ltd. Jun 2006 Representative Director, Managing Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., Ltd. Jun 2009 Representative Director, Vice President, M.U. Frontier Debt Collection Co., Ltd. Apr 2011 Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Chiyoda Corporation Jun 2011 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Chiyoda Corporation Jun 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Jun 2023 Member, Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee
1953-08-05
Large Shareholding Reports
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
2026-07-21
3.76%→3.04%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-07-21
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
2025-08-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
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
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINETAmended
2023-11-13
Amended Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-11-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-28
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-27
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
2021-06-28
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
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