Overview
Machinery

NIPPON THOMPSON CO.,LTD.

Nippon Thompson (IKO) is a leading manufacturer of needle roller bearings and linear motion (LM) guide systems, marketed globally under the IKO brand. The company's product portfolio encompasses linear ways, cross roller ways, ball splines, cam followers, cross roller bearings, and mechatronics positioning stages, serving industries such as semiconductors, machine tools, robotics, and precision equipment. Its competitive strengths lie in precision engineering, an extensive product lineup, and deep technical support capabilities including CAD data services and life calculation tools.

Market Cap
¥102B
US$653M
EV
¥88.5B
US$564M
Stock¥1,465▼-1.08%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
9.4
x
LTM EV/EBIT
14.4
x
LTM PER
17.7
x
LTM PBR
1.2
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+90.1%pt
100123
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Mar 5, 26Reactive buying after previous day's selling
2Aug 7, 26Q1 FY2027/03 earnings announced
3Oct 15, 26CoreWeave bond shock triggers AI/semiconductor sell-off amid renewed Fed rate-hike fears
MC → EV Bridge
102BUS$653MMarket Cap27.0BUS$172M+ Debt23.1BUS$147M− Cash17.8BUS$113M− Inv. Sec.88.5BUS$564MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
62.3US$397M'22/368.3US$435M'23/355.0US$351M'24/354.4US$347M'25/363.0US$402M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
9.78US$62.4M'22/312.9US$82.2M'23/36.49US$41.4M'24/34.41US$28.1M'25/37.32US$46.7M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
4.13US$26.4M'22/37.47US$47.6M'23/32.67US$17.1M'24/30.98US$6.24M'25/34.07US$26.0M'26/3
Capital Structure
76%
24%
EquityD/E 0.31xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
27.0US$172M23.9US$152M'22/328.0US$178M22.1US$141M'23/331.6US$202M27.7US$177M'24/335.5US$227M34.9US$223M'25/339.4US$251M30.5US$195M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 46.4%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
10.96%
2
NIPPON THOMPSON CO.,LTD. Business Partners' Stock Ownership Association
8.35%
3
Nippon Life Insurance Company (Standing Proxy: The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
5.98%
4
MM Investments Co., Ltd.
4.85%
5
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
4.73%
6
NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.
2.81%
7
NIPPON THOMPSON CO.,LTD. Employee Stock Ownership Association
2.61%
8
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
2.26%
9
HSBC BANK PLC A/C M AND G (ACS) VALUE PARTNERS CHINA EQUITY FUND (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch, Securities Services Operations)
1.97%
10
Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (Retirement Benefit Trust, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Account; Re-trustee: Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
1.83%
Management
11 officers
Shigeki MIYAJI
Director, Chairman of the Board
Apr 1979 Joined The Tokai Bank, Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd.) Oct 2008 Joined the Company; General Manager, Corporate Planning Department (Director in charge) Jan 2009 General Manager, Corporate Planning Department Jun 2010 Managing Director Jun 2012 Representative Director, President Apr 2025 Representative Director, Chairman Apr 2026 Director, Chairman of the Board (current)
1956-04-14
Shinya HIDESHIMA
Director, Vice Chairman; in charge of Production Division and Sales Division
Apr 1978 Joined Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2009 Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2010 Senior Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2011 Director, Senior Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2013 Director, Managing Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Dec 2016 Director, Hikari Sangyo Sosei Graduate School Mar 2017 Advisor, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Jun 2017 Outside Director, Fujibo Holdings, Inc. Jun 2018 Outside Director, Shin Meiwa Industry Co., Ltd. Jun 2019 Outside Director, the Company Jun 2022 Senior Managing Director, the Company Jun 2025 Director, Vice Chairman (current)
1954-01-09
Mikito HOSONO
Representative Director, President and CEO
Nov 1990 Joined the Company Jul 2011 General Manager, Administration Department, Gifu Works Jun 2013 Manager, South Kanto Branch, Eastern Branch Office Jul 2017 General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department Apr 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department Apr 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department Apr 2024 Senior Executive Officer; in charge of Corporate Planning, Human Resources and General Affairs, Accounting, and Secretarial Office Jun 2024 Director; in charge of Corporate Planning, Human Resources and General Affairs, Accounting, and Secretarial Office Apr 2025 Representative Director, President Apr 2026 Representative Director, President and CEO (current)
1964-02-05
Osamu NISHIMURA
Director, CFO; in charge of Corporate Planning, Human Resources and General Affairs, Accounting, Legal Office, and Secretarial Office
Nov 2000 Joined the Company Jul 2016 Deputy General Manager, Production Management Division Apr 2019 Manager, Third Plant, Gifu Works Apr 2023 General Manager, Production Planning Department, Production Innovation Division Apr 2024 Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department Apr 2025 Executive Officer; in charge of Corporate Planning, Human Resources and General Affairs, Accounting, and Secretarial Office Jun 2025 Director; in charge of Corporate Planning, Human Resources and General Affairs, Accounting, and Secretarial Office Apr 2026 Director, CFO; in charge of Corporate Planning, Human Resources and General Affairs, Accounting, Legal Office, and Secretarial Office (current)
1964-01-23
Yoichi TAKEI
Director
Apr 1993 Registered as attorney (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association); joined Iwata Godo Law Office Apr 2000 Partner, Meitetsu Sogo Law Office (current) Jun 2003 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jun 2006 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Yamasaki Metal Industry Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2013 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Daio Paper Corporation (current) Jan 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) (current)
1961-06-10
Satoshi SAITO
Director
Apr 1982 Joined The Tokai Bank, Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd.) Apr 2002 Associate Professor, Sanno University Apr 2005 Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Sanno University (current) Jun 2007 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jun 2016 Outside Director, the Company (current) Nov 2025 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Seibido Co., Ltd. (current)
1959-05-16
Atsuko NODA
Director
Apr 1983 Joined Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Apr 1991 Purser, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Sep 1994 Established Henkel & Grosse Japan Representative Office; Japan Representative Nov 1995 Established Japan Duty Free Service Co., Ltd. (now Grosse Japan Co., Ltd.); Representative Director Dec 2002 Representative Director, CEO, Grosse Japan Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1961-01-12
Nobuhiro MATSUMOTO
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1987 Joined The Tokai Bank, Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd.) Jun 2013 Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd. Jun 2017 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd. Jun 2019 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. Jun 2019 Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd. Jun 2023 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jun 2025 Outside Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1963-07-05
Taketo NASU
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1996 Registered as attorney (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association); joined Yuasa Law and Patent Office (now Yuasahara Law and Patent Office) Jan 2001 Registered as attorney in New York State, USA Apr 2006 Lecturer, Toin Yokohama Law School, Toin Gakuen Apr 2009 Partner, Breakmore Law Office (current) Jun 2013 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Apr 2014 Instructor, Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan Jun 2025 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1968-08-18
Kazuhisa HAYASHIDA
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 1997 Joined Tokyo Electron Limited Dec 2006 Joined Misuzu Audit Corporation Aug 2007 Joined Shin Nihon & Co. (now EY ShinNihon LLP) Feb 2014 Opened Kazuhisa Hayashida Certified Public Accountant Office; Principal (current) Sep 2016 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Dai Nippon Construction Consultants Co., Ltd. Jun 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, BlueMeme Inc. Jun 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jul 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Manabi Aid Co., Ltd. Jul 2021 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), DN Holdings Co., Ltd. Jun 2025 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current) Jan 2026 Representative Partner, Mio Accounting Firm Tax Accountant Corporation (current)
1973-12-18
Rika SAEKI
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Apr 2002 Established Yu System Ltd. (now Yu System Co., Ltd.); Representative Director (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Nikko Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Director, Kobe Shoko Boeki Center Co., Ltd. Jun 2025 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current)
1961-02-27
Large Shareholding Reports
M&G Investment Management Limited
2026-02-20
6.30%→4.51%
Nippon Thomson Business Partners Shareholding Association, Chairman: Tetsuro HIGASHINO
2026-01-26
7.08%→8.10%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Nippon Thomson Business Partners Shareholding Association, Chairman: Tetsuro HIGASHINO
2026-01-07
7.08%→8.10%
Nippon Life Insurance Company
2025-12-22
5.94%→5.80%
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2025-10-06
4.50%→3.98%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-02-20
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-09
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINETAmended
2026-01-26
Change Report
EDINET
2026-01-07
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-12-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-11-10
Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2025-11-10
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-10-06
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-11
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-13
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
2023-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
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
2021-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-25
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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