Overview
Electric Appliances

MegaChips Corporation

MegaChips Corporation is a global fabless semiconductor manufacturer specializing in the design, development, and production of system LSIs based on proprietary analog and digital technologies. The company offers a full range of solutions including custom ASICs, application-specific standard products (ASSPs), and modules, serving customers across multiple industries. MegaChips differentiates itself through its full-turnkey ASIC capabilities, proprietary core technologies, and high-quality manufacturing partnerships with leading overseas foundries.

Market Cap
¥137B
US$875M
EV
¥-301B
-US$1.92B
Stock¥9,770▼-2.30%
US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)
LTM EV/EBITDA
NM
LTM EV/EBIT
NM
LTM PER
3.2
x
LTM PBR
0.4
x
2026-08-25 closing price basis: ranked #2 in beluuga.ai's "Japanese listed companies with negative Enterprise Value" ranking (simplified EV ≈ ¥-2,740B).
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+4.2%pt
10012
Oct 23, 25 – Oct 22, 26StockTOPIX
1Nov 19, 25Former Murakami Fund group (City Index Eleventh, Reno, Minamia… changed stake (6.1%→4.62%)
2Aug 7, 26Q1 FY2027/03 earnings announced; Board approved share buyback and cancellation
MC → EV Bridge
137BUS$875MMarket Cap6.00BUS$38.2M+ Debt44.7BUS$285M− Cash401BUS$2.55B− Inv. Sec.0.98BUS$6.27M+ NCI-301B-US$1.92BEV
AI Briefing
Fabless system-LSI designer (ASIC/ASSP/modules) leveraging turnkey design and foundry partnerships across AI robotics and Wi-Fi HaLow applications. Top line has eroded sharply: FY26/3 revenue ¥36.2B with operating loss ¥-0.2B, down from ¥70.7B/¥6.0B just three years earlier. Net cash position (¥44.7B cash vs ¥6.0B debt) and negative EV signal market is pricing in continued profitability stress despite a projected EBITDA rebound to ¥3.2B.
Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
75.3US$479M'22/370.7US$450M'23/357.9US$369M'24/342.3US$270M'25/336.2US$230M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
7.34US$46.7M'22/36.43US$41.0M'23/36.01US$38.3M'24/32.90US$18.5M'25/30.50US$3.17M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
27.5US$175M'22/37.09US$45.1M'23/34.49US$28.6M'24/35.37US$34.2M'25/39.28US$59.1M'26/3
Capital Structure
98%
EquityD/E 0.02xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
31.4US$200M'22/333.5US$213M'23/3104US$660M'24/3122US$780M'25/3230US$1.46B'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 51.5%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
11.80%
2
Shindo & Associates Co., Ltd.
8.43%
3
Shindo Co., Ltd.
8.29%
4
Akihiro SHINDO
3.75%
5
Ritsuko SHINDO
3.59%
6
Noriko MATSUI
3.39%
7
Mika AOKI
3.31%
8
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
3.26%
9
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
3.01%
10
Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
2.67%
Management
11 officers
Tetsushi KOIKAWA
Representative Director, President
Apr 2000 Executive Officer, Corporate Planning Division, the Company Jun 2000 Director, the Company Jan 2008 Executive Officer, General Manager of Management Administration Division and General Manager of Public Relations Department, the Company Jun 2008 Director, the Company (resigned) Jun 2008 Executive Officer, General Manager of Customer-Dedicated Business Division, the Company Dec 2010 Executive Officer, General Manager of Production Control Department, the Company Jun 2012 Director, the Company Apr 2013 Executive Officer, General Manager of First Business Division, the Company Jul 2017 Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Office, the Company Jun 2018 Managing Director, the Company Jun 2019 Representative Director, President, the Company (current)
1958-05-03
Akihiro SHINDO
Chairman of the Board, Director
Apr 1990 Founder, Representative Director, President, the Company Jun 2000 Representative Director, President, the Company (resigned) Jun 2000 Chairman of the Board, Director, the Company Jun 2002 Director, the Company (resigned) Jun 2002 Chairman, the Company Jun 2019 Chairman of the Board, Director, the Company (current)
1941-01-28
Yoshimasa HAYASHI
Director, Senior Vice President, Executive Officer, General Manager of Hardware Business Division
Jun 2000 Director, the Company Jan 2008 Executive Officer, General Manager of Business Management Office, the Company Feb 2009 Director, Senior Vice President, General Manager of Business Division and General Manager of Sales Administration Department, the Company Jun 2013 Director, the Company (resigned) Apr 2016 Executive Officer, General Manager of Human Resources Development Division and General Manager of System Business Division, the Company Jun 2016 Director, the Company Apr 2020 Executive Officer, General Manager of ASIC Business Division, the Company Jun 2020 Senior Managing Director, the Company Oct 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, the Company Feb 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department and General Manager of Applied Technology Department, the Company Jun 2022 Director, Senior Vice President, the Company (current) Apr 2023 Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance Division, the Company Jun 2025 Director, Shunying Investment Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2025 Executive Officer, General Manager of ASIC Memory Business Division, the Company Apr 2026 Executive Officer, General Manager of Hardware Business Division, the Company (current)
1957-09-23
Masaaki IWAI
Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of Administration Division
Apr 1989 Joined Toshiba Corporation Feb 2009 Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. Jan 2012 Returned to Toshiba Corporation Nov 2020 Joined the Company; Deputy General Manager of ASIC Division 2 and General Manager of Product Technology Department, ASIC Business Division 2 Jan 2021 General Manager of ASIC Division 2, ASIC Business Division 2, the Company Oct 2021 Executive Officer, General Manager of Third Business Division, the Company Oct 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager of ASIC Business Division, the Company Jun 2023 Director, the Company (current) Jun 2023 Director, Xinxin Share Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2024 Executive Officer, General Manager of ASIC Business Division, the Company Jun 2025 Director, MegaChips LSI USA Corporation (current) Jul 2025 Executive Officer, General Manager of LSI Business Division, the Company Apr 2026 Executive Officer, General Manager of Administration Division, the Company (current)
1964-03-03
Junko NAGATA
Outside Director
Apr 1988 Captain, Patrol Vessel Matsunami, Tokyo Coast Guard Mar 1993 Completed Master's Program, Graduate School of Policy Science, Saitama University; Master of Policy Analysis Apr 1995 Chief Navigation Officer, Patrol Vessel Chikuzen, Fukuoka Coast Guard Apr 1997 Associate Professor, Administration and Management Course, Japan Coast Guard Academy Mar 2000 Completed Doctoral Coursework (withdrew), Graduate School of Business Administration, Osaka University Apr 2003 Associate Professor, Urban Policy Major, Graduate School of Creative Cities, Osaka City University (now Osaka Metropolitan University) Apr 2005 Associate Professor, Creative City Major, Graduate School of Creative Cities, Osaka City University (now Osaka Metropolitan University) Apr 2018 Professor, Urban Management and Regional Economics Major, Graduate School of Urban Management, Osaka City University (now Osaka Metropolitan University) (current) Jun 2019 Outside Director, the Company (current) May 2020 Director, Institute for Women's Practical Learning, General Incorporated Association (current)
1961-10-09
Kanbun NAGAI
Outside Director
Oct 1994 Joined Ohta Showa Audit Corporation (now EY ShinNihon LLC) May 1998 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Oct 2005 Transferred to Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (now Osaka Exchange, Inc.), Self-Regulation Division Oct 2007 Returned to Shin Nihon LLC (now EY ShinNihon LLC) Feb 2010 Head, Nagai Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Mar 2010 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant Jun 2011 Managing Partner, Aruto Tsukiji Audit Corporation (current) Mar 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Broad Enterprise Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1972-01-23
Heihachi MATSUMOTO
Outside Director
Apr 1972 Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Kitaitami Works) Nov 1985 Awarded Doctor of Engineering by Kyoto University Jan 1987 Manager, Quality Assurance Section No. 3, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Oct 1991 Deputy General Manager, Memory IC Department, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Oct 1993 General Manager, System LSI Development Department, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Apr 1997 Director, System LSI Research Laboratory, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Apr 2002 General Manager, LCD Business Division, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Apr 2006 Professor, Kochi University of Technology Apr 2010 Visiting Professor, Kochi University of Technology (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, the Company (current)
1946-11-02
Satoshi NAKAMURA
Outside Director
Apr 1981 Joined Sharp Corporation (Central Research Laboratories, Information Technology Research Laboratory) Mar 1992 Awarded Doctor of Engineering by Kyoto University Apr 1994 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology Dec 2003 Honorarprofessor, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (current) Apr 2005 Director, Speech and Language Communication Research Laboratories, ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International) Jun 2007 Director, ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International) Apr 2010 Director, Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center and Keihanna Research Laboratory, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Apr 2011 Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology Jun 2023 Outside Director, the Company (current) Apr 2024 Specially Appointed Professor, Research Promotion Organization, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (current) Apr 2024 Professor, School of Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (current)
1958-08-04
Hiroshi AOKI
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 2009 Group Leader, Business Planning Group, Finance and Accounting Office, the Company Apr 2011 Section Manager, Business Planning Section, Business Management Department, Administration Division, the Company Apr 2019 General Manager, Business Management Department, Business Planning Division, the Company Oct 2022 General Manager, Business Management Department, President's Office, the Company Apr 2023 General Manager, Business Management Department, Corporate Management Division, the Company Jun 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1971-05-19
Keiichi KITANO
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1985 Joined Amagasaki Naniwa Shinkin Bank (now Amagasaki Shinkin Bank) Jan 1988 Left the bank Feb 1988 Joined Wada General Accounting Office Feb 1996 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant (Japan Federation of Certified Tax Accountants' Associations) Sep 1998 Deputy Director, Wada General Accounting Office Apr 2000 Head, Keiichi Kitano Certified Tax Accountant Office (current) Jun 2002 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Dec 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, SUS Co., Ltd. (current)
1962-12-12
Tomoyoshi FURUKAWA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Nov 2002 Passed National Bar Examination Oct 2004 Completed Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court; registered as attorney (Osaka Bar Association) May 2011 Completed LL.M. (Intellectual Property concentration), Boston University School of Law Feb 2012 Admitted to New York State Bar Apr 2018 Partner, Ohara & Furukawa Law and Patent Office (current) Jun 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Jun 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nihon Seigyo Kiki Co., Ltd. (current)
1978-10-06
Large Shareholding Reports
Shindo & Associates Co., Ltd.
2026-06-17
6.62%→6.62%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 8.43%
Shindo & Associates Co., Ltd.
2026-06-10
5.87%→6.62%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 8.43%
Shindo & Associates Co., Ltd.
2026-06-10
5.87%→6.62%
Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 8.43%
Shindo & Associates Co., Ltd.
2026-06-01
5.87%→6.62%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 8.43%
Aya NOMURA
2025-11-19
6.10%→4.62%
Aya NOMURA
2025-10-08
5.10%→6.10%
Aya NOMURA
2025-10-01
5.10%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-06
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-24
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-06-17
Large Shareholding Report
EDINETAmended
2026-06-10
Change Report
EDINET
2026-06-10
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-01
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-06
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-19
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-10-08
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-01
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-20
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
2024-06-21
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-14
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
2023-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-24
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-08
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-11
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-25
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
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