Overview
Electric Appliances

HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.

Hamamatsu Photonics is a leading manufacturer of photonic devices and systems, producing photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), optical semiconductors (Si photodiodes, APDs, MPPCs/SiPMs), image sensors, scientific cameras, spectrometers, light sources, and laser products. The company serves diverse end markets including semiconductor manufacturing, life sciences, medical imaging, high energy physics, and industrial measurement. Its competitive strengths lie in deep vertical integration across the photonics value chain, proprietary device technologies with industry-leading sensitivity, and a broad product portfolio spanning components to complete systems.

Market Cap
¥600B
US$3.82B
EV
¥587B
US$3.74B
Stock¥2,074▼-0.60%
US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)
LTM EV/EBITDA
14.8
x
LTM EV/EBIT
28.9
x
LTM PER
34.8
x
LTM PBR
1.9
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+2.0%pt
1001
Oct 23, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Aug 7, 26Q3 FY2026/09 earnings announced
MC → EV Bridge
600BUS$3.82BMarket Cap96.8BUS$616M+ Debt103BUS$655M− Cash8.24BUS$52.5M− Inv. Sec.1.63BUS$10.4M+ NCI587BUS$3.74BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
169US$1.08B'21/9209US$1.33B'22/9221US$1.41B'23/9204US$1.30B'24/9212US$1.35B'25/9
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
47.9US$305M'21/970.5US$449M'22/971.2US$453M'23/948.8US$311M'24/935.1US$223M'25/9
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
25.1US$160M'21/941.3US$263M'22/942.8US$273M'23/925.1US$160M'24/914.2US$90.4M'25/9
Capital Structure
77%
23%
EquityD/E 0.31xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
95.0US$605M9.79US$62.3M'21/9130US$826M11.5US$73.4M'22/9123US$785M12.5US$79.5M'23/9101US$646M41.9US$267M'24/995.3US$607M72.3US$460M'25/9
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 36.4%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
15.73%
2
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
6.58%
3
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. Employee Stock Ownership Association
3.05%
4
Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (Investment Trust Account)
2.00%
5
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account 4)
1.66%
6
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505223 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.60%
7
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505301 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.46%
8
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.44%
9
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505103 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.42%
10
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.42%
Management
14 officers
Tadashi MARUNO
Representative Director, President and Executive Officer
Apr 1983: Joined the Company Oct 2008: General Manager, No. 1 Design Department, System Business Division Aug 2014: Director, Hamamatsu Corporation (current) Oct 2014: General Manager, System Design Department Oct 2016: Acting General Manager, System Business Division (currently Deputy General Manager, System Business Division) Dec 2017: Appointed Director, General Manager, System Business Division Dec 2019: Appointed Managing Director Dec 2020: Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer Dec 2021: Appointed Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer Oct 2022: Chairman, Hamamatsu Photonics Trading (China) Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2022: Appointed Representative Director and President, President and Executive Officer (current) May 2024: Chairman of the Board, NKT Photonics A/S (current)
1960-10-06
Hisaki KATO
Representative Director, Vice President and Executive Officer
Mar 1981: Joined the Company Oct 2012: General Manager, No. 1 Manufacturing Department, Electron Tube Division Jan 2018: Deputy General Manager, Electron Tube Division Dec 2018: Appointed Director Dec 2020: Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Electron Tube Division Oct 2022: Chairman, Beijing Hamamatsu Photon Technique Inc. (current) Dec 2022: Appointed Representative Director and Vice President, Vice President and Executive Officer (current) Dec 2023: General Manager, Electron Tube Division; in charge of Laser Business Promotion Department
1957-05-07
Takayuki SUZUKI
Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Solid State Division
Jul 1989: Joined the Company Oct 2016: General Manager, No. 3 Manufacturing Department, Solid State Division Oct 2017: Deputy General Manager, Solid State Division Dec 2017: Appointed Director Dec 2019: Appointed Managing Director Dec 2020: Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Solid State Division Jun 2021: Director, Hamamatsu Corporation (current) Dec 2022: Senior Managing Executive Officer (current); in charge of Social and Environmental Value Creation and DX Dec 2023: Appointed Representative Director, General Manager, Solid State Division (current) Apr 2024: In charge of Social and Environmental Value Creation
1961-10-08
Kazuhiko MORI
Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Management Administration Headquarters
Apr 1979: Joined Kyowa Bank, Ltd. (now Resona Bank, Limited) Jul 2009: General Manager, Shibuya Area Sales Department No. 1, Resona Bank, Limited Jul 2011: Seconded to the Company as General Manager, Finance Department Dec 2012: Appointed Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member Dec 2017: Appointed Director, General Manager, Administration Department Dec 2020: Appointed Senior Executive Officer Dec 2022: Appointed Director (current) Apr 2023: General Manager, Finance and Accounting Headquarters Dec 2023: General Manager, Finance and Accounting Headquarters Apr 2024: General Manager, Management Administration Headquarters May 2024: Appointed Director, NKT Photonics A/S (current) Dec 2024: Managing Executive Officer
1956-12-11
Ken NOZAKI
Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters
Apr 1991: Joined the Company Oct 2013: General Manager, Office of the President Jul 2020: General Manager, GSCC Business Mentor Bank Department Dec 2020: Appointed Executive Officer; in charge of External Relations, General Manager, Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Department Dec 2022: Appointed Managing Executive Officer; in charge of Planning Coordination and External Relations (current) Apr 2023: General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters (current) Dec 2024: Appointed Director (current)
1956-12-25
Hisashi TORIYAMA
Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Headquarters
Mar 1981: Joined the Company Oct 2012: General Manager, Electron Tube Sales Promotion Department Dec 2015: Appointed Director Oct 2018: General Manager, Sales Division Dec 2020: Appointed Senior Executive Officer Dec 2021: Appointed Managing Executive Officer (current) Dec 2024: Appointed Director (current) Apr 2025: General Manager, Sales Headquarters (current)
1958-03-11
Kazue KURIHARA
Director
Apr 1997: Professor, Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University (now Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials) Apr 2010: Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University (now Advanced Institute for Materials Research) Apr 2016: Professor Emerita, Tohoku University (current) Apr 2017: Professor, Research Center for Future Science and Technology, Tohoku University Dec 2020: Appointed Director of the Company (current) Jan 2022: Appointed Director, SMILEco Measurement Inc. (current) Jun 2023: Appointed Outside Director, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (current) Apr 2025: Senior Research Fellow, Research Center for Future Science and Technology, Tohoku University (current)
1951-01-24
Takao HIROSE
Director
Apr 1997: Registered as attorney-at-law; joined Tomotsune Kimura Mitomi Law Office (now Anderson Mori & Tomotsune) May 2004: Registered as attorney-at-law in New York State Jan 2005: Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (current) Jun 2010: Outside Director, Roland DG Corporation Jun 2018: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, CYFUSE Biomedical K.K. (current) Mar 2021: Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Core Concept Technologies Inc. (current) Dec 2021: Appointed Director of the Company (current)
1971-06-28
Kaoru MINOSHIMA
Director
Apr 2013: Professor, The University of Electro-Communications (current) Apr 2021: Director, Center for Quantum Science Research, The University of Electro-Communications Apr 2022: Vice President, The University of Electro-Communications (in charge of Academic Research Data Utilization) Dec 2023: Appointed Director of the Company (current) Apr 2024: Vice President, The University of Electro-Communications (in charge of Strengthening International Development) (current) Vice Executive Director, The University of Electro-Communications (current)
1964-11-25
Takaaki KIMURA
Director
Apr 1976: Joined Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Apr 2002: General Manager, AM Business Division, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Jun 2003: Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2005: Director, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2007: Senior Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Jan 2009: General Manager, Marine Business Unit, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Nov 2009: Appointed Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2010: Senior Managing Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Jan 2012: General Manager, Technology Unit, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2014: Vice President and Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mar 2018: Advisor, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (retired Mar 2021) Dec 2024: Appointed Director of the Company (current)
1953-02-14
Akira UTSUYAMA
Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1983: Joined the Company Jul 2006: General Manager, Intellectual Property Department Dec 2017: Appointed Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member (current)
1960-06-12
Michihito SUZUKI
Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Mar 1980: Joined the Company Oct 2010: Manager, Tokyo Sales Office, Domestic Sales Headquarters Oct 2012: Group Leader, Business Group, Laser Business Development Department (now Laser Business Promotion Department) Oct 2016: Deputy General Manager, Compound Materials Center Dec 2020: Appointed Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member (current)
1958-01-07
Masaharu NAKANO
Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1980: Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Jun 2007: Appointed Executive Officer, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) May 2010: Appointed Managing Executive Officer, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Jul 2012: Appointed Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Nov 2014: Appointed Representative Director and Vice President, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd. Jun 2016: Appointed Director and Vice President, Tohgin Lease Co., Ltd. Jun 2017: Appointed Representative Director and President, Tohgin Lease Co., Ltd. Jun 2022: Advisor, Tohgin Lease Co., Ltd. (current) Dec 2024: Appointed Audit and Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1957-11-01
Masahiro HIRAI
Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1981: Joined Hamamatsu Shinkin Bank (now Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank) Jun 2013: Director and General Manager, Examination Department, Hamamatsu Shinkin Bank Jun 2015: Managing Director (in charge of Examination and Management Support Departments), Hamamatsu Shinkin Bank Jun 2020: Senior Managing Director (in charge of Branch Operations, Corporate Sales, and Individual Sales), Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank Jun 2021: Senior Managing Director (in charge of SDGs Promotion, Sales Administration, and Solution Support), Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank Jun 2023: Senior Managing Director (in charge of Corporate Planning, Digital Promotion, and System Administration), Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank (current) Dec 2024: Appointed Audit and Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1959-01-10
Large Shareholding Reports
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.
2025-12-03
1.80%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management International
2025-10-07
2.88%→1.67%
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2025-09-19
2.89%→3.97%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-06
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2026
EDINET
2026-05-15
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
TDnet
2026-02-05
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2026
EDINETAmended
2025-12-26
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
EDINET
2025-12-18
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
EDINET
2025-12-03
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-10-07
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-09-19
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2025
EDINET
2025-05-12
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
TDnet
2025-02-06
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Sep 2025
EDINET
2024-12-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024
EDINET
2024-05-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2024 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-12-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-05-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-12-16
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-05-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-12-17
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-06
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-05-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-10
Quarterly Securities Report
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