Overview
Precision Instruments

Shimadzu Corporation

Shimadzu Corporation is a diversified precision instrument manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, offering analytical and measuring instruments (chromatography, mass spectrometry, optical/thermal analysis), medical imaging systems (X-ray, PET, angiography), industrial equipment (vacuum pumps, hydraulic systems, industrial furnaces), and aircraft components (flight control and engine auxiliary systems). The company serves customers across pharmaceuticals, environmental, life sciences, semiconductor manufacturing, and aerospace sectors globally. Shimadzu differentiates through deep R&D capabilities, a broad product portfolio spanning from clinical diagnostics to advanced materials testing, and an extensive global sales and service network.

Market Cap
¥1,254B
US$8.00B
EV
¥1,078B
US$6.87B
Stock¥4,341▲+0.86%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
11.2
x
LTM EV/EBIT
14.2
x
LTM PER
19.0
x
LTM PBR
2.2
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-18.7%pt
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Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Nov 10, 25Czech electron microscope Teskan 105.8B yen acquisition
2Mar 3, 26Raksul MBO completion market impact
MC → EV Bridge
1,254BUS$8.00BMarket Cap10.4BUS$66.5M+ Debt154BUS$980M− Cash33.4BUS$213M− Inv. Sec.0.01BUS$0.06M+ NCI1,078BUS$6.87BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
428US$2.73B'22/3482US$3.08B'23/3512US$3.26B'24/3539US$3.44B'25/3561US$3.58B'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
80.0US$510M'22/385.7US$547M'23/391.3US$582M'24/391.6US$584M'25/394.1US$600M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
47.3US$302M'22/352.0US$332M'23/357.0US$364M'24/353.8US$343M'25/360.5US$386M'26/3
Capital Structure
98%
EquityD/E 0.02xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
171US$1.09B11.6US$73.9M'22/3174US$1.11B11.3US$71.9M'23/3183US$1.17B11.9US$76.0M'24/3159US$1.01B11.7US$74.9M'25/3188US$1.20B10.5US$66.9M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 41.7%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
12.96%
2
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (Standing Proxy: Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
7.18%
3
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
4.46%
4
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505223 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
3.18%
5
BNYM AS AGT/CLTS NON TREATY JASDEC (Standing Proxy: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
3.08%
6
National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (Standing Proxy: The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
2.68%
7
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
2.65%
8
GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY (Standing Proxy: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch)
1.99%
9
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
1.86%
10
The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd. (Standing Proxy: Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
1.70%
Management
11 officers
Teruhisa UEDA
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Apr 1982 Joined the Company Jun 2007 Executive Officer Jun 2007 Deputy General Manager, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division Jun 2011 Director Jun 2011 General Manager, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division Jun 2013 Managing Executive Officer Jun 2014 Senior Managing Executive Officer Jun 2015 Representative Director, President Jun 2015 CEO Apr 2022 Representative Director, Chairman (current) Apr 2022 Chairman of the Board of Directors (current) Jul 2023 Outside Director, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (current) Jun 2025 Outside Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (current)
1957-05-14
Yasunori YAMAMOTO
Representative Director, President and CEO
Apr 1983 Joined the Company Jun 2014 Executive Officer Jun 2017 Managing Executive Officer Jun 2017 In charge of Manufacturing, Information Systems and CS Jun 2017 Deputy in charge of Technology Research Apr 2020 In charge of Management Strategy and Corporate Communications Jun 2020 Director Apr 2021 Senior Managing Executive Officer Apr 2021 CFO Apr 2022 Representative Director, President (current) Apr 2022 CEO (current)
1959-02-20
Akira WATANABE
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CRO; in charge of Environmental Management (GX) and Corporate Transformation (CX)
Apr 1985 Joined the Company Apr 2009 Head of TMP Business Unit and Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, Semiconductor Equipment Division (currently Industrial Machinery Division) Apr 2011 General Manager, Sales Division and Head of TMP Business Unit, Semiconductor Equipment Division Jun 2013 Deputy General Manager, Semiconductor Equipment Division, General Manager, Sales Division and Head of TMP Business Unit Jun 2016 Executive Officer Jun 2016 General Manager, Industrial Machinery Division Apr 2019 Managing Executive Officer Apr 2020 General Manager, Industrial Machinery Division and General Manager, Fluidics Division Apr 2022 Senior Managing Executive Officer (current) Apr 2022 CFO; in charge of Management Strategy and Corporate Communications Jun 2022 Director (current) Apr 2025 In charge of Risk Management Apr 2025 In charge of Environmental Management (GX) and Corporate Transformation (CX) (current) Apr 2026 CRO (current)
1963-03-03
Nobuo HANAI
Director (Non-Executive)
Apr 1976 Joined Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.) Jun 2006 Executive Officer, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Apr 2009 Managing Executive Officer, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Jun 2009 Director, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Mar 2010 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Mar 2012 Representative Director, President, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Mar 2018 Representative Director, Chairman, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Mar 2019 Director, Chairman, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo (resigned Mar 2020) Jun 2020 Director of the Company (current) Mar 2021 Outside Director, Perseus Proteomics Inc. (current) Mar 2024 Outside Director, Noil Immune Biotech Co., Ltd. (current)
1953-04-30
Yoshiyuki NAKANISHI
Director (Non-Executive)
Apr 1978 Joined Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated (currently DIC Corporation) Apr 2010 Executive Officer, Business Strategy Division, Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Jun 2011 Director, Executive Officer, Business Strategy Division, Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Apr 2012 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Jan 2018 Chairman of the Board, Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Jun 2020 Outside Director, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director, IHI Corporation (current) Jan 2021 Director, DIC Corporation Mar 2021 Senior Adviser, DIC Corporation (resigned Mar 2023) Jun 2021 Director of the Company (current)
1954-11-03
Nami HAMADA
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Jul 1992 Joined Shearson Lehman Brothers Securities Co. Oct 1996 Vice President, Lehman Brothers Securities Co. Jun 1999 Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Securities Co. May 2004 Representative Director, H.D.H Advisors Japan Limited Dec 2006 Principal, HDH Capital Management Pte Ltd Mar 2009 Co-founder and Managing Director, Mile High Capital Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2017 Director, Ecoplexus Japan Inc. Feb 2019 Chief Operating Officer, Vesper Group Japan Co., Ltd. Mar 2019 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc. (current) May 2020 Outside Director (Audit Committee Member), MetLife Life Insurance K.K. Jun 2022 Outside Director (Audit, Nomination and Compensation Committee Member), MetLife Life Insurance K.K. (current) Jun 2022 Director of the Company (current)
1964-08-03
Miei KITANO
Director (Non-Executive)
Apr 1991 Joined Procter & Gamble Far East, Inc. (currently P&G Japan G.K.) Oct 1995 European Procurement Senior Manager, Procter & Gamble European Services GmbH Jun 1997 Procurement Group Manager, Procter & Gamble Far East, Inc. Apr 2000 Global Procurement Group Manager, The Procter & Gamble Company May 2003 Global Corporate Procurement Associate Director, The Procter & Gamble Company May 2005 Asia Procurement Associate Director, Procter & Gamble Far East, Inc. Apr 2008 Supply Chain Associate Director, Manufacturing Operations, Procter & Gamble Japan K.K. (currently P&G Japan G.K.) Sep 2010 Communications & Sustainability Associate Director, External Relations, Procter & Gamble Japan K.K. (resigned Nov 2013) Dec 2013 PR & CSR Director, Eli Lilly Japan K.K. Jan 2016 Executive Officer, Senior Director, Corporate Affairs, Eli Lilly Japan K.K. (resigned Dec 2021) Mar 2022 Partner, SynFiny Advisors (current) Jun 2024 Director of the Company (current)
1969-01-26
Makoto KOTANIZAKI
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Jan 1991 Joined the Company Apr 2011 General Manager, Planning, Shimadzu International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (currently Shimadzu Management (China) Co., Ltd.) Jun 2012 General Manager, Management Strategy Office, the Company Apr 2016 President, Shimadzu GLC Ltd. Apr 2019 Senior Manager, Audit & Supervisory Board Office, the Company Jun 2019 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
1962-03-02
Yoichi YAMADA
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1988 Joined the Company May 2008 President, Shimadzu Instruments (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. Oct 2012 General Manager, Testing Machines Business Unit, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division, the Company Apr 2015 General Manager, Testing Machines Manufacturing Department, Analytical Instruments Plant, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division Apr 2019 General Manager, CS General Affairs Division Apr 2023 General Manager, Legal Affairs Division Jun 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
1965-12-25
Tsuyoshi NISHIMOTO
Part-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Oct 2000 Registered as attorney-at-law Dec 2002 Joined Hibiya Park Law Offices (current) Jan 2011 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Enigmo Inc. Mar 2018 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Broadleaf Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current) Apr 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Enigmo Inc. (resigned Apr 2026)
1973-11-21
Yuka HAYASHI
Part-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Sep 1985 Joined Minato Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) Apr 1991 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Aug 1998 Partner, Century Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) (currently Partner) Jul 2010 Senior Partner, ShinNihon LLC (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) (currently Partner) Sep 2015 Council Member, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC Sep 2019 Deputy Chair of Council, Audit Committee Member, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC Jul 2022 Representative, Hayashi Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Jul 2022 Representative Director and Vice President, Hayashi Business Management Research Institute Co., Ltd. (current) Jul 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Harima Chemicals Group, Inc. (current) Jun 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
1961-02-18
Large Shareholding Reports
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
2026-09-24
2.98%→2.96%
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
2026-07-06
3.10%→3.09%
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2026-06-22
4.48%
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
2026-06-15
3.41%→3.10%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.
2026-06-05
1.84%→1.47%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
2025-09-04
5.28%→4.04%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-09-24
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-08-06
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-07-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-06-22
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-15
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-05
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-05
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-10
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-09-04
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-25
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-05
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-08
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-07
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-08
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-07
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-07
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-08
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-08
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-29
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-07
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-08
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-06
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-28
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-08
Quarterly Securities Report
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