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CENTRAL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS LTD.

Central Jidosha Kogyo is a development-oriented company focused on the automotive aftermarket, operating across three core segments: a Chemical Business centered on automotive body coating products and related chemicals with over 30 years of expertise; an Automotive Parts Business distributing high-quality parts including private-brand products primarily through aftermarket channels; and an Alcohol Detection Device Business offering a full lineup of certified breathalyzer products. The company serves customers across Japan through 14 domestic offices and operates in 10 countries with a business network spanning over 60 countries.

Market Cap
¥111B
US$708M
EV
¥61.5B
US$392M
Stock¥2,008▼-0.79%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
5.1
x
LTM EV/EBIT
5.2
x
LTM PER
11.0
x
LTM PBR
1.8
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-13.8%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
111BUS$708MMarket Cap0.00BUS$0.00M+ Debt29.2BUS$186M− Cash20.2BUS$129M− Inv. Sec.61.5BUS$392MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
30.7US$196M'22/335.9US$229M'23/339.3US$251M'24/341.6US$265M'25/346.7US$298M'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
6.71US$42.8M'22/38.55US$54.6M'23/310.4US$66.0M'24/311.2US$71.7M'25/311.7US$74.6M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
4.69US$29.9M'22/36.29US$40.1M'23/37.92US$50.5M'24/38.68US$55.4M'25/39.65US$61.5M'26/3
Capital Structure
100%
EquityD/E 0.00xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
27.4US$175M'22/329.7US$190M'23/337.1US$236M'24/341.3US$264M'25/348.8US$312M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 39.2%
1
NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC)RE FIDELITY FUNDS (Standing Proxy: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)
6.10%
2
NISSAN TOKYO SALES HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
5.72%
3
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
4.80%
4
Mariko UENO
3.70%
5
TPR CO.,LTD.
3.58%
6
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
3.27%
7
Hikari Tsushin, Inc. Investment Limited Partnership
3.25%
8
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd.
3.18%
9
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
2.87%
10
TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.
2.70%
Management
14 officers
Shinichiro SAKATA
Representative Director, President
Apr 1987 Joined the Company Dec 2003 Executive Officer, Head of Osaka Branch Jun 2005 Director, in charge of Western Japan Region and Head of Osaka Branch Jun 2007 Managing Director, Head of Osaka Branch Jun 2011 Managing Director, Head of Domestic Sales Division and Head of Nagoya Branch Apr 2012 Representative Director, President (current) Jun 2017 Outside Director, Ishikawa Toyopet Co., Ltd. (now Ishikawa Toyopet Corolla Co., Ltd.) (current)
1963-03-24
Yoshifumi TORINO
Director, Executive Vice President, Head of Domestic Sales Division
Apr 1980 Joined the Company Jun 2001 Director, General Manager, West Japan Region, Second Sales Department Jun 2012 Director, Deputy Head of Domestic Sales Division, General Manager of Special Sales Department and Head of Hiroshima Sales Office Oct 2012 Director, Head of Domestic Sales Division Jun 2016 Managing Director, Head of Domestic Sales Division Jun 2019 Senior Managing Director, Head of Domestic Sales Division Jun 2023 Director, Executive Vice President, Head of Domestic Sales Division (current)
1957-11-05
Masayuki KONDO
Managing Director
Apr 1987 Joined the Company Jul 2007 Executive Officer, General Manager, Second Sales Department Jun 2011 Director, Head of Osaka Branch and Head of Hiroshima Sales Office Oct 2012 Director, Head of Osaka Branch and General Manager of Special Sales Department Apr 2017 Director, Head of Tokyo Branch Jun 2020 Managing Director, Head of Tokyo Branch Apr 2022 Managing Director, General Manager of Advertising Division (current) Nov 2023 Director and Vice President, Flags Co., Ltd. (formerly Flags Ltd.) Jun 2024 Representative Director, President, Flags Co., Ltd. (current)
1963-09-01
Tetsuya SUMIYOSHI
Managing Director, Head of General Affairs Division, General Manager of General Affairs Department, General Manager of Corporate Planning Office
Apr 2009 Branch Manager, Nakatsugawa Branch, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Oct 2017 Joined the Company, Deputy General Manager, General Affairs Department Jul 2018 Executive Officer, General Manager, General Affairs Department Jun 2019 Director, Deputy Head of General Affairs Division and General Manager, General Affairs Department Nov 2019 Director, ABT Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2021 Managing Director, Head of General Affairs Division, General Manager of General Affairs Department and General Manager of Corporate Planning Office (current) Nov 2021 Outside Director, Ace International Trade Co., Ltd. Dec 2024 Director, K.M. Enterprise Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2026 Director, YOO Corporation (current)
1964-08-16
Masafumi KAKINO
Director, Head of Overseas Sales Division
Apr 1987 Joined the Company Jun 2007 Director, General Manager, No. 1 Overseas Sales Department Apr 2010 Director, Deputy Head of Overseas Sales Division and General Manager, No. 1 Overseas Sales Department Jun 2015 Chairman of the Board, CAPCO PTE LTD (current) Jun 2018 Director, Head of Overseas Sales Division (current) Jun 2018 President and Director, CAPCO USA, INC. (current) Dec 2024 Director, K.M. Enterprise Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2025 Director, Morita Sangyo Co., Ltd. (current)
1964-06-20
Manabu HIROUCHI
Director, Head of Osaka Branch
Apr 1995 Joined the Company Oct 2010 Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Kanto Branch Jun 2011 Director, General Manager, Kanto Branch Apr 2013 Director, Head of Tokyo Branch Apr 2017 Director, Head of Osaka Branch (current)
1970-03-20
Satoaki KUBOI
Director
Apr 1994 Registered as attorney-at-law Apr 1994 Joined Miyake Godo Law Office Apr 1997 Joined Kuboi Law Office Jan 2012 Managing Partner, Kuboi Law Office (current) Jun 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tajima Bank, Ltd. Jun 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tamura Koma Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2017 Director, the Company (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Tajima Bank, Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Managing Director, Ono Scholarship Foundation (current)
1965-11-29
Fumihiro MASUDA
Director, Head of Tokyo Branch
Apr 1988 Joined the Company Apr 2004 General Manager, Product Development Department Jul 2009 Executive Officer, General Manager, Product Development Department Apr 2017 Executive Officer, Head of Fukuoka Branch Jun 2019 Director, Head of Fukuoka Branch Apr 2022 Director, Head of Tokyo Branch (current)
1965-10-25
Norimitsu SAKAI
Director, General Manager of Product Development Division and General Manager of Sales Development Division
Apr 1991 Joined the Company Jul 2015 Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Development Department Jun 2018 Chairman and General Manager, Guangzhou Xintelu Information Technology Consulting Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Product Development Department and General Manager, Sales Development Department Jun 2019 Director, General Manager, Product Development Department and General Manager, Sales Development Department Apr 2020 Director, General Manager of Product Development Division and General Manager of Sales Development Division (current)
1968-11-08
Sajjad AHMED
Director
Sep 2014 Part-time Lecturer, International Center, Osaka Gakuin University Apr 2016 Part-time Lecturer, Institute for International Education, Doshisha University Apr 2019 Associate Professor, Yamanashi Gakuin University (current) Jun 2019 Director, the Company (current)
1980-02-01
Shoji GUSOKU
Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Oct 1997 Branch Manager, Kuise Branch, Sanwa Bank, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Jan 2006 General Manager, Retail Human Resources Department, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Jun 2016 Senior Managing Director, Toyo Carmax Co., Ltd. Jun 2018 Director, General Manager of Insurance Division, Midorikai Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jun 2023 Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current)
1956-11-04
Takefumi HORIUCHI
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Jun 2012 Managing Executive Officer, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Senior Managing Director, Otemachi First Square Co., Ltd. Jun 2016 President and Director, Tokio Marine Business Support Co., Ltd. Jun 2017 Outside Director, MST Insurance Service Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jun 2023 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current)
1955-11-03
Hidemi OSAWA
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Apr 1976 Joined Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. (now Toyota Motor Corporation) Dec 2001 Established Broad Career Co., Ltd.; President and Representative Director, Broad Career Co., Ltd. Jul 2005 Renamed Delight Mind Co., Ltd. Dec 2014 Chairman, Delight Mind Co., Ltd. Jul 2015 Adviser, Delight Mind Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current)
1955-04-05
Hanako KONISHI
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Oct 2005 Completed legal training; appointed Public Prosecutor Mar 2009 Retired as Public Prosecutor May 2009 Registered as attorney-at-law; joined Takebayashi Hata Nakagawa Fukushima Law Office Apr 2014 Outside Director, Kindai Assist Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2019 Partner, Takebayashi Hata Nakagawa Fukushima Law Office (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Tigers Polymer Corporation (current) Jun 2025 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current)
1981-08-18
Large Shareholding Reports
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
2026-09-24
6.67%→5.89%
Nissan Tokyo Sales Holdings Co., Ltd.
2026-09-10
5.29%→5.29%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 5.72%
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
2026-07-23
8.19%→6.67%
FMR LLC
2026-06-19
8.78%→9.87%
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
2026-06-19
7.38%→8.19%
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
2026-06-19
3.78%→5.75%
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
2026-06-19
5.75%→7.38%
Fidelity Management & Research Japan Limited
2026-06-19
6.04%→6.09%
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
2025-09-16
4.44%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 4.80%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
EDINET
2026-09-24
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-09-10
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-08-05
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-07-23
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-06-19
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-19
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-19
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-19
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-19
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-02-12
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Sep 2025
EDINET
2025-09-16
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-05
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINETAmended
2025-06-26
Amended Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
EDINET
2025-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-12
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-06
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-27
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
2023-08-03
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-29
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
2022-08-04
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-29
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-09
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-11
Quarterly Securities Report
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