Overview
Retail Trade

SUNDRUG CO.,LTD.

SunDrug Co., Ltd. operates a nationwide chain of drugstores across Japan, primarily selling pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and daily household goods. The company also operates discount stores through its subsidiary Direx Co., Ltd., which focuses on food and household products, mainly in the Kyushu and Chugoku-Shikoku regions. SunDrug leverages an extensive logistics network and franchise partnerships to maintain broad geographic coverage and competitive pricing.

Market Cap
¥428B
US$2.73B
EV
¥383B
US$2.44B
Stock¥3,656▲+1.22%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
5.8
x
LTM EV/EBIT
8.2
x
LTM PER
13.6
x
LTM PBR
1.5
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-34.6%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
428BUS$2.73BMarket Cap48.7BUS$311M+ Debt61.4BUS$391M− Cash32.4BUS$207M− Inv. Sec.383BUS$2.44BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
649US$4.14B'22/3690US$4.40B'23/3752US$4.79B'24/3802US$5.11B'25/3843US$5.37B'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
44.3US$282M'22/349.5US$316M'23/356.1US$358M'24/361.8US$394M'25/365.6US$418M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
23.9US$152M'22/325.7US$164M'23/329.1US$186M'24/330.8US$196M'25/331.4US$200M'26/3
Capital Structure
85%
EquityD/E 0.17xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
89.6US$572M'22/381.2US$518M0.94US$5.99M'23/3106US$673M35.0US$223M'24/399.0US$631M39.5US$252M'25/3103US$659M49.0US$312M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 66.8%
1
Iryu Shoji Co., Ltd.
37.42%
2
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
9.82%
3
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
4.96%
4
CEP LUX-ORBIS SICAV (Standing Proxy: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch, Direct Custody & Clearing Operations)
3.62%
5
Naoki TADA
2.66%
6
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., London, S.L. Omnibus Account
1.98%
7
Takashi TADA
1.89%
8
National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (Standing Proxy: The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.)
1.77%
9
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
1.51%
10
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account 4)
1.19%
Management
10 officers
Koji SADAKATA
Representative Director, President and CEO
Mar 1989 Joined the Company Apr 2001 Manager, Management Planning Office, the Company Jan 2003 Deputy General Manager, Sales Department II, the Company Apr 2004 General Manager, Sales Department II, the Company Apr 2005 Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Department II, the Company Jun 2008 Director, General Manager, Sales Department II, the Company Dec 2009 Director, the Company Dec 2009 Representative Director, Vice President, D-Rex Co., Ltd. Jun 2014 Representative Director, President, D-Rex Co., Ltd. May 2019 Representative Director, President, the Company May 2019 Director, D-Rex Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Representative Director, Chairman, D-Rex Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2022 Representative Director, President and CEO, the Company (current) Feb 2024 Director, Kirindo Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2024 Director, BCJ-47 Co., Ltd. (current)
1970-09-27
Naoki TADA
Director, Chairman
May 1990 Joined the Company Apr 1995 Manager, Management Planning Office, the Company Sep 2000 Representative Director, Iryu Shoji Co., Ltd. Mar 2001 Left the Company Jun 2001 Director (non-executive director), the Company Jun 2007 Representative Director, President, Forest Co., Ltd. (now Forest Mall Co., Ltd.) Jun 2009 Representative Director, Chairman, Forest Co., Ltd. Apr 2015 Representative Director, President, Forest Co., Ltd. Mar 2019 Representative Director, Chairman, Iryu Shoji Co., Ltd. Mar 2019 Representative Director, Chairman, Forest Mall Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2019 Director, General Manager, Administration Division, the Company Apr 2022 Director, Chairman, the Company (current) Jul 2024 Representative Director, President, Iryu Shoji Co., Ltd. (current)
1962-11-13
Yoshimitsu SAKAI
Director
Nov 1983 Joined the Company Apr 1998 Manager, Sales Department, the Company Apr 2001 Deputy General Manager, Store Development Department, the Company Apr 2005 Executive Officer, General Manager, Store Development Department, the Company Jun 2010 Director, General Manager, Store Development Department, the Company Mar 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Store Development Department, the Company Jun 2022 Director, General Manager, Store Development Department, the Company Jul 2022 Director, General Manager, Store Development Division, the Company (current)
1964-12-15
Takashi TADA
Director
Apr 1992 Joined Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. Oct 1996 Joined the Company Mar 2001 Director (non-executive director, current), Iryu Shoji Co., Ltd. Apr 2001 Manager, Merchandise Information Section, the Company Jan 2003 Manager, Merchandise Purchasing Section, the Company May 2005 Manager, Management Planning Office, the Company Dec 2006 Left the Company Jan 2007 Senior Managing Director, Yamaki SC Development Co., Ltd. (now Forest Mall Co., Ltd.) Jun 2009 Representative Director, President, Forest Co., Ltd. (now Forest Mall Co., Ltd.) Apr 2014 Representative Director, President, Seeds Retail Co., Ltd. (now Seeds One Co., Ltd.) Mar 2017 Retired from Seeds Retail Co., Ltd. Jun 2017 Director, the Company (current) Jun 2017 Representative Director, Vice President, D-Rex Co., Ltd. May 2019 Representative Director, President, D-Rex Co., Ltd. Feb 2024 Director, Kirindo Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2024 Director, BCJ-47 Co., Ltd. (current)
1969-03-10
Masato MATSUMOTO
Outside Director
Apr 1979 Joined Nomura Investment Trust Sales Co., Ltd. Jun 1998 Branch Manager, Kyoto Branch, Kokusai Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.) Apr 2001 Executive Officer, Kokusai Securities Co., Ltd. Sep 2002 Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.) May 2010 Managing Executive Officer, Branch Manager, Osaka Branch, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. Jun 2012 Senior Managing Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. Jun 2013 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.; Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Jun 2016 Representative Director, Chairman, MUS Business Service Co., Ltd. Jul 2017 Non-standing Advisor, SBS Holdings, Inc. Jun 2018 Outside Director, the Company (current) Mar 2019 Outside Corporate Auditor, SBS Holdings, Inc. Mar 2021 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), SBS Holdings, Inc.
1957-01-11
Tomoko TSUJI
Outside Director
Apr 1979 Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Feb 1987 Received Ph.D. in Agriculture, University of Tokyo (former Institute of Applied Microbiology) Mar 1988 Postdoctoral Researcher, Rockefeller University, USA Nov 1988 Postdoctoral Researcher, Pennsylvania State University, USA Dec 1989 Joined Sagami Chemical Research Center May 1999 Joined FANCL Corporation Jun 2004 Executive Officer, Director of Central Research Institute, FANCL Corporation Jun 2007 Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Research Institute, FANCL Corporation May 2008 Advisor, Nissui Corporation Apr 2009 General Manager, Institute of Functional Science, Nissui Corporation May 2015 Executive Officer, General Manager, Material Development Department, Group Merchandise Division, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, Fuji Oil Group Holdings Inc. (now Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.) (current) Mar 2025 Executive Officer, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd. Mar 2025 Chief Technology Officer, SPEEDIA Co., Ltd. Jun 2025 R&D Executive Fellow, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.
1956-08-16
Ritsuko SAITO
Outside Director
Apr 1988 Joined Recruit Cosmos Co., Ltd. (now Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd.) Jan 2010 Joined A.D. Works Co., Ltd. (now AD Works Group Co., Ltd.) Apr 2020 General Manager, Business Planning Office, FSA & SE Department, A.D. Works Group Apr 2021 Secretary General, Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprise Association Jun 2021 Head, Promotion Office, Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprise Law Council, AD Works Group Jul 2021 Head, Disclosure Control Office, AD Works Group Jan 2023 Director, Angel Torch Co., Ltd. Nov 2023 Outside Director, Chiiki Shinbunsha Co., Ltd. Jun 2024 Outside Director, the Company (current) Nov 2024 Director, Chiiki Shinbunsha Co., Ltd. (current)
1964-11-02
Kazutoshi YAMASHITA
Full-time Outside Corporate Auditor
Apr 1983 Joined Kokusai Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.) Apr 1997 Branch Manager, Hachioji Branch, Kokusai Securities Co., Ltd. Sep 2002 Branch Manager, Hiroshima Branch, Mitsubishi Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.) Oct 2005 Deputy General Manager, Corporate Sales Department II, Nagoya Branch, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.) Apr 2010 Branch Manager, Kochi Branch, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. Jun 2014 Managing Officer, Branch Manager, Kobe Branch, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. Jun 2017 Full-time Corporate Auditor, MUS Business Service Co., Ltd. Jun 2019 Full-time Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current)
1959-06-07
Kishiko WADA
Outside Corporate Auditor
Apr 1996 Joined Fuji Partners Law Office (current) Jul 2015 Outside Director, Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation Apr 2016 Instructor, Legal Training and Research Institute, Supreme Court of Japan (civil advocacy) Feb 2020 Examiner, National Bar Examination (Civil Procedure Law) Mar 2021 Outside Corporate Auditor, LisB Inc. (current) Apr 2021 Vice President, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Apr 2021 Managing Director, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Kanto Region) Jun 2022 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Tokoh Takadake Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current) Mar 2026 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), SUMCO Corporation (current)
1971-06-20
Kayoko KAMIJO
Outside Corporate Auditor
Feb 1989 Joined Asahi Shinwa Audit Corporation (now Azsa LLC) Aug 1993 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Sep 2000 Joined Tokyo Hokuto Audit Corporation (now Seikyo Audit Corporation) Oct 2019 Joined Shinsou Audit Corporation as Partner Jun 2024 Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company (current) Outside Corporate Auditor, Kohshuha Netsuren Co., Ltd. (current) Apr 2026 Representative, Kamijo Certified Public Accountant Office (current)
1963-08-13
Large Shareholding Reports
Iryu Shoji Co., Ltd.
2026-07-23
36.68%→36.68%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 37.42%
Iryu Shoji Co., Ltd.
2026-07-07
36.68%→36.68%
Annual report (as of 2026-03-31): 37.42%
Orbis Investment Management Limited
2026-06-05
6.03%→4.94%
Orbis Investment Management Limited
2026-05-12
7.12%→6.03%
Orbis Investment Management Limited
2026-04-07
8.25%→7.12%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINETAmended
2026-07-23
Change Report
EDINET
2026-07-07
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-06-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-06-05
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2026-05-30
株主総会招集通知
EDINET
2026-05-12
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-04-07
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 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2025-08-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-19
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-14
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-14
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINETAmended
2024-06-25
Amended Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2024-06-24
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-06-21
Securities Registration Statement
EDINET
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-15
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-27
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-15
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-28
Annual Securities Report
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