Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.

Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells functional chemicals, pharmaceuticals, safety systems, and agrochemicals and other products in Japan and internationally. The company's Functional and Chemical Business segment offers functional materials, such as epoxy resins, UV-curable resins, sealants for LCD and LED, maleimide resins, photoresists and insulating materials for micro electromechanical systems, and cleaning agents and chemicals. This segment also provides color materials, including inkjet colorants, dyes for textiles and papers, and materials for thermal paper; catalysts for the production of acrylic and methacrylic acid; and polarizing films, inorganic polarizers, liquid crystal display components and projector parts, and components for x-ray analysis. Its Pharmaceuticals Business segment offers anti-cancer and cancer-related drugs, biosimilars, generic drugs, interventional radiology products, cardiovascular drugs, bulk drugs and intermediates of pharmaceuticals, and drugs for diagnosing cancer, as well as GlycoMark, a product as a marker of blood sugar control used for diabetes. The company's Safety Systems Business segment provides airbag inflators, micro gas generators for seatbelt pretensioners, and squibs. Its Agrochemicals Business segment offers agricultural insecticides, herbicides, soil fumigants, and insanitary insecticides. The company also engages in real estate leasing services. The company was formerly known as Nihon Kayaku Seizou Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. in 1945. Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. trades as NPKYF on OTC. The company is classified in Basic Materials / Chemicals and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Chemicals. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $243.37B of revenue and $24.80B of net income.

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Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. can be compared against peers such as Vesuvius plc, Corbion N.V., Corbion N.V., C.Uyemura & Co.,Ltd., 5N Plus Inc., Huabao International Holdings Limited.

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Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $1.25B, beta of 0.49, and return on equity of +8.8%.

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Company website: https://www.nipponkayaku.co.jp

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