Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. engages in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/chlor-alkali, semiconductor silicon, silicones, electronics and functional materials, specialty chemicals, processing, and trading and specialized businesses worldwide. The company operates through Infrastructure Materials; Electronics Materials; Functional Materials; and Processing and Specialized Services segments. It offers PVC- framed windows; electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles; wind power generators, air conditioners, aircrafts, industrial motors, semiconductor silicon used in semiconductors for robots; and cellulose derivative products. The company also offers pipes for water supply and sewerage systems; caustic soda; polyvinyl alcohol; photoresists photomasks blanks; encapsulant materials; rare earth magnets; silicon wafers, LED packaging materials, and synthetic quartz; pellicles; SOLBIN, a copolymer resin; anode material of batteries; and input devices, wafer cases, and wrapping films. The company was formerly known as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. in 1940. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. trades as SHECF 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 $2.59T of revenue and $477.45B of net income.

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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. can be compared against peers such as BASF Se, BASF Se, Glencore plc, Glencore plc, Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V., Givaudan S.A..

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Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $80.62B, beta of 1.08, and return on equity of +10.6%.

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SHECF currently shows total debt of $244.83B and beta of 1.08. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

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Recent filings to review: F-6EF (2026-05-05 00:00:00).

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

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