Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc (JP:4530)
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Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co
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Rating:73Outperform
Price Target:
¥6,913.00
▲(71.97% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:01/09/26
The score is primarily driven by strong financial performance (profitability, conservative leverage, and healthy cash generation). Technicals are supportive due to strong trend strength, but extremely overbought RSI/Stoch signals temper the score. Valuation is reasonable but not cheap, with a moderate dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Revenue & Margins
Sustained revenue expansion coupled with high gross and solid EBITDA margins indicates durable earnings power. Strong unit economics and pricing flexibility support reinvestment in R&D and marketing, improving resilience to demand cycles and underpinning long-term cash generation.
Negative Factors
Product Concentration Risk
Heavy reliance on transdermal and topical franchises concentrates economic exposure. Technological shifts, intensified competition, or therapeutic substitution in these categories could disproportionately affect revenue, and limited therapeutic diversification reduces resilience over the medium term.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Revenue & Margins
Sustained revenue expansion coupled with high gross and solid EBITDA margins indicates durable earnings power. Strong unit economics and pricing flexibility support reinvestment in R&D and marketing, improving resilience to demand cycles and underpinning long-term cash generation.
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Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co (4530) vs. iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ)
Market Cap
¥440.77B
Dividend Yield2.43%
Average Volume (3M)139.59K
Price to Earnings (P/E)15.4
Beta (1Y)0.34
Revenue Growth3.53%
EPS Growth38.23%
CountryJP
Employees2,759
SectorHealthcare
Sector Strength45
IndustryDrug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)68.77
Shares Outstanding75,164,894
10 Day Avg. Volume146,500
30 Day Avg. Volume139,593
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.23
Price to Book (P/B)1.12
Price to Sales (P/S)1.99
P/FCF Ratio60.52
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price TargetN/A
Price Target UpsideN/A
Rating ConsensusN/A
Number of Analyst Covering0
EPS Forecast (FY)292.6
Revenue Forecast (FY)¥168.50B
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. is a Japan-based company primarily engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceutical products, with a strong focus on transdermal drug delivery systems. The company operates in ...
How the Company Makes Money
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical generates revenue primarily through the sale of its pharmaceutical products, which include prescription medications and OTC products. A significant portion of their earnings comes from the transdermal patch segment, where ...
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
85
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
78
Positive
Cash Flow
81
Very Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | Feb 2023 | Feb 2022 | Feb 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 154.86B | 156.01B | 141.71B | 128.33B | 120.19B | 114.51B |
| Gross Profit | 91.68B | 91.20B | 78.97B | 72.70B | 70.07B | 69.17B |
| EBITDA | 21.08B | 35.04B | 24.37B | 21.08B | 17.30B | 16.29B |
| Net Income | 19.53B | 21.76B | 13.97B | 11.74B | 9.66B | 9.25B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 334.93B | 343.07B | 328.78B | 313.92B | 302.86B | 299.86B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 118.13B | 129.12B | 125.32B | 136.87B | 142.43B | 136.00B |
| Total Debt | 2.65B | 3.86B | 2.10B | 2.29B | 2.46B | 1.60B |
| Total Liabilities | 62.00B | 63.66B | 61.69B | 55.51B | 47.97B | 46.05B |
| Stockholders Equity | 270.38B | 276.83B | 264.88B | 256.37B | 253.17B | 252.30B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 0.00 | 5.14B | 5.26B | 4.87B | 15.59B | 1.95B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 0.00 | 18.77B | 18.19B | 12.73B | 19.20B | 5.29B |
| Investing Cash Flow | 0.00 | 17.56B | -2.51B | -23.87B | -13.06B | 7.82B |
| Financing Cash Flow | 0.00 | -15.85B | -16.69B | -14.69B | -15.19B | -7.19B |
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Technical Analysis
Positive
4020.00
Price Trends
6156.42
Negative
5439.49
Positive
4775.03
Positive
Market Momentum
-7.55
Negative
48.11
Neutral
32.23
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For JP:4530, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 4020 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 6037.85, below the 50-day MA of 6156.42, and below the 200-day MA of 4775.03, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -7.55 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 48.11 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 32.23 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for JP:4530.
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (51)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
84 Outperform | ¥3.18T | 8.09 | 12.22% | 2.22% | 4.48% | 11.08% | |
77 Outperform | ¥357.92B | 9.44 | ― | 2.12% | 4.07% | 22.59% | |
73 Outperform | ¥440.77B | 15.43 | 7.11% | 2.43% | 3.53% | 38.23% | |
69 Neutral | ¥292.87B | 7.12 | 9.05% | 3.30% | 10.51% | 9.62% | |
68 Neutral | ¥1.44T | 19.13 | 5.75% | 3.51% | 6.79% | 22.14% | |
56 Neutral | ¥796.77B | 26.11 | 48.92% | ― | 29.92% | ― | |
51 Neutral | $7.86B | -0.30 | -43.30% | 2.27% | 22.53% | -2.21% |
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Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Corporate Events
Hisamitsu to Cancel All Treasury Shares Ahead of Planned Share Consolidation
Mar 13, 2026
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical will cancel 4,763,348 of its common treasury shares, representing 6.34% of its issued shares before cancellation, with a scheduled effective date of May 12, 2026. The move, which will reduce the total number of issued shar...
Hisamitsu Pharma Sets Shareholder Vote on Share Consolidation Ahead of Planned Delisting
Mar 13, 2026
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical’s board has resolved to convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on April 17, 2026 to vote on a share consolidation, abolition of share unit provisions, and amendments to its articles of incorporation. Th...
Taiyo Kosan Wins Control of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical After Successful Tender Offer
Feb 20, 2026
Taiyo Kosan Co., Inc. has successfully completed its tender offer for Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical’s common stock, share acquisition rights and American Depositary Shares, which ran from January 7 to February 19, 2026. A total of 41,803,599 shar...
Hisamitsu Sets Record Date for Potential MBO-Linked Shareholder Meeting
Feb 13, 2026
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical will set February 28, 2026, effectively February 27 due to the weekend, as the record date to determine shareholders eligible to vote at an extraordinary general meeting expected in mid-April. The move follows a tender off...
TAIYO KOSAN Amends Tender Offer Filing for Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical After U.S. Antitrust Waiting Period
Feb 3, 2026
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical and its affiliate TAIYO KOSAN Co., Inc. announced that TAIYO KOSAN has filed an amendment to its tender offer registration statement for Hisamitsu’s common shares, share acquisition rights and American Depositary Rec...
Hisamitsu President’s Vehicle TAIYO KOSAN Launches Tender Offer to Boost Stake
Jan 7, 2026
TAIYO KOSAN CO., INC. has launched a tender offer to acquire common shares, share acquisition rights, and depository receipts of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., signaling an attempt by the president-controlled entity to significantly increase ...
Hisamitsu Board Backs CEO-Led MBO and Recommends Shareholders Tender Stock
Jan 7, 2026
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical’s board of directors has endorsed a management buyout led by TAIYO KOSAN CO., INC., a company 100% owned by Hisamitsu President and CEO Kazuhide Nakatomi, and expressed support for a proposed tender offer for the com...
Hisamitsu Posts Modest Sales Growth, Withdraws Forecast as MBO and Delisting Loom
Jan 6, 2026
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical reported consolidated net sales of ¥114.5 billion for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending February 28, 2026, up 2.9% year on year, while operating profit fell 4.6% to ¥12.6 billion and profit attribut...
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Scraps Year-End Dividend as Board Backs Privatization Tender Offer
Jan 6, 2026
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical has revised its dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2026, deciding that no year-end dividend will be paid, conditional on the successful completion of a tender offer by Taiyo Kosan to acquire its comm...
Hisamitsu Withdraws Earnings Forecast Amid MBO-Linked Tender Offer and Planned Delisting
Jan 6, 2026
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical has withdrawn its consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2026, which had previously projected net sales of ¥165 billion and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥22 billion. ...
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