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4008.TSE Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited
TSE JPY Basic Materials
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As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 93B
- P/E ratio
- 9.54
- Analyst target
- 5700
- Dividend yield
- 3.0%
- Beta
- 0.87
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- TSE
- Currency
- JPY
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- ISIN
- JP3405600002
- Market cap
- 93B
- P/E ratio
- 9.54
- Analyst target
- 5700
- Dividend yield
- 3.0%
- Beta
- 0.87
About
About Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited
Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited. engages in the manufacture and sale of absorbent polymers, functional chemicals, and gases in Japan, Asia, China, Europe, and North America. It operates through the Super Absorbent Polymers and Functional Materials segments. The Super Absorbent Polymers segment offers a super absorbent polymer, AQUA KEEP, used in water absorbent materials for hygiene products, including disposable diapers, baby diapers, sanitary napkins, and incontinent pad; industrial materials comprising water blocking tape for power and optical cables and water-swelling rubber; and other applications, such as water absorbent pad, freshness agent, water retention agent for agricultural and horticultural use, anti-dewing agent, pet sheets, and water absorbent sheets. Its Functional Materials segment manufactures and sells water soluble polymers, emulsions, particulate polymers, pharmaceutical products, functional products, electronics gases, standard gases, industrial chemicals, medical gases, and chemical gases, as well as designs, manufactures, and sells gas generation equipment, including PSA system for oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen etc. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
Research context
Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited appears in PyInvesting’s Tokyo Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- JPY
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
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5 years, 7 months ago
Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited is currently in a long term downtrend where the price is trading 6.6% below its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 20.6% cheaper than other stocks from the Basic Materials sector with a price to sales ratio of 0.6.
Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited's total revenue sank by 6.5% to $24B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has increased by 17.2% to $2B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited gets an overall score of 2/5.