Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. provides infrastructure, electronics, and functional materials in Japan. The company operates through Electronic Materials; Living environment basic materials; Functional materials; and Processing, trading and technical services segments It offers polyvinyl chloride resin, caustic soda, methanol, chloromethanes, and polyvinyl alcohol; and semiconductor silicon, rare earth magnets, semiconductor encapsulating materials, LED packaging materials, photoresists, photomask blanks, and synthetic quartz products. The company also sells silicones, cellulose derivatives, silicon metal, synthetic pheromones, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, liquid fluoroelastomers, pellicles, and silicon anode material for lithium-ion batteries. In addition, it is involved in the processed plastics; export of technologies and plants; export and import of products; and engineering activities. The company was formerly known as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. in 1940. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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5 years, 7 months ago
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 10.2% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 97.8% cheaper than other stocks from the Basic Materials sector with a price to sales ratio of 5.5.
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd's total revenue sank by 2.0% to $380B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 10.8% to $73B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 101.5% to $121B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd gets an overall score of 3/5.