Nissan Chemical Industries (4021) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 4021 does

Nissan Chemical Industries (4021) operates in the chemicals, performance materials, agricultural chemicals, and healthcare businesses in Japan and internationally. The company produces high-purity and custom chemicals, AdBlue urea solution, ammonia, sulfuric and nitric acid, and construction-related products. It also supplies TEPIC epoxy compounds, Melamine Cyanurate, liquid epoxy compounds, health foods, and a range of agricultural chemicals including herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. In addition, Nissan Chemical Industries offers performance materials for displays, semiconductors, and inorganic applications, as well as drug substances for animal antiparasite medicines.

Key numbers explained

• 8,341 JPY is the current share price, the amount you would pay for one share in the market right now.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 22.6 shows how much investors pay per unit of the company's last 12 months' earnings; a higher number can mean the market expects faster growth.
• The forward P/E ratio of 25.9 uses expected future earnings instead of past earnings, giving a sense of how the market values what is coming next.
• 369.78 JPY is the earnings per share over the trailing 12 months, representing the portion of the company's profit allocated to each outstanding share.
• The dividend yield of 2.54% tells you the annual dividend payment as a percentage of the current share price.
• The ex-dividend date of Sep 29, 2026 is the cutoff: you must own the stock before this date to receive the next dividend payment.
• 55% is the share of earnings paid out as dividends, indicating that just over half of the company's profit is returned to shareholders.
• 0.46 is the beta, a measure of volatility relative to the market; a beta below 1 suggests the stock tends to move less than the overall market.
• The 52-week price range of 4,864 – 8,707 JPY shows the lowest and highest prices the stock has traded at over the past year.
• 1.11T JPY is the market capitalization, the total market value of all outstanding shares, placing Nissan Chemical Industries among large-cap stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange stocks.

What to watch

• Revenue growth of 12.8% year over year and a profit margin of 18.3% show how the company is converting sales into earnings.
• The operating margin of 27.8% and return on equity of 21.8% indicate how efficiently the company uses its resources to generate profit.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 17.4% reflects the company's use of debt relative to shareholder equity, a common measure of financial leverage.
• The price-to-book ratio of 4.43 compares the market price to the company's book value per share.
• As a constituent of the Nikkei 225, Nissan Chemical Industries is part of a major Japanese index, which can influence its trading volume and visibility.
• Investors often compare it with peers such as Tōsō (4042), Nitto Denko (6988), and Mitsui Chemicals (4183) to understand its position in the chemicals sector.
• The next earnings report is scheduled for Nov 9, 2026, a date many investors mark for potential price movement.