The Yokohama Rubber Company (5101) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

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The Yokohama Rubber Company (5101) is a tire and rubber products company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It operates in Japan, the United States, India, China, the Philippines, Europe and other international markets, through a Tires segment and an M.B. (miscellaneous) segment. The company sells tires for passenger cars, trucks, buses, light trucks, mining and construction equipment, industrial vehicles, and agricultural and forestry machinery, as well as aluminum alloy wheels and automobile-related components. Beyond tires, it produces conveyor belts, rubber plates, hoses, marine fenders, oil spill containment booms, marine hoses, rubber molded products, air springs, aerospace products, golf-related products and information processing services. The company was incorporated in 1917 and is headquartered in Hiratsuka, Japan. It is part of the Nikkei 225 index.

Key numbers explained

• Price: 6,986 JPY — the most recent trading price of one share in Japanese yen.
• Market cap: 1.1T JPY — the total market value of all outstanding shares, calculated as share price multiplied by the number of shares.
• Trailing P/E ratio: 7.7 — the P/E ratio compares the share price to the company's earnings per share over the past 12 months; a lower number can suggest the stock is priced modestly relative to recent earnings.
• Forward P/E ratio (on expected earnings): 13.4 — this version of the P/E ratio uses analysts' expected future earnings, giving a sense of valuation relative to what the company may earn going forward.
• Dividend yield: 3.19% — the dividend yield shows the annual dividend payment as a percentage of the share price; it indicates the cash return a shareholder receives from dividends alone.
• Ex-dividend date: Dec 29, 2026 — the date on or after which a buyer is no longer entitled to the upcoming dividend payment.
• Share of earnings paid out as dividends: 19% — this is the portion of the company's net income distributed to shareholders as dividends; the remainder is typically retained for reinvestment or other corporate purposes.
• Beta: 0.61 — beta measures how much the stock's price tends to move relative to the broader market; a beta below 1 suggests lower volatility than the market average.
• 52-week range: 5,100 – 8,291 JPY — the lowest and highest prices at which the stock has traded over the past 52 weeks.
• Price change over the last 52 weeks: 26.1% — the percentage change from the price one year ago to the current price.
• Revenue, trailing 12 months: 1.3T JPY — the total value of goods and services sold over the past 12 months.
• Revenue growth, year over year: 10.4% — the percentage increase in revenue compared with the same period in the prior year.
• Profit margin: 11% — the percentage of revenue that remains as net profit after all expenses.
• Operating margin: 24.9% — the percentage of revenue left after covering operating expenses, before interest and taxes.
• Return on equity: 14.3% — a measure of how effectively the company generates profit from shareholders' equity.
• Debt-to-equity ratio (in %): 54.3 — the proportion of debt relative to shareholders' equity, indicating the company's financial leverage.
• Price-to-book: 0.98 — the price-to-book ratio compares the market price per share to the company's book value per share; a value near 1 suggests the market price is roughly in line with the accounting value of equity.
• Next earnings date: Nov 13, 2026 — the date when the company is expected to report its next set of financial results.

What to watch

Investors tracking The Yokohama Rubber Company (5101) often monitor factors that can affect tire and industrial rubber demand. These include global vehicle production and sales trends, raw material costs (such as natural rubber and oil derivatives), currency movements — especially the yen — and competitive dynamics in the tire industry. Seasonal patterns in tire replacement and commercial fleet spending can also influence results. Because the company operates across multiple regions, shifts in trade policy, tariffs, or economic conditions in Japan, the United States, China, India and Europe may be relevant. The next earnings report on Nov 13, 2026 is a key date for updated financial data. For broader context on the Japanese market, see Tokyo Stock Exchange stocks and the Stocks directory. Peers such as Sumitomo Electric Industries (5802), Suzuki Motor (7269), Oriental Land (4661), Citizen Watch (7762), Mercari (4385), and Nikon (7731) operate in related or comparable Japanese markets.