AGC (5201) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 5201 does

AGC (5201) is a stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Industrials sector, within the Conglomerates industry. Headquartered in Chiyoda, Japan, the company employs 52,896 people worldwide. AGC manufactures and sells architectural glass, electronics, chemicals, automotive, and ceramics. Its product range includes architectural glass products such as insulated, laminated, wired, toughened, solar control, sound insulation, decorative, float and patterned, and industrial glass, as well as structural glazing systems. It also supplies automotive glass for displays, sensors and connected drive, windows, and trains, plus glass substrates used for thin-film-transistor liquid crystal displays and OLEDs. The company further provides synthetic fused silica glass, silicon carbides, CMP slurry, and through glass vias, glass substrates for semiconductor packaging and anodic bonding, industrial PTFE composite materials and copper clad laminate, optical materials, optical film, glass frit, pastes, and lid for hermetic sealing, tissue culture products, laboratory glassware, borosilicate glass tubes and rods, and heat resistant glassware.

Key numbers explained

• The current price is 5,710 JPY, up +0.39% today.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 13.4 shows how much investors pay per unit of recent earnings; a lower number can suggest the stock is priced more conservatively relative to earnings.
• The forward P/E ratio of 13.8 uses expected future earnings and helps compare the stock’s valuation to what analysts anticipate.
• The dividend yield of 3.68% indicates the annual dividend payment as a percentage of the current price; the exDividendDate is Dec 29, 2026.
• AGC pays out 49% of its earnings as dividends, meaning roughly half of earnings are returned to shareholders.
• The beta of 0.4 suggests the stock tends to move less than the overall market, often interpreted as lower volatility.
• The priceToBook ratio of 0.79 means the stock trades below its book value per share, which can be a starting point for value-oriented analysis.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 38.3% shows the proportion of debt relative to equity, indicating a moderate use of leverage.

What to watch

Investors tracking AGC often look at the broader Japanese market context. The stock is part of the Nikkei 225, a major index that reflects the performance of large Japanese companies. Peers such as Mitsubishi Electric (6503), JR East (9020), Fanuc (6954), Secom (9735), Yokogawa Electric (6841), Nippon Yūsen (NYK) (9101), and Yamato Holdings (9064) operate in similar or adjacent segments and can provide useful comparison points. Key factors to monitor include currency movements between the yen and major currencies, global demand for architectural and automotive glass, raw material costs, and interest rate environments that can affect valuation multiples and dividend policy. The next earnings report is scheduled for Nov 5, 2026.