DOWA Holdings (5714) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 5714 does

DOWA Holdings (5714) is a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed company in the Basic Materials sector, specifically the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry. The company operates across environmental management and recycling, nonferrous metals, electronic materials, metal processing, and heat treatment. Its services include incineration of industrial waste, landfilling, melting and recycling of incinerated ash, soil surveys and remediation, and treatment of automotive shredder dust. DOWA Holdings also supplies metals such as gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, antimony, nickel sulfate, zinc, zinc alloys, indium, and sulfuric acid, along with recycling of platinum-group metals and resource and raw material procurement services. In the electronic materials space, it provides high-purity materials, gallium arsenide wafers, infrared LEDs, ultraviolet LEDs, silver and copper conductive atomized powder, and advanced fine materials such as magnetic, carrier, ferrite, and compound oxide powder, as well as copper alloy strips, nickel alloy strips, reflow tin-plated strips, and forged brass products. DOWA Holdings is part of the Nikkei 225 index and operates alongside peers such as Sumitomo Chemical (4005), Denka (4061), Tōkai Carbon (5301), Ube Industries (4208), Taiheiyo Cement (5233), Shin-Etsu Chemical (4063), and Ōji Holdings (3861).

Key numbers explained

• The current price is 8,972 JPY, with a +0.09% move today, reflecting the day’s trading activity on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 8.5 compares the stock price to the last 12 months of earnings; a lower P/E ratio can suggest the stock is priced modestly relative to recent earnings, though interpretation depends on the industry and growth outlook.
• The forward P/E ratio of 18.6 uses expected future earnings, showing how the market values the company’s earnings ahead; a higher forward P/E ratio than the trailing figure often signals expected earnings growth.
• The dividend yield of 3.77% indicates the annual dividend payment as a percentage of the current price; the dividend yield helps income-focused investors compare cash returns across stocks.
• The ex-dividend date is Mar 30, 2027, meaning the right to the next dividend payment is tied to share ownership before that date.
• 26% of earnings are paid out as dividends, a measure of how much of the company’s profit is returned to shareholders versus retained for reinvestment.
• Beta of 0.84 suggests the stock has historically moved less than the overall market; a beta below 1 often indicates lower volatility relative to the market benchmark.
• The 52-week range of 5,273 – 12,380 JPY shows the lowest and highest traded prices over the past year, while the 64.5% price change over the same period highlights the one-year return from that starting point.

What to watch

• Revenue growth of 58.2% year over year and a profitMargin of 9.5% show how the company’s top line and bottom line have evolved; investors typically track these to gauge expansion and cost control.
• OperatingMargin of 9.8% and returnOnEquity of 18.5% reflect operational efficiency and how effectively the company uses shareholder capital; these are common benchmarks for comparing peers in Basic Materials.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 24 indicates the level of debt relative to equity, which can affect financial risk and the company’s ability to weather downturns.
• PriceToBook of 1.15 compares the market price to the company’s book value, a metric often used alongside other valuation tools when assessing industrial and materials companies.
• The nextEarningsDate of 11 nov. 2026 is the scheduled release for upcoming results, a date many investors and analysts mark for potential price movement.
• As a constituent of the Nikkei 225, DOWA Holdings (5714) can be influenced by broader Japanese market trends, sector rotation, and global demand for industrial metals and environmental services.