NTN (6472) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 6472 does

NTN (6472) is a stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Industrials sector, within the Tools & Accessories industry. The company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells bearings, products, and CVJ axle products across Japan, the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. Its product range includes rolling bearings, plummer blocks, bearing units, sliding bearings, constant velocity joints, auto tensioners, clutches, electric motors and actuators, sensor-related products, parts feeders, condition monitoring systems, sintered machine parts, and power generators. NTN serves end markets such as automobiles and motorcycles, electric vehicles, railway vehicles, wind turbines, construction and mining machinery, agricultural machinery, office equipment, iron manufacturing machinery, food machinery, machine tools, paper manufacturing machinery, aerospace, medical equipment, precision equipment, robots, electrical machinery, vacuum and clean, gear reducers, and green energy products. Founded in 1918 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company employs 20,966 people.

Key numbers explained

• The current price is 391.3 JPY, up 1.11% today, with a 52-week range of 312.6 – 487 and a 13.7% price change over the last year.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 16.7 and the forward P/E ratio of 16.5 show how the market values the company relative to its recent and expected earnings; a lower ratio can suggest a more conservative valuation.
• The dividend yield of 3.32% means that for every 100 JPY invested, the stock historically returned about 3.32 JPY in dividends per year, with 47% of earnings paid out.
• The ex-dividend date is 29 Sept. 2026; to receive the next dividend, you must own the stock before this date.
• Earnings per share (trailing 12 months) is 23.4 JPY, showing the portion of profit attributable to each share.
• The beta of 0.8 suggests the stock tends to be less volatile than the overall market.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 96 indicates that the company's debt is roughly equal to its shareholders' equity.
• The price-to-book ratio of 0.78 means the stock trades below its book value per share.

What to watch

Investors tracking NTN (6472) often monitor the Nikkei 225 index, of which it is a component, as well as peer companies like Japan Airlines (9201), Kajima Corporation (1812), Daikin Industries (6367), SMC Corporation (6273), The Japan Steel Works (5631), Konica Minolta (4902), and Keisei Dentetsu (9009). General factors that can affect a stock like this include global industrial demand, currency fluctuations, raw material costs, interest rate changes, and developments in the automobile, EV, and renewable energy sectors. The next earnings release is scheduled for 30 Oct. 2026.