Chemicals · Fiscal year end Mar 31

ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.

4968

荒川化学工業株式会社

FIGI BBG000BGLBZ54968.T4968 JPCorp. no. 4120001074060

Latest half-year results

First half · fiscal year to 2026-03 · filed 2025-11-12

For the first half of the fiscal year to 2026-03: Revenue ¥40.4 billion (+2.6% YoY), Ordinary income ¥0.6 billion (+104.2% YoY), Net income ¥0.7 billion (-55.7% YoY).

	This period	Year on year
Revenue	¥40.4bn	+2.6%
Ordinary profit	¥639m	+104.2%
Net profit to owners	¥724m	-55.7%

From the securities report on EDINET, which states no forecast. History via /v1/companies/4968/earnings-releases.

Financials

Japan GAAP · consolidated · fiscal year to 2026-03-31

Revenue: ¥82.1bn
Net income: ¥2.2bn
ROE: 3.6%
Equity ratio: 49.5%
Dividend / share: ¥50
Employees: 1,684

Revenue · ¥bn

Net income · ¥bn

Fiscal year	Revenue	Net income	Total assets	Net assets	ROE	EPS	Operating CF
2026-03-31	¥82.1bn	¥2.2bn	¥126.1bn	¥59.2bn	3.6%	¥110.96	¥4.2bn
2025-03-31	¥80.2bn	¥2.6bn	¥122.3bn	¥57.2bn	4.6%	¥133.31	¥5.1bn
2024-03-31	¥72.2bn	−¥1.0bn	¥125.4bn	¥56.9bn	-1.9%	¥-52.56	¥1.2bn
2023-03-31	¥79.4bn	−¥4.9bn	¥119.0bn	¥56.5bn	-8.7%	¥-249.08	−¥0.6bn
2022-03-31	¥80.5bn	¥1.5bn	¥117.7bn	¥62.6bn	2.6%	¥75.75	¥4.0bn

Indicators

Computed by us from filings · fiscal year to 2026-03-31

Metric	Value	Percentile among listed companies
ROE, %	3.6	17.3
Ordinary margin	0.0291	23.5
Equity ratio, %	49.5	40.8
Revenue growth	0.0237	36
Net income growth	-0.1675	24.5
Operating cash flow / assets	0.0331	30

Policy-uncertainty measure0.78 Share of the report's text discussing policy-related uncertainty, by policy area. Proprietary text method.

Trade & tariffs 1 Politics & geopolitics 1

Ownership activity 0 filer(s) stated they may make proposals in 365 days; 1 new 5% holder(s) in 180 days; net stake change 0.00pt in 90 days; 8.5% held by other listed companies.

Results wording balance: +0.33. Proprietary text method; it describes the wording only and does not interpret context.

Interest example: if all ¥40.6bn of reported debt repriced by 50 basis points, a year's interest would rise by ¥203m, 4.9% of operating cash flow. Our arithmetic only, not a forecast: fixed-rate debt and hedges are ignored.

Via /v1/companies/4968/indicators. Descriptive figures, not a rating and not investment advice.

From other filings

As the company states them

Internal control, 2026-06-23: see filing 上記の評価の結果、当事業年度末日時点において、当社グループの財務報告に係る内部統制は有効であると判断いたしました。 Filing

Segments, votes and tender offers

Stated in EDINET filings

Segments: Functional Coating Chemicals, Paper Chemicals and Environmental Business, Adhesive and Biomass Materials, Fine Chemicals and Electronics, Other. /v1/companies/4968/segments

Latest voting result: 2026-06-24 · 剰余金処分の件 · passed. /v1/companies/4968/voting

Ownership changes

All companies →

2026-08-20

New 5% stake

Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. disclosed a 5.19% stake in ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (4968), crossing the 5% reporting threshold.

S100YXJ5Filer profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2025-08-04

Decrease−0.48pt

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. reduced holdings in ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (4968) to 6.62% from 7.10%.

S100WFLGFiler profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2024-07-29

Decrease−0.40pt

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. reduced holdings in ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (4968) to 7.10% from 7.50%.

S100U3JYFiler profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)

5% filings

Large shareholding reports on 4968

Filed	Filer	Stake	Change	Stated purpose
2026-08-20	Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.	5.19%	—	—
2025-08-04	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.	6.62%	−0.48pt	strategic holding
2024-07-29	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.	7.10%	−0.40pt	strategic holding

Cross-shareholdings

From the annual report's status of shareholdings

Listed strategic holdings: 30 issues
Book value: ¥10.3bn
Sold in the year: ¥165m 2 issues
Bought in the year: ¥35m 6 issues
Mutual, both reports: 10
Held by listed cos.: 13

Holds	Book value	Shares vs. prior year	Mutual
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 8306	¥1,927m	0.0%	no
OSAKA SODA CO.,LTD. 4046	¥1,707m	0.0%	both reports
タイマイド・テクノロジー社	¥1,427m	0.0%	no
artience Co., Ltd. 4634	¥1,381m	+1.7%	both reports
OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LTD. 4187	¥995m	0.0%	both reports
Oji Holdings Corporation 3861	¥450m	0.0%	both reports
Dai Nippon Printing Co.,Ltd. 7912	¥279m	-33.4%	no
MITSUI & CO., LTD. 8031	¥238m	0.0%	stated
Soken Chemical & Engineering Co.,Ltd. 4972	¥226m	0.0%	no
TOKYO PRINTING INK MFG. CO., LTD. 4635	¥189m	+415.3%	both reports

Held by: Mitsubishi Chemical Gloup Corporation 4188, Oji Holdings Corporation 3861, artience Co., Ltd. 4634, OSAKA SODA CO.,LTD. 4046, Meiwa Corporation 8103, KONISHI CO.,LTD. 4956, TOKYO PRINTING INK MFG. CO., LTD. 4635, OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LTD. 4187, IMURA & Co., Ltd. 3955, COSMO ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY, LIMITED 5021, TOSOH CORPORATION 4042, FUJICOPIAN CO., LTD. 7957 and 1 more

Purposes, all holdings and mutual flags via /v1/companies/4968/cross-holdings. Share changes include stock splits.

Major shareholders

As of fiscal year end 2026-03-31

Shareholder	Shares	Ratio
日本マスタートラスト信託銀行株式会社(信託口)	2,000,000	10.08%
荒川化学従業員持株会	1,401,000	7.06%
株式会社三菱ＵＦＪ銀行	940,000	4.74%
株式会社日本カストディ銀行(信託口)	497,000	2.51%
individual holder	494,000	2.49%
三菱ケミカル株式会社	406,000	2.05%
株式会社三井住友銀行	396,000	2.00%
ａｒｔｉｅｎｃｅ株式会社	293,000	1.48%
individual holder	291,000	1.47%
王子ホールディングス株式会社	288,000	1.45%

U.S. funds holding 4968

SEC Form N-PORT, reports to 2026-07-31

30 U.S. funds held 1,103,313 shares worth $13.2m.

Fund	Shares	Value	% of fund	As of
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund WisdomTree Trust	253,200	$3.3m	0.046%	2026-06-30
VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STOCK INDEX FUND VANGUARD STAR FUNDS	215,585	$2.4m	0.000%	2026-07-31
VANGUARD DEVELOPED MARKETS INDEX FUND VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FUNDS	171,149	$2.2m	0.001%	2026-06-30
DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC	108,053	$1.2m	0.009%	2026-07-31
VANGUARD FTSE ALL-WORLD EX-US SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUNDS	72,100	$0.8m	0.006%	2026-07-31

Up to 25 funds per stock via the API.

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GET /v1/companies/4968/financials
GET /v1/companies/4968/details
GET /v1/companies/4968/segments
GET /v1/companies/4968/voting
GET /v1/companies/4968/tender-offers
GET /v1/companies/4968/indicators
GET /v1/companies/4968/earnings-releases
GET /v1/events?ticker=4968
GET /v1/companies/4968/trades         
GET /v1/companies/4968/cross-holdings 
GET /v1/companies/4968/brief

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