Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

2,059.00 JPY
-13.00
-0.63%

Japan
Jun 22, 2018
Ticker
TKS(2802)
Prev. close
2,072
Market cap (JPY)
1,184.90B
Market cap (USD)
10,760.10M
Shares
571.86M

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Business Summary

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of food products, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Food Products, Overseas Food Products, Life Support, Healthcare and Others. The Domestic Food Products segment includes seasonings and processed foods, and frozen foods. The Overseas Food Products segment provides consumer foods, which include flavor seasonings and instant noodles; and umami seasonings for processed food manufacturers. The Life Support segment offers feed-use amino acids, amino acids for pharmaceuticals and foods, sweeteners, pharmaceutical fine chemicals, and specialty chemicals. The Healthcare segment handles medical foods and pharmaceuticals. The Others segment covers the packaging materials business, healthcare business, partnership business, logistics, and other services. The company was founded by Saburosuke Suzuki II on May 20, 1909 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Financial Highlights

Mar 2018	JPY	USD
Revenue	1,150.20B	10,377.91M
Gross Profit	397,430M	3,585.86M
Operating income	93,342M	842.19M
Income before tax	85,445M	770.93M
Net income	60,742M	548.05M
EBITDA	145,125M	1,309.40M
Diluted EPS	106.84	0.96
Dividends Per Share	32	0.28
Total Assets	1,425.85B	13,407.22M
Total liabilities	705,308M	6,631.94M
Total equity	641,445M	6,031.45M
Operating cash flow	126,655M	1,142.76M
	Currency in JPY	Currency in USD

Historical Data

JPY | USD

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018
Revenue	991,332M	1,006.63B	1,149.42B	1,091.19B	1,150.20B
Gross Profit	344,462M	335,392M	377,368M	374,412M	397,430M
Operating income	62,548M	74,519M	95,816M	87,130M	93,342M
Income before tax	73,302M	79,049M	98,778M	86,684M	85,445M
Net income	42,795M	46,495M	68,504M	53,065M	60,742M
EBITDA	109,883M	120,096M	147,680M	133,782M	145,125M
Diluted EPS	69.70	78.54	121.23	92.81	106.84
Dividends Per Share	20	24	28	30	32
Total Assets	1,091.65B	1,255.09B	1,273.89B	1,350.10B	1,425.85B
Total liabilities	432,163M	511,601M	593,161M	659,428M	705,308M
Total equity	598,925M	669,576M	609,486M	616,315M	641,445M
Operating cash flow	63,017M	109,259M	129,311M	108,907M	126,655M

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018
Revenue	9,896.34M	9,163.13M	9,571.83M	10,076.83M	10,377.91M
Gross Profit	3,438.72M	3,053.00M	3,142.52M	3,457.57M	3,585.86M
Operating income	624.40M	678.33M	797.90M	804.61M	842.19M
Income before tax	731.76M	719.56M	822.57M	800.49M	770.93M
Net income	427.21M	423.23M	570.46M	490.03M	548.05M
EBITDA	1,096.94M	1,093.20M	1,229.80M	1,235.43M	1,309.40M
Diluted EPS	0.69	0.71	1.00	0.85	0.96
Dividends Per Share	0.19	0.21	0.23	0.27	0.28
Total Assets	10,600.08M	10,465.62M	11,334.07M	12,116.17M	13,407.22M
Total liabilities	4,196.36M	4,266.00M	5,277.46M	5,917.86M	6,631.94M
Total equity	5,815.65M	5,583.28M	5,422.71M	5,530.96M	6,031.45M
Operating cash flow	629.09M	994.56M	1,076.83M	1,005.72M	1,142.76M

Valuation Measures

Mar 2018
PER	18.01
ROA	4.37%
ROE	9.65%
Operating margin	8.11%
Profit margin	5.28%

Key executives

President, CEO & Representative Director: Takaaki Nishii
Manager-Research & Development Planning: Kazuya Onomichi
Representative Director & Executive Vice President: Tamotsu Iwamoto
Executive Officer: Chiaki Nosaka
Executive Officer & Manager-Human Resources: Yoshimasa Yoshimiya

Shareholders

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (5.5%)
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (4.5%)
Nippon Life Insurance Co. (4.4%)
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (4.0%)
BlackRock Fund Advisors (3.0%)
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (2.4%)
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. (2.2%)
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (2.1%)
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. (1.9%)
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (1.7%)

Contact Details

Website:http://www.ajinomoto.co.jp
Address: 1-15-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-8315, Japan
Phone: +81.3.5250.8111

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