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Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

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Business Summary

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of organic and inorganic chemicals, petroleum-derived chemicals, and its related products. It operates through the following segments: Natural Gas Chemicals, Aromatic Chemicals, Functional Chemicals, Specialized Functional Materials, and Others. The Natural Gas Chemicals segment produces and sells methanol, ammonia, amines, methacrylate, polyol, enzyme, functional food materials, and crude oil. The Aromatic Chemicals segment engages in the manufacture and sale of xylene isomers and xylene derivatives. The Functional Chemicals segment deals with the production and sale of industrial inorganic chemicals, electronic chemicals, and engineering plastics. The Specialized Functional Materials segment manufactures and sells printed circuit boards and oxygen absorbers. The Others segment covers the real estate business. The company was founded on January 15, 1918 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Financial Highlights

Mar 2022	JPY	USD
Revenue	705,656M	6,279.60M
Gross Profit	158,018M	1,406.19M
Operating income	55,361M	492.65M
Income before tax	69,628M	619.61M
Net income	48,295M	429.77M
EBITDA	87,756M	780.93M
Diluted EPS	232.14	2.06
Dividends Per Share	80	0.71
Total Assets	928,651M	7,651.08M
Total liabilities	297,764M	2,453.25M
Total equity	568,766M	4,686.02M
Operating cash flow	52,090M	463.54M
	Currency in JPY	Currency in USD

Historical Data

JPY | USD

	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022
Revenue	635,909M	648,986M	613,344M	595,718M	705,656M
Gross Profit	150,738M	132,020M	126,729M	136,587M	158,018M
Operating income	62,742M	41,387M	34,261M	44,510M	55,361M
Income before tax	73,421M	69,066M	34,343M	48,951M	69,628M
Net income	60,531M	55,000M	21,158M	36,071M	48,295M
EBITDA	90,037M	69,098M	64,232M	75,567M	87,756M
Diluted EPS	281.38	257.45	100.49	173.40	232.14
Dividends Per Share	59	70	70	70	80
Total Assets	785,687M	804,038M	771,733M	836,364M	928,651M
Total liabilities	266,535M	250,749M	223,586M	254,948M	297,764M
Total equity	467,364M	502,961M	492,522M	524,265M	568,766M
Operating cash flow	90,720M	64,042M	74,234M	55,464M	52,090M

	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022
Revenue	5,737.57M	5,852.27M	5,641.20M	5,616.93M	6,279.60M
Gross Profit	1,360.05M	1,190.49M	1,165.58M	1,287.85M	1,406.19M
Operating income	566.09M	373.21M	315.11M	419.67M	492.65M
Income before tax	662.45M	622.80M	315.86M	461.55M	619.61M
Net income	546.14M	495.96M	194.59M	340.10M	429.77M
EBITDA	812.37M	623.09M	590.77M	712.51M	780.93M
Diluted EPS	2.53	2.32	0.92	1.63	2.06
Dividends Per Share	0.53	0.63	0.64	0.66	0.71
Total Assets	7,387.74M	7,264.20M	7,148.65M	7,568.90M	7,651.08M
Total liabilities	2,506.20M	2,265.42M	2,071.10M	2,307.22M	2,453.25M
Total equity	4,394.58M	4,544.07M	4,562.28M	4,744.47M	4,686.02M
Operating cash flow	818.53M	577.50M	682.76M	522.96M	463.54M

Valuation Measures

Mar 2022
PER	8.96
ROA	5.47%
ROE	8.83%
Operating margin	7.84%
Profit margin	6.84%

Key executives

President & Representative Director: Masashi Fujii
Representative Director, Head-Finance & Accounting: Nobuhisa Ariyoshi
Director, Head-Compliance, Internal Audit & IR: Motoyasu Kitagawa
Executive Officer, Manager-Finance & Accounting: Tomoyuki Kiura
Representative Director: Masato Inari

Shareholders

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (7.9%)
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (5.8%)
Asset Management One Co., Ltd. (4.9%)
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. (3.9%)
Nippon Life Insurance Co. (3.2%)
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Group (2.2%)
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (2.1%)
AGC, Inc. (Japan) (1.7%)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (1.7%)
Concordia Financial Group, Ltd. (1.3%)

Contact Details

Website:http://www.mgc.co.jp
Address: Mitsubishi Building, 2-5-2 Marunouchi, Tokyo, 100-8324, Japan
Phone: +81.3.3283.5000

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Last Updated on 26 Sep, 2022