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Health CarePharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • Price (JPY)2,604.00
  • Today's Change12.00 / 0.46%
  • Shares traded1.01m
  • 1 Year change+26.81%
  • Beta0.7553
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About the company

Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of medical drugs. The Company operates in Pharmaceuticals business segment. The Company engages in the research, development, manufacture, sale, and import & export of prescription pharmaceuticals. The Company has drug discovery technologies in antibody therapeutics and hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy. Its development pipeline includes AMG531 for aplastic anemia untreated with immunosuppressive therapy, KHK4083/AMG 451 for moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, KHK4083/AMG 451 for moderate to severe asthma, and KK2845 for acute myeloid leukemia and others. In addition, through its subsidiaries, the Company develops, manufactures, markets, and contracts out biosimilar pharmaceuticals, and engages in wholesale and retail sales and insurance agency business. The Company operates in Japan and overseas.

  • Revenue in JPY (TTM)496.83bn
  • Net income in JPY67.04bn
  • Incorporated1949
  • Employees5.67k
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
(5 yr avg)
Net profit margin (TTM)Net Profit margin
(5 yr avg)
Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
(5 yr avg)
Revenue
(YOY change %)
Revenue
(5 yr growth rate)
Net income
(YOY change %)
Net income
(5 yr growth rate)
Capital expenditure
(5 yr growth rate)
Dividend
(5 yr growth rate)
Tsumura & Co189.50bn29.01bn310.56bn4.27k10.450.98787.281.64387.15387.152,524.844,095.990.3740.71062.4144,357,680.006.015.538.066.8547.6049.3916.0614.501.45--0.285631.6520.058.0094.1018.6923.0716.27
Nippon Shinyaku Co Ltd166.05bn29.85bn351.26bn2.24k11.281.199.702.12443.17443.172,465.264,211.800.54211.173.1974,028,980.009.7510.8910.8112.7467.2963.9317.9817.674.04--0.008930.588.086.5625.9414.0680.487.59
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc159.27bn19.99bn465.27bn2.80k22.351.6116.902.92276.99276.992,208.133,837.320.47042.643.4256,901,390.006.044.347.254.9959.0557.8312.8410.323.28--0.008650.2910.092.0455.763.0829.890.7127
Santen Pharmaceutical Co Ltd287.99bn30.60bn551.89bn3.85k18.611.9411.331.9292.0392.03865.27880.970.72052.264.1874,823,070.007.633.949.434.9356.8958.9710.596.011.89--0.175771.86-0.64944.4336.098.943.615.92
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd335.80bn34.48bn580.76bn9.14k16.581.9311.161.73148.28148.281,444.671,272.140.77682.324.5536,723,640.008.028.5911.2011.7056.0657.7810.3310.571.43--0.145221.1213.9510.380.226315.0110.4222.59
Sumitomo Pharma Co Ltd453.40bn110.09bn1.18tn3.83k10.724.088.972.61277.11277.111,141.22727.280.54381.953.99118,318,100.0013.20-5.4923.02-8.4959.2467.8824.28-13.241.014.170.4726--26.79-3.75107.50-10.32-0.4856--
Ono Pharmaceutical Co Ltd509.35bn62.40bn1.27tn4.29k19.171.4212.772.49132.76132.761,084.011,786.880.47022.143.38118,811,500.005.7710.786.6112.3769.7973.2312.2721.232.56125.260.128336.33-3.1410.73-60.89-3.47-18.6612.20
Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd496.83bn67.04bn1.36tn5.67k20.241.5214.622.74128.07128.07949.131,706.500.45681.822.99--6.166.407.337.3774.2574.9913.4914.372.35----46.190.25599.3111.987.3519.807.10
Eisai Co Ltd808.19bn42.76bn1.46tn13.51k32.951.5817.411.80151.67151.672,866.613,153.460.55370.79963.3359,839,040.003.043.814.225.1477.7577.475.486.441.54--0.201598.016.422.569.49-17.54-14.480.00
Shionogi & Co Ltd465.35bn194.86bn3.07tn4.96k15.071.9414.226.60228.94228.94546.701,779.330.28690.86482.7693,915,640.0011.9812.1713.1313.7484.5084.9141.7838.305.21--0.014827.870.73255.625.196.8834.6612.30
Astellas Pharma Inc2.06tn322.91bn4.40tn13.64k13.542.478.552.14179.57179.571,145.43984.210.58411.272.90151,038,200.009.153.0514.114.4581.0081.1515.675.420.83941.320.2913131.4219.258.01197.72-23.64-5.9413.09
Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd2.05tn304.60bn5.60tn19.77k18.063.2014.782.73163.62163.621,103.05924.090.56490.81833.11103,827,400.008.385.7210.557.1177.5472.1514.8411.031.85--0.149549.5717.7713.9544.4717.7729.0120.79
Otsuka Holdings Co Ltd2.47tn363.15bn5.82tn35.34k15.631.8612.062.36685.26685.264,657.435,743.730.62212.084.5769,865,070.009.235.9111.377.2771.6869.1814.839.891.67--0.068532.9315.4210.78182.1321.9615.323.71
Data as of Feb 17 2026. Currency figures normalised to Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd's reporting currency: Japanese Yen JPY

Institutional shareholders

12.36%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 05 Feb 202617.10m3.25%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 04 Feb 20268.96m1.71%
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 06 Feb 20268.96m1.71%
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.as of 30 Jan 20267.90m1.50%
BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 06 Feb 20265.45m1.04%
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 05 Feb 20264.80m0.91%
Norges Bank Investment Managementas of 30 Jun 20254.03m0.77%
Geode Capital Management LLCas of 12 Feb 20262.77m0.53%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Japan)as of 30 Sep 20252.53m0.48%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd.as of 06 Feb 20262.46m0.47%
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