Basic Materials
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.(SHECF)
Live Price
Offline$46.82
+2.70% today
1Y Change
+59.20%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $13.19T
- Revenue Growth
- +1.1%
- EPS Growth
- -5.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.5%
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (SHECF) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $13.19T and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $46.82 and up 59.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.1%, EPS growth of -5.7%, a dividend yield of 1.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.1%, EPS -5.7%, free cash flow -18.3% with operating margin 24.7% and ROIC 8.8%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.5%. Valuation sits in the middle of the pack at P/E 27.8 and price/sales 5.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SHECF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+1.1% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+24.7% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +1.1% and EPS is at -5.7%, with operating margin around 24.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
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SHECF Max Drawdown
-21.44%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for SHECF and SPY.
Company Overview
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Other OTC
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. engages in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/chlor-alkali, semiconductor silicon, silicones, electronics and functional materials, specialty chemicals, processing, and trading and specialized businesses worldwide. The company operates through Infrastructure Materials; Electronics Materials; Functional Materials; and Processing and Specialized Services segments. It offers PVC- framed windows; electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles; wind power generators, air conditioners, aircrafts, industrial motors, semiconductor silicon used in semiconductors for robots; and cellulose derivative products. The company also offers pipes for water supply and sewerage systems; caustic soda; polyvinyl alcohol; photoresists photomasks blanks; encapsulant materials; rare earth magnets; silicon wafers, LED packaging materials, and synthetic quartz; pellicles; SOLBIN, a copolymer resin; anode material of batteries; and input devices, wafer cases, and wrapping films. The company was formerly known as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. in 1940. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- Leadership
- Yasuhiko Saitoh
- IPO Date
- Oct 15, 2010
- Employees
- 27.3k
- Street Address
- Marunouchi Eiraku Building
- Mailing
- Tokyo, 100-0005
- Region
- Tokyo, JP
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 81 3 6812 2340
- Last Updated
- May 4, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 27.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.4
- Price/Sales
- 5.1
- Price/Book
- 3.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +1.1%
- EPS
- -5.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -18.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 34.2%
- Operating Margin
- 24.7%
- Net Margin
- 18.4%
- ROE
- 11.1%
- ROIC
- 8.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.05
- Current Ratio
- 5.94
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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