Kureha Corporation manufactures and sells functional materials, specialty chemicals, and plastics in Japan and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Advanced Materials, Specialty Chemicals, Specialty Plastics, Construction, and Other Operations. The Advanced Materials segment offers polyphenylene sulfide, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), processed polyglycolic acid products, carbon fiber, and bead-shaped activated carbon products. The Specialty Chemicals segment provides therapeutic agents for chronic renal failure, agricultural and horticultural fungicides, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite, monochlorobenzene, para-dichlorobenzene, and ortho-dichlorobenzene. The Specialty Plastics segment offers household plastic wraps, garbage bags for kitchen sink, plastic food containers, cooking paper, PVDF fishing lines, polyvinylidene chloride films, multilayer heat-shrinkable films, and auto-pack machinery for food packaging. The Construction segment provides civil engineering and construction contracting, and construction supervision services. The Other Operations segment offers industrial waste treatment and environmental processing facilities; physiochemical analysis, measurement, testing, and inspection services; and transportation and warehousing, and medical services. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Metrics to compare | 4023 | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Basic Materials sector companies | Relationship Relationship4023PeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 16.8x | 11.6x | 2.6x | |
PEG Ratio | −1.25 | 0.15 | 0.00 | |
Price/Book | 0.6x | 0.8x | 1.6x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 0.8x | 0.6x | 1.3x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | −12.7% | 15.2% | 17.5% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 19.6% | 0.4% | Unlock |