Asahi Kasei

3407.THIGH

Materials · Weight: 5%· Data as of 2026-04-21

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¥1,524.5-0.68%
6-month daily

Investment Thesis

Q Glass (quartz, Df 0.0005) wins M9 CCL specification for Nvidia Rubin-era products. PE 13.4x massively undervalued for M9 winner.

Risk

Conglomerate dilution. Q Glass scale-up uncertain.

Monitoring Trigger

M9 CCL mass production ramp H2 2026.

Key Metrics

13.4
PE
12
Fwd PE
1
P/B
7.8%
ROE
7%
Op Margin
N/A
D/E
3.5%
Div Yield
N/A
FCF
1.4T
Mkt Cap

Peer Comparison

CompanyPEFwd PEROEOp MarginFCF
Advantest544449.3%44.2%+¥375B est.
Tokyo Electron40.2130.8523.9%24.2%+¥398B
SCREEN Holdings23.2917.8519.8%19.0%+¥49.4B
DISCO Corp55.4443N/A42.3%+¥63.7B (OCF ¥133.5B minus capex ¥69.8B; capex doubled FY2025→FY2026)
Lasertec44.1745.0643.0%46.1%+¥96B
Shin-Etsu Chemical2523.511.1%24.7%+¥346B
Keyence43.6439.913.5%51.0%+¥451B (cash equivalents; FCF strongly positive given asset-light model)
Renesas ElectronicsLoss17.78-2.1% GAAP / ~10.5% Non-GAAP33.7% Non-GAAP Q1 2026 (H1 guided 31.3%)+¥364B (confirmed: OCF ¥453B minus capex ¥89B)
SoftBank Group~6.8x nominal (meaningless — non-recurring OpenAI gains)22.09~43% nominal (OpenAI-inflated)N/A (holding company)-¥1,396B (approx)
SUMCOLossN/A-1.54%-0.8%-¥11B
Socionext36.7722.446.0%7.5%-¥4B
Nitto Boseki~25x operating basis2213%13%N/A
Asahi Kasei13.4127.8%7%N/A
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical12118%8%N/A
Meiko Electronics161415.6%12%N/A
Fujimi Inc181612%15%N/A
Hirose Electric22208%15%N/A