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PARKER CORPORATION

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PARKER CORPORATION9845

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Parker Corporation is a group of companies comprising the Company, 30 consolidated subsidiaries, and 5 affiliated companies. The Group operates through six segments—Machinery, Chemical Products, Chemicals, Industrial Materials, Chemical Processing Products, and Others—offering a wide range of products from body sealers, NVH countermeasure materials, and soundproofing materials for automotive production lines, to fine chemicals for the electronics industry, industrial cleaning agents and rust preventives, and production equipment for the food and chemical industries. The Group has established global manufacturing bases in Japan, China, the United States, Mexico, India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and other countries, building local supply systems for its major customers, including automakers and electronic component manufacturers.

Business Model

Each division has built an integrated manufacturing-sales system combining manufacturing, import/sales, and design-construction, securing continuous orders through expanded adoption of high-value-added products developed jointly with customers. The Chemical Products and Industrial Materials divisions, which together account for approximately 71% of net sales, are the core businesses, and the company maintains a supply system closely tied to customers' production lines while diversifying foreign exchange risk through local production at global sites. It invested ¥1,053 million in research and development, continuously creating differentiated products centered on its Technical Center.

Company Strengths

In the industrial materials segment alone, manufacturing sites are located in seven countries: Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, China, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Mexico. The chemical products (kasei-hin) segment operates in Japan, China, the US, Mexico, and India, while the chemicals segment operates in Japan, China, Thailand, and Mexico, achieving a local supply system adjacent to major customers' production sites. This multi-site network, difficult for competitors to replicate in a short period, serves as the foundation for customer lock-in.

Joint development with users is conducted in each of the chemical products, industrial materials, and chemical processing (kako-hin) segments, with ongoing activities to expand product adoption in next-generation vehicle models. In the industrial materials segment, an integrated proposal system has been built covering everything from material selection to product commercialization, leveraging soundproofing performance evaluation technology and performance prediction simulation technology. The chemical processing segment is advancing R&D for fine chemicals used in semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing, and is also progressing toward localized supply for the Asian market.

In FY2026 (ending March 2026), revenue was distributed across six segments as follows: chemical products ¥31,807 million, industrial materials ¥20,405 million, chemicals ¥7,377 million, chemical processing ¥6,856 million, other ¥3,448 million, and machinery ¥3,412 million. Even as the chemical products segment saw a decline in revenue due to deteriorating market conditions in North America and China, the industrial materials, chemicals, and chemical processing segments secured revenue growth, allowing the group's overall revenue to maintain growth.

ENVALITH's Perspective

For FY2026 (ending March 2026), net sales reached ¥73,307 million (up 4.7% year on year), operating profit reached ¥6,487 million (up 32.1%), and profit attributable to owners of parent reached ¥4,694 million (up 66.9%), marking substantial improvement at every profit level. The disappearance of the ¥462 million impairment loss recorded in the prior period, the swing from a foreign exchange loss of ¥610 million to a foreign exchange gain of ¥64 million, and the improvement from an equity-method investment loss of ¥82 million to an investment gain of ¥51 million together lifted ordinary profit by 58.9%. This can be assessed as a strong result driven by both the fading of one-off factors and structural improvement.

The company's forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2027) calls for net sales of ¥74,000 million (up 0.9% year on year), but operating profit of ¥5,800 million (down 10.6%), ordinary profit of ¥6,200 million (down 12.5%), and net profit of ¥4,400 million (down 6.3%), representing a decline at every profit level. The main driver is presumed to be the fading of one-off gains such as the foreign exchange gain and equity-method profit recorded in FY2026 (ending March 2026), but it should be noted that raw material procurement risks stemming from the Middle East situation and changes in major countries' trade policies (tariff risk) are not factored into the earnings forecast, representing a downside risk.

The company's financial base is extremely sound, with an equity ratio of 66.2%, cash and cash equivalents of ¥21,431 million, and a cash flow to interest-bearing debt ratio of 0.5 years. The annual dividend for FY2026 (ending March 2026) is ¥53 (a substantial increase from ¥25 in the prior period), with a payout ratio of 28.3%. The company plans to maintain the ¥53 dividend in FY2027 (ending March 2027) as well, but maintaining the dividend amid a forecast profit decline would raise the payout ratio to 30.1%. Deteriorating market conditions in North America and China are affecting sales of the chemical products segment, and the pace of recovery in these core markets will determine the medium-term scope for further dividend increases.

Growth Strategy

Strengthening the global profit base through expanded adoption of EV-compatible products and selective concentration on profitable businesses by reviewing unprofitable operations

Promoting expanded adoption of chemical products and industrial materials into next-generation vehicle models developed by domestic and overseas automakers. Strengthening proposals for EV-oriented products such as vehicle body lightweighting materials, soundproofing materials, and sealing materials to build a long-term order base. In FY2026 (ending March 2026), the Industrial Materials segment achieved net sales of ¥20,405 million (up 11.5% year on year), demonstrating tangible results from the expanded adoption.

Continuing to review low-profitability businesses and product lines to improve the group's overall profit structure. In the Chemical Products segment, while net sales declined 1.4% year on year in FY2026 (ending March 2026), operating profit improved 73.7% to ¥2,418 million. Profit improvement measures combining optimization of the global supply structure with raw material cost management are bearing fruit.

Promoting optimization of the global supply structure utilizing production bases in seven countries. Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets expanded to ¥2,620 million in FY2026 (ending March 2026) (from ¥1,795 million in the previous fiscal year), reflecting more active capital investment. Total tangible fixed assets increased to ¥16,170 million (from ¥14,915 million in the previous fiscal year), aiming to expand production capacity and strengthen competitiveness.

Promoting a 'value creation' (Koto-zukuri) strategy that accurately captures changes in social conditions and demand, focusing on proposing and developing high-value-added products. Capturing robust capital investment demand related to digitalization and decarbonization, and continuing to win large-scale projects in the Machinery segment and Chemical Products segment. The Machinery segment achieved net sales of ¥3,412 million (up 25.1% year on year) and operating profit of ¥421 million (up 103.3% year on year) in FY2026 (ending March 2026).

Last updated: July 19, 2026