Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (SHECF)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
66% above intrinsic value ($0)
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (SHECF) — VMCI valuation read
Across 120 indicators, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (SHECF) lands at VMCI 65/100. The Basic Materials sector median is 50, so the 15-point above-median read is the active comparison. Pillar weighting on the score: Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%.
No material Form 4 disclosures landed on SHECF in the past 30 days. Quiet insider tape removes one signal source; the active reads stay with the trailing-twelve-month financials and the next 10-Q.
**Investor frame.** On Value, SHECF trades at 19.0x earnings, 6% above the Basic Materials median of 18.0x; the EV/EBITDA delta of -2.0x reinforces that single line. On Quality, ROIC of 13.0% sits 3.0pp above the Basic Materials median (10.0%). On Risk, net debt to EBITDA of 3.1x is the binding constraint on the bear case for SHECF on the trailing balance sheet.
SHECF fell 0.1% over the trailing 7 days, with a -4.0% read on a 30-day basis.
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.
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