ACCE price target published on 22 Oct 2026, 16:00 CEST.
Price used: ¥5425 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 08:30 CEST.
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Data
ACCE score
66
out of 100
P/E
16.9x
forward 19.6x
1-year return
+11.6%
Dividend yield
1.21%
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation in four questions
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ACCE thesis
Nippon Sanso Holdings makes industrial gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon and hydrogen, plus the cylinders, vacuum systems and electronic-grade specialty gases that chipmakers consume in volume. The moat is the delivered-gas model: pipelines and on-site plants tied to long-term supply contracts with steelmakers, petrochemical complexes and semiconductor fabs, which makes switching costly and revenue sticky. Revenue growth of 14.9% is the number to pressure-test, since it likely reflects a mix of volume recovery in electronics and pricing, and a PM should separate those before assuming it repeats. At 16.9 times trailing earnings and 19.7 times forward, the market is pricing in some earnings decline or a sharp fall in the forward estimate, which is worth checking against consensus revisions. A 14.6% operating margin and 12.1% ROE are solid for a capital-heavy chemicals business, but not exceptional, so the case rests on whether growth converts into margin expansion rather than on the current profitability alone.
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moderate
Insider ownership concentration
Insiders hold 55.9% of shares, so float is thin and a small number of holders can drive price moves. Institutional ownership is only 23.8%.
moderate
Five-year revenue trend
The reported 5y revenue CAGR is -62.3%, far below the +14.9% current year-on-year growth. Check whether that long-run figure reflects a restructuring, divestiture or data break before weighting it.
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AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 22, 2026 · figures from 2026-10-22 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
Free cash flow over the last twelve months reached JPY 135.0B, giving the business real cash to fund growth and dividends.
Latest quarterly earnings beat expectations by 26.7%, with EPS of 101.00 against 79.70 forecast.
Analysts' mean price target of JPY 6212.50 sits 14.2% above the current share price.
Why it could disappoint
Forward P/E of 19.7x sits above the trailing 16.9x, which suggests analysts expect earnings to dip after a strong year.
Return on equity of 12.1% is modest for a shareholder, leaving limited room for compounding without higher returns.
The dividend yield of 1.2% gives income investors little reason to own the shares at this price.
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