# Chugai Pharmaceutical (4519.JP)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/4519.JP

Analysis as of: 2026-10-15T07:10:20.370Z. Financial observations: FY2012–FY2025.

Listing currency: JPY. Reporting currency: JPY.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: JPY 6,267.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low JPY 2,190.32 per share, central JPY 2,458.83 per share, high JPY 2,816.26 per share. Buy at or below the central value JPY 2,458.83 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-15T07:10:20.370Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 5.5% at the stated quote. About 5.5% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; JP 10-year bond 2.9% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- 2 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational)

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 2

- Years with a net loss: 0

- Operating margin variation: 0.21×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2018: 0.21×

- FY2019: 0.31×

- FY2020: 0.38×

- FY2021: 0.42×

- FY2022: 0.42×

- FY2023: 0.40×

- FY2024: 0.46×

- FY2025: 0.48×

### moat: pass

- ROIC, median of available years: 27.9%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 24.6%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 7.5%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 20.1%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: 0.4 pp

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2018: 15.6%

- FY2019: 24.6%

- FY2020: 28.3%

- FY2021: 33.1%

- FY2022: 31.3%

- FY2023: 27.6%

- FY2024: 28.4%

- FY2025: 27.2%

### economics: fail

- owner earnings cash conversion below threshold

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.76×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: JPY 1.38T

- Net income, five-year total: JPY 1.82T

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 0.4 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 44.6%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2021: 0.68×

- FY2022: 0.46×

- FY2023: 1.03×

- FY2024: 1.02×

- FY2025: 0.63×

### management: pass

- Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2016 to 2025 (9 years)

- buybacks unrelated to price (informational)

- Per-share earnings: 44.35 to 235.39 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 11.7%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 0.0%

- Market cap gain: JPY 11.73T

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 11.7%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 0.0%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025

- Per-share value growth: 23.2%

- Per-share value change: JPY 191.04

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: JPY 44.35

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: JPY 235.39

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): -0.50

- Average buyback yield: 0.0%

- Buyback history: 8 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: JPY 2.42T

- ROIC, last three-year median: 27.6%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: JPY 32.71

- FY2017: JPY 44.35

- FY2018: JPY 56.36

- FY2019: JPY 95.95

- FY2020: JPY 130.66

- FY2021: JPY 184.29

- FY2022: JPY 227.64

- FY2023: JPY 197.83

- FY2024: JPY 235.39

- FY2025: JPY 263.73

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: 1.9%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.23×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 0.0%

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 0.89×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.03×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 1.8%

- FY2017: -4.1%

- FY2018: -2.9%

- FY2019: -4.6%

- FY2020: 0.8%

- FY2021: 1.5%

- FY2022: 7.0%

- FY2023: -4.4%

- FY2024: -2.7%

- FY2025: 1.9%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 40% since Feb 2026 · sales +7.5%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:14.200Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 13.5% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2024–2025

sales +7.5%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100XTBJ.pdf; observed 2026-03-25.

- FY2016: JPY 492B 

- FY2017: JPY 534B 

- FY2018: JPY 580B 

- FY2019: JPY 686B 

- FY2020: JPY 787B 

- FY2021: JPY 1,000B 

- FY2022: JPY 1.26T 

- FY2023: JPY 1.11T 

- FY2024: JPY 1.17T 

- FY2025: JPY 1.26T 

### Gross margin · FY2025

gross margin 71.1%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100XTBJ.pdf; observed 2026-03-25.

- FY2018: 54.7% 

- FY2019: 61.2% 

- FY2020: 65.2% 

- FY2021: 66.2% 

- FY2022: 62.2% 

- FY2023: 62.8% 

- FY2024: 71.0% 

- FY2025: 71.1% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Annual sales are JPY 1.3 trillion.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100XTBJ.pdf (filed 2026-03-25); FY2025: revenue 1257941000000; grossProfit 894251000000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 62.8% to 71.1% during 2023–25; it earns 27.9% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 62.8%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 71%.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100XTBJ.pdf (filed 2026-03-25); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 71.1%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); 10-year return on capital observations [[2018,0.15639966105832748],[2019,0.24553620097226891],[2020,0.2825740539410071],[2021,0.33122001527233275],[2022,0.3127050513256267],[2023,0.27599838015793143],[2024,0.2839798587683784],[2025,0.2718715081224698]]; median 0.27928621704946927. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid no dividends in 8 years; bought back JPY 6 million of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2018: growth capex 0; upkeep 77671000000; owner earnings 41403000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 61177000000; owner earnings 145464000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 61389000000; owner earnings 143646000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 72866000000; owner earnings 206760000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 71239000000; owner earnings 172343000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 74258000000; owner earnings 335667000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 54389000000; owner earnings 393211000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100XTBJ.pdf (filed 2026-03-25); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 111607000000; owner earnings 274673000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); Dividend observations: [[2018,0],[2019,0],[2020,0],[2021,0],[2022,0],[2023,0],[2024,0],[2025,0]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100XTBJ.pdf (filed 2026-03-25); FY2025: cash repurchases 6000000 JPY.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 13.5% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-25); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.18237512237005077. Price 6267; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03.  Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (JPY per share)

- 2016-11: JPY 1,071.67 per share

- 2016-12: JPY 1,118.33 per share

- 2017-01: JPY 1,100.00 per share

- 2017-02: JPY 1,248.33 per share

- 2017-03: JPY 1,275.00 per share

- 2017-04: JPY 1,316.67 per share

- 2017-05: JPY 1,403.33 per share

- 2017-06: JPY 1,401.67 per share

- 2017-07: JPY 1,478.33 per share

- 2017-08: JPY 1,490.00 per share

- 2017-09: JPY 1,556.67 per share

- 2017-10: JPY 1,800.00 per share

- 2017-11: JPY 1,936.67 per share

- 2017-12: JPY 1,923.33 per share

- 2018-01: JPY 1,923.33 per share

- 2018-02: JPY 1,850.00 per share

- 2018-03: JPY 1,793.33 per share

- 2018-04: JPY 1,926.67 per share

- 2018-05: JPY 2,050.00 per share

- 2018-06: JPY 1,936.67 per share

- 2018-07: JPY 1,890.00 per share

- 2018-08: JPY 2,146.67 per share

- 2018-09: JPY 2,433.33 per share

- 2018-10: JPY 2,210.00 per share

- 2018-11: JPY 2,590.00 per share

- 2018-12: JPY 2,126.67 per share

- 2019-01: JPY 2,140.00 per share

- 2019-02: JPY 2,523.33 per share

- 2019-03: JPY 2,536.67 per share

- 2019-04: JPY 2,346.67 per share

- 2019-05: JPY 2,413.33 per share

- 2019-06: JPY 2,346.67 per share

- 2019-07: JPY 2,600.00 per share

- 2019-08: JPY 2,533.33 per share

- 2019-09: JPY 2,800.00 per share

- 2019-10: JPY 3,050.00 per share

- 2019-11: JPY 3,186.00 per share

- 2019-12: JPY 3,360.00 per share

- 2020-01: JPY 3,755.00 per share

- 2020-02: JPY 3,905.00 per share

- 2020-03: JPY 4,166.67 per share

- 2020-04: JPY 4,270.00 per share

- 2020-05: JPY 5,296.67 per share

- 2020-06: JPY 5,765.00 per share

- 2020-07: JPY 4,736.00 per share

- 2020-08: JPY 4,721.00 per share

- 2020-09: JPY 4,715.00 per share

- 2020-10: JPY 4,021.00 per share

- 2020-11: JPY 5,044.00 per share

- 2020-12: JPY 5,503.00 per share

- 2021-01: JPY 5,472.00 per share

- 2021-02: JPY 4,763.00 per share

- 2021-03: JPY 4,489.00 per share

- 2021-04: JPY 4,101.00 per share

- 2021-05: JPY 4,198.00 per share

- 2021-06: JPY 4,402.00 per share

- 2021-07: JPY 4,020.00 per share

- 2021-08: JPY 4,308.00 per share

- 2021-09: JPY 4,103.00 per share

- 2021-10: JPY 4,247.00 per share

- 2021-11: JPY 3,680.00 per share

- 2021-12: JPY 3,735.00 per share

- 2022-01: JPY 3,711.00 per share

- 2022-02: JPY 3,800.00 per share

- 2022-03: JPY 4,097.00 per share

- 2022-04: JPY 3,903.00 per share

- 2022-05: JPY 3,528.00 per share

- 2022-06: JPY 3,470.00 per share

- 2022-07: JPY 3,734.00 per share

- 2022-08: JPY 3,609.00 per share

- 2022-09: JPY 3,626.00 per share

- 2022-10: JPY 3,450.00 per share

- 2022-11: JPY 3,624.00 per share

- 2022-12: JPY 3,368.00 per share

- 2023-01: JPY 3,358.00 per share

- 2023-02: JPY 3,394.00 per share

- 2023-03: JPY 3,270.00 per share

- 2023-04: JPY 3,504.00 per share

- 2023-05: JPY 3,755.00 per share

- 2023-06: JPY 4,086.00 per share

- 2023-07: JPY 4,231.00 per share

- 2023-08: JPY 4,457.00 per share

- 2023-09: JPY 4,624.00 per share

- 2023-10: JPY 4,460.00 per share

- 2023-11: JPY 5,218.00 per share

- 2023-12: JPY 5,342.00 per share

- 2024-01: JPY 5,347.00 per share

- 2024-02: JPY 6,000.00 per share

- 2024-03: JPY 5,764.00 per share

- 2024-04: JPY 5,050.00 per share

- 2024-05: JPY 4,781.00 per share

- 2024-06: JPY 5,716.00 per share

- 2024-07: JPY 6,609.00 per share

- 2024-08: JPY 7,384.00 per share

- 2024-09: JPY 6,932.00 per share

- 2024-10: JPY 7,340.00 per share

- 2024-11: JPY 6,598.00 per share

- 2024-12: JPY 6,999.00 per share

- 2025-01: JPY 6,734.00 per share

- 2025-02: JPY 7,487.00 per share

- 2025-03: JPY 6,799.00 per share

- 2025-04: JPY 8,219.00 per share

- 2025-05: JPY 7,583.00 per share

- 2025-06: JPY 7,525.00 per share

- 2025-07: JPY 7,360.00 per share

- 2025-08: JPY 6,509.00 per share

- 2025-09: JPY 6,448.00 per share

- 2025-10: JPY 7,049.00 per share

- 2025-11: JPY 8,374.00 per share

- 2025-12: JPY 8,243.00 per share

- 2026-01: JPY 8,801.00 per share

- 2026-02: JPY 10,455.00 per share

- 2026-03: JPY 8,611.00 per share

- 2026-04: JPY 8,116.00 per share

- 2026-05: JPY 7,892.00 per share

- 2026-06: JPY 7,534.00 per share

- 2026-07: JPY 6,932.00 per share

- 2026-08: JPY 6,913.00 per share

- 2026-09: JPY 6,225.00 per share

- 2026-10: JPY 6,048.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (JPY per share)

- FY2022: low JPY 1,679.71 per share, central JPY 1,933.92 per share, high JPY 2,229.08 per share

- FY2023: low JPY 1,792.28 per share, central JPY 2,002.82 per share, high JPY 2,283.09 per share

- FY2024: low JPY 1,922.26 per share, central JPY 2,143.99 per share, high JPY 2,439.17 per share

- FY2025: low JPY 2,068.27 per share, central JPY 2,319.81 per share, high JPY 2,654.65 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T07:10:20.370Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period.

## Sources

[Original EDINET filing](https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100XTBJ.pdf); period 2025-12-31, filed 2026-03-25.

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Chugai Pharmaceutical

4519 · JP

Nikkei 225 · TOPIX Large70

Not a wonderful business

1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
JPY 6,267.00
Buy up to
JPY 2,458.83
Expected / yr
5.5% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Margins varied 21% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

8y median
40.9%
Worst year
21.4%
Latest · 2025
47.6%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 27.9% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 24.6% (minimum 10%).

8y median
27.9%
Worst year
15.6%
Latest · 2025
27.2%

Each $1 of profit left $0.76 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
0.76×
Annual median
0.68×
Latest · 2025
0.63×

Per-share value rose from 44.35 to 235.39, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
JPY 157.48
Worst year
JPY 32.71
Latest · 2025
JPY 263.73

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 1.9% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-1.0%
Worst year
7.0%
Latest · 2025
1.9%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 38.5%, three-year average owner earnings per share 203.3 JPY.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeJPY 2,190.32 – JPY 2,816.26
Buy at or belowCentral value JPY 2,458.83
Discount to value1 − 6267.00 / 2458.83 = -154.9%
Return / yearAbout 5.5% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash JPY 178.17/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash JPY 242.91/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueJPY 1.26T
1.26T020162025
FY2016 · Revenue: JPY 492B; FY2017 · Revenue: JPY 534B; FY2018 · Revenue: JPY 580B; FY2019 · Revenue: JPY 686B; FY2020 · Revenue: JPY 787B; FY2021 · Revenue: JPY 1,000B; FY2022 · Revenue: JPY 1.26T; FY2023 · Revenue: JPY 1.11T; FY2024 · Revenue: JPY 1.17T; FY2025 · Revenue: JPY 1.26T
Revenue
Owner earningsJPY 275B
393B020162025
FY2018 · Owner earnings: JPY 41B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: JPY 145B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: JPY 144B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: JPY 207B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: JPY 172B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: JPY 336B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: JPY 393B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: JPY 275B
Owner earnings
Operating margin47.6%
47.6%0.0%20162025
FY2018 · Operating margin: 21.4%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 30.7%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 38.3%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 42.2%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 42.3%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 39.5%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 46.3%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 47.6%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtJPY 427B
540B020162025
FY2018 · Net cash / debt: JPY 147B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: JPY 204B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: JPY 212B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: JPY 268B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: JPY 222B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: JPY 459B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: JPY 540B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: JPY 427B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares1.6B
1.6B020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 1.6B
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025Original filing ↗ ·