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2802.T Ajinomoto

Sole major supplier of ABF build-up film

Tight but sold off Its supply chain is tightening but the stock is below its 50-day average — price and fundamentals disagree. (automatic: supply-chain trend + price vs 50-day average)
Last close (delayed) · 2026-10-26
¥5,013.0
−1.01% today
1W
−4.8%
1M
+0.8%
3M
−4.1%
YTD
+52.7%
1Y
+21.3%
Off 52w high
−18.4%
Next earnings (est.): 2026-11-09
Market cap¥4.82T≈ $30.73B
P/E (trailing)35.1Forward 21.8
EV / sales3.2×EV/EBITDA 18.2×
Revenue (TTM)¥1.63TGrowth 13.2% y/y
Margins38.2%gross · op 12.9%
Free cash flow¥77.52BCash ¥197B · debt ¥562B
Analyst target¥6,321.4+26.1% upside · 14 analysts · buy
Riskβ 0.4Short — of float · yield 0.99%

Fundamentals from public market data, refreshed daily (2026-10-24 02:59 UTC). Figures in reporting currency.

2802.T · price with what management and the data said

Supply tighteningBeat / raiseMiss / cutData releaseEasing Hover a numbered marker for details · dashed lines = 50- and 200-day averages

Timeline: management commentary, data & earnings

8 events
  1. 8
    2026-08-05EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 38.11 vs 34.34 expected (+11.0% surprise).

  2. 7
    2026-05-06EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 46.54 vs 41.47 expected (+12.2% surprise).

  3. 6
    2026-02-05EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 39.64 vs 37.66 expected (+5.3% surprise).

  4. 5
    2025-11-05EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS 19.56 vs 32.01 expected (-38.9% surprise).

  5. 4
    2025-08-04EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 32.62 vs 30.86 expected (+5.7% surprise).

  6. 3
    2025-05-07EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -11.77 vs 17.86 expected (-165.9% surprise).

  7. 2
    2025-02-02EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 32.07 vs 31.69 expected (+1.2% surprise).

  8. 1
    2024-11-07EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 25.98 vs 21.94 expected (+18.4% surprise).

Earnings history

EPS vs expectations
DateExpected EPSReported EPSSurprise
2026-08-0534.3438.11+11.0%
2026-05-0641.4746.54+12.2%
2026-02-0537.6639.64+5.3%
2025-11-0532.0119.56−38.9%
2025-08-0430.8632.62+5.7%
2025-05-0717.86-11.77−165.9%
2025-02-0231.6932.07+1.2%
2024-11-0721.9425.98+18.4%
2024-08-0527.023.49−13.0%
2024-05-0823.459.4−59.9%
2024-02-0530.6929.92−2.5%
2023-11-0521.5218.52−14.0%
2023-05-1012.5116.69+33.5%
2023-01-3025.9627.47+5.8%
2022-11-0619.0217.98−5.5%
2022-07-2819.9425.86+29.7%
2022-05-10-12.37-5.08+58.9%
2022-01-3018.9225.33+33.9%
2021-11-0314.5229.35+102.1%
2021-07-2915.8820.11+26.6%
2021-05-09-12.64-2.96+76.6%
2021-01-287.8423.71+202.2%
2020-11-036.5213.05+100.2%
2020-07-298.8420.39+130.7%

About Ajinomoto

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Ajinomoto Co., Inc. engages in the seasonings and foods, frozen foods, and healthcare and other businesses in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Seasonings and Foods; Frozen Foods; and Healthcare, etc. The Seasonings and Foods segment offers sauces and seasoning products under the AJI-NO-MOTO, HON-DASHI, Cook Do, Ajinomoto KK Consommé, Pure Select Mayonnaise, Ros Dee, Masako, Aji-ngon, Sazón, Sajiku, and CRISPY FRY names. This segment also provides instant noodles under the Knorr Cup Soup and YumYum names; coffee beverages under the Birdy and Blendy brands; powdered drink under the Birdy 3in1 name; MAXIM brand products; A Little Luxury Coffee Shop brand products and various gifts, office drinks, cup vending machines, and tea dispensers, etc. The Frozen Foods segment offers Gyoza dumplings, rice dishes, noodles, sweets, shumai, processed chicken, and o…

34,787 employees · Tokyo, Japan

Large AI packages need big, many-layer ABF substrates. The build-up film itself comes from one supplier; glass-core substrates are the next transition.

ABF film→Core→Build-up layers→Package

What would prove us wrong. Weakens if substrate makers report utilisation falling while AI package sizes keep growing.

Peers at the same bottleneck

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Not investment advice. Prices delayed and in local currency. Quotes in "double quotes" are verbatim as reported by the linked source; other commentary is our paraphrase. Earnings dates are estimates.