Unicharm Corporation

DB:UN41 Stock Report

Market Cap: €14.5b

Unicharm Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Unicharm's CEO is Takahisa Takahara, appointed in Jun 2001, has a tenure of 23.92 years. total yearly compensation is ¥400.00M, comprised of 37.5% salary and 62.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.66% of the company’s shares, worth €95.20M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.2 years and 3.2 years respectively.

Key information

Takahisa Takahara

Chief executive officer

JP¥400.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage37.5%
CEO tenure23.9yrs
CEO ownership0.7%
Management average tenure2.2yrs
Board average tenure3.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Takahisa Takahara's remuneration changed compared to Unicharm's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2024JP¥400mJP¥150m

JP¥82b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥85b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥91b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

JP¥87b

Dec 31 2023JP¥400mJP¥150m

JP¥86b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥76b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥71b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

JP¥67b

Dec 31 2022JP¥379mJP¥150m

JP¥68b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

JP¥63b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

JP¥65b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

JP¥69b

Dec 31 2021JP¥309mJP¥115m

JP¥73b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

JP¥74b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

JP¥73b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

JP¥53b

Dec 31 2020JP¥275mJP¥111m

JP¥52b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

JP¥41b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

JP¥40b

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

JP¥53b

Dec 31 2019JP¥200mJP¥125m

JP¥46b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥60b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥57b

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

JP¥60b

Dec 31 2018JP¥195mJP¥195m

JP¥61b

Compensation vs Market: Takahisa's total compensation ($USD2.78M) is below average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD5.27M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Takahisa's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Takahisa Takahara (63 yo)

23.9yrs

Tenure

JP¥400,000,000

Compensation

Mr. Takahisa Takahara has been an Independent Outside Director at Sumitomo Corporation since June 2023. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Unicharm Corporation since June 2004 and has been its Pres...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Takahisa Takahara
Chairman23.9yrsJP¥400.00m0.66%
€ 95.2m
Hirotatsu Shimada
Senior Managing Executive Officer & GM of Accounting and Finance Divisionno datano datano data
Kazuya Kondo
Investor Relations Office Department Managerno datano datano data
Kenji Takaku
Senior Managing Exec Officer2.2yrsno data0.0052%
€ 757.9k
Tetsuya Shite
Executive Managing Exec Officer1.3yrsno data0.0032%
€ 455.6k
Tadashi Nakai
Senior Managing Executive Officerno datano datano data
Satoru Kiuchi
Senior Executive Officerno datano datano data
Chikara Oka
Senior Executive Officerno datano datano data
Tsutomu Watanabe
Managing Executive Officerno datano datano data
Tsutomu Kido
Senior Executive Officerno datano datano data
Takeshi Oda
Senior Executive Officerno datano datano data
Yuji Ishii
Senior Executive Officerno datano datano data

2.2yrs

Average Tenure

62.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: UN41's management team is considered experienced (2.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Takahisa Takahara
Chairman29.9yrsJP¥400.00m0.66%
€ 95.2m
Kenji Takaku
Senior Managing Exec Officer2.2yrsno data0.0052%
€ 757.9k
Tetsuya Shite
Executive Managing Exec Officerless than a yearno data0.0032%
€ 455.6k
Shigeru Asada
Director4.2yrsno data0.00034%
€ 49.2k
Hiroaki Sugita
Outside Independent Director4.2yrsno data0.0010%
€ 149.0k
Noriko Rzonca
Outside Independent Director2.2yrsno data0.00034%
€ 49.2k

3.2yrs

Average Tenure

63yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: UN41's board of directors are considered experienced (3.2 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/05 18:28
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/05 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Unicharm Corporation is covered by 28 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mitsuko MiyasakoBarclays
James MoonBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Akiko KuwaharaBofA Global Research