Teijin (TSE:3401) Valuation Check After Recent Share Price Drift and Earnings Recovery

Teijin (TSE:3401) has been drifting lower in the past week even as its share price still sits modestly above where it started the year, creating an interesting setup for valuation minded investors.

See our latest analysis for Teijin.

With the latest pullback, Teijin’s share price return over the past month remains positive, but its year to date share price return is still slightly negative. Over the longer term, total shareholder returns have been modest rather than momentum driven.

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With earnings recovering despite flat revenues and the shares still trading below one intrinsic value estimate, investors now face a familiar dilemma: is this a mispriced turnaround story, or is the market already factoring in Teijin’s future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 3.3% Overvalued

Compared with Teijin’s last close of ¥1,287, the most widely followed narrative pegs fair value slightly lower at ¥1,246, framing today’s price as a modest premium to long term assumptions.

Ongoing introduction of cost reforms including workforce realignment, impairment related fixed cost reductions, and optimization of production should undergird gross margin expansion and enable Teijin to partially offset industry price pressures and demand volatility, leading to improved earnings resilience.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how a shrinking top line can still support higher profits and a richer future earnings multiple than the wider chemicals sector? The full narrative breaks down the margin rebuild, the profit swing, and the valuation bridge that ties it all together.

Result: Fair Value of ¥1,246 (OVERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, persistent price pressure in aramid and carbon fibers, or weaker than expected healthcare growth, could quickly undermine the margin rebuild underpinning this valuation.

Find out about the key risks to this Teijin narrative.

Another View: Market Ratios Tell a Different Story

While the narrative based fair value suggests Teijin is 3.3% overvalued, the market is far more cautious. On a price to sales basis, the shares trade around 0.3 times revenue, roughly half both the industry and peer average of 0.6 times. This indicates investors are pricing in real execution risk but also leaving room for upside if margins recover.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

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