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Kureha Corporation

OTCPK:KURC.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.0b

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Kureha Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Kureha's CEO is Yutaka Kobayashi, appointed in Sep 2012, has a tenure of 11.5 years. total yearly compensation is ¥128.00M, comprised of 52.3% salary and 47.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.076% of the company’s shares, worth $776.91K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.9 years and 1.3 years respectively.

Key information

Yutaka Kobayashi

Chief executive officer

JP¥128.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage52.34%
CEO tenure11.5yrs
CEO ownership0.08%
Management average tenure5.9yrs
Board average tenure1.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Yutaka Kobayashi's remuneration changed compared to Kureha's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2023n/an/a

JP¥9b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥11b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥15b

Mar 31 2023JP¥128mJP¥67m

JP¥17b

Compensation vs Market: Yutaka's total compensation ($USD845.57K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD3.31M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Yutaka's compensation with company performance.


CEO

Yutaka Kobayashi (72 yo)

11.5yrs
Tenure
JP¥128,000,000
Compensation

Mr. Yutaka Kobayashi serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Kureha America, Inc. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of Kureha Corporation since September 2012 and serves as its President....


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Yutaka Kobayashi
CEO, President & Director11.5yrsJP¥128.00m0.076%
$ 776.9k
Yoshio Noda
Senior VP7.9yrsno datano data
Kazushige Tsurutani
General Manager of Public & Investor Relations Departmentno datano datano data
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Senior VP2.3yrsno data0.0071%
$ 72.2k
Michihiro Sato
EVP, MD of Internal Control & Auditing6.9yrsno datano data
Katsuhiro Natake
Senior VPless than a yearno data0.0076%
$ 77.7k
Naomitsu Nishihata
SVP, MD of PGA Business5.9yrsno data0.0049%
$ 50.0k
Koji Suyama
Senior VP and GM of Home Products & Packaging Materials Division4.7yrsno datano data
5.9yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: KURC.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.9 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Yutaka Kobayashi
CEO, President & Director14.8yrsJP¥128.00m0.076%
$ 776.9k
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Senior VP1.8yrsno data0.0071%
$ 72.2k
Michihiro Sato
EVP, MD of Internal Control & Auditingno datano datano data
Katsuhiro Natake
Senior VPless than a yearno data0.0076%
$ 77.7k
Naomitsu Nishihata
SVP, MD of PGA Businessless than a yearno data0.0049%
$ 50.0k
Katsuo Okuno
Independent Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Memberless than a yearno datano data
Toru Yoshida
Member of Audit & Supervisory Board7.8yrsno data0.0065%
$ 66.6k
Michihiko Hayashi
Independent Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Memberless than a yearno datano data
Osamu Tosaka
Independent Outside Director7.8yrsno datano data
Osamu Iida
Independent Outside Director1.8yrsno datano data
Yumiko Okafuji
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
1.3yrs
Average Tenure
63yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: KURC.F's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/03/26 01:45
End of Day Share Price 2023/12/28 00:00
Earnings2023/12/31
Annual Earnings2023/03/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
  • SEC Form 10-K
  • SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
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Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
  • ICE Market Data
  • SEC Form S-1
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
  • SEC Form 4
  • SEC Form 13D
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
  • SEC Form 10-K
  • SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements
  • SEC Form 8-K

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Kureha Corporation is covered by 6 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Niima KomuraBofA Global Research
Yusuke MiuraDaiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
Takashi NishihiraIchiyoshi Research Institute Inc.

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