Kuraray Co., Ltd.

OTCPK:KURR.Y Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.8b

Kuraray Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Kuraray's CEO is Hitoshi Kawahara, appointed in Jan 2021, has a tenure of 4.25 years. total yearly compensation is ¥114.00M, comprised of 50% salary and 50% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.019% of the company’s shares, worth $734.07K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.2 years and 5.1 years respectively.

Key information

Hitoshi Kawahara

Chief executive officer

JP¥114.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage50.0%
CEO tenure4.3yrs
CEO ownership0.02%
Management average tenure6.2yrs
Board average tenure5.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Hitoshi Kawahara's remuneration changed compared to Kuraray's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2024JP¥114mJP¥57m

JP¥32b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥53b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥51b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

JP¥56b

Dec 31 2023JP¥103mJP¥57m

JP¥42b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥44b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥52b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

JP¥50b

Dec 31 2022JP¥105mJP¥57m

JP¥54b

Compensation vs Market: Hitoshi's total compensation ($USD800.96K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD7.58M).

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

CEO

Hitoshi Kawahara (62 yo)

4.3yrs

Tenure

JP¥114,000,000

Compensation

Mr. Hitoshi Kawahara has been Representative Director and President of Kuraray Co., Ltd. Since January 1, 2021 and joined the Company since April 1984. He was Managing Executive Officer of Kuraray Co., Ltd...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Hitoshi Kawahara
President & Representative Director4.3yrsJP¥114.00m0.019%
$ 734.1k
Masaaki Ito
Executive Chairman10.8yrsno data0.029%
$ 1.1m
Yukio Mori
Accounting Department Manager - Accounting and Finance Divisionno datano datano data
Akira Omura
Managing Executive Officer7.3yrsno datano data
Shinichi Takizawa
Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Departmentno datano datano data
Matthias Gutweiler
Managing Executive Officer & Directorno datano datano data
Nobuhiko Takai
Managing Executive Officer & Director9yrsno data0.0062%
$ 233.2k
Toshihiro Omatsu
Managing Executive Officer5.1yrsno datano data
Keiji Taga
Senior Managing Executive Officer & Representative Director8.1yrsno data0.011%
$ 396.3k
Takaharu Kawahara
Executive Officer & President3.1yrsno datano data
Tomoyuki Watanabe
Managing Executive Officer & Directorno datano data0.0068%
$ 256.3k
Stevan Schott
Executive Officerno datano datano data

6.2yrs

Average Tenure

63yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: KURR.Y's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Hitoshi Kawahara
President & Representative Director6.1yrsJP¥114.00m0.019%
$ 734.1k
Masaaki Ito
Executive Chairman10.8yrsno data0.029%
$ 1.1m
Matthias Gutweiler
Managing Executive Officer & Director5.1yrsno datano data
Nobuhiko Takai
Managing Executive Officer & Director5.1yrsno data0.0062%
$ 233.2k
Keiji Taga
Senior Managing Executive Officer & Representative Director5.6yrsno data0.011%
$ 396.3k
Tomoyuki Watanabe
Managing Executive Officer & Director1.3yrsno data0.0068%
$ 256.3k
Yoji Ikemori
Managing Executive Officer & Directorless than a yearno data0.0046%
$ 174.7k
Satoshi Tanaka
Independent Outside Director5.1yrsno data0.0025%
$ 93.2k
Toshifumi Mikayama
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Hiroaya Hayase
Full-time Member of Audit & Supervisory Board1.1yrsno data0.021%
$ 804.3k
Naoko Mikami
Independent Outside Director1.1yrsno datano data
Keiko Murata
Independent Outside Director5.1yrsno data0.0012%
$ 46.8k

5.1yrs

Average Tenure

63.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: KURR.Y's board of directors are considered experienced (5.1 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/29 00:01
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/29 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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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

Kuraray Co., Ltd. is covered by 25 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Toshiro YoshinagaAizawa Securities Co. Ltd.
Mikiya YamadaBarclays
Kei RameauBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)