Arakawa Chemical Industries (TSE:4968) Short Interest

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TSE:4968 Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd TSE:4968
63 GF Score
Price 円2,193.00
GF Value 円1,216.22
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 11 Warning Signs
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What is Arakawa Chemical Industries Short Interest?

Short Interest can be expressed as a percentage by dividing the number of shares sold short by the total number of outstanding shares.

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TSE:4968 vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Short Interest Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Arakawa Chemical Industries's Short Interest, along with its competitors' market caps and Short Interest data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Arakawa Chemical Industries Short Interest vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Arakawa Chemical Industries's Short Interest distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arakawa Chemical Industries's Short Interest falls into.


TSE:4968
63GF Score
Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd TSE:4968
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Is Arakawa Chemical Industries (TSE:4968) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Arakawa Chemical Industries stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of 円2,193.00 is trading 80.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of 円1,216.22. GuruFocus considers Arakawa Chemical Industries to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for TSE:4968:

  • Short Interest:
  • GF Value™: 円1,216.22 vs. price of 円2,193.00 (80.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 63/100 with 11 warning signs

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Arakawa Chemical Industries Business Description

Address No. 3, No. 1, Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka, JPN, 541-0046
Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd is engaged in the production and sales of paper chemicals, resins for printing inks, resins for adhesives/adhesives, and intermediates for electronic materials. It manufactures various paper chemicals including water-repellents, sizing agents, paper surface improving agents, and paper strengthening, and other types of papers. It also provides printing inks for offset printing; book (magazine)-gravures and food-package-gravures. It also offers electronic materials, including rosins for use as raw material of chemicals and electronic components.
63GF Score

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円2,193.00
Price
円1,216.22
GF Value