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Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
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Price: 36.03 EUR 0.42% Market Closed
Market Cap: €59.3B
Financial profile · Q2 FY2026

A high-margin, cash-generative pharma model scaling through products and royalties

Chugai's multi-year record shows sustained revenue and profit growth with operating margins expanding as product and royalty income scale. It funds substantial R&D internally and retains a debt-light, liquid balance sheet, although recent investment spending has become more prominent in cash deployment.

What is developing

The quarter ended June 30, 2026 extended the established growth and profitability pattern, while the December 31, 2025 cash-flow data showed a material step-up in capital spending that reduced free-cash-flow conversion without making free cash flow negative. Earnings momentum remains intact, but cash deployment is becoming more investment-led.

What matters next

Whether operating cash flow normalizes while capital spending remains elevated and free-cash-flow conversion recovers.

JPY
Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
491.8B 534.2B 579.8B 686.2B 786.9B 999.8B 1.3T 1.1T 1.2T 1.3T
(247.9B) (254.2B) (262.8B) (264.7B) (273.5B) (337.7B) (476.3B) (412.7B) (337.9B) (352.9B)
243.8B 280B 316.9B 421.5B 513.5B 662.1B 783.5B 698.7B 832.8B 905.1B
(167B) (181.1B) (192.6B) (206.9B) (211.3B) (233.8B) (249.5B) (253.8B) (285B) (293.7B)
(81.9B) (88.1B) (93.4B) (100.7B) (93B) (100.8B) (99.6B) (111.9B) (109.7B) (116.3B)
R&D
(85B) (92.9B) (99.2B) (104.7B) (116.6B) (131.3B) (148.1B) (169.1B) (176.7B) (185.7B)
(1.5B) (1.7B) (1.8B) (1.8B) (1.4B) (818m) (373m)
(1m) 1m (63m) 28.6B 2.3B 8.6B
76.9B 98.9B 124.3B 214.5B 302.2B 428.2B 534B 444.9B 547.8B 611.4B
1.3B 4m 444m 519m (1.6B) 56m 769m 4.2B 323m (3.4B)
8m 5m 5m 27m 34m 48m 58m 81m 94m 425m
(160m) (97m) (3.9B) (953m) (6.3B) (641m) (5.8B) (5.8B) (12.6B)
(3.5B) (1.8B) (3.3B) (3.2B) (1.5B) (2.6B) (2.9B) 407m 709m 2.3B
74.4B 97B 121.4B 207.9B 298.2B 419.4B 531.2B 443.8B 543B 597.8B
(20.1B) (23.5B) (28.4B) (50.3B) (83.5B) (116.4B) (156.7B) (118.3B) (155.7B) (163.8B)
54.4B 73.5B 93.1B 157.6B 214.7B 303B 374.4B 325.5B 387.3B 434B
(780m) (827m) (591m)
53.6B 72.7B 92.5B 157.6B 214.7B 303B 374.4B 325.5B 387.3B 434B
32.66 44.28 56.27 95.81 130.53 184.17 227.57 197.80 235.36 263.73
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