Company KITZ Corporation

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6498

JP3240700009

Industrial Machinery & Equipment

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Sector Industrial Valve Manufacturing

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 07:00:00 26/04/2024 BST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
1,318 ^JPY	+1.07%		+1.07%	+9.29%

02-15	Tranche Update on KITZ Corporation's Equity Buyback Plan announced on February 13, 2024.	CI
02-14	KITZ Corporation's Equity Buyback announced on February 13, 2024, has closed with 69,600 shares, representing 0.08% for ¥85.88 million.	CI

KITZ CORPORATION is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of valves and copper products. The Company operates in two business segments. The Valves segment provides bronze valves, steel valves, valve-related products, as well as filtration-related products. The Rolled Copper segment provides rolled copper products and copper processed products. The others businesses include the operation of hotels, restaurants and others.

Number of employees: 5,382

JPY in Million	2022	Weight	2023	Weight	Delta
Valve 81.5 %	125,189	78.3 %	136,016	81.5 %	+8.65%
Copper Products 17.0 %	32,513	20.3 %	28,425	17.0 %	-12.57%
Others 1.5 %	2,212	1.4 %	2,499	1.5 %	+12.97%

JPY in Million	2022	Weight	2023	Weight	Delta
Japan 66.0 %	104,364	65.3 %	110,103	66.0 %	+5.50%
Asia, Middle East 20.2 %	34,835	21.8 %	33,804	20.2 %	-2.96%
North America and South America 10.8 %	16,696	10.4 %	18,089	10.8 %	+8.34%
Others 3.0 %	4,018	2.5 %	4,943	3.0 %	+23.02%

Managers	Title	Age	Since
Makoto Kono PSD	President	58	31/03/88
Yasuyuki Hotta CHM	Chairman	68	28/02/78
Takahito Hirashima CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	64	28/02/85
Toshiyuki Murasawa ADM	Chief Administrative Officer	65	28/02/81
Tadaaki Kawaguchi IRC	Investor Relations Contact	-	-
Kenji Kato SAM	Sales & Marketing	-	-
Kazunori Okimura LAW	General Counsel	-	-
Kazuhiko Hirabayashi PRN	Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-
Taro Kimura AUD	Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	64	30/11/91
Masahiko Kondo AUD	Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	71	31/07/77

Members of the board	Title	Age	Since
Kazuyuki Matsumoto BRD	Director/Board Member	78	31/05/13
Yutaka Fujiwara BRD	Director/Board Member	73	26/06/17
Yasuyuki Hotta CHM	Chairman	68	28/02/78
Masahiko Kondo AUD	Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	71	31/07/77
Toshiyuki Murasawa ADM	Chief Administrative Officer	65	28/02/81
Takahito Hirashima CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	64	28/02/85
Yukino Kikuma BRD	Director/Board Member	52	30/06/20
Minoru Amoh BRD	Director/Board Member	72	31/05/15
Makoto Kono PSD	President	58	31/03/88

	Vote	Quantity	Free-Float	Company-owned shares	Total Float
Stock A	0	90,396,511	71,277,934 ( 78.85 %)	681,000 ( 0.7533 %)	78.85 %

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Kitazawakai Stock Ownership Plan 5.572 %	5,037,000	5.572 %	45 M ¥
Nippon Life Insurance Co. 4.760 %	4,303,000	4.760 %	39 M ¥
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. 4.103 %	3,709,400	4.103 %	33 M ¥
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. 3.778 %	3,415,000	3.778 %	31 M ¥
Kitazawa Ikueikai Foundation 3.773 %	3,411,000	3.773 %	31 M ¥
Kitz Business Association 3.720 %	3,363,000	3.720 %	30 M ¥
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 2.824 %	2,553,000	2.824 %	23 M ¥
Kitz Employee Stock Ownership Plan 2.329 %	2,105,000	2.329 %	19 M ¥
SECOM CO., LTD. 1.883 %	1,702,000	1.883 %	15 M ¥
OTAKE CORPORATION 1.306 %	1,180,824	1.306 %	11 M ¥

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
UNIMECH GROUP 24.91%	37,551,132	24.91%	13,170,309 $
YUASA TRADING CO., LTD. 1.26%	278,871	1.26%	9,858,006 $
OTAKE CORPORATION 7.89%	338,000	7.89%	4,359,416 $
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP, INC 0.00%	420,900	0.00%	4,330,114 $
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 0.00%	54,468	0.00%	3,206,287 $
KITZ CORPORATION 0.39%	355,305	0.39%	3,204,542 $
TOTECH CORPORATION 0.36%	150,000	0.36%	3,201,296 $
NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD. 0.30%	74,720	0.30%	3,149,847 $
TAKUMA CO., LTD. 0.14%	114,000	0.14%	1,434,180 $
THE HACHIJUNI BANK, LTD. 0.04%	197,453	0.04%	1,356,842 $

KITZ Corp.

1-10-1 Nakase Mihama-Ku

261-8577, Chiba

http://www.kitz.co.jp

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1,318 JPY

Average target price

1,500 JPY

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+13.81%

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Industrial Valve Manufacturing

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Industrial Valve Manufacturing