kuraray


Third-Party Ratings

Indexes and awards applied to Kuraray shares

  • Nikkei Average
  • Nikkei 225
  • FTSE 4Good
  • MSCI
  • S&P/TOPIX 150 Shariah
  • Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index

Analyst Coverage (Company names in alphabetical order / titles omitted)
As of Feb. 2010

Company Name Analyst
Barclays Capital Japan Limited Mikiya Yamada
Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. Takao Kanai
Atsushi Ikeda
Cosmo Securities Co.,Ltd. Kazuyoshi Saito
Crédit Agricole Securities Asia BV Makoto Kurosawa
Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited Masami Sawato
Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd. Yusuke Ando
Deutsche Securities Inc. Takato Watabe
Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. Hisaaki Yokoo
Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited Michiko Kakiya
MARUSAN SECURITIES Co.,LTD. Takehiro Iwamaru
Company Name Analyst
Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. Akiko Kuwahara
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd. Yasuhiro Nakada
Mizuho Investors Securities Co. Ltd. Morio Ohshima
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Wakako Sato
Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd. Yoshihiro Azuma
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Yuu Okazaki
Okasan Securities Co. Masao Yoshida
Tokai Tokyo Research Center Co. Ltd. Tomonobu Tsunoyama
UBS Securities Japan Ltd. Takaaki Muramatsu
Shohei Takahashi

Kuraray Group is followed by the analysts/researchers at the brokerage firms listed above.
This list is based on information available, and there may be some institutions and analysts not shown here.
Please note that any opinions, estimates or forecasts regarding Kuraray Group's performance made by the analysts at these brokerage firms are theirs alone and not those of Kuraray or its management.

Corporate bond ratings (Bond ratings) As of Dec, 2009

Japan Credit Rating Agency
Target Rating Unsecured debenture, Long-term Senior Debts
Rating AA-
Forecast Stable
Moody's Japan K.K.
Target Rating Unsecured on long-term liabilities,
Issuer
Rating A1
Forecast Stable
Rating & Investment Information, Inc Target Rating Issuer
Rating A+
Forecast Stable

Definitions of the ratings above

Japan Credit Rating Agency [AA-]
Extremely reliable performance of obligations
Moody's Japan KK [A1]
Upper medium rating for obligations judged to be a low credit risk.
Rating and Investment Information, Inc. [A+]
Highly creditworthy with some excellent elements.
  • * Ratings are evaluations made by third-party institutions of the repayment capacity of entities (companies, etc.) issuing bonds based on overall decisions taking into account a variety of aspects such as finance, operations, earnings, management policies and clients.