Nihon Kohden (NHNKY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Nihon Kohden Corporation is a Japanese medical technology company that develops, manufactures, sells, and services medical electronic equipment. Founded in 1951, the company provides products designed to support the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of patients across hospitals, clinics, ambulances, and other healthcare settings.

Its product portfolio includes patient monitoring systems, electrocardiographs, electroencephalographs and other neurodiagnostic equipment, defibrillators, automated external defibrillators, ventilators, and related clinical information systems. Nihon Kohden also supplies disposable sensors, electrodes, accessories, and other consumable products used with its medical devices.

The company serves healthcare providers in Japan and international markets through overseas subsidiaries, sales offices, and distributors. Its international operations extend across North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions, with products marketed under the Nihon Kohden brand. The company is listed in Japan, and its American depositary securities trade over the counter in the United States under the symbol NHNKY.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $9.89 to $9.98
• 50-Day Range: $9.09 to $10.41
• 52-Week Range: $8.12 to $14.21
• Volume: 11,071 shs
• Average Volume: 10,980 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.66 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.02
• Dividend Yield: 1.21%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Nihon Kohden Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nihon Kohden scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Nihon Kohden has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nihon Kohden has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Nihon Kohden are expected to grow by 10.00% in the coming year, from $0.60 to $0.66 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Nihon Kohden is 18.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nihon Kohden is 18.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 275.97.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Nihon Kohden has a P/B Ratio of 1.43. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Nihon Kohden has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Nihon Kohden has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.25, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Nihon Kohden has recently decreased by 10.12%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Nihon Kohden pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Nihon Kohden does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Nihon Kohden is 20.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Nihon Kohden will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.67% next year. This indicates that Nihon Kohden will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.37

News Sentiment

Nihon Kohden has a news sentiment score of 0.37. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Nihon Kohden this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Nihon Kohden insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.10% of the stock of Nihon Kohden is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/03/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Equipment & Supplies
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare Equipment
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:NHNKY
• CIK: 1543726
• Web: www.nihonkohden.com
• Phone: (135) 996-8000
• Fax: 813-5996-8100
• Employees: 6,116
• Year Founded: 1951

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.02
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.52
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $95.79 million
• Net Margins: 5.90%
• Pretax Margin: 8.48%
• Return on Equity: 9.17%
• Return on Assets: 6.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.12
• Current Ratio: 3.98
• Quick Ratio: 2.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.56 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.07
• Cash Flow: $0.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.13
• Book Value: $6.94 per share
• Price / Book: 1.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 167,960,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $1.66 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.38