Shiseido stock rallies following 5.3% stake purchase

By Julia Wray | Published: 20-Feb-2025
Finance

Investment from UK firm Independent Franchise Partners boosted the Japanese beauty giant’s share price by 13.1%

Shiseido has a new investor, breathing life back into the Japanese beauty giant’s share price.

London, UK-based investment firm Independent Franchise Partners announced a 5.2% stake in the NARS and Drunk Elephant-owner. 

The cosmetics player’s stock ended 19 February up 13.1% as a result.

Independent Franchise Partners also said in a filing with Japan’s Ministry of Finance that it could make proposals. 

Shiseido’s stock had fallen by 35.7% over the past year.

Earlier this month, it reported a 73.1% nosedive in operating profits for the year ended 31 December.      

Shiseido blamed the slump primarily on sluggish consumer spending in China, adding that the beauty market downturn in the country had lasted longer than expected.

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