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Japanese (NIKKEI) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedApr 24, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies293
  • 7D3.9%
  • 3M6.3%
  • 1Y1.7%
  • YTD3.6%

In the last week, the Consumer Staples industry is up 3.9%, with Seven & i Holdings up 6.5%. Overall in the last year, the industry is flat. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 12% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Consumer Staples Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 25 Apr 2025JP¥63.2tJP¥91.5tJP¥2.6t16.1x23.9x0.7x
Sun, 23 Mar 2025JP¥60.9tJP¥91.1tJP¥2.8t15.5x21.5x0.7x
Tue, 18 Feb 2025JP¥59.0tJP¥91.0tJP¥2.8t15.1x20.9x0.6x
Thu, 16 Jan 2025JP¥59.8tJP¥90.3tJP¥2.9t14.8x20.9x0.7x
Sat, 14 Dec 2024JP¥63.0tJP¥91.6tJP¥3.0t15.3x21.2x0.7x
Mon, 11 Nov 2024JP¥62.8tJP¥91.6tJP¥3.0t15.2x21x0.7x
Wed, 09 Oct 2024JP¥64.5tJP¥90.5tJP¥3.1t15.4x21.1x0.7x
Fri, 06 Sep 2024JP¥63.6tJP¥90.5tJP¥3.1t15.4x20.7x0.7x
Sun, 04 Aug 2024JP¥61.2tJP¥89.9tJP¥3.0t15.3x20.2x0.7x
Tue, 02 Jul 2024JP¥64.5tJP¥90.7tJP¥3.1t16x20.8x0.7x
Thu, 30 May 2024JP¥63.9tJP¥89.0tJP¥3.1t15.2x20.6x0.7x
Sat, 27 Apr 2024JP¥63.8tJP¥88.2tJP¥3.0t15.8x21.1x0.7x
Mon, 25 Mar 2024JP¥64.9tJP¥89.6tJP¥3.0t16.6x21.5x0.7x
Wed, 21 Feb 2024JP¥63.8tJP¥88.9tJP¥3.0t16.4x21.3x0.7x
Fri, 19 Jan 2024JP¥62.9tJP¥88.3tJP¥2.9t16.9x21.9x0.7x
Sun, 17 Dec 2023JP¥59.9tJP¥88.2tJP¥2.9t16.1x21x0.7x
Tue, 14 Nov 2023JP¥62.0tJP¥88.0tJP¥2.8t16.7x21.8x0.7x
Thu, 12 Oct 2023JP¥60.8tJP¥87.6tJP¥2.7t17.2x22.3x0.7x
Sat, 09 Sep 2023JP¥62.2tJP¥87.4tJP¥2.7t18.2x22.9x0.7x
Mon, 07 Aug 2023JP¥59.8tJP¥86.9tJP¥2.7t18.4x22.3x0.7x
Wed, 05 Jul 2023JP¥60.6tJP¥86.0tJP¥2.7t18.9x22.7x0.7x
Fri, 02 Jun 2023JP¥59.0tJP¥85.9tJP¥2.7t18x22.1x0.7x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023JP¥59.4tJP¥84.8tJP¥2.6t17.5x22.6x0.7x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023JP¥55.7tJP¥84.0tJP¥2.6t16.7x21.3x0.7x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023JP¥55.1tJP¥83.2tJP¥2.6t16.2x21.1x0.7x
Sat, 21 Jan 2023JP¥54.0tJP¥82.2tJP¥2.6t16.8x20.8x0.7x
Mon, 19 Dec 2022JP¥55.7tJP¥81.1tJP¥2.6t17x21.7x0.7x
Wed, 16 Nov 2022JP¥54.2tJP¥80.8tJP¥2.6t15.6x21.2x0.7x
Fri, 14 Oct 2022JP¥53.6tJP¥78.1tJP¥2.6t15.3x20.4x0.7x
Sun, 11 Sep 2022JP¥54.3tJP¥78.1tJP¥2.6t15.6x20.7x0.7x
Tue, 09 Aug 2022JP¥53.8tJP¥77.6tJP¥2.6t15.9x20.9x0.7x
Thu, 07 Jul 2022JP¥52.5tJP¥75.7tJP¥2.5t15.5x21.1x0.7x
Sat, 04 Jun 2022JP¥50.5tJP¥75.8tJP¥2.5t15x20.2x0.7x
Mon, 02 May 2022JP¥51.6tJP¥74.5tJP¥2.5t15x20.7x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

20.7x


Total Market Cap: JP¥51.6tTotal Earnings: JP¥2.5tTotal Revenue: JP¥74.5tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 21.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Japanese Consumer Staples industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 23.9x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 21.3x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.69x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 7.1% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Japanese Consumer Staples sector?

JP Market3.48%
Consumer Staples3.89%
Food and Staples Retail5.29%
Tobacco5.12%
Household Products4.74%
Food3.07%
Beverage2.71%
Personal Products1.55%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Tobacco industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 13.8x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 19.1%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 62.8% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 19.8x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Tobacco industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 19% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 63% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 7.7% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
3382 Seven & i HoldingsJP¥2.10k6.8%
+JP¥345.1b		2.4%PE31.5x
2914 Japan TobaccoJP¥4.34k2.1%
+JP¥161.6b		4.5%PE43x
8267 AeonJP¥4.16k3.9%
+JP¥135.2b		26.4%PE124.5x
8113 UnicharmJP¥1.32k3.5%
+JP¥78.0b		-14.7%PE28.2x
4452 KaoJP¥6.05k1.5%
+JP¥41.3b		-5.6%PE26.1x
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