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Japanese (NIKKEI) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies125
  • 7D-2.2%
  • 3M-7.5%
  • 1Y-9.1%
  • YTD-7.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has dropped 2.2%, driven by a pullback from Ajinomoto of 5.6%. However, the industry is down 9.1% over the past year. Earnings are forecast to grow by 7.7% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Food Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025JP¥16.5tJP¥24.0tJP¥967.9b15.7x17x0.7x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025JP¥17.2tJP¥23.7tJP¥956.6b15x17.9x0.7x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024JP¥18.2tJP¥23.6tJP¥948.9b15x19.2x0.8x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024JP¥17.9tJP¥23.7tJP¥956.7b15.6x18.7x0.8x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024JP¥18.1tJP¥23.5tJP¥966.9b15.8x18.7x0.8x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024JP¥17.8tJP¥23.5tJP¥968.4b16x18.4x0.8x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024JP¥17.0tJP¥23.4tJP¥990.3b15.7x17.2x0.7x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024JP¥18.0tJP¥23.2tJP¥972.8b16.1x18.5x0.8x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024JP¥17.9tJP¥23.2tJP¥973.7b15.7x18.3x0.8x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024JP¥18.4tJP¥23.0tJP¥967.2b16.8x19x0.8x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024JP¥18.8tJP¥22.9tJP¥961.1b17.6x19.6x0.8x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024JP¥18.5tJP¥22.9tJP¥958.6b18.1x19.3x0.8x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024JP¥18.2tJP¥22.7tJP¥900.7b18.1x20.2x0.8x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023JP¥17.1tJP¥22.7tJP¥901.6b17.3x19x0.8x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023JP¥18.0tJP¥22.7tJP¥901.2b17.7x19.9x0.8x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023JP¥17.1tJP¥22.5tJP¥798.3b20.4x21.4x0.8x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023JP¥17.6tJP¥22.4tJP¥793.4b20.8x22.2x0.8x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023JP¥17.0tJP¥22.4tJP¥731.6b19.8x23.2x0.8x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023JP¥16.4tJP¥22.0tJP¥694.7b20.7x23.6x0.7x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023JP¥16.5tJP¥22.0tJP¥695.4b20.1x23.8x0.8x
Wed, 03 May 2023JP¥16.5tJP¥21.5tJP¥682.7b18.7x24.2x0.8x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023JP¥15.2tJP¥21.4tJP¥681.8b17.8x22.3x0.7x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023JP¥14.8tJP¥21.4tJP¥682.9b17.7x21.6x0.7x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023JP¥14.6tJP¥20.8tJP¥698.0b17.4x20.9x0.7x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022JP¥14.8tJP¥20.8tJP¥701.9b18.7x21.2x0.7x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022JP¥14.8tJP¥20.8tJP¥701.5b18x21.2x0.7x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022JP¥14.8tJP¥20.2tJP¥787.3b16.5x18.8x0.7x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022JP¥14.9tJP¥20.2tJP¥789.1b16.1x18.8x0.7x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022JP¥14.8tJP¥20.2tJP¥811.4b16.1x18.2x0.7x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022JP¥14.6tJP¥19.8tJP¥807.3b15x18.1x0.7x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022JP¥13.4tJP¥19.8tJP¥809.1b15.1x16.6x0.7x
Thu, 05 May 2022JP¥13.7tJP¥19.8tJP¥782.2b14.7x17.5x0.7x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022JP¥14.0tJP¥19.7tJP¥779.6b14.5x18x0.7x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022JP¥14.0tJP¥19.7tJP¥777.2b15.5x18x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

18x


Total Market Cap: JP¥14.0tTotal Earnings: JP¥777.2bTotal Revenue: JP¥19.7tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 19.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Japanese Food industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 17.0x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 19.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.75x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have grown 7.6% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.8% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

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

JP Market-1.26%
Consumer Staples-1.99%
Food-2.21%
Agricultural Products-1.24%
Packaged Foods and Meats-2.23%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 19.8x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 7.7%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 11.7% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 19.3x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 7.7% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 12% per year.
  • In contrast, the Agricultural Products industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 23% 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
2875 Toyo Suisan KaishaJP¥9.05k6.2%
+JP¥52.9b
3.6%PE13.3x
2267 Yakult HonshaLtdJP¥2.94k6.0%
+JP¥50.8b
-6.6%PE17.4x
2212 Yamazaki BakingJP¥2.75k2.4%
+JP¥12.9b
-26.6%PE15.2x
2269 Meiji HoldingsJP¥2.97k1.1%
+JP¥8.8b
-13.7%PE16.3x
2871 NichireiJP¥3.49k1.5%
+JP¥6.3b
-9.3%PE17.7x
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