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Japanese (NIKKEI) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 27, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies124
  • 7D-1.7%
  • 3M-0.6%
  • 1Y-5.0%
  • YTD-3.5%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has dropped 1.7%, driven by Ajinomoto declining 4.4%. In contrast, Kanro has gained 16%. Overall the industry is down 5.0% in 12 months. Looking forward, 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
Sun, 27 Apr 2025JP¥17.1tJP¥24.0tJP¥969.6b16.3x17.7x0.7x
Tue, 25 Mar 2025JP¥17.3tJP¥24.0tJP¥963.2b16.3x18x0.7x
Thu, 20 Feb 2025JP¥16.6tJP¥24.0tJP¥967.9b15.6x17.1x0.7x
Sat, 18 Jan 2025JP¥17.2tJP¥23.7tJP¥956.6b15x17.9x0.7x
Mon, 16 Dec 2024JP¥18.3tJP¥23.7tJP¥953.7b15.5x19.1x0.8x
Wed, 13 Nov 2024JP¥18.0tJP¥23.6tJP¥967.1b15.6x18.6x0.8x
Fri, 11 Oct 2024JP¥18.2tJP¥23.5tJP¥966.9b15.9x18.8x0.8x
Sun, 08 Sep 2024JP¥17.8tJP¥23.5tJP¥968.4b16x18.4x0.8x
Tue, 06 Aug 2024JP¥16.5tJP¥23.3tJP¥993.6b15.1x16.6x0.7x
Thu, 04 Jul 2024JP¥18.0tJP¥23.2tJP¥972.8b16x18.5x0.8x
Sat, 01 Jun 2024JP¥17.9tJP¥23.2tJP¥973.7b15.7x18.3x0.8x
Mon, 29 Apr 2024JP¥18.4tJP¥23.0tJP¥967.2b16.8x19x0.8x
Wed, 27 Mar 2024JP¥18.7tJP¥22.9tJP¥961.1b17.7x19.4x0.8x
Fri, 23 Feb 2024JP¥18.5tJP¥22.9tJP¥958.6b18.1x19.3x0.8x
Sun, 21 Jan 2024JP¥18.2tJP¥22.7tJP¥900.7b18.1x20.2x0.8x
Tue, 19 Dec 2023JP¥16.9tJP¥22.7tJP¥901.6b17.4x18.7x0.7x
Thu, 16 Nov 2023JP¥18.0tJP¥22.7tJP¥900.2b17.7x20x0.8x
Sat, 14 Oct 2023JP¥17.1tJP¥22.5tJP¥798.3b20.4x21.4x0.8x
Mon, 11 Sep 2023JP¥17.7tJP¥22.4tJP¥793.4b20.7x22.3x0.8x
Wed, 09 Aug 2023JP¥16.9tJP¥22.3tJP¥727.1b20.4x23.2x0.8x
Fri, 07 Jul 2023JP¥16.5tJP¥22.0tJP¥695.4b20.9x23.7x0.7x
Sun, 04 Jun 2023JP¥16.5tJP¥22.0tJP¥695.4b20.1x23.8x0.8x
Tue, 02 May 2023JP¥16.5tJP¥21.5tJP¥682.7b18.8x24.2x0.8x
Thu, 30 Mar 2023JP¥15.4tJP¥21.4tJP¥682.9b17.8x22.5x0.7x
Sat, 25 Feb 2023JP¥14.8tJP¥21.4tJP¥682.9b17.7x21.6x0.7x
Mon, 23 Jan 2023JP¥14.5tJP¥20.8tJP¥698.0b17.3x20.8x0.7x
Wed, 21 Dec 2022JP¥14.9tJP¥20.8tJP¥701.0b18.3x21.2x0.7x
Fri, 18 Nov 2022JP¥14.7tJP¥20.8tJP¥701.5b18x20.9x0.7x
Sun, 16 Oct 2022JP¥14.8tJP¥20.2tJP¥787.3b16.5x18.8x0.7x
Tue, 13 Sep 2022JP¥14.9tJP¥20.2tJP¥789.1b16.1x18.8x0.7x
Thu, 11 Aug 2022JP¥14.8tJP¥20.2tJP¥816.1b15.8x18.2x0.7x
Sat, 09 Jul 2022JP¥14.6tJP¥19.8tJP¥808.1b15x18x0.7x
Mon, 06 Jun 2022JP¥13.4tJP¥19.8tJP¥809.1b15x16.6x0.7x
Wed, 04 May 2022JP¥13.7tJP¥19.8tJP¥782.2b14.7x17.5x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.5x


Total Market Cap: JP¥13.7tTotal Earnings: JP¥782.2bTotal Revenue: JP¥19.8tTotal 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 17.7x 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 7.4% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.6% 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 Market2.29%
Consumer Staples-0.12%
Food-1.68%
Agricultural Products0.57%
Packaged Foods and Meats-1.71%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 19.8x.
    • Analysts expect its future annual earnings growth (8.0%) to be largely in line with prior year's earnings growth.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 18.8x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 8.0% over the next 5 years.
  • This is roughly in line with its past earnings growth rate.
  • In contrast, the Agricultural Products industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 20% 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
2216 KanroJP¥4.26k16.1%
+JP¥8.3b		86.8%PE18.3x
1377 Sakata SeedJP¥3.34k1.8%
+JP¥2.6b		-7.5%PE7.7x
2221 Iwatsuka ConfectioneryJP¥3.30k7.7%
+JP¥2.4b		26.9%PE12.7x
2208 BourbonJP¥2.70k3.1%
+JP¥1.9b		15.6%PE11.7x
2884 Yoshimura Food Holdings K.KJP¥942.007.8%
+JP¥1.6b		-36.2%PE12.1x
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2875

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2.0%

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