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Japanese (NIKKEI) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 17, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies123
  • 7D-0.4%
  • 3M4.0%
  • 1Y5.0%
  • YTD2.4%

The Food is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but Fuji Oil has stood out, gaining 24%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 5.0% in that time. Earnings are forecast to grow by 9.1% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 17 Aug 2025JP¥18.0tJP¥24.4tJP¥926.7b16.1x19.5x0.7x
Tue, 15 Jul 2025JP¥17.5tJP¥24.2tJP¥921.1b16.5x19x0.7x
Thu, 12 Jun 2025JP¥17.4tJP¥24.2tJP¥921.9b16.6x18.9x0.7x
Sat, 10 May 2025JP¥17.7tJP¥24.1tJP¥943.5b16.9x18.8x0.7x
Mon, 07 Apr 2025JP¥16.5tJP¥24.0tJP¥968.9b15.4x17.1x0.7x
Wed, 05 Mar 2025JP¥16.7tJP¥24.0tJP¥967.9b15.4x17.3x0.7x
Fri, 31 Jan 2025JP¥17.6tJP¥23.7tJP¥955.9b15.5x18.4x0.7x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024JP¥18.2tJP¥23.7tJP¥953.7b15.3x19x0.8x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024JP¥17.9tJP¥23.7tJP¥954.2b15x18.7x0.8x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024JP¥17.7tJP¥23.5tJP¥963.4b16.1x18.4x0.8x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024JP¥17.9tJP¥23.5tJP¥967.8b16.4x18.5x0.8x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024JP¥17.6tJP¥23.5tJP¥973.0b15.6x18.1x0.7x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024JP¥18.5tJP¥23.2tJP¥980.9b16x18.8x0.8x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024JP¥17.7tJP¥23.2tJP¥973.7b15.9x18.2x0.8x
Sun, 12 May 2024JP¥18.7tJP¥23.1tJP¥972.8b16.4x19.2x0.8x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024JP¥18.3tJP¥22.9tJP¥965.6b17.2x19x0.8x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024JP¥18.3tJP¥22.9tJP¥960.5b17.7x19x0.8x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024JP¥18.4tJP¥22.8tJP¥905.5b18.6x20.3x0.8x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024JP¥17.4tJP¥22.7tJP¥901.6b17.6x19.3x0.8x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023JP¥17.8tJP¥22.7tJP¥901.2b17.7x19.8x0.8x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023JP¥17.0tJP¥22.5tJP¥798.4b19.9x21.2x0.8x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023JP¥17.3tJP¥22.4tJP¥793.3b20.8x21.8x0.8x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023JP¥16.9tJP¥22.4tJP¥790.6b18.9x21.3x0.8x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023JP¥16.6tJP¥22.0tJP¥692.6b20.7x23.9x0.8x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023JP¥16.9tJP¥22.0tJP¥695.3b20.2x24.3x0.8x
Mon, 15 May 2023JP¥16.2tJP¥21.8tJP¥671.1b19.5x24.1x0.7x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023JP¥15.4tJP¥21.4tJP¥678.5b17.7x22.7x0.7x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023JP¥15.3tJP¥21.4tJP¥681.6b18x22.4x0.7x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023JP¥14.5tJP¥21.1tJP¥696.7b17.9x20.8x0.7x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023JP¥14.7tJP¥20.8tJP¥701.9b18.1x20.9x0.7x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022JP¥15.0tJP¥20.8tJP¥700.9b18.3x21.4x0.7x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022JP¥14.5tJP¥20.3tJP¥739.2b16x19.6x0.7x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022JP¥14.6tJP¥20.2tJP¥789.2b16.4x18.5x0.7x
Wed, 24 Aug 2022JP¥15.0tJP¥20.2tJP¥790.5b16.3x18.9x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

18.9x


Total Market Cap: JP¥15.0tTotal Earnings: JP¥790.5bTotal Revenue: JP¥20.2tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 19.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese Food industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 19.9x.
  • 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 5.5% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.4% 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 Market2.52%
Consumer Staples-1.07%
Food-0.44%
Packaged Foods and Meats-0.43%
Agricultural Products-1.31%
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 20.0x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 9.2%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 0.7% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 18.0x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 9.2% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 0.7% per year.
  • In contrast, the Agricultural Products industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
2607 Fuji OilJP¥3.48k24.1%
+JP¥58.0b		9.9%PE1358.8x
2801 KikkomanJP¥1.32k1.1%
+JP¥14.1b		-24.0%PE21.1x
2216 KanroJP¥2.11k3.9%
+JP¥3.3b		128.6%PE26.3x
2802 AjinomotoJP¥4.00k0.08%
+JP¥2.9b		45.1%PE49.7x
1384 HokuryoJP¥2.09k19.9%
+JP¥2.9b		117.9%n/a

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