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Japanese (NIKKEI) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedNov 21, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies125
  • 7D0.03%
  • 3M2.0%
  • 1Y1.8%
  • YTD3.0%

In the last week, Food has been flat. Furthermore, the industry has been flat for the past year as well. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 6.8% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 21 Nov 2024JP¥17.9tJP¥23.7tJP¥954.4b15.1x18.7x0.8x
Sat, 19 Oct 2024JP¥18.0tJP¥23.5tJP¥963.4b16x18.7x0.8x
Mon, 16 Sep 2024JP¥17.5tJP¥23.5tJP¥967.9b15.9x18.1x0.7x
Wed, 14 Aug 2024JP¥17.2tJP¥23.5tJP¥964.7b16x17.9x0.7x
Fri, 12 Jul 2024JP¥18.6tJP¥23.2tJP¥975.8b16.1x19x0.8x
Sun, 09 Jun 2024JP¥18.0tJP¥23.2tJP¥973.7b16.1x18.5x0.8x
Tue, 07 May 2024JP¥18.5tJP¥23.0tJP¥975.2b17x19x0.8x
Thu, 04 Apr 2024JP¥18.1tJP¥22.9tJP¥961.1b17.1x18.8x0.8x
Sat, 02 Mar 2024JP¥18.4tJP¥22.9tJP¥958.6b17.8x19.2x0.8x
Mon, 29 Jan 2024JP¥18.1tJP¥22.7tJP¥900.6b18.3x20.1x0.8x
Wed, 27 Dec 2023JP¥17.3tJP¥22.7tJP¥901.6b17.5x19.1x0.8x
Fri, 24 Nov 2023JP¥17.8tJP¥22.7tJP¥901.1b17.8x19.8x0.8x
Sun, 22 Oct 2023JP¥16.8tJP¥22.5tJP¥799.1b20.3x21.1x0.7x
Tue, 19 Sep 2023JP¥17.7tJP¥22.4tJP¥793.3b20.6x22.3x0.8x
Thu, 17 Aug 2023JP¥17.1tJP¥22.4tJP¥790.6b19.2x21.7x0.8x
Sat, 15 Jul 2023JP¥16.4tJP¥22.0tJP¥694.7b19.8x23.6x0.7x
Mon, 12 Jun 2023JP¥16.7tJP¥22.0tJP¥695.4b20.1x24x0.8x
Wed, 10 May 2023JP¥16.5tJP¥21.5tJP¥678.7b18.9x24.3x0.8x
Fri, 07 Apr 2023JP¥15.4tJP¥21.4tJP¥681.8b17.8x22.5x0.7x
Sun, 05 Mar 2023JP¥15.0tJP¥21.4tJP¥681.6b17.6x22x0.7x
Tue, 31 Jan 2023JP¥14.7tJP¥20.9tJP¥697.5b17.7x21.1x0.7x
Thu, 29 Dec 2022JP¥15.0tJP¥20.8tJP¥701.9b18.7x21.4x0.7x
Sat, 26 Nov 2022JP¥15.3tJP¥20.8tJP¥701.4b18.1x21.7x0.7x
Mon, 24 Oct 2022JP¥14.6tJP¥20.2tJP¥787.6b16.3x18.5x0.7x
Wed, 21 Sep 2022JP¥14.7tJP¥20.2tJP¥789.2b16.4x18.7x0.7x
Fri, 19 Aug 2022JP¥15.0tJP¥20.2tJP¥790.5b16.4x19x0.7x
Sun, 17 Jul 2022JP¥14.5tJP¥19.8tJP¥811.8b15.1x17.9x0.7x
Tue, 14 Jun 2022JP¥13.4tJP¥19.8tJP¥809.4b14.9x16.6x0.7x
Thu, 12 May 2022JP¥13.6tJP¥19.8tJP¥779.6b14.6x17.4x0.7x
Sat, 09 Apr 2022JP¥14.1tJP¥19.7tJP¥779.5b14.2x18x0.7x
Mon, 07 Mar 2022JP¥14.1tJP¥19.7tJP¥778.7b15.3x18.1x0.7x
Wed, 02 Feb 2022JP¥13.9tJP¥19.6tJP¥776.9b15.5x17.9x0.7x
Fri, 31 Dec 2021JP¥14.4tJP¥19.6tJP¥771.9b15.3x18.7x0.7x
Sun, 28 Nov 2021JP¥14.3tJP¥19.6tJP¥772.1b15.1x18.5x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

18.5x


Total Market Cap: JP¥14.3tTotal Earnings: JP¥772.1bTotal Revenue: JP¥19.6tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 19.8x202220232024
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 19.8x.
  • 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 7.3% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.5% 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-0.44%
Consumer Staples-0.43%
Food0.028%
Packaged Foods and Meats0.055%
Agricultural Products-1.73%
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 are expecting annual earnings growth of 7.0%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 22.7% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 19.8x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 7.0% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 23% per year.
  • In contrast, the Agricultural Products industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 13% 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¥10.52k1.7%
+JP¥17.9b		34.5%PE16.8x
2607 Fuji Oil HoldingsJP¥3.53k5.9%
+JP¥16.9b		46.5%PS0.5x
2802 AjinomotoJP¥6.18k0.3%
+JP¥10.5b		11.0%PE34.2x
2201 Morinaga&CoJP¥2.71k4.5%
+JP¥10.5b		-0.3%PE15.7x
2267 Yakult HonshaLtdJP¥2.96k1.1%
+JP¥9.6b		-15.4%PE17.1x
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