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Japanese (NIKKEI) Food Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 09, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies50
  • 7D-0.5%
  • 3M6.8%
  • 1Y-3.8%
  • YTDn/a

The Food Retail is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but Kobe Bussan has stood out, gaining 3.2%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 3.8% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 4.0% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 09 Aug 2026JP¥8.8tJP¥20.3tJP¥557.1b12.6x15.8x0.4x
Tue, 07 Jul 2026JP¥8.7tJP¥22.1tJP¥543.9b11.8x16x0.4x
Thu, 04 Jun 2026JP¥8.1tJP¥22.1tJP¥535.9b11.6x15.1x0.4x
Sat, 02 May 2026JP¥8.3tJP¥20.5tJP¥532.1b11.9x15.6x0.4x
Mon, 30 Mar 2026JP¥8.8tJP¥21.0tJP¥548.7b12.5x16.1x0.4x
Wed, 25 Feb 2026JP¥9.6tJP¥21.0tJP¥554.1b13.9x17.4x0.5x
Fri, 23 Jan 2026JP¥9.6tJP¥20.9tJP¥536.7b14.2x17.8x0.5x
Sun, 21 Dec 2025JP¥9.6tJP¥23.0tJP¥473.3b13.1x20.2x0.4x
Tue, 18 Nov 2025JP¥9.1tJP¥23.0tJP¥476.4b12.9x19.1x0.4x
Thu, 16 Oct 2025JP¥8.9tJP¥21.3tJP¥472.9b12.6x18.9x0.4x
Sat, 13 Sep 2025JP¥9.3tJP¥21.6tJP¥429.2b13.2x21.6x0.4x
Mon, 11 Aug 2025JP¥9.5tJP¥21.6tJP¥419.7b12.6x22.7x0.4x
Wed, 09 Jul 2025JP¥9.9tJP¥23.0tJP¥409.0b11.8x24.2x0.4x
Fri, 06 Jun 2025JP¥9.9tJP¥23.0tJP¥411.4b11.9x24.1x0.4x
Sun, 04 May 2025JP¥9.9tJP¥21.2tJP¥414.4b12.5x23.9x0.5x
Tue, 01 Apr 2025JP¥9.5tJP¥21.1tJP¥344.6b12.7x27.6x0.5x
Thu, 27 Feb 2025JP¥10.0tJP¥21.0tJP¥339.3b12.7x29.5x0.5x
Sat, 25 Jan 2025JP¥10.1tJP¥21.0tJP¥341.0b12x29.6x0.5x
Mon, 23 Dec 2024JP¥10.0tJP¥22.5tJP¥433.7b12.1x23.1x0.4x
Wed, 20 Nov 2024JP¥10.2tJP¥22.7tJP¥430.9b12.7x23.7x0.4x
Fri, 18 Oct 2024JP¥9.8tJP¥21.0tJP¥432.1b12.6x22.6x0.5x
Sun, 15 Sep 2024JP¥9.7tJP¥22.2tJP¥445.5b12.5x21.9x0.4x
Tue, 13 Aug 2024JP¥8.3tJP¥22.1tJP¥446.1b12x18.5x0.4x
Thu, 11 Jul 2024JP¥10.2tJP¥23.4tJP¥503.8b14.1x20.2x0.4x
Sat, 08 Jun 2024JP¥10.4tJP¥23.4tJP¥506.1b14x20.6x0.4x
Mon, 06 May 2024JP¥10.2tJP¥21.7tJP¥501.6b14.6x20.4x0.5x
Wed, 03 Apr 2024JP¥10.6tJP¥23.3tJP¥496.4b14.5x21.4x0.5x
Fri, 01 Mar 2024JP¥11.0tJP¥23.3tJP¥491.7b14.8x22.3x0.5x
Sun, 28 Jan 2024JP¥9.9tJP¥23.2tJP¥484.3b14.4x20.4x0.4x
Tue, 26 Dec 2023JP¥9.5tJP¥23.3tJP¥471.9b13.5x20.1x0.4x
Thu, 23 Nov 2023JP¥9.6tJP¥23.3tJP¥472.4b14.1x20.3x0.4x
Sat, 21 Oct 2023JP¥9.1tJP¥23.2tJP¥463.6b14.6x19.6x0.4x
Mon, 18 Sep 2023JP¥9.9tJP¥23.4tJP¥482.1b16.1x20.6x0.4x
Wed, 16 Aug 2023JP¥9.9tJP¥23.3tJP¥480.2b16.2x20.7x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

20.7x


Total Market Cap: JP¥9.9tTotal Earnings: JP¥480.2bTotal Revenue: JP¥23.3tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Food Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 21x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Japanese Food Retail 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 15.8x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 21.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.43x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Retail industry have grown 5.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 4.5% per year.
  • This means that less sales are being generated overall, but since cost of doing business is lower, profits have been increasing.

Industry Comparison

How does Japanese Food Retail compare with similar industries?

JP Market1.75%
Consumer Staples1.96%
Food and Staples Retail0.14%
Food Retail-0.46%
Big Box Super Stores1.92%
Food Distributors-0.44%
Drug Retail-0.45%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
3038 Kobe BussanJP¥2.84k3.2%
+JP¥19.3b		-31.2%PE18.5x
2659 SAN-ALTDJP¥3.36k3.1%
+JP¥6.1b		10.0%PE18.9x
8194 LifeJP¥2.62k1.5%
+JP¥3.4b		2.6%PE12.4x
8276 HeiwadoLtdJP¥2.69k1.0%
+JP¥1.3b		-13.3%PE15.8x
3182 OisixJP¥1.66k1.6%
+JP¥903.1m		-8.3%PE12.7x

Latest News

8242
JP¥2,791.00
H2O Retailing
7D
-2.5%
1Y
34.3%
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8276
JP¥2,689.00
HeiwadoLtd
7D
1.0%
1Y
-13.3%
8255
JP¥1,189.00
Axial Retailing
7D
-6.2%
1Y
1.8%
3382
JP¥2,097.50
Seven & i Holdings
7D
-0.5%
1Y
2.6%
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2659
JP¥3,355.00
SAN-ALTD
7D
3.1%
1Y
10.0%
8194
JP¥2,623.00
Life
7D
1.5%
1Y
2.6%
3539
JP¥1,378.00
JM HoldingsLtd
7D
0.7%
1Y
-9.2%
9267
JP¥3,610.00
Genky DrugStores
7D
-3.3%
1Y
-24.7%
8167
JP¥1,389.00
Retail Partners
7D
1.3%
1Y
-8.4%
8198
JP¥3,170.00
Maxvalu TokaiLtd
7D
-3.2%
1Y
-1.9%
3038
JP¥2,838.00
Kobe Bussan
7D
3.2%
1Y
-31.2%
9959
JP¥1,072.00
Aseed HoldingsLtd
7D
6.6%
1Y
58.3%
9823
JP¥1,033.00
Mammy Mart Holdings
7D
-4.0%
1Y
-13.0%
417A
JP¥1,761.50
Blue Zones HoldingsLtd
7D
-1.5%
1Y
-11.2%
7512
JP¥826.00
Aeon Hokkaido
7D
-2.4%
1Y
-12.1%
3182
JP¥1,655.00
Oisix
7D
1.6%
1Y
-8.3%
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