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Japanese (NIKKEI) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 09, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies115
  • 7D2.3%
  • 3M8.2%
  • 1Y14.5%
  • YTD8.4%

In the last week, the Food and Staples Retail industry is up 1.9%, with Aeon leading the way, up 3.4%. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 15%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 12% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 09 May 2025JP¥20.2tJP¥48.4tJP¥781.0b12.5x25.8x0.4x
Sun, 06 Apr 2025JP¥18.1tJP¥48.3tJP¥687.1b12.1x26.4x0.4x
Tue, 04 Mar 2025JP¥18.4tJP¥48.2tJP¥690.9b13x26.6x0.4x
Thu, 30 Jan 2025JP¥19.1tJP¥48.0tJP¥694.9b13x27.5x0.4x
Sat, 28 Dec 2024JP¥18.9tJP¥49.2tJP¥797.5b12.6x23.7x0.4x
Mon, 25 Nov 2024JP¥18.9tJP¥49.5tJP¥801.5b12.6x23.6x0.4x
Wed, 23 Oct 2024JP¥18.5tJP¥49.3tJP¥800.8b12.3x23.1x0.4x
Fri, 20 Sep 2024JP¥18.9tJP¥48.5tJP¥812.7b12.6x23.2x0.4x
Sun, 18 Aug 2024JP¥17.0tJP¥48.4tJP¥818.2b12.2x20.8x0.4x
Tue, 16 Jul 2024JP¥18.5tJP¥49.7tJP¥853.0b13.8x21.6x0.4x
Thu, 13 Jun 2024JP¥19.0tJP¥49.3tJP¥891.9b13.9x21.3x0.4x
Sat, 11 May 2024JP¥18.9tJP¥47.5tJP¥881.5b14.5x21.4x0.4x
Mon, 08 Apr 2024JP¥19.6tJP¥48.9tJP¥872.8b14x22.5x0.4x
Wed, 06 Mar 2024JP¥19.4tJP¥48.2tJP¥854.8b13.9x22.7x0.4x
Fri, 02 Feb 2024JP¥18.9tJP¥48.0tJP¥842.0b13.7x22.4x0.4x
Sun, 31 Dec 2023JP¥18.0tJP¥47.9tJP¥811.9b13.5x22.2x0.4x
Tue, 28 Nov 2023JP¥18.1tJP¥47.8tJP¥812.5b13.9x22.2x0.4x
Thu, 26 Oct 2023JP¥17.2tJP¥47.6tJP¥794.7b14.2x21.7x0.4x
Sat, 23 Sep 2023JP¥17.6tJP¥47.5tJP¥803.4b14.7x22x0.4x
Mon, 21 Aug 2023JP¥17.9tJP¥47.5tJP¥800.7b14.1x22.3x0.4x
Wed, 19 Jul 2023JP¥17.5tJP¥47.2tJP¥778.9b14.8x22.5x0.4x
Fri, 16 Jun 2023JP¥17.5tJP¥46.7tJP¥809.5b14.7x21.6x0.4x
Sun, 14 May 2023JP¥17.5tJP¥46.5tJP¥799.3b14.2x21.9x0.4x
Tue, 11 Apr 2023JP¥15.9tJP¥46.1tJP¥782.6b13.7x20.3x0.3x
Thu, 09 Mar 2023JP¥16.6tJP¥44.9tJP¥767.0b13.5x21.6x0.4x
Sat, 04 Feb 2023JP¥16.2tJP¥44.8tJP¥764.0b13.9x21.2x0.4x
Mon, 02 Jan 2023JP¥16.3tJP¥43.7tJP¥740.2b13.7x22.1x0.4x
Wed, 30 Nov 2022JP¥16.2tJP¥43.7tJP¥736.0b13.6x22.1x0.4x
Fri, 28 Oct 2022JP¥15.6tJP¥43.4tJP¥729.3b12.9x21.3x0.4x
Sun, 25 Sep 2022JP¥15.9tJP¥42.0tJP¥729.0b12.3x21.8x0.4x
Tue, 23 Aug 2022JP¥16.2tJP¥41.9tJP¥726.2b13x22.4x0.4x
Thu, 21 Jul 2022JP¥15.3tJP¥40.3tJP¥721.5b12.7x21.2x0.4x
Sat, 18 Jun 2022JP¥14.0tJP¥40.5tJP¥670.4b11.6x20.9x0.3x
Mon, 16 May 2022JP¥14.7tJP¥39.1tJP¥667.0b12.9x22x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

22x


Total Market Cap: JP¥14.7tTotal Earnings: JP¥667.0bTotal Revenue: JP¥39.1tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 22.5x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Japanese Consumer Retailing industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 25.7x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 22.5x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.38x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 5.3% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.4% 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 Market0.77%
Consumer Staples1.27%
Food and Staples Retail2.29%
Food Distributors5.40%
Big Box Super Stores3.32%
Food Retail1.91%
Drug Retail1.43%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Big Box Super Stores industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 97.1x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 21.8%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 2.0% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food Distributors industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 11.5x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Big Box Super Stores industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 22% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 2.0% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Distributors industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 8.6% 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
8267 AeonJP¥4.37k3.4%
+JP¥124.0b		33.3%PE130.7x
3382 Seven & i HoldingsJP¥2.20k2.2%
+JP¥121.2b		9.4%PE32.8x
7451 Mitsubishi ShokuhinJP¥6.22k16.5%
+JP¥38.2b		12.9%PE12.3x
3038 Kobe BussanJP¥4.48k3.1%
+JP¥30.1b		31.0%PE37.4x
3088 MatsukiyoCocokaraJP¥2.69k2.1%
+JP¥22.6b		18.7%PE21.1x
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