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Japanese (NIKKEI) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies116
  • 7D-0.4%
  • 3M8.2%
  • 1Y14.1%
  • YTD8.1%

The Food and Staples Retail industry has stayed flat over the last week. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 14% over the past 12 months. 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
Wed, 21 May 2025JP¥20.1tJP¥48.7tJP¥782.0b12.2x25.7x0.4x
Fri, 18 Apr 2025JP¥18.9tJP¥48.7tJP¥780.3b12.6x24.2x0.4x
Sun, 16 Mar 2025JP¥18.7tJP¥48.3tJP¥697.6b12.9x26.8x0.4x
Tue, 11 Feb 2025JP¥18.8tJP¥48.1tJP¥694.5b12.5x27.1x0.4x
Thu, 09 Jan 2025JP¥18.5tJP¥49.3tJP¥803.5b12.5x23x0.4x
Sat, 07 Dec 2024JP¥19.3tJP¥49.2tJP¥798.2b12.6x24.2x0.4x
Mon, 04 Nov 2024JP¥18.0tJP¥49.3tJP¥800.5b12.4x22.5x0.4x
Wed, 02 Oct 2024JP¥18.9tJP¥48.6tJP¥815.5b12.7x23.2x0.4x
Fri, 30 Aug 2024JP¥18.5tJP¥48.5tJP¥817.0b12.6x22.7x0.4x
Sun, 28 Jul 2024JP¥17.1tJP¥48.6tJP¥801.7b12.9x21.3x0.4x
Tue, 25 Jun 2024JP¥18.7tJP¥49.4tJP¥888.9b13.9x21x0.4x
Thu, 23 May 2024JP¥18.8tJP¥47.7tJP¥891.8b13.7x21.1x0.4x
Sat, 20 Apr 2024JP¥18.8tJP¥47.5tJP¥880.5b14.2x21.4x0.4x
Mon, 18 Mar 2024JP¥19.6tJP¥48.2tJP¥860.3b13.6x22.8x0.4x
Wed, 14 Feb 2024JP¥19.3tJP¥48.1tJP¥848.2b13.9x22.8x0.4x
Fri, 12 Jan 2024JP¥18.4tJP¥47.9tJP¥813.6b14x22.6x0.4x
Sun, 10 Dec 2023JP¥18.0tJP¥47.8tJP¥813.5b13.6x22.2x0.4x
Tue, 07 Nov 2023JP¥17.8tJP¥47.6tJP¥799.6b14.3x22.2x0.4x
Thu, 05 Oct 2023JP¥17.4tJP¥47.6tJP¥806.5b14.6x21.6x0.4x
Sat, 02 Sep 2023JP¥18.2tJP¥47.5tJP¥800.7b14.6x22.7x0.4x
Mon, 31 Jul 2023JP¥17.7tJP¥47.3tJP¥783.8b15.5x22.6x0.4x
Wed, 28 Jun 2023JP¥17.6tJP¥46.8tJP¥812.1b15x21.7x0.4x
Fri, 26 May 2023JP¥17.7tJP¥46.7tJP¥801.8b14.7x22.1x0.4x
Sun, 23 Apr 2023JP¥16.9tJP¥46.5tJP¥799.1b14.1x21.1x0.4x
Tue, 21 Mar 2023JP¥15.9tJP¥45.7tJP¥770.0b13.8x20.6x0.3x
Thu, 16 Feb 2023JP¥16.4tJP¥44.8tJP¥770.9b14x21.2x0.4x
Sat, 14 Jan 2023JP¥16.4tJP¥43.1tJP¥771.3b13x21.3x0.4x
Mon, 12 Dec 2022JP¥16.2tJP¥43.7tJP¥736.1b13.4x22x0.4x
Wed, 09 Nov 2022JP¥15.5tJP¥43.5tJP¥730.5b12.8x21.3x0.4x
Fri, 07 Oct 2022JP¥16.0tJP¥42.2tJP¥732.2b12.8x21.9x0.4x
Sun, 04 Sep 2022JP¥15.7tJP¥41.9tJP¥726.2b12.8x21.6x0.4x
Tue, 02 Aug 2022JP¥15.6tJP¥41.6tJP¥721.4b13x21.6x0.4x
Thu, 30 Jun 2022JP¥14.8tJP¥40.5tJP¥667.5b12.2x22.2x0.4x
Sat, 28 May 2022JP¥14.2tJP¥39.2tJP¥671.7b11.9x21.2x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

21.2x


Total Market Cap: JP¥14.2tTotal Earnings: JP¥671.7bTotal Revenue: JP¥39.2tTotal 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 5.2% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.5% 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-1.16%
Consumer Staples-1.53%
Food and Staples Retail-0.39%
Food Distributors0.26%
Big Box Super Stores0.24%
Food Retail-0.49%
Drug Retail-0.91%
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 95.4x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 23.3%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 3.0% 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 23% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 3.0% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Distributors industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 6.7% 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¥4.29k1.0%
+JP¥37.9b		28.6%PE128.4x
3038 Kobe BussanJP¥4.48k3.1%
+JP¥30.1b		31.0%PE37.4x
141A Trial HoldingsJP¥2.33k4.3%
+JP¥11.7b		-3.9%PE26.7x
8242 H2O RetailingJP¥2.00k3.4%
+JP¥8.0b		-9.8%PE7x
3141 Welcia HoldingsJP¥2.46k1.3%
+JP¥6.5b		9.3%PE34.1x
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JP¥2,002.50

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3.4%

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-9.8%

9994

JP¥2,414.00

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7D

-17.3%

1Y

-22.1%

3141

JP¥2,455.00

Welcia Holdings

7D

1.3%

1Y

9.3%

3382

JP¥2,201.00

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7D

-1.4%

1Y

8.4%

9989

JP¥4,514.00

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7D

-6.0%

1Y

14.2%

8267

JP¥4,291.00

Aeon

7D

1.0%

1Y

28.6%

3088

JP¥2,888.50

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7D

-0.6%

1Y

25.1%

2700

JP¥13,480.00

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18.5%

1Y

137.3%

9627

JP¥5,362.00

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7D

-2.6%

1Y

-8.3%

3549

JP¥3,370.00

Kusuri No Aoki Holdings

7D

-4.2%

1Y

7.0%

9823

JP¥5,490.00

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7D

6.4%

1Y

-2.8%

2692

JP¥9,710.00

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4.4%

1Y

33.6%

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JP¥3,035.00

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-4.4%

1Y

111.2%

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141A

JP¥2,327.00

Trial Holdings

7D

4.3%

1Y

-3.9%

3038

JP¥4,480.00

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3.1%

1Y

31.0%

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9267

JP¥3,440.00

Genky DrugStores

7D

-3.5%

1Y

22.4%

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