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Japanese (NIKKEI) Insurance Industry Analysis

UpdatedNov 21, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D-1.6%
  • 3M5.2%
  • 1Y44.2%
  • YTD46.0%

Over the last 7 days, the Insurance industry has remained flat, although notably Sompo Holdings gained 15%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 49% in that time. Earnings are forecast to grow by 6.3% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 21 Nov 2024JP¥31.1tJP¥47.6tJP¥3.1t13.3x10.2x0.7x
Sat, 19 Oct 2024JP¥30.5tJP¥47.1tJP¥2.6t13.6x11.6x0.6x
Mon, 16 Sep 2024JP¥28.1tJP¥47.1tJP¥2.6t12.5x10.7x0.6x
Wed, 14 Aug 2024JP¥29.1tJP¥47.1tJP¥2.6t12.9x11.1x0.6x
Fri, 12 Jul 2024JP¥35.2tJP¥46.9tJP¥2.3t18.1x15.4x0.8x
Sun, 09 Jun 2024JP¥30.4tJP¥46.5tJP¥2.3t17.7x13.3x0.7x
Tue, 07 May 2024JP¥28.3tJP¥44.3tJP¥2.1t16x13.4x0.6x
Thu, 04 Apr 2024JP¥27.7tJP¥44.3tJP¥2.1t14.7x13.1x0.6x
Sat, 02 Mar 2024JP¥26.8tJP¥44.3tJP¥2.1t14.2x12.7x0.6x
Mon, 29 Jan 2024JP¥23.4tJP¥44.1tJP¥1.8t14.9x13x0.5x
Wed, 27 Dec 2023JP¥21.5tJP¥44.1tJP¥1.8t13.8x12x0.5x
Fri, 24 Nov 2023JP¥22.5tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.8t13.7x12.2x0.5x
Sun, 22 Oct 2023JP¥21.7tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.3t17x16.6x0.5x
Tue, 19 Sep 2023JP¥22.2tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.3t17.9x17x0.5x
Thu, 17 Aug 2023JP¥19.5tJP¥43.9tJP¥1.3t15.8x15x0.4x
Sat, 15 Jul 2023JP¥19.6tJP¥42.1tJP¥1.2t16.6x15.8x0.5x
Mon, 12 Jun 2023JP¥19.5tJP¥41.1tJP¥1.2t17.1x15.7x0.5x
Wed, 10 May 2023JP¥18.3tJP¥42.6tJP¥1.2t18.9x15.3x0.4x
Fri, 07 Apr 2023JP¥17.0tJP¥42.6tJP¥1.2t15.9x14.2x0.4x
Sun, 05 Mar 2023JP¥19.6tJP¥42.6tJP¥1.2t18.1x16.3x0.5x
Tue, 31 Jan 2023JP¥19.0tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.2t19.2x16.2x0.5x
Thu, 29 Dec 2022JP¥19.2tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.2t18.7x16.4x0.5x
Sat, 26 Nov 2022JP¥18.7tJP¥41.3tJP¥1.2t22.4x16x0.5x
Mon, 24 Oct 2022JP¥17.1tJP¥40.2tJP¥1.7t12.5x9.8x0.4x
Wed, 21 Sep 2022JP¥17.7tJP¥40.2tJP¥1.7t12.6x10.2x0.4x
Fri, 19 Aug 2022JP¥17.2tJP¥40.1tJP¥1.7t12.4x9.9x0.4x
Sun, 17 Jul 2022JP¥17.3tJP¥39.6tJP¥2.0t12.5x8.6x0.4x
Tue, 14 Jun 2022JP¥17.5tJP¥39.4tJP¥2.0t11.9x8.7x0.4x
Thu, 12 May 2022JP¥15.8tJP¥40.1tJP¥2.0t10.5x7.8x0.4x
Sat, 09 Apr 2022JP¥16.0tJP¥40.1tJP¥2.0t10.6x7.9x0.4x
Mon, 07 Mar 2022JP¥15.8tJP¥40.1tJP¥2.0t10.5x7.8x0.4x
Wed, 02 Feb 2022JP¥16.8tJP¥40.3tJP¥2.0t12.4x8.5x0.4x
Fri, 31 Dec 2021JP¥15.6tJP¥40.3tJP¥2.0t10.9x7.9x0.4x
Sun, 28 Nov 2021JP¥15.2tJP¥40.2tJP¥2.0t10.5x7.7x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

7.7x


Total Market Cap: JP¥15.2tTotal Earnings: JP¥2.0tTotal Revenue: JP¥40.2tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Insurance Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.4x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese Insurance 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 12.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.50x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Insurance industry have grown 10% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 5.4% 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 Financials industry?

JP Market-0.44%
Financials0.64%
Insurance-1.56%
General Insurance6.03%
Reinsurance0%
Property and Casualty Insurance-0.50%
Insurance Brokers-2.34%
Life and Health Insurance-3.50%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Insurance Brokers industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 30.7x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 18.9%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 45.2% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the General Insurance industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 2.9x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Insurance Brokers industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 19% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 45% per year.
  • In contrast, the Life and Health Insurance industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 4.8% 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
8630 Sompo HoldingsJP¥3.92k15.8%
+JP¥515.4b
77.9%PE8.7x
7181 Japan Post InsuranceJP¥3.07k14.2%
+JP¥145.8b
9.3%PE13.5x
8715 Anicom HoldingsJP¥664.003.4%
+JP¥1.7b
14.1%PE16.2x
7157 Lifenet InsuranceJP¥2.02k1.1%
+JP¥1.7b
95.6%PE27.7x
7326 SBI Insurance GroupJP¥989.006.5%
+JP¥1.5b
-8.8%PE1.7x
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8630

JP¥3,922.00

Sompo Holdings

7D

15.8%

1Y

77.9%

7388

JP¥3,015.00

FP Partner

7D

1.5%

1Y

-36.2%

8725

JP¥3,507.00

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

7D

-2.2%

1Y

93.0%

8766

JP¥5,614.00

Tokio Marine Holdings

7D

-3.6%

1Y

53.0%

8750

JP¥3,775.00

Dai-ichi Life Holdings

7D

-6.3%

1Y

21.3%

7326

JP¥989.00

SBI Insurance Group

7D

6.5%

1Y

-8.8%

5843

JP¥1,119.00

Nippon Insure

7D

16.2%

1Y

53.1%

5845

JP¥687.00

ZenhorenLtd

7D

1.3%

1Y

-23.8%

7181

JP¥3,069.00

Japan Post Insurance

7D

14.2%

1Y

9.3%

8798

JP¥692.00

Advance Create

7D

-3.2%

1Y

-30.1%

7325

JP¥696.00

IRRC

7D

-0.6%

1Y

-0.3%

7157

JP¥2,021.00

Lifenet Insurance

7D

1.1%

1Y

95.6%