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Japanese (NIKKEI) Insurance Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 26, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies18
  • 7D-7.2%
  • 3M13.3%
  • 1Y64.5%
  • YTD46.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Insurance industry has dropped 7.2%, driven by a pullback from Tokio Marine Holdings of 10%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 65%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 7.5% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 26 Jul 2024JP¥31.7tJP¥46.9tJP¥2.3t16x13.9x0.7x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024JP¥30.7tJP¥46.5tJP¥2.3t15.5x13.5x0.7x
Tue, 21 May 2024JP¥28.5tJP¥46.1tJP¥2.2t16.8x13.2x0.6x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024JP¥26.8tJP¥44.3tJP¥2.1t14.8x12.7x0.6x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024JP¥27.1tJP¥44.3tJP¥2.1t14.3x12.8x0.6x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024JP¥23.6tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.8t14.4x13.2x0.5x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024JP¥22.4tJP¥44.1tJP¥1.8t14.3x12.5x0.5x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023JP¥23.1tJP¥44.1tJP¥1.9t15.1x12.5x0.5x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023JP¥22.6tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.3t17.3x17.3x0.5x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023JP¥21.6tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.3t17.5x16.6x0.5x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023JP¥20.1tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.3t15.8x15.4x0.5x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023JP¥20.3tJP¥42.5tJP¥1.2t20x16.3x0.5x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023JP¥20.0tJP¥41.1tJP¥1.2t17.5x16.1x0.5x
Wed, 24 May 2023JP¥18.8tJP¥41.3tJP¥1.2t16x15.1x0.5x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023JP¥18.0tJP¥42.6tJP¥1.2t16.7x15x0.4x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023JP¥17.3tJP¥42.6tJP¥1.2t16.3x14.5x0.4x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023JP¥18.7tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.2t19.7x16.1x0.5x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023JP¥18.4tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.2t18.9x15.7x0.4x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022JP¥17.8tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.2t20.7x15.2x0.4x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022JP¥17.4tJP¥40.2tJP¥1.7t12.7x10x0.4x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022JP¥17.2tJP¥40.2tJP¥1.7t12.5x9.9x0.4x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022JP¥17.1tJP¥40.2tJP¥1.7t12.3x9.8x0.4x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022JP¥17.4tJP¥39.6tJP¥2.0t12.4x8.7x0.4x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022JP¥17.7tJP¥39.4tJP¥2.0t12.9x8.9x0.5x
Thu, 26 May 2022JP¥16.4tJP¥39.4tJP¥2.0t11.1x8.2x0.4x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022JP¥16.6tJP¥40.1tJP¥2.0t10.9x8.2x0.4x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022JP¥17.0tJP¥40.1tJP¥2.0t11.2x8.4x0.4x
Wed, 16 Feb 2022JP¥17.1tJP¥40.2tJP¥2.0t12.7x8.5x0.4x
Fri, 14 Jan 2022JP¥17.4tJP¥40.3tJP¥2.0t12.6x8.8x0.4x
Sun, 12 Dec 2021JP¥15.2tJP¥40.3tJP¥2.0t10.8x7.7x0.4x
Tue, 09 Nov 2021JP¥15.5tJP¥39.8tJP¥1.7t12.4x9x0.4x
Thu, 07 Oct 2021JP¥16.1tJP¥39.8tJP¥1.7t12.4x9.3x0.4x
Sat, 04 Sep 2021JP¥15.7tJP¥39.8tJP¥1.7t12.6x9.1x0.4x
Mon, 02 Aug 2021JP¥15.0tJP¥39.8tJP¥1.7t13.5x8.7x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.7x


Total Market Cap: JP¥15.0tTotal Earnings: JP¥1.7tTotal Revenue: JP¥39.8tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Insurance Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.2x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Japanese Insurance industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 13.9x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 12.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.47x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Insurance industry have grown 9.6% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 5.6% 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-5.18%
Financials-5.48%
Insurance-7.22%
Reinsurance0%
General Insurance-3.51%
Insurance Brokers-5.39%
Life and Health Insurance-6.29%
Property and Casualty Insurance-7.77%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Insurance Brokers industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 28.6x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 18.5%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 43.3% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the General Insurance industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 3.4x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Insurance Brokers industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 18% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 43% per year.
  • In contrast, the Property and Casualty Insurance industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 6.9% 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
7325 IRRCJP¥733.001.7%
+JP¥98.8m
1.7%PE25.4x
5836 Agent Insurance GroupJP¥1.46k0.8%
+JP¥27.4m
33.2%PE29.3x
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