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Japanese (NIKKEI) Biotech Industry Analysis

UpdatedNov 18, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies34
  • 7D-1.0%
  • 3M-11.3%
  • 1Y0.9%
  • YTD-2.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Biotech industry has dropped 1.0%, driven by a pullback from Takara Bio of 9.1%. As for the longer term, the industry's performance has been flat for the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 31% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 18 Nov 2025JP¥1.1tJP¥194.6b-JP¥68,862,746,000.0052.1x-15.6x5.5x
Thu, 16 Oct 2025JP¥1.2tJP¥197.7b-JP¥65,794,561,000.0063.3x-18.2x6.1x
Sat, 13 Sep 2025JP¥1.2tJP¥197.7b-JP¥66,441,862,000.0067.6x-17.9x6x
Mon, 11 Aug 2025JP¥1.2tJP¥191.4b-JP¥67,600,768,000.00128x-17.6x6.2x
Wed, 09 Jul 2025JP¥1.1tJP¥218.2b-JP¥43,671,220,000.0098.3x-24.4x4.9x
Fri, 06 Jun 2025JP¥1.2tJP¥214.8b-JP¥40,595,705,000.0014.8x-30.3x5.7x
Sun, 04 May 2025JP¥1.1tJP¥207.8b-JP¥39,129,850,000.0015x-27.5x5.2x
Tue, 01 Apr 2025JP¥1.0tJP¥207.8b-JP¥39,285,612,000.0015.9x-26.5x5x
Thu, 27 Feb 2025JP¥1.1tJP¥207.4b-JP¥38,725,942,000.0015.3x-27.5x5.1x
Sat, 25 Jan 2025JP¥994.6bJP¥207.3b-JP¥13,514,452,000.0020.8x-73.6x4.8x
Mon, 23 Dec 2024JP¥1.0tJP¥206.4b-JP¥12,718,809,000.0022.4x-82x5.1x
Wed, 20 Nov 2024JP¥1.0tJP¥207.5b-JP¥10,805,549,000.0019.8x-94.4x4.9x
Fri, 18 Oct 2024JP¥1.1tJP¥214.3b-JP¥3,941,738,000.0022x-283.8x5.2x
Sun, 15 Sep 2024JP¥1.0tJP¥210.1b-JP¥469,229,000.0018.5x-2218.2x5x
Tue, 13 Aug 2024JP¥948.4bJP¥213.8bJP¥1.8b13.9x516.5x4.4x
Thu, 11 Jul 2024JP¥1.1tJP¥187.7b-JP¥15,773,047,000.0093x-67.1x5.6x
Sat, 08 Jun 2024JP¥828.3bJP¥195.7b-JP¥14,113,284,000.0096.5x-58.7x4.2x
Mon, 06 May 2024JP¥801.3bJP¥199.1b-JP¥14,617,545,000.0077.4x-54.8x4x
Wed, 03 Apr 2024JP¥749.5bJP¥194.2b-JP¥15,458,035,000.0063.3x-48.5x3.9x
Fri, 01 Mar 2024JP¥843.4bJP¥196.2b-JP¥19,179,997,000.0067.3x-44x4.3x
Sun, 28 Jan 2024JP¥779.2bJP¥222.3b-JP¥12,604,827,000.0017.6x-61.8x3.5x
Tue, 26 Dec 2023JP¥773.1bJP¥224.2b-JP¥12,970,409,000.0016.4x-59.6x3.4x
Thu, 23 Nov 2023JP¥787.4bJP¥221.9b-JP¥12,426,487,000.0017.2x-63.4x3.5x
Sat, 21 Oct 2023JP¥741.7bJP¥223.0b-JP¥14,478,735,000.0020.5x-51.2x3.3x
Mon, 18 Sep 2023JP¥875.3bJP¥223.0b-JP¥14,518,735,000.0027.6x-60.3x3.9x
Wed, 16 Aug 2023JP¥862.8bJP¥225.0b-JP¥17,523,776,000.0050.1x-49.2x3.8x
Fri, 14 Jul 2023JP¥926.8bJP¥223.0b-JP¥19,224,669,000.0053.9x-48.2x4.2x
Sun, 11 Jun 2023JP¥967.6bJP¥220.6b-JP¥21,578,670,000.0046.3x-44.8x4.4x
Tue, 09 May 2023JP¥908.9bJP¥218.2b-JP¥20,061,938,000.0021x-45.3x4.2x
Thu, 06 Apr 2023JP¥929.3bJP¥218.3b-JP¥21,583,164,000.0021x-43.1x4.3x
Sat, 04 Mar 2023JP¥923.3bJP¥216.2b-JP¥18,991,580,000.0020.7x-48.6x4.3x
Mon, 30 Jan 2023JP¥949.5bJP¥186.7b-JP¥24,854,541,000.0039.7x-38.2x5.1x
Wed, 28 Dec 2022JP¥841.6bJP¥186.8b-JP¥24,723,433,000.0039.5x-34x4.5x
Fri, 25 Nov 2022JP¥911.2bJP¥182.1b-JP¥23,614,604,000.0047.2x-38.6x5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-38.6x


Total Market Cap: JP¥911.2bTotal Earnings: -JP¥23,614,604,000.00Total Revenue: JP¥182.1bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Biotech Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -118.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Japanese Biotechs industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 4.6x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 5.6x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Biotechs industry have deteriorated over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 2.5% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has caused losses to expand.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Japanese Healthcare industry?

JP Market0.72%
Healthcare4.97%
Biotech-1.01%
Biotech-1.01%
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
4587 PeptiDreamJP¥1.68k11.7%
+JP¥22.7b		-34.3%PS12.1x
4588 Oncolys BioPharmaJP¥1.04k15.8%
+JP¥3.7b		48.1%PS941.7x
4593 Healios K.KJP¥451.006.1%
+JP¥3.0b		139.9%PS536.6x
4598 Delta-Fly PharmaJP¥535.0012.6%
+JP¥583.8m		-1.1%PB8x
219A HeartseedJP¥1.72k1.1%
+JP¥432.8m		30.6%PE75.5x

Latest News

4591
JP¥82.00
Ribomic
7D
-6.8%
1Y
1.2%
2160
JP¥2,448.00
GNI Group
7D
-2.3%
1Y
-13.7%
177A
JP¥1,538.00
Kohjin Bio
7D
0.8%
1Y
-13.5%
4978
JP¥160.00
ReproCELL
7D
-5.3%
1Y
45.5%
4593
JP¥451.00
Healios K.K
7D
6.1%
1Y
139.9%
4588
JP¥1,040.00
Oncolys BioPharma
7D
15.8%
1Y
48.1%
4587
JP¥1,676.00
PeptiDream
7D
11.7%
1Y
-34.3%
7777
JP¥307.00
3-D Matrix
7D
-7.8%
1Y
176.6%

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4974
JP¥811.00
Takara Bio
7D
-10.4%
1Y
-24.8%
4592
JP¥2,390.00
SanBio
7D
-5.2%
1Y
149.7%
7774
JP¥476.00
Japan Tissue Engineering
7D
2.1%
1Y
-3.4%
7776
JP¥384.00
CellSeed
7D
-8.6%
1Y
-22.4%
219A
JP¥1,721.00
Heartseed
7D
1.1%
1Y
30.6%
4598
JP¥535.00
Delta-Fly Pharma
7D
12.6%
1Y
-1.1%
4894
JP¥6,200.00
Cuorips
7D
-6.1%
1Y
45.0%

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