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Japanese (NIKKEI) Industrials Sector Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies1034
  • 7D-1.4%
  • 3M-1.0%
  • 1Y4.5%
  • YTD-2.8%

The Industrials is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but Hitachi has stood out, gaining 4.6%. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 6.7% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 6.4% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Industrials Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025JP¥215.6tJP¥268.3tJP¥15.8t11.6x13.6x0.8x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025JP¥213.1tJP¥265.6tJP¥15.0t11.8x14.2x0.8x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024JP¥221.2tJP¥265.1tJP¥15.0t11.9x14.8x0.8x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024JP¥219.0tJP¥264.3tJP¥15.0t11.8x14.6x0.8x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024JP¥218.8tJP¥261.9tJP¥14.7t11.9x14.9x0.8x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024JP¥204.9tJP¥261.9tJP¥14.7t11.6x14x0.8x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024JP¥192.2tJP¥260.2tJP¥14.4t11x13.3x0.7x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024JP¥231.7tJP¥257.8tJP¥14.1t13.1x16.4x0.9x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024JP¥222.9tJP¥258.5tJP¥14.2t12.7x15.7x0.9x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024JP¥216.0tJP¥257.1tJP¥14.0t12.9x15.4x0.8x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024JP¥219.9tJP¥256.6tJP¥13.9t13.4x15.9x0.9x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024JP¥208.6tJP¥256.6tJP¥13.9t12.8x15.1x0.8x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024JP¥202.4tJP¥263.9tJP¥13.7t12.9x14.8x0.8x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023JP¥187.9tJP¥264.0tJP¥13.7t12.3x13.7x0.7x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023JP¥189.2tJP¥263.9tJP¥13.7t12x13.8x0.7x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023JP¥185.3tJP¥264.9tJP¥14.8t12.1x12.5x0.7x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023JP¥194.2tJP¥264.9tJP¥14.8t12.5x13.1x0.7x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023JP¥189.0tJP¥264.2tJP¥14.8t12.2x12.7x0.7x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023JP¥186.3tJP¥264.1tJP¥15.6t12.2x11.9x0.7x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023JP¥177.2tJP¥264.1tJP¥15.6t11.5x11.4x0.7x
Wed, 03 May 2023JP¥168.9tJP¥259.6tJP¥16.0t11.5x10.6x0.7x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023JP¥159.9tJP¥258.0tJP¥15.7t11.1x10.2x0.6x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023JP¥158.8tJP¥257.2tJP¥15.6t11.1x10.2x0.6x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023JP¥155.2tJP¥249.6tJP¥15.8t10.6x9.8x0.6x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022JP¥152.0tJP¥249.4tJP¥15.8t10.3x9.6x0.6x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022JP¥157.9tJP¥249.3tJP¥15.8t10.6x10x0.6x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022JP¥152.7tJP¥237.5tJP¥14.5t10.5x10.5x0.6x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022JP¥160.4tJP¥237.5tJP¥14.5t10.8x11.1x0.7x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022JP¥157.4tJP¥236.8tJP¥14.4t10.8x11x0.7x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022JP¥150.4tJP¥227.8tJP¥12.8t10.7x11.7x0.7x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022JP¥156.3tJP¥227.5tJP¥12.8t10.9x12.2x0.7x
Thu, 05 May 2022JP¥151.8tJP¥222.3tJP¥11.4t10.8x13.3x0.7x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022JP¥158.8tJP¥220.2tJP¥10.8t11.2x14.6x0.7x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022JP¥152.8tJP¥222.4tJP¥10.9t10.8x14x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

14x


Total Market Cap: JP¥152.8tTotal Earnings: JP¥10.9tTotal Revenue: JP¥222.4tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Industrials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 13x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese Industrials 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 13.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.73x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Industrials industry have grown 13% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.5% 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 Industrials sector?

JP Market-1.26%
Industrials-1.42%
Industrials3.43%
Commercial Services0.71%
Transportation0.13%
Airlines-0.19%
Logistics-0.24%
Machinery-0.48%
Marine and Shipping-1.16%
Building-1.31%
Construction-1.78%
Electrical-2.09%
Professional Services-2.84%
Infrastructure-3.39%
Trade Distributors-5.18%
Aerospace & Defense-5.53%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Professional Services industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 25.8x.
    • Analysts expect its future annual earnings growth (11.0%) to be largely in line with prior year's earnings growth.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Aerospace & Defense industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 51% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 34% per year.
  • In contrast, the Marine and Shipping industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 27% 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
6383 DaifukuJP¥3.95k25.0%
+JP¥292.8b
16.9%PE20.1x
6594 NidecJP¥2.82k4.7%
+JP¥146.0b
-1.3%PE28x
9962 MISUMI GroupJP¥2.88k22.6%
+JP¥145.7b
40.0%PE23.3x
6273 SMCJP¥56.17k3.5%
+JP¥120.5b
-35.0%PE22.2x
9020 East Japan RailwayJP¥2.87k3.7%
+JP¥116.5b
-4.7%PE14.2x
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9962

JP¥2,882.00

MISUMI Group

7D

22.6%

1Y

40.0%

6383

JP¥3,945.00

Daifuku

7D

25.0%

1Y

16.9%

8053

JP¥3,244.00

Sumitomo

7D

-2.7%

1Y

-10.0%

6273

JP¥56,170.00

SMC

7D

3.5%

1Y

-35.0%

9020

JP¥2,866.00

East Japan Railway

7D

3.7%

1Y

-4.7%

8031

JP¥2,716.50

Mitsui

7D

-2.8%

1Y

-16.4%

6324

JP¥5,110.00

Harmonic Drive Systems

7D

17.5%

1Y

46.0%

6594

JP¥2,821.50

Nidec

7D

4.7%

1Y

-1.3%

8001

JP¥6,141.00

ITOCHU

7D

-5.5%

1Y

-8.2%