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Japanese (NIKKEI) Professional Services Industry Analysis

UpdatedDec 05, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies145
  • 7D2.9%
  • 3M-2.9%
  • 1Y-14.0%
  • YTD-11.4%

The Professional Services industry is up 2.9% in the last week, with Recruit Holdings up 2.4%. In the past year, the industry is down 14%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 11% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Professional Services Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 05 Dec 2025JP¥18.6tJP¥9.8tJP¥768.5b14.1x24.2x1.9x
Sun, 02 Nov 2025JP¥17.6tJP¥9.7tJP¥743.3b14.8x23.7x1.8x
Tue, 30 Sep 2025JP¥18.4tJP¥9.7tJP¥736.0b16.3x25x1.9x
Thu, 28 Aug 2025JP¥19.7tJP¥9.7tJP¥736.3b16.6x26.7x2x
Sat, 26 Jul 2025JP¥19.8tJP¥9.7tJP¥722.0b15.9x27.4x2x
Mon, 23 Jun 2025JP¥18.0tJP¥9.7tJP¥813.8b15.9x22.1x1.9x
Wed, 21 May 2025JP¥19.1tJP¥9.6tJP¥808.9b15.6x23.6x2x
Fri, 18 Apr 2025JP¥17.3tJP¥9.5tJP¥771.0b13.8x22.5x1.8x
Sun, 16 Mar 2025JP¥18.4tJP¥9.5tJP¥758.6b14.7x24.3x1.9x
Tue, 11 Feb 2025JP¥21.8tJP¥9.4tJP¥743.9b14.8x29.3x2.3x
Thu, 09 Jan 2025JP¥22.6tJP¥9.4tJP¥743.0b14.9x30.4x2.4x
Sat, 07 Dec 2024JP¥22.1tJP¥9.3tJP¥740.7b14.9x29.9x2.4x
Mon, 04 Nov 2024JP¥19.2tJP¥9.2tJP¥739.8b16.8x25.9x2.1x
Wed, 02 Oct 2024JP¥19.2tJP¥9.2tJP¥743.1b17.4x25.8x2.1x
Fri, 30 Aug 2024JP¥19.2tJP¥9.2tJP¥743.1b16.5x25.9x2.1x
Sun, 28 Jul 2024JP¥18.0tJP¥9.0tJP¥725.6b16.4x24.8x2x
Tue, 25 Jun 2024JP¥17.8tJP¥9.0tJP¥644.1b16.6x27.6x2x
Thu, 23 May 2024JP¥17.7tJP¥9.8tJP¥656.5b17.2x26.9x1.8x
Sat, 20 Apr 2024JP¥16.0tJP¥9.8tJP¥642.2b17.5x24.9x1.6x
Mon, 18 Mar 2024JP¥16.2tJP¥9.8tJP¥641.6b17.1x25.2x1.6x
Wed, 14 Feb 2024JP¥16.3tJP¥9.8tJP¥643.3b18.3x25.4x1.7x
Fri, 12 Jan 2024JP¥16.2tJP¥9.9tJP¥612.2b18.2x26.5x1.6x
Sun, 10 Dec 2023JP¥14.6tJP¥9.9tJP¥610.7b17.2x23.9x1.5x
Tue, 07 Nov 2023JP¥14.1tJP¥9.8tJP¥583.3b17.3x24.1x1.4x
Thu, 05 Oct 2023JP¥13.7tJP¥9.8tJP¥581.8b17.2x23.5x1.4x
Sat, 02 Sep 2023JP¥15.2tJP¥9.8tJP¥576.9b19.5x26.4x1.6x
Mon, 31 Jul 2023JP¥14.6tJP¥9.7tJP¥567.2b20.1x25.7x1.5x
Wed, 28 Jun 2023JP¥13.7tJP¥9.6tJP¥557.9b18.3x24.6x1.4x
Fri, 26 May 2023JP¥13.7tJP¥9.6tJP¥555.7b17.2x24.7x1.4x
Sun, 23 Apr 2023JP¥12.7tJP¥9.4tJP¥590.2b17x21.4x1.3x
Tue, 21 Mar 2023JP¥11.9tJP¥9.4tJP¥587.6b17.5x20.3x1.3x
Thu, 16 Feb 2023JP¥12.6tJP¥8.6tJP¥540.3b18.6x23.4x1.5x
Sat, 14 Jan 2023JP¥12.5tJP¥8.3tJP¥540.8b18.6x23.1x1.5x
Mon, 12 Dec 2022JP¥13.3tJP¥8.2tJP¥539.0b18.9x24.8x1.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

24.8x


Total Market Cap: JP¥13.3tTotal Earnings: JP¥539.0bTotal Revenue: JP¥8.2tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Professional Services Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 25.2x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese Professional Services 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 25.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.8x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Professional Services industry have grown 13% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.0% 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 industry?

JP Market0.62%
Industrials1.79%
Professional Services2.94%
HR Services3.59%
Research and Consulting Services-0.59%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Research and Consulting Services industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 28.6x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 19.0%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 16.3% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the HR Services industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 25.3x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Research and Consulting Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 19% over the next 5 years.
  • This is roughly in line with its past earnings growth rate.
  • In contrast, the HR Services industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 10% 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
6098 Recruit HoldingsJP¥8.25k3.0%
+JP¥343.9b		-25.8%PE26.9x
290A SynspectiveJP¥1.16k5.2%
+JP¥7.2b		n/aPS61.7x
7352 TWOSTONE&SonsJP¥784.0013.1%
+JP¥4.0b		7.5%PE69x
2492 InfomartJP¥374.004.2%
+JP¥3.4b		37.5%PE52.2x
215A TimeeJP¥1.48k1.9%
+JP¥2.7b		20.7%PE28.8x

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2492
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1Y
46.1%
6087
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7352
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12.7%
1Y
7.1%
290A
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Synspective
7D
4.2%
1Y
n/a
215A
JP¥1,481.00
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