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Japanese (NIKKEI) Trade Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedOct 19, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies104
  • 7D-1.8%
  • 3M17.7%
  • 1Y22.2%
  • YTD22.5%

Over the last 7 days, the Trade Distributors industry has dropped 1.8%, driven by a pullback from Marubeni of 5.4%. Meanwhile, Nishio Holdings actually outperformed within the industry, gaining 5.0% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 22%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 3.7% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Trade Distributors Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 19 Oct 2025JP¥57.6tJP¥92.0tJP¥4.6t10x12.4x0.6x
Tue, 16 Sep 2025JP¥57.4tJP¥92.0tJP¥4.6t9.8x12.4x0.6x
Thu, 14 Aug 2025JP¥54.0tJP¥92.1tJP¥4.6t9.8x11.6x0.6x
Sat, 12 Jul 2025JP¥49.2tJP¥92.7tJP¥4.7t9.6x10.4x0.5x
Mon, 09 Jun 2025JP¥48.3tJP¥92.6tJP¥4.7t9.2x10.2x0.5x
Wed, 07 May 2025JP¥45.9tJP¥92.5tJP¥4.7t9.2x9.7x0.5x
Fri, 04 Apr 2025JP¥43.9tJP¥91.6tJP¥4.8t8.8x9.2x0.5x
Sun, 02 Mar 2025JP¥43.8tJP¥91.6tJP¥4.8t9.8x9.2x0.5x
Tue, 28 Jan 2025JP¥45.3tJP¥91.5tJP¥4.7t10.1x9.7x0.5x
Thu, 26 Dec 2024JP¥47.0tJP¥91.5tJP¥4.6t10.2x10.1x0.5x
Sat, 23 Nov 2024JP¥47.4tJP¥91.5tJP¥4.6t9.6x10.2x0.5x
Mon, 21 Oct 2024JP¥48.3tJP¥91.2tJP¥4.6t9.6x10.5x0.5x
Wed, 18 Sep 2024JP¥46.0tJP¥90.4tJP¥4.6t9.3x10x0.5x
Fri, 16 Aug 2024JP¥47.8tJP¥91.2tJP¥4.6t9.7x10.3x0.5x
Sun, 14 Jul 2024JP¥55.3tJP¥89.8tJP¥4.6t10.2x12.1x0.6x
Tue, 11 Jun 2024JP¥54.4tJP¥89.7tJP¥4.6t10.4x11.9x0.6x
Thu, 09 May 2024JP¥54.5tJP¥89.6tJP¥4.5t10.4x12.1x0.6x
Sat, 06 Apr 2024JP¥52.7tJP¥89.8tJP¥4.5t10.6x11.8x0.6x
Mon, 04 Mar 2024JP¥50.6tJP¥89.8tJP¥4.5t10.7x11.4x0.6x
Wed, 31 Jan 2024JP¥46.2tJP¥92.4tJP¥4.5t10.8x10.2x0.5x
Fri, 29 Dec 2023JP¥41.5tJP¥92.4tJP¥4.5t9.9x9.1x0.4x
Sun, 26 Nov 2023JP¥42.8tJP¥92.4tJP¥4.5t9.6x9.4x0.5x
Tue, 24 Oct 2023JP¥40.1tJP¥94.5tJP¥4.7t9.1x8.4x0.4x
Thu, 21 Sep 2023JP¥44.4tJP¥94.5tJP¥4.7t9.4x9.4x0.5x
Sat, 19 Aug 2023JP¥40.9tJP¥94.5tJP¥4.7t8.9x8.6x0.4x
Mon, 17 Jul 2023JP¥40.4tJP¥96.4tJP¥5.1t8.8x7.9x0.4x
Wed, 14 Jun 2023JP¥40.1tJP¥96.4tJP¥5.1t8.9x7.9x0.4x
Fri, 12 May 2023JP¥34.5tJP¥95.9tJP¥5.2t8.6x6.7x0.4x
Sun, 09 Apr 2023JP¥31.2tJP¥95.1tJP¥5.3t8.7x5.9x0.3x
Tue, 07 Mar 2023JP¥33.5tJP¥95.1tJP¥5.3t9x6.4x0.4x
Thu, 02 Feb 2023JP¥31.0tJP¥92.5tJP¥5.1t8.5x6.1x0.3x
Sat, 31 Dec 2022JP¥30.1tJP¥92.4tJP¥5.1t8.1x5.9x0.3x
Mon, 28 Nov 2022JP¥32.0tJP¥92.4tJP¥5.1t8.2x6.3x0.3x
Wed, 26 Oct 2022JP¥28.0tJP¥86.9tJP¥4.9t8x5.7x0.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

5.7x


Total Market Cap: JP¥28.0tTotal Earnings: JP¥4.9tTotal Revenue: JP¥86.9tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Trade Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 9.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Japanese Trade Distributors industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 12.4x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 9.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.48x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Both revenue and earnings for companies in the Trade Distributors industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • This means that sales and the cost of doing business have remained relatively consistent over this period and subsequently, so have profits.

Industry Trends

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

JP Market-0.83%
Industrials-0.64%
Trade Distributors-1.79%
Trade Companies and Distributors-1.79%
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
9699 Nishio HoldingsJP¥4.38k5.0%
+JP¥5.8b		13.3%PE10.3x
8078 HanwaJP¥6.41k1.7%
+JP¥4.4b		24.7%PE5.5x
8061 SeikaJP¥2.24k4.0%
+JP¥3.1b		68.2%PE13.8x
3388 Meiji Electric IndustriesLtdJP¥2.15k9.7%
+JP¥2.4b		50.8%PE10x
8051 YamazenJP¥1.43k1.9%
+JP¥2.3b		5.8%PE13.4x

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