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Japanese (NIKKEI) Transportation Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 29, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies47
  • 7D0.3%
  • 3M1.8%
  • 1Y1.0%
  • YTD5.1%

The Transportation is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but Central Japan Railway has stood out, gaining 3.0%. In line with that, the industry has also been flat over the past 12 months. In the next few years, earnings are forecast to decline by 1.7% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 29 May 2025JP¥18.2tJP¥18.6tJP¥1.8t10.6x10.1x1x
Sat, 26 Apr 2025JP¥18.0tJP¥17.9tJP¥1.7t10.3x10.4x1x
Mon, 24 Mar 2025JP¥18.4tJP¥17.9tJP¥1.7t11x10.6x1x
Wed, 19 Feb 2025JP¥17.5tJP¥17.9tJP¥1.7t10.4x10.1x1x
Fri, 17 Jan 2025JP¥16.9tJP¥17.7tJP¥1.7t10.4x10.1x1x
Sun, 15 Dec 2024JP¥17.6tJP¥17.8tJP¥1.7t10.6x10.6x1x
Tue, 12 Nov 2024JP¥18.5tJP¥17.7tJP¥1.7t11.2x11.1x1x
Thu, 10 Oct 2024JP¥17.7tJP¥17.3tJP¥1.6t11.1x11.3x1x
Sat, 07 Sep 2024JP¥17.6tJP¥17.3tJP¥1.6t12x11.3x1x
Mon, 05 Aug 2024JP¥16.6tJP¥17.1tJP¥1.5t12x10.8x1x
Wed, 03 Jul 2024JP¥17.2tJP¥17.0tJP¥1.5t13.9x11.9x1x
Fri, 31 May 2024JP¥17.4tJP¥17.0tJP¥1.5t12.7x12x1x
Sun, 28 Apr 2024JP¥18.1tJP¥16.7tJP¥1.3t12.9x13.6x1.1x
Tue, 26 Mar 2024JP¥19.8tJP¥16.7tJP¥1.3t13.7x15.4x1.2x
Thu, 22 Feb 2024JP¥19.0tJP¥16.7tJP¥1.3t12.8x14.8x1.1x
Sat, 20 Jan 2024JP¥18.8tJP¥16.6tJP¥1.2t13.5x16.1x1.1x
Mon, 18 Dec 2023JP¥18.4tJP¥16.6tJP¥1.2t13.2x15.8x1.1x
Wed, 15 Nov 2023JP¥17.9tJP¥16.6tJP¥1.2t13.5x14.8x1.1x
Fri, 13 Oct 2023JP¥17.6tJP¥16.3tJP¥1.1t12.6x16.4x1.1x
Sun, 10 Sep 2023JP¥19.0tJP¥16.3tJP¥1.1t13.1x17.8x1.2x
Tue, 08 Aug 2023JP¥17.9tJP¥16.0tJP¥1.0t13.6x17.2x1.1x
Thu, 06 Jul 2023JP¥17.9tJP¥15.7tJP¥951.9b14.5x18.8x1.1x
Sat, 03 Jun 2023JP¥17.6tJP¥15.4tJP¥944.5b14.3x18.6x1.1x
Mon, 01 May 2023JP¥17.4tJP¥15.3tJP¥963.4b12.6x18x1.1x
Wed, 29 Mar 2023JP¥16.0tJP¥14.8tJP¥746.8b12.6x21.5x1.1x
Fri, 24 Feb 2023JP¥15.2tJP¥14.8tJP¥740.5b12.8x20.5x1x
Sun, 22 Jan 2023JP¥16.4tJP¥16.0tJP¥750.8b11.3x21.8x1x
Tue, 20 Dec 2022JP¥17.0tJP¥16.0tJP¥751.0b11.7x22.7x1.1x
Thu, 17 Nov 2022JP¥16.7tJP¥16.0tJP¥751.1b11.8x22.2x1x
Sat, 15 Oct 2022JP¥17.9tJP¥15.1tJP¥385.4b12.1x46.4x1.2x
Mon, 12 Sep 2022JP¥16.8tJP¥15.1tJP¥385.5b12.1x43.5x1.1x
Wed, 10 Aug 2022JP¥16.7tJP¥15.0tJP¥377.7b12.1x44.2x1.1x
Fri, 08 Jul 2022JP¥16.9tJP¥17.4tJP¥132.9b11.6x127.1x1x
Sun, 05 Jun 2022JP¥17.0tJP¥17.4tJP¥132.9b11.4x128.3x1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

128.3x


Total Market Cap: JP¥17.0tTotal Earnings: JP¥132.9bTotal Revenue: JP¥17.4tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Transportation Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 24.5x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Japanese Transportation industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 10.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 24.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Transportation industry have grown 138% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 2.2% 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 Market1.29%
Industrials1.22%
Transportation0.30%
Trucking0.89%
Railroads0.33%
Cargo Ground Transportation-0.21%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Cargo Ground Transportation industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 14.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 9.8%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 16.9% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Trucking industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 10.5x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Cargo Ground Transportation industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 9.8% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 17% per year.
  • In contrast, the Railroads industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 2.5% 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
9022 Central Japan RailwayJP¥3.14k2.7%
+JP¥80.7b		-8.8%PE6.7x
9024 Seibu HoldingsJP¥3.72k4.9%
+JP¥45.8b		58.0%PE3.8x
9021 West Japan RailwayJP¥3.13k1.1%
+JP¥15.5b		0.8%PE12.9x
9023 Tokyo MetroJP¥1.85k1.3%
+JP¥13.4b		n/aPE20x
9142 Kyushu RailwayJP¥3.93k1.7%
+JP¥10.3b		16.6%PE13.8x
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