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Japanese (NIKKEI) Materials Sector Analysis

UpdatedDec 04, 2023
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies307
  • 7D-0.9%
  • 3M0.8%
  • 1Y25.5%
  • YTD34.1%

Over the last 7 days, the Materials industry has remained flat, although notably KeePer Technical Laboratory gained 11%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 26% in that time. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 14% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 04 Dec 2023JP¥51.9tJP¥81.8tJP¥3.2t12.3x16.3x0.6x
Wed, 01 Nov 2023JP¥48.6tJP¥82.0tJP¥3.2t12x15.1x0.6x
Fri, 29 Sep 2023JP¥49.8tJP¥82.2tJP¥3.3t12.2x15.1x0.6x
Sun, 27 Aug 2023JP¥48.9tJP¥82.2tJP¥3.3t11.6x14.8x0.6x
Tue, 25 Jul 2023JP¥49.0tJP¥82.3tJP¥3.7t11.3x13.1x0.6x
Thu, 22 Jun 2023JP¥48.5tJP¥82.3tJP¥3.7t11x13x0.6x
Sat, 20 May 2023JP¥46.2tJP¥82.2tJP¥3.7t10.7x12.4x0.6x
Mon, 17 Apr 2023JP¥45.0tJP¥81.3tJP¥4.3t10x10.5x0.6x
Wed, 15 Mar 2023JP¥44.2tJP¥81.3tJP¥4.3t9.7x10.3x0.5x
Fri, 10 Feb 2023JP¥43.2tJP¥80.3tJP¥4.5t9.3x9.5x0.5x
Sun, 08 Jan 2023JP¥39.5tJP¥79.0tJP¥4.8t8.7x8.2x0.5x
Tue, 06 Dec 2022JP¥41.6tJP¥79.0tJP¥4.8t8.8x8.6x0.5x
Thu, 03 Nov 2022JP¥39.6tJP¥76.6tJP¥5.1t8.7x7.7x0.5x
Sat, 01 Oct 2022JP¥38.7tJP¥75.9tJP¥5.0t8.5x7.7x0.5x
Mon, 29 Aug 2022JP¥42.5tJP¥75.9tJP¥5.0t9.1x8.5x0.6x
Wed, 27 Jul 2022JP¥40.9tJP¥72.8tJP¥4.7t9.1x8.7x0.6x
Fri, 24 Jun 2022JP¥39.1tJP¥72.8tJP¥4.7t8.6x8.3x0.5x
Sun, 22 May 2022JP¥41.8tJP¥72.7tJP¥4.7t8.7x8.9x0.6x
Tue, 19 Apr 2022JP¥41.2tJP¥69.8tJP¥4.4t8.6x9.4x0.6x
Thu, 17 Mar 2022JP¥41.4tJP¥69.8tJP¥4.4t8.7x9.4x0.6x
Sat, 12 Feb 2022JP¥43.6tJP¥69.4tJP¥4.3t8.9x10x0.6x
Mon, 10 Jan 2022JP¥44.8tJP¥66.7tJP¥3.9t9.8x11.4x0.7x
Wed, 08 Dec 2021JP¥43.4tJP¥66.7tJP¥3.9t9.5x11.1x0.7x
Fri, 05 Nov 2021JP¥46.2tJP¥65.0tJP¥3.4t11.1x13.6x0.7x
Sun, 03 Oct 2021JP¥44.4tJP¥63.5tJP¥2.8t11.7x16x0.7x
Tue, 31 Aug 2021JP¥45.3tJP¥63.5tJP¥2.8t11.9x16.3x0.7x
Wed, 07 Jul 2021JP¥44.5tJP¥63.5tJP¥2.8t11.2x16x0.7x
Sat, 10 Apr 2021JP¥45.7tJP¥60.2tJP¥1.8t13.8x25.8x0.8x
Fri, 01 Jan 2021JP¥41.1tJP¥59.4tJP¥838.2b14.3x49.1x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

209.7x


Total Market Cap: JP¥39.5tTotal Earnings: JP¥188.4bTotal Revenue: JP¥59.7tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Materials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 16x202120222023
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese Materials 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 16.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.62x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Materials industry have grown 156% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 11% 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 Materials sector?

JP Market-0.35%
Materials-0.93%
Basic Materials0.81%
Packaging-0.065%
Paper and Forestry Products-0.19%
Metals and Mining-0.47%
Chemicals-1.18%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Paper and Forestry Products industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 393x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 31.6%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 30.7% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Metals and Mining industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 7.5x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Paper and Forestry Products industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 32% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 31% per year.
  • In contrast, the Metals and Mining industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 8.1% 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
6036 KeePer Technical LaboratoryJP¥6.38k11.0%
+JP¥17.2b		57.7%PE44.1x
3865 HokuetsuJP¥1.43k6.8%
+JP¥15.3b		85.5%PE15.3x
4203 Sumitomo BakeliteJP¥7.13k4.8%
+JP¥15.1b		67.5%PE15x
5352 Krosaki HarimaJP¥11.58k16.4%
+JP¥13.7b		137.1%PE8.6x
5741 UACJJP¥3.55k6.9%
+JP¥11.1b		51.8%PS0.2x
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5352

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16.4%

1Y

137.1%

6036

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11.0%

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57.7%

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62.4%

4966

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58.1%

5471

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2.8%

1Y

59.4%

4203

JP¥7,134.00

Sumitomo Bakelite

7D

4.8%

1Y

67.5%

4612

JP¥1,076.00

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7D

-5.6%

1Y

-8.6%

4005

JP¥368.60

Sumitomo Chemical Company

7D

-4.2%

1Y

-24.3%

4063

JP¥5,170.00

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-1.1%

1Y

48.8%

4021

JP¥5,248.00

Nissan Chemical

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-5.0%

1Y

-21.6%

3865

JP¥1,432.00

Hokuetsu

7D

6.8%

1Y

85.5%

3861

JP¥535.10

Oji Holdings

7D

-4.8%

1Y

2.3%

5411

JP¥2,154.00

JFE Holdings

7D

-3.6%

1Y

39.2%

4091

JP¥3,829.00

Nippon Sanso Holdings

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-5.2%

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74.6%

6988

JP¥10,340.00

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22.5%