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Japanese (NIKKEI) Materials Sector Analysis

UpdatedApr 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies289
  • 7D-0.9%
  • 3M-11.3%
  • 1Y-21.4%
  • YTD-12.4%

Last week, the Materials industry hasn't moved much but Shin-Etsu Chemical is up 11% in that time. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 21% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 11% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 15 Apr 2025JP¥44.7tJP¥83.9tJP¥3.7t9.5x12.1x0.5x
Thu, 13 Mar 2025JP¥49.5tJP¥82.4tJP¥3.6t10.8x13.9x0.6x
Sat, 08 Feb 2025JP¥49.4tJP¥81.9tJP¥3.5t11x14.3x0.6x
Mon, 06 Jan 2025JP¥50.9tJP¥81.8tJP¥3.4t11x14.9x0.6x
Wed, 04 Dec 2024JP¥51.3tJP¥81.8tJP¥3.4t11.1x14.9x0.6x
Fri, 01 Nov 2024JP¥52.1tJP¥81.1tJP¥3.7t10.8x14.3x0.6x
Sun, 29 Sep 2024JP¥54.8tJP¥81.1tJP¥3.6t10.8x15.1x0.7x
Tue, 27 Aug 2024JP¥52.7tJP¥80.9tJP¥3.6t10.7x14.8x0.7x
Thu, 25 Jul 2024JP¥54.1tJP¥80.0tJP¥3.5t11.4x15.6x0.7x
Sat, 22 Jun 2024JP¥54.7tJP¥80.4tJP¥3.5t11.5x15.7x0.7x
Mon, 20 May 2024JP¥54.5tJP¥80.4tJP¥3.5t11.5x15.7x0.7x
Wed, 17 Apr 2024JP¥57.2tJP¥80.1tJP¥3.3t12.3x17.2x0.7x
Fri, 15 Mar 2024JP¥55.9tJP¥80.0tJP¥3.3t12.1x16.8x0.7x
Sun, 11 Feb 2024JP¥53.2tJP¥80.0tJP¥3.4t11.9x15.7x0.7x
Tue, 09 Jan 2024JP¥53.2tJP¥81.9tJP¥3.2t12.2x16.7x0.6x
Thu, 07 Dec 2023JP¥51.8tJP¥81.8tJP¥3.2t12.2x16.3x0.6x
Sat, 04 Nov 2023JP¥50.0tJP¥82.0tJP¥3.1t12.1x15.9x0.6x
Mon, 02 Oct 2023JP¥49.3tJP¥82.2tJP¥3.3t12.1x15x0.6x
Wed, 30 Aug 2023JP¥49.8tJP¥82.2tJP¥3.3t11.8x15.1x0.6x
Fri, 28 Jul 2023JP¥49.7tJP¥82.3tJP¥3.7t11.3x13.3x0.6x
Sun, 25 Jun 2023JP¥47.7tJP¥82.3tJP¥3.7t10.8x12.8x0.6x
Tue, 23 May 2023JP¥46.2tJP¥82.3tJP¥3.7t10.8x12.4x0.6x
Thu, 20 Apr 2023JP¥45.1tJP¥81.3tJP¥4.3t10x10.6x0.6x
Sat, 18 Mar 2023JP¥44.1tJP¥81.3tJP¥4.3t9.8x10.3x0.5x
Mon, 13 Feb 2023JP¥43.4tJP¥81.1tJP¥4.3t9.4x10.1x0.5x
Wed, 11 Jan 2023JP¥40.2tJP¥79.0tJP¥4.8t8.7x8.3x0.5x
Fri, 09 Dec 2022JP¥41.5tJP¥79.0tJP¥4.8t8.8x8.6x0.5x
Sun, 06 Nov 2022JP¥39.3tJP¥77.2tJP¥5.1t8.7x7.7x0.5x
Tue, 04 Oct 2022JP¥39.1tJP¥75.9tJP¥5.0t8.6x7.8x0.5x
Thu, 01 Sep 2022JP¥41.9tJP¥75.9tJP¥5.0t9.1x8.4x0.6x
Sat, 30 Jul 2022JP¥41.0tJP¥73.1tJP¥4.8t8.9x8.5x0.6x
Mon, 27 Jun 2022JP¥39.6tJP¥72.8tJP¥4.7t8.6x8.5x0.5x
Wed, 25 May 2022JP¥41.3tJP¥72.8tJP¥4.7t8.7x8.8x0.6x
Fri, 22 Apr 2022JP¥42.6tJP¥69.8tJP¥4.4t8.7x9.7x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

9.7x


Total Market Cap: JP¥42.6tTotal Earnings: JP¥4.4tTotal Revenue: JP¥69.8tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Materials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.9x202320242025
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 12.9x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.60x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Materials industry have declined 5.7% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 6.3% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Japanese Materials sector?

JP Market-0.30%
Materials-0.90%
Basic Materials1.95%
Packaging1.64%
Paper and Forestry Products0.12%
Metals and Mining-0.20%
Chemicals-1.37%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Chemicals industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 17.1x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 12.5%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 18.2% 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 7.0x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Paper and Forestry Products industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 20% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 3.1% per year.
  • In contrast, the Packaging industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 6.9% 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
4063 Shin-Etsu ChemicalJP¥3.95k11.2%
+JP¥784.0b		-39.7%PE14.3x
5401 Nippon SteelJP¥2.95k7.6%
+JP¥218.4b		-18.0%PE6.6x
5016 JX Advanced MetalsJP¥843.0029.3%
+JP¥177.3b		n/aPE7.6x
6988 Nitto DenkoJP¥2.58k10.9%
+JP¥176.5b		-11.1%PE13.9x
4091 Nippon Sanso HoldingsJP¥4.48k9.3%
+JP¥165.8b		-0.4%PE17.6x
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