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Japanese (NIKKEI) Basic Materials Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies24
  • 7D10.8%
  • 3M7.9%
  • 1Y-2.4%
  • YTD3.7%

The Basic Materials industry is up 11% in the last week, with Taiheiyo Cement up 10%. Despite this gain, the industry's performance has been flat over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 7.9% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Basic Materials Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 16 Apr 2025JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥144.9b9.3x8.2x0.6x
Fri, 14 Mar 2025JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥144.9b10x8.5x0.6x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥135.0b9.9x8.9x0.6x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥133.4b8.8x8.7x0.6x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥133.4b8.7x8.9x0.6x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥131.0b8.3x8.8x0.6x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥132.7b8.2x9x0.6x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥119.5b8.9x9.7x0.6x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥128.1b9.2x9.7x0.6x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024JP¥1.3tJP¥2.1tJP¥128.1b9.6x10x0.6x
Tue, 21 May 2024JP¥1.3tJP¥2.1tJP¥127.4b10.2x9.8x0.6x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥86.5b10.2x14x0.6x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥85.8b11.7x14.2x0.6x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024JP¥1.2tJP¥2.1tJP¥84.5b11.5x13.7x0.6x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024JP¥1.1tJP¥2.0tJP¥60.2b10.9x18.4x0.5x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023JP¥1.0tJP¥2.0tJP¥60.2b10.2x16.9x0.5x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023JP¥978.3bJP¥2.0tJP¥26.8b9.9x36.6x0.5x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023JP¥991.8bJP¥2.0tJP¥24.6b10.3x40.3x0.5x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023JP¥1.0tJP¥2.0tJP¥24.6b10.5x41.7x0.5x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023JP¥1.0tJP¥1.9tJP¥9.9b10.5x103.1x0.5x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023JP¥972.4bJP¥1.9tJP¥9.8b10.6x99x0.5x
Wed, 24 May 2023JP¥906.4bJP¥1.9tJP¥9.8b9.7x92.3x0.5x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023JP¥907.2bJP¥1.9tJP¥24.5b9.5x37x0.5x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023JP¥890.0bJP¥1.9tJP¥25.0b9.2x35.7x0.5x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023JP¥845.3bJP¥1.9tJP¥25.5b8.7x33.2x0.4x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023JP¥784.4bJP¥1.8tJP¥36.8b8x21.3x0.4x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022JP¥798.6bJP¥1.8tJP¥36.8b8x21.7x0.4x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022JP¥761.9bJP¥1.8tJP¥71.1b8.2x10.7x0.4x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022JP¥799.2bJP¥1.8tJP¥69.8b9.1x11.4x0.5x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022JP¥798.2bJP¥1.8tJP¥69.8b9x11.4x0.5x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022JP¥791.5bJP¥1.7tJP¥81.5b8.1x9.7x0.5x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022JP¥775.7bJP¥1.7tJP¥81.5b7.9x9.5x0.4x
Thu, 26 May 2022JP¥758.0bJP¥1.7tJP¥81.6b7.5x9.3x0.4x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022JP¥822.6bJP¥1.8tJP¥96.8b7.8x8.5x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.5x


Total Market Cap: JP¥822.6bTotal Earnings: JP¥96.8bTotal Revenue: JP¥1.8tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Basic Materials Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 23.3x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Japanese Basic Materials 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 8.2x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 23.3x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.52x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Basic Materials industry have grown 14% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 5.9% 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 industry?

JP Market8.73%
Materials9.26%
Basic Materials10.77%
Construction Materials10.77%
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
5233 Taiheiyo CementJP¥3.78k5.0%
+JP¥20.1b		9.4%PE6.3x
5273 Mitani SekisanJP¥6.26k11.4%
+JP¥11.4b		4.9%PE10.9x
7821 Maeda KosenJP¥1.91k4.8%
+JP¥5.9b		14.2%PE14.1x
5352 Krosaki HarimaJP¥2.38k6.3%
+JP¥4.7b		-29.1%PE6.6x
5357 Yotai RefractoriesJP¥1.77k7.9%
+JP¥2.4b		21.8%PE10.3x
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6.3%

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3.5%

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JP¥1,905.00

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4.8%

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7D

5.0%

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9.4%