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Japanese (NIKKEI) Metals and Mining Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 09, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies61
  • 7D5.1%
  • 3M-9.0%
  • 1Y73.4%
  • YTD27.3%

Nippon Steel is up 7.4%, leading the way for the Metals and Mining industry, which has gained 5.1%. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 73%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 5.8% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Metals and Mining Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 09 Aug 2026JP¥19.8tJP¥33.4tJP¥1.5t12x13.4x0.6x
Tue, 07 Jul 2026JP¥18.8tJP¥31.9tJP¥1.0t12.1x18.3x0.6x
Thu, 04 Jun 2026JP¥19.5tJP¥31.8tJP¥1.0t12.8x19.1x0.6x
Sat, 02 May 2026JP¥20.2tJP¥30.6tJP¥748.4b12.8x26.9x0.7x
Mon, 30 Mar 2026JP¥18.8tJP¥30.6tJP¥736.4b13.1x25.5x0.6x
Wed, 25 Feb 2026JP¥20.5tJP¥30.6tJP¥736.4b14.2x27.8x0.7x
Fri, 23 Jan 2026JP¥17.6tJP¥30.1tJP¥691.8b13.9x25.5x0.6x
Sun, 21 Dec 2025JP¥14.4tJP¥30.1tJP¥690.9b12x20.8x0.5x
Tue, 18 Nov 2025JP¥14.2tJP¥30.1tJP¥691.1b12.3x20.5x0.5x
Thu, 16 Oct 2025JP¥13.7tJP¥30.0tJP¥651.4b13.7x21.1x0.5x
Sat, 13 Sep 2025JP¥13.4tJP¥30.0tJP¥647.9b12.9x20.6x0.4x
Mon, 11 Aug 2025JP¥11.5tJP¥30.0tJP¥651.4b11.4x17.7x0.4x
Wed, 09 Jul 2025JP¥10.7tJP¥30.4tJP¥1.1t9.3x9.8x0.4x
Fri, 06 Jun 2025JP¥10.5tJP¥30.4tJP¥1.1t9.4x9.6x0.3x
Sun, 04 May 2025JP¥10.5tJP¥31.1tJP¥1.3t9.8x8.1x0.3x
Tue, 01 Apr 2025JP¥11.2tJP¥31.5tJP¥1.3t10x8.6x0.4x
Thu, 27 Feb 2025JP¥10.6tJP¥29.9tJP¥1.2t10.2x8.8x0.4x
Sat, 25 Jan 2025JP¥10.2tJP¥29.8tJP¥1.3t9.2x8.2x0.3x
Mon, 23 Dec 2024JP¥9.8tJP¥29.8tJP¥1.2t9x7.8x0.3x
Wed, 20 Nov 2024JP¥10.4tJP¥29.8tJP¥1.2t9x8.3x0.3x
Fri, 18 Oct 2024JP¥10.4tJP¥29.7tJP¥1.4t9.9x7.7x0.4x
Sun, 15 Sep 2024JP¥10.0tJP¥29.7tJP¥1.4t9.4x7.3x0.3x
Tue, 13 Aug 2024JP¥9.9tJP¥29.6tJP¥1.3t9x7.5x0.3x
Thu, 11 Jul 2024JP¥11.5tJP¥29.5tJP¥1.4t10.6x8.4x0.4x
Sat, 08 Jun 2024JP¥11.7tJP¥29.5tJP¥1.4t10.6x8.4x0.4x
Mon, 06 May 2024JP¥11.7tJP¥29.4tJP¥1.4t9.1x8.3x0.4x
Wed, 03 Apr 2024JP¥11.7tJP¥29.4tJP¥1.4t9.5x8.4x0.4x
Fri, 01 Mar 2024JP¥11.5tJP¥29.4tJP¥1.4t9.4x8.2x0.4x
Sun, 28 Jan 2024JP¥12.0tJP¥30.5tJP¥1.3t9.7x9x0.4x
Tue, 26 Dec 2023JP¥11.3tJP¥30.5tJP¥1.3t9.2x8.4x0.4x
Thu, 23 Nov 2023JP¥11.8tJP¥30.5tJP¥1.3t9.4x8.7x0.4x
Sat, 21 Oct 2023JP¥11.1tJP¥30.4tJP¥1.4t9.1x8.1x0.4x
Mon, 18 Sep 2023JP¥12.1tJP¥30.3tJP¥1.4t10.4x8.9x0.4x
Wed, 16 Aug 2023JP¥11.4tJP¥30.3tJP¥1.4t9x8.3x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.3x


Total Market Cap: JP¥11.4tTotal Earnings: JP¥1.4tTotal Revenue: JP¥30.3tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Metals and Mining Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 13x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese Metals and Mining 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 13.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.43x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Metals and Mining industry have grown 2.7% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 3.2% 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 Materials industry?

JP Market1.75%
Materials5.35%
Metals and Mining5.14%
Gold11.74%
Diversified Metals and Mining6.39%
Steel3.80%
Aluminum3.03%
Copper2.49%
Precious Metals and Minerals0%0
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Diversified Metals and Mining industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 19.9x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 7.0%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 91.7% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Aluminum industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 19.8x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Diversified Metals and Mining industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 7.0% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Aluminum industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 14% 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
5401 Nippon SteelJP¥697.507.4%
+JP¥250.3b
16.8%PE12.6x
5713 Sumitomo Metal MiningJP¥9.00k9.9%
+JP¥218.5b
146.8%PE13.7x
5711 Mitsubishi MaterialsJP¥5.16k23.0%
+JP¥126.4b
110.8%PE7x
5016 JX Advanced MetalsJP¥3.89k2.3%
+JP¥84.6b
290.1%PE26.6x
5706 Mitsui Kinzoku CompanyJP¥32.22k4.1%
+JP¥72.7b
381.4%PE16.2x

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