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Japanese (NIKKEI) Publishing Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies24
  • 7D1.2%
  • 3M-4.3%
  • 1Y20.6%
  • YTDn/a

The Publishing industry is up 3.7% in the last week, with Kadokawa up 1.1%. Meanwhile, Brangista actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 13% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 19%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 21% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025JP¥820.4bJP¥634.2bJP¥28.9b15x28.4x1.3x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025JP¥695.4bJP¥622.0bJP¥27.4b12.3x25.4x1.1x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024JP¥834.0bJP¥620.6bJP¥27.5b13.6x30.4x1.3x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024JP¥616.2bJP¥619.2bJP¥28.0b12.5x22x1x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024JP¥672.9bJP¥613.1bJP¥28.7b13.7x23.4x1.1x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024JP¥629.9bJP¥612.9bJP¥28.7b12.8x22x1x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024JP¥543.9bJP¥600.6bJP¥28.5b11.3x19.1x0.9x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024JP¥599.0bJP¥599.5bJP¥27.8b12.9x21.6x1x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024JP¥659.4bJP¥599.4bJP¥27.7b12.7x23.8x1.1x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024JP¥607.3bJP¥589.5bJP¥24.0b11.7x25.3x1x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024JP¥645.9bJP¥757.9bJP¥27.0b13.3x23.9x0.9x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024JP¥683.8bJP¥758.0bJP¥27.0b13.6x25.3x0.9x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024JP¥697.6bJP¥750.9bJP¥25.6b14.7x27.2x0.9x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023JP¥637.6bJP¥750.6bJP¥25.6b13.6x24.9x0.8x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023JP¥636.8bJP¥750.6bJP¥25.4b13.9x25.1x0.8x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023JP¥680.9bJP¥734.7bJP¥26.6b16.8x25.6x0.9x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023JP¥724.3bJP¥762.7bJP¥27.7b16.3x26.2x0.9x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023JP¥760.3bJP¥760.7bJP¥28.0b16.6x27.1x1x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023JP¥753.6bJP¥761.0bJP¥31.9b16.6x23.6x1x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023JP¥730.6bJP¥761.2bJP¥32.0b15.3x22.9x1x
Wed, 03 May 2023JP¥679.3bJP¥741.2bJP¥34.3b17.6x19.8x0.9x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023JP¥649.6bJP¥740.3bJP¥33.2b18.1x19.6x0.9x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023JP¥622.0bJP¥715.1bJP¥32.4b14.3x19.2x0.9x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023JP¥578.1bJP¥685.1bJP¥35.1b13.8x16.5x0.8x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022JP¥571.1bJP¥684.7bJP¥35.0b12.6x16.3x0.8x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022JP¥602.8bJP¥687.8bJP¥34.7b13x17.4x0.9x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022JP¥600.4bJP¥665.2bJP¥35.3b13.6x17x0.9x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022JP¥655.9bJP¥664.9bJP¥35.3b13.6x18.6x1x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022JP¥655.6bJP¥662.3bJP¥34.9b13.7x18.8x1x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022JP¥662.8bJP¥638.8bJP¥31.9b13.1x20.7x1x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022JP¥634.7bJP¥638.7bJP¥31.8b13.7x20x1x
Thu, 05 May 2022JP¥696.5bJP¥615.3bJP¥26.6b16.3x26.2x1.1x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022JP¥706.0bJP¥614.6bJP¥26.7b15.1x26.4x1.1x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022JP¥669.9bJP¥614.5bJP¥26.6b14.6x25.1x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

25.1x


Total Market Cap: JP¥669.9bTotal Earnings: JP¥26.6bTotal Revenue: JP¥614.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Publishing Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 22.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Japanese Publishing industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 28.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 22.7x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 0.99x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Publishing industry have grown 2.7% per year over the last three years, while revenues have remained mostly flat.
  • This means that companies overall are more efficiently conducting business since profits are increasing while sales have been flat.

Industry Comparison

How does Japanese Publishing compare with similar industries?

JP Market-1.26%
Telecom-0.89%
Media-2.33%
Publishing1.20%
Broadcasting0.49%
Cable and Satellite-3.63%
Advertising-5.60%
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
4298 ProtoJP¥2.17k2.6%
+JP¥2.2b		64.4%PE16.3x
9474 ZenrinJP¥985.002.5%
+JP¥1.3b		16.3%PE15.1x
7849 Starts PublishingJP¥3.43k2.4%
+JP¥307.2m		-13.3%PE7.2x
9467 AlphaPolisJP¥1.12k0.9%
+JP¥290.6m		64.0%PE18.2x
9479 Impress HoldingsJP¥154.002.7%
+JP¥117.6m		-13.0%PS0.3x
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