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Japanese (NIKKEI) Market Analysis & Valuation

UpdatedNov 24, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies3974
  • 7D-0.5%
  • 3M0.2%
  • 1Y10.8%
  • YTD11.3%

In the last week, the market has been flat, with a notable exception in the Healthcare sector dropping 3.6%. As for the longer term, the market has risen 11% in the past 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 7.9% per annum.

Market Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Market valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 24 Nov 2024JP¥940.8tJP¥1007.3tJP¥61.7t13.6x15.2x0.9x
Tue, 22 Oct 2024JP¥940.5tJP¥1001.0tJP¥60.1t13.4x15.7x0.9x
Thu, 19 Sep 2024JP¥906.9tJP¥987.2tJP¥59.7t13.4x15.2x0.9x
Sat, 17 Aug 2024JP¥942.3tJP¥998.0tJP¥59.9t13.3x15.7x0.9x
Mon, 15 Jul 2024JP¥1015.3tJP¥987.1tJP¥58.6t14.6x17.3x1x
Wed, 12 Jun 2024JP¥976.4tJP¥988.9tJP¥58.6t14.2x16.7x1x
Fri, 10 May 2024JP¥961.0tJP¥976.3tJP¥56.9t14.5x16.9x1x
Sun, 07 Apr 2024JP¥962.0tJP¥975.8tJP¥56.9t14.5x16.9x1x
Tue, 05 Mar 2024JP¥966.2tJP¥975.8tJP¥56.9t14.4x17x1x
Thu, 01 Feb 2024JP¥915.1tJP¥971.4tJP¥52.4t14.8x17.5x0.9x
Sat, 30 Dec 2023JP¥855.2tJP¥971.2tJP¥52.5t14.1x16.3x0.9x
Mon, 27 Nov 2023JP¥867.4tJP¥977.6tJP¥53.1t14.1x16.3x0.9x
Wed, 25 Oct 2023JP¥815.9tJP¥972.0tJP¥55.3t13.7x14.8x0.8x
Fri, 22 Sep 2023JP¥865.9tJP¥971.4tJP¥55.2t14.3x15.7x0.9x
Sun, 20 Aug 2023JP¥815.4tJP¥970.5tJP¥55.1t13.7x14.8x0.8x
Tue, 18 Jul 2023JP¥818.6tJP¥957.5tJP¥50.6t13.7x16.2x0.9x
Thu, 15 Jun 2023JP¥836.9tJP¥959.2tJP¥51.1t13.8x16.4x0.9x
Sat, 13 May 2023JP¥769.4tJP¥946.2tJP¥47.1t13.5x16.3x0.8x
Mon, 10 Apr 2023JP¥723.3tJP¥934.4tJP¥46.6t12.7x15.5x0.8x
Wed, 08 Mar 2023JP¥748.3tJP¥933.7tJP¥46.7t13x16x0.8x
Fri, 03 Feb 2023JP¥723.9tJP¥909.5tJP¥48.6t12.5x14.9x0.8x
Sun, 01 Jan 2023JP¥701.8tJP¥903.1tJP¥49.1t12.2x14.3x0.8x
Tue, 29 Nov 2022JP¥743.2tJP¥902.8tJP¥49.1t12.8x15.1x0.8x
Thu, 27 Oct 2022JP¥714.9tJP¥865.2tJP¥45.7t12.4x15.6x0.8x
Sat, 24 Sep 2022JP¥713.9tJP¥863.4tJP¥45.6t12.4x15.6x0.8x
Mon, 22 Aug 2022JP¥743.6tJP¥864.3tJP¥45.6t12.7x16.3x0.9x
Wed, 20 Jul 2022JP¥706.2tJP¥835.6tJP¥48.2t12.5x14.7x0.8x
Fri, 17 Jun 2022JP¥693.7tJP¥838.9tJP¥49.5t12.3x14x0.8x
Sun, 15 May 2022JP¥693.7tJP¥831.4tJP¥49.6t12.1x14x0.8x
Tue, 12 Apr 2022JP¥707.4tJP¥818.8tJP¥51.0t12.2x13.9x0.9x
Thu, 10 Mar 2022JP¥660.6tJP¥821.4tJP¥51.1t11.6x12.9x0.8x
Sat, 05 Feb 2022JP¥723.5tJP¥815.8tJP¥50.5t12.5x14.3x0.9x
Mon, 03 Jan 2022JP¥751.0tJP¥800.2tJP¥48.4t13.3x15.5x0.9x
Wed, 01 Dec 2021JP¥738.8tJP¥800.5tJP¥48.7t10.7x15.2x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

15.2x


Total Market Cap: JP¥738.8tTotal Earnings: JP¥48.7tTotal Revenue: JP¥800.5tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Market Price to Earnings3Y Average 15.6x202220232024
Current Market PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese market at the moment, indicating that they expect earnings will grow in line with historical growth rates.
  • The market is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 15.6x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for Japanese listed companies have grown 8.2% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 8.0% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Sector Trends

Which sectors have driven the changes within the Japanese Market?

JP Market-0.51%
Materials0.54%
Real Estate0.35%
Consumer Staples0.26%
Energy0.16%
Telecom0.049%
Information Technology0%
Financials0%
Health Care0%
Industrials0%
Financials-0.015%
Consumer Discretionary-0.096%
Tech-0.57%
Industrials-0.84%
Utilities-1.41%
Healthcare-3.60%
Sector PE
  • Investors favour the Healthcare sector the most for future growth, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 29.0x.
    • The market's confidence is likely because analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 11.9%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 7.3% per year.
  • The Utilities sector is the least preferred by investors for future growth. Although, investor sentiment seems to have improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Tech sector, expecting annual earnings growth of 13% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 7.0% per year.
  • In contrast, the Telecom industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuationSector
8630 Sompo HoldingsJP¥3.86k12.4%
+JP¥411.1b
70.9%PE8.5xFinancials
6758 Sony GroupJP¥2.95k2.0%
+JP¥352.1b
14.7%PE15.8xConsumer Discretionary
3382 Seven & i HoldingsJP¥2.56k4.5%
+JP¥288.0b
33.5%PE33.7xConsumer Staples
9531 Tokyo GasLtdJP¥4.53k19.0%
+JP¥280.9b
34.3%PE21.1xUtilities
9613 NTT DATA GroupJP¥2.88k6.0%
+JP¥230.6b
58.0%PE29.2xTech
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6752

JP¥1,551.00

Panasonic Holdings

7D

5.7%

1Y

-1.3%

8630

JP¥3,863.00

Sompo Holdings

7D

12.4%

1Y

70.9%

8766

JP¥5,681.00

Tokio Marine Holdings

7D

-4.1%

1Y

52.1%

6758

JP¥2,948.00

Sony Group

7D

2.0%

1Y

14.7%

6857

JP¥9,447.00

Advantest

7D

3.4%

1Y

108.5%

4519

JP¥6,270.00

Chugai Pharmaceutical

7D

-12.2%

1Y

23.6%

8411

JP¥3,835.00

Mizuho Financial Group

7D

1.9%

1Y

51.4%

3382

JP¥2,556.50

Seven & i Holdings

7D

4.5%

1Y

33.5%

8001

JP¥7,581.00

ITOCHU

7D

-4.0%

1Y

27.2%