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Japanese (NIKKEI) Market Analysis & Valuation

UpdatedSep 14, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies3980
  • 7D-0.9%
  • 3M-5.5%
  • 1Y4.9%
  • YTD7.0%

Over the last 7 days, the market has remained flat, although notably the Energy sector declined by 4.6%. As for the longer term, the market has risen 4.9% in the past 12 months. Earnings are forecast to grow by 8.7% annually.

Market Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sat, 14 Sep 2024JP¥908.1tJP¥999.9tJP¥60.1t13.2x15.1x0.9x
Mon, 12 Aug 2024JP¥875.8tJP¥996.4tJP¥59.6t12.6x14.7x0.9x
Wed, 10 Jul 2024JP¥1004.3tJP¥986.1tJP¥58.3t14.4x17.2x1x
Fri, 07 Jun 2024JP¥969.4tJP¥989.5tJP¥58.6t14x16.5x1x
Sun, 05 May 2024JP¥965.4tJP¥974.4tJP¥56.5t14.4x17.1x1x
Tue, 02 Apr 2024JP¥971.0tJP¥975.9tJP¥56.9t14.7x17.1x1x
Thu, 29 Feb 2024JP¥956.7tJP¥975.7tJP¥56.9t14.5x16.8x1x
Sat, 27 Jan 2024JP¥898.1tJP¥971.4tJP¥52.5t14.7x17.1x0.9x
Mon, 25 Dec 2023JP¥844.7tJP¥971.2tJP¥52.5t13.9x16.1x0.9x
Wed, 22 Nov 2023JP¥857.5tJP¥977.0tJP¥52.9t14x16.2x0.9x
Fri, 20 Oct 2023JP¥824.1tJP¥971.7tJP¥55.3t13.8x14.9x0.8x
Sun, 17 Sep 2023JP¥881.9tJP¥971.3tJP¥55.2t14.4x16x0.9x
Tue, 15 Aug 2023JP¥831.6tJP¥970.5tJP¥55.1t13.9x15.1x0.9x
Thu, 13 Jul 2023JP¥812.5tJP¥957.2tJP¥50.6t13.8x16.1x0.8x
Sat, 10 Jun 2023JP¥812.7tJP¥959.1tJP¥51.1t13.6x15.9x0.8x
Mon, 08 May 2023JP¥762.5tJP¥941.9tJP¥47.9t13.4x15.9x0.8x
Wed, 05 Apr 2023JP¥743.6tJP¥934.0tJP¥46.6t13x16x0.8x
Fri, 03 Mar 2023JP¥734.0tJP¥933.6tJP¥46.7t12.8x15.7x0.8x
Sun, 29 Jan 2023JP¥730.7tJP¥904.2tJP¥49.1t12.5x14.9x0.8x
Tue, 27 Dec 2022JP¥703.0tJP¥903.1tJP¥49.1t12.1x14.3x0.8x
Thu, 24 Nov 2022JP¥739.5tJP¥902.7tJP¥49.1t12.7x15.1x0.8x
Sat, 22 Oct 2022JP¥701.7tJP¥865.1tJP¥45.7t12.3x15.3x0.8x
Mon, 19 Sep 2022JP¥722.0tJP¥863.4tJP¥45.6t12.5x15.8x0.8x
Wed, 17 Aug 2022JP¥738.5tJP¥861.9tJP¥45.5t12.8x16.2x0.9x
Fri, 15 Jul 2022JP¥706.0tJP¥835.4tJP¥48.1t12.5x14.7x0.8x
Sun, 12 Jun 2022JP¥721.7tJP¥838.8tJP¥49.5t12.6x14.6x0.9x
Tue, 10 May 2022JP¥699.6tJP¥824.4tJP¥52.2t12.2x13.4x0.8x
Thu, 07 Apr 2022JP¥720.6tJP¥818.3tJP¥51.0t12.5x14.1x0.9x
Sat, 05 Mar 2022JP¥691.9tJP¥821.4tJP¥51.1t12.1x13.6x0.8x
Mon, 31 Jan 2022JP¥703.7tJP¥806.0tJP¥48.6t12.2x14.5x0.9x
Wed, 29 Dec 2021JP¥754.3tJP¥800.2tJP¥48.4t13.2x15.6x0.9x
Fri, 26 Nov 2021JP¥767.3tJP¥800.5tJP¥48.7t13.3x15.7x1x
Sun, 24 Oct 2021JP¥759.5tJP¥787.6tJP¥44.9t14.3x16.9x1x
Tue, 21 Sep 2021JP¥794.7tJP¥785.2tJP¥44.6t15.1x17.8x1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.8x


Total Market Cap: JP¥794.7tTotal Earnings: JP¥44.6tTotal Revenue: JP¥785.2tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Market Price to Earnings3Y Average 17.3x202220232024
Current Market PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Japanese market, indicating that they anticipate earnings will not grow as fast as they have historically.
  • The market is trading at a PE ratio of 15.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 17.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for Japanese listed companies have grown 10% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 8.4% 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-0.90%
Tech1.10%
Telecom0.26%
Industrials0.17%
Information Technology0%
Financials0%
Health Care0%
Industrials0%
Materials-0.55%
Consumer Staples-0.93%
Real Estate-0.94%
Consumer Discretionary-2.02%
Healthcare-2.33%
Financials-2.84%
Energy-3.77%
Utilities-4.15%
Sector PE
  • Investors favour the Healthcare sector the most for future growth, which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 28.7x.
    • The market's confidence is likely because analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 13.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 8.2% 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 Healthcare sector, expecting annual earnings growth of 14% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 8.2% per year.
  • In contrast, the Energy sector is expected to see its earnings decline by 3.7% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuationSector
9984 SoftBank GroupJP¥8.43k9.4%
+JP¥1.0t
25.5%PE214.4xTelecom
8035 Tokyo ElectronJP¥23.68k7.6%
+JP¥773.9b
8.2%PE25.6xTech
6501 HitachiJP¥3.43k4.9%
+JP¥732.9b
71.6%PE22.7xIndustrials
6098 Recruit HoldingsJP¥8.67k4.5%
+JP¥551.0b
65.3%PE35.7xIndustrials
6861 KeyenceJP¥66.05k3.4%
+JP¥521.4b
12.3%PE42.4xTech
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6501

JP¥3,431.00

Hitachi

7D

4.9%

1Y

71.6%

9984

JP¥8,429.00

SoftBank Group

7D

9.4%

1Y

25.5%

6857

JP¥6,375.00

Advantest

7D

8.6%

1Y

53.4%

6861

JP¥66,050.00

Keyence

7D

3.4%

1Y

12.3%

7011

JP¥1,774.50

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

7D

3.7%

1Y

103.0%

8035

JP¥23,680.00

Tokyo Electron

7D

7.6%

1Y

8.2%

8306

JP¥1,451.00

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

7D

-1.8%

1Y

12.4%

7182

JP¥1,301.00

JAPAN POST BANK

7D

-6.3%

1Y

-0.5%

8750

JP¥3,589.00

Dai-ichi Life Holdings

7D

-9.7%

1Y

13.7%

4519

JP¥6,720.00

Chugai Pharmaceutical

7D

2.2%

1Y

48.4%