Japanese Consumer Finance Stock News

Earlier this year, American Bureau of Shipping, ENEOS Corporation, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, and SEACOR Holdings began a joint study to build a commercial-scale methanol bunkering and supply chain network along the U.S. Gulf Coast, aiming for the country’s first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering operations. The initiative highlights ENEOS’s push into low-carbon marine fuels, with the company taking the lead on procuring and marketing low-carbon methanol to support cleaner international...

In recent months, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. has advanced its board-approved share repurchase program, including buying back about 1.2 million shares via the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s ToSTNeT-3 system, under an authorization to repurchase up to 38.00 million shares by April 2026. This incremental buyback activity highlights how Recruit is actively using its balance sheet to adjust its capital structure and potentially lift per-share metrics for investors. Next, we’ll examine how this ongoing...

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Shareholders might have noticed that Kura Sushi, Inc. ( TSE:2695 ) filed its yearly result this time last week. The...

Key Insights Using the Dividend Discount Model, Pharma Foods International fair value estimate is JP¥595 Current share...

Key Insights The projected fair value for NHK Spring is JP¥3,792 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity NHK Spring's...

Key Insights The considerable ownership by individual investors in Kokusai Electric indicates that they collectively...

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Key Insights Significant control over Toho Titanium Company by public companies implies that the general public has...

Recently, GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company, released research on industrial AI adoption, Hitachi Digital Services partnered with Eraneos on ITxOT transformation, and GlobalLogic announced senior leadership changes including a new Chief Synergy and Transformation Officer role. Together, these moves highlight Hitachi’s push to close AI skills gaps, deepen digital engineering within the group, and deliver integrated smart manufacturing solutions. We’ll now examine how Hitachi’s expanded...

Earlier this month, activist investor Palliser Capital urged Japan Post Holdings to consolidate its sprawling real estate operations into a dedicated unit and consider options such as a spinoff after a strategic review. The push highlights how Japan Post’s property portfolio, long treated as a supporting asset, could become a central source of potential value if restructuring gains political and customer backing. With this backdrop, we will explore how Palliser’s call for a real estate...

Earlier this month, Murata Manufacturing launched and began mass production of a compact 1.25kV, up to 15nF C0G multilayer ceramic capacitor aimed at EV onboard chargers and high-performance consumer power supplies. By aligning this high-voltage MLCC with the industry’s move toward SiC MOSFET-based power conversion, Murata is directly targeting a technically demanding and fast-evolving segment of the electronics supply chain. We’ll now examine how this push into SiC-ready high-voltage MLCCs...

In December 2025, Sekisui House, Ltd. issued consolidated earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, projecting net sales of ¥4.33 trillion, operating profit of ¥340.00 billion and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥232.00 billion, equivalent to basic earnings per share of ¥357.97. The company also raised its second-quarter-end dividend to ¥72 per share from ¥64 a year earlier, signaling management’s confidence and a stronger cash return stance to...

Key Insights The considerable ownership by public companies in Soracom indicates that they collectively have a greater...

Key Insights Rakus' estimated fair value is JP¥1,577 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Current share price of...

Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Nichirei fair value estimate is JP¥2,205 Current share price...

Earlier this week, Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of Ebara Corp., highlighting strong growth potential in its semiconductor equipment business, especially chemical mechanical polishing systems within the Precision Machinery segment. The bank’s view that semiconductor-related products could account for more than 60% of Ebara’s operating profits within a few years underscores how central this segment has become to the company’s future earnings mix. We’ll now explore how this endorsement of...

NTT (TSE:9432) is stepping up its AI ambitions, launching NTT DATA AIVista in Silicon Valley under CEO Dr. Bratin Saha, while its labs showcase a new photonic processor for optical neural network inference. See our latest analysis for NTT. Despite the buzz around AIVista and its photonic processor breakthrough, the latest share price of ¥155.1 comes with a modest year to date share price return of around negative 1 percent. The five year total shareholder return of roughly 71 percent suggests...

It is hard to get excited after looking at Kura Sushi's (TSE:2695) recent performance, when its stock has declined 21...

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Moi Corporation ( TSE:5031 ) shareholders have had their patience rewarded with a 34% share price jump in the last...

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited's ( TSE:4568 ) investors are due to receive a payment of ¥39.00 per share on 24th of...

Key Insights Institutions' substantial holdings in Sekisui Chemical implies that they have significant influence over...

Key Insights Japan Data Science ConsortiumLtd's significant retail investors ownership suggests that the key decisions...