Japan Post Holdings (6178) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 6178 does

Japan Post Holdings (6178) is a large Japanese company that provides postal, banking, and insurance services. It operates through segments covering postal and logistics, post office counter services, international logistics, and real estate. The business includes mail and parcel delivery, ordinary and time-deposit savings, remittances, public pension handling, and insurance agency services, along with the sale of government bonds and investment trusts. It is part of the Tokyo Stock Exchange stocks universe and is sometimes compared with peers such as Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316) and Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings (8630).

Key numbers explained

• 2,579 JPY is the latest share price, the amount you would pay for one share right now.
• +3.78% is today's price change, showing how much the share has moved relative to the previous close.
• 7.05T JPY is the market capitalisation, the total value of all outstanding shares.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 20 divides the current share price by the last 12 months' earnings per share (129.21 JPY), a common way to gauge how the market values the company's earnings.
• The forward P/E ratio of 20.7 uses expected future earnings, giving a sense of valuation based on what analysts anticipate.
• 2.33% is the dividend yield, the annual dividend payment expressed as a percentage of the share price.
• 0.22 is the beta, a measure of how much the share tends to move compared with the broader market; a low beta suggests lower volatility.
• 76.8% is the price change over the last 52 weeks, from the low of 1,392 JPY to the high of 2,603 JPY.

What to watch

• Earnings reports, with the next scheduled for 13 nov. 2026, can move the share price as they update expectations for profit and revenue.
• The ex-dividend date of 29 sept. 2026 is the key date for investors seeking the next dividend payment.
• Revenue growth of 6.4% year over year and a profit margin of 3.8% show how sales translate into bottom-line profit.
• The price-to-book ratio of 0.71 compares the share price to the company's book value per share, a metric often used for financial-sector stocks.
• Broader factors such as interest rates, postal regulation, and the performance of the Japanese economy can affect banks and insurance companies like Japan Post Holdings.