Hitachi Zosen (7004) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 7004 does

Hitachi Zosen (7004) is a Japanese industrial company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange stocks that designs, manufactures, installs, and maintains environmental equipment and large infrastructure. It operates through four segments—Environment, Machinery & Infrastructure, Decarbonization, and Other—covering waste-to-energy plants, water treatment facilities, plastic and food-processing machinery, marine engines, and decarbonization equipment. The company is part of the Nikkei 225 index and works across Japan, Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East.

Key numbers explained

• The current price is 1,173 JPY, down 0.68% today.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 17.7 shows how much investors pay per yen of recent earnings; a lower forward P/E ratio of 8.7 reflects expected earnings growth.
• The dividend yield of 3.24% indicates the annual cash return relative to the share price, with 38% of earnings paid out as dividends.
• The ex-dividend date is 30 mar. 2027, the cutoff for receiving the next dividend.
• Beta of 0.5 suggests the stock tends to move about half as much as the broader market.
• The 52-week range of 909 – 1,515 JPY shows the lowest and highest traded prices over the past year, with a 14.3% price change over that period.
• Return on equity of 7.8% measures how effectively the company generates profit from shareholders' capital.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 68% indicates the level of debt compared to shareholder equity.

What to watch

• Operating in the Pollution & Treatment Controls industry, the stock is sensitive to government environmental regulations and infrastructure spending in Japan and abroad.
• The Decarbonization segment ties the business to energy-transition trends, including marine engines, electrolysis, and nuclear-related equipment.
• As a large-cap industrial, Hitachi Zosen (7004) can be influenced by currency movements, commodity costs, and global demand for heavy machinery.
• Investors often compare it with peers such as Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012), Fuji Electric (6504), and Hitachi (6501).
• The next earnings report is scheduled for 5 nov. 2026, which typically drives short-term price movement.