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Largest Commercial Banking Public Companies in Japan
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
MUFG, SMBC Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Japan Post Bank and ORIX.
 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is the largest bank in Japan in terms of market capitalization and assets, with an 8.4% share of all domestic loans as of March 2025. It is the largest non-Chinese bank group globally and has a balance sheet slightly larger than those of JPMorgan Chase and HSBC Holdings. MUFG’s operations in Japan account for around half of profit, banking in Thailand and Indonesia for around 15%, and equity-method earnings from Morgan Stanley most of the rest. | $19 | +52% | $214B | $297B | 3.2x | - | ||
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is roughly tied with Mizuho Financial Group for the status of Japan’s second-largest bank after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. As of March 2025, its market share of domestic loans was 7.3%, compared with 8.4% for MUFG. It has a larger consumer finance business than the other two megabanks, owning 100% of the Promise business and SMBC Card. It also controls one of Japan’s largest leasing companies and SMBC Aviation Capital, one of the top five aircraft lessors globally. In securities, its SMBC Nikko unit is Japan’s third-largest retail broker, although SMFG has lagged somewhat in institutional securities business and asset management. | $37 | +61% | $140B | $179B | 2.6x | - | ||
| Mizuho Financial Group is roughly tied with megabank peer Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group for the status as Japan’s second-largest bank after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. As of March 2024, Mizuho’s market share of domestic loans was 6.8%, compared with 7.2% for SMFG and 8.0% for MUFG. In Japan, Mizuho has more of a corporate focus than SMFG, which has a larger retail business. Its overseas weighting is slightly smaller than that of MUFG. Unlike its two Japanese megabank peers, which own foreign banks outright or hold noncontrolling stakes in local banks overseas, Mizuho expanded in recent years beyond its traditional Japanese borrowers, mainly through its core banking and securities units, focusing on the financing needs of global multinational corporations. | $45 | +79% | $110B | $71B | 2.6x | - | ||
| Japan Post Bank Co Ltd is the successor of the postal-savings system dating to the Meiji era. It was partially privatized in 2015, when the government sold to the public an 11% stake in parent company Japan Post Holdings, which in turn sold 11% stakes in Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance to the public. Japan Post Bank is now 64% owned by Japan Post Holdings, which is majority owned by the government. The law requires Japan Post Holdings to divest itself of Japan Post Bank eventually. Japan Post Bank has 235 direct branches and also accepts deposits and sells investment products at more than 24,000 post offices across the country through a sales-agency agreement with Japan Post (an unlisted subsidiary of Japan Post Holdings). | $19 | +93% | $67B | $33B | 3.1x | - | ||
| ORIX Corp is a diversified financial services company with operations in Corporate Financial Services, Maintenance Leasing, Real Estate, PE Investment and Concession, Environment and Energy, Insurance, Banking and Credit, Aircraft and Ships, ORIX USA, ORIX Europe, Asia, and Australia and engages in various other fee businesses by providing products and services aligned with customer needs to its core customer base of domestic small and medium-sized enterprises. Orix's numerous divisions finance leases of large-ticket items like ships, airplanes, and technology equipment. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Corporate Financial Services and Maintenance Leasing operations and Real Estate operations. | $39 | +90% | $43B | $84B | 7.3x | - | ||
| Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd operates as a holding company. The firm, through its subsidiaries, provides postal, banking, and insurance services in Japan. The group’s reportable segments are the Postal and Logistics Business, Post Office Counter Business, International Logistics Business, Real Estate Business, Banking Business, and Life Insurance Business. The majority of its revenue is derived from the Life Insurance segment. | $13 | +52% | $36B | $5B | 0.1x | - | ||
| Resona Holdings is one of the top six Japanese banking groups by assets. Although its banking units are categorized in Japan as "city" banks for historical reasons, it is only around a third of the size of the three megabank groups and effectively a superregional bank operating mainly in the Kansai region (54% of its branches) and the Tokyo metropolitan area (43% of branches), with a strong focus on retail and small and medium-size enterprises, rather than lending to large corporates. | $13 | +51% | $28B | $60B | 10.8x | - | ||
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group is the fifth-largest Japanese bank by assets and revenue, with a market share of domestic loans of 3.1% as of March 2024. It is the only remaining stand-alone trust bank after the late 1990s deregulation removed legal barriers between commercial banking and trust functions in Japan; its former rivals in trust banking merged and became units of Mitsubishi UFJ FG and Mizuho. It has no capital ties with Sumitomo Mitsui FG, despite the similar name and common ties to Sumitomo and Mitsui group companies. In fiduciary services, SMTG is the market leader in Japan in total assets under custody. It is the largest manager of corporate pension funds and trails only Nomura in investment trusts. | $34 | +42% | $24B | $134B | 7.1x | - | ||
| SBI Holdings Inc is a financial conglomerate that offers a variety of services in securities, banking, and insurance. The company operates through five segments. The Asset Management segment provides investment management, advice, and financial product information. The Crypto Asset segment offers crypto exchange and trading services. The Financial Services segment covers securities, banking, and insurance activities in Japan and abroad. The Investment segment invests in IT, fintech, blockchain, finance, and biotech ventures. The Next Generation Business develops and sells pharmaceuticals, health foods, and cosmetics, conducts R&D in cancer and immunology, offers digital medical solutions, and engages in medical finance. It generates majority of its revenue from Financial services segment. | $18 | -- | $12B | $16B | 1.7x | 7.0x | ||
| Yokohama Financial Group Inc is a holding company through its subsidiaries, providing management services to related firms. The company provides different banking and financial services through its subsidiaries. The company also shares corporate customer information among its companies to develop financial products, offer suitable services, and strengthen customer support. | $10 | +69% | $11B | $26B | 13.0x | - | ||
| Shinkin Central Bank provides various financial products and services, including deposit, bond, financing, market operation, securities, and settlement, as well as business support and function supplement for cooperative banks. It uses the funds deposited from Shinkin banks throughout Japan to invest in marketable securities in the financial markets in Japan and overseas. It provides loans to operating companies. | $1,176 | -6% | $10B | $62B | 67.6x | - | ||
| The Chiba Bank Ltd provides banking products and services in Japan. Its only operating segment includes banking. The bank provides a wide range of services, including banking services like deposits, loans, and foreign exchange transactions; financial services such as leasing, securities brokerage, and credit cards; software development services; and business management and staffing services. | $14 | +70% | $10B | $24B | 12.3x | - | ||
| Kyoto Financial Group Inc operates through its subsidiary Bank of Kyoto, which provides regional banking and other financial solutions. Its portfolio of offerings comprises savings accounts, investment trusts, deposits, mutual funds, credit and debit cards, and government bonds. | $27 | +67% | $8B | $10B | 12.7x | - | ||
| Mebuki Financial Group Inc is a Japan-based company, engages in the provision of banking and other financial services including credit card services in Japan. Its services include loans and bills discounted, deposits, other loans, and assets. It also engages in call money transactions in the short-term markets; and invests in securities primarily comprising bonds, as well as money markets. Its other services include foreign currency exchange and international remittances. | $8 | -- | $8B | $16B | 8.9x | - | ||
| Fukuoka Financial Group Inc is a Japan-based financial holding company that is principally engaged in the banking business through its subsidiaries, including the Bank of Fukuoka, the Kumamoto Bank, and the Shinwa Bank. The company conducts its core business (banking) through a branch network in Japan and overseas markets, including China, Thailand, Singapore, and the United States. The company also conducts other businesses, such as a securities business, an office work agent business, a loan guarantee business, a credit card business, a collateral valuation business, a consulting business, investments and loans, and others. The company generates the majority of its operating income from Japan. | $40 | +65% | $8B | $54B | 29.0x | - | ||
| The 77 Bank Ltd is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in banking, leasing, and other financial services. Its Banking Business includes deposits, lending, securities trading and investment, domestic and foreign exchange, corporate bond trust, and agency operations, as well as sales of government bonds, investment trusts, and insurance products. The Leasing Business focuses on financial-related leasing, while other operations include credit guarantee, credit card, financial product transactions, research and consulting, electronic computing services, fund management, and investment activities. | $19 | -- | $4B | $8B | 7.9x | - | ||
| North Pacific Bank Ltd is engaged in the provision of banking products and services. The firm offers time deposit, reserve deposit, government/ public bonds, asset management support services, smartphone-based services, including real-time updates on account balances and transactions, including deposits and withdrawals, along with cashless payment based on QR codes. | $6 | -- | $2B | $6B | 7.8x | - | ||
| Seven Bank Ltd is a Japan-based business bank. It operates a network of ATMs in partnership with financial institutions across Japan. The company's business segments include the ATM Services segment and the Financial Services segment. The ATM Services segment, provides deposits, withdrawals, and bank transfers at more than 22,000 Seven Bank ATMs nationwide using the cards of more than 590 partner institutions. The Financial Services segment provides convenient account-related services, such as ordinary deposits, time deposits, personal loans and international money transfers, which are accessible from not only Seven Bank ATMs but also personal computers and smartphones. Also, the company provides ATM services overseas and back-office support on commission through its subsidiaries. | $2 | -- | $2B | $3B | 2.8x | - | ||
| Median | $19 | +65% | $11B | $29B | 7.6x | 7.0x |
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