Shareholders
- Foreign ownership · FYE May 2025
- 40.8%
- Financial institutions
- 11.4%
- Other corporations
- 26.1%
- Individuals & others
- 19.2%
- Ten largest, combined
- 68.9%
- Shareholders
- 6,021
Share of the company held by each class of owner, as filed each year (%). The seven classes add up to the whole company.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 2019 *1 FYE May | 2020 *1 FYE May | 2021 *1 FYE May | 2022 *1 FYE May | 2023 *1 FYE May | 2024 *1 FYE May | 2025 *1 FYE May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions | % | 5.8% | 14.6% | 18.1% | 20.2% | 20.7% | 13.0% | 11.4% |
| Securities firms | % | — | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 2.5% |
| Other corporations | % | 28.8% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 26.1% | 26.1% |
| Foreign corporations | % | 13.7% | 33.3% | 32.3% | 28.5% | 29.0% | 39.1% | 40.8% |
| Foreign individuals | % | — | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Individuals & others | % | 51.7% | 49.7% | 46.3% | 47.8% | 47.3% | 21.5% | 19.2% |
| Shareholders | holders | 33 | 2,665 | 2,550 | 8,678 | 6,792 | 6,239 | 6,021 |
- *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
How much of the company sits with holders outside Japan (%). Almost all of it is institutional: overseas individuals rarely hold Japanese stock directly.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 2019 *1 FYE May | 2020 *1 FYE May | 2021 *1 FYE May | 2022 *1 FYE May | 2023 *1 FYE May | 2024 *1 FYE May | 2025 *1 FYE May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign holders, combined | % | 13.7% | 33.5% | 32.5% | 28.5% | 29.0% | 39.1% | 40.8% |
| Change | pp | — | +19.8pp | -1.0pp | -4.0pp | +0.5pp | +10.1pp | +1.7pp |
| Foreign corporations | % | 13.7% | 33.3% | 32.3% | 28.5% | 29.0% | 39.1% | 40.8% |
| Foreign individuals | % | — | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Foreign corporate holders | holders | 5 | 143 | 197 | 209 | 182 | 174 | 216 |
- *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
How much of the company the ten largest shareholders hold between them (%). Japanese filings list trust banks and custodians under their own names, so a single line here often stands for many underlying investors.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 2019 *1 FYE May | 2020 *1 FYE May | 2021 *1 FYE May | 2022 *1 FYE May | 2023 *1 FYE May | 2024 *1 FYE May | 2025 *1 FYE May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten largest, combined | % | 78.4% | 64.7% | 64.7% | 69.3% | 67.8% | 71.5% | 68.9% |
| Change | pp | — | -13.7pp | 0.0pp | +4.6pp | -1.5pp | +3.7pp | -2.6pp |
| Largest holder | % | 37.1% | 34.9% | 33.2% | 33.2% | 33.0% | 26.1% | 26.0% |
- *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — ten largest shareholders, as filed
The counts behind the percentages: how many shareholders sit in each class, and how much stock they hold. Shares are in trading units (tan'i) as filed — one unit is usually 100 shares.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 2019 *1 FYE May | 2020 *1 FYE May | 2021 *1 FYE May | 2022 *1 FYE May | 2023 *1 FYE May | 2024 *1 FYE May | 2025 *1 FYE May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions — holders | holders | 1 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 18 |
| Securities firms — holders | holders | — | 19 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 32 |
| Other corporations — holders | holders | 15 | 41 | 45 | 52 | 47 | 37 | 40 |
| Foreign corporations — holders | holders | 5 | 143 | 197 | 209 | 182 | 174 | 216 |
| Foreign individuals — holders | holders | — | 5 | 4 | 39 | 28 | 38 | 37 |
| Individuals & others — holders | holders | 12 | 2,445 | 2,249 | 8,334 | 6,499 | 5,956 | 5,678 |
| All holders | holders | 33 | 2,665 | 2,550 | 8,678 | 6,792 | 6,239 | 6,021 |
| Financial institutions — shares | units | 17,100 | 45,413 | 56,390 | 252,355 | 259,709 | 163,506 | 143,980 |
| Securities firms — shares | units | — | 2,648 | 2,163 | 16,459 | 16,016 | 3,108 | 32,029 |
| Other corporations — shares | units | 84,646 | 4,363 | 7,852 | 27,089 | 21,415 | 328,990 | 329,723 |
| Foreign corporations — shares | units | 40,376 | 103,547 | 100,526 | 355,570 | 363,191 | 492,044 | 515,758 |
| Foreign individuals — shares | units | — | 765 | 612 | 158 | 213 | 199 | 621 |
| Individuals & others — shares | units | 152,200 | 154,622 | 144,184 | 597,759 | 593,301 | 270,235 | 242,734 |
| All shares | units | 294,322 | 311,358 | 311,727 | 1,249,390 | 1,253,845 | 1,258,082 | 1,264,845 |
- *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
Figures are the ownership breakdown as filed in each year's securities report, at that fiscal year's record date. Treasury stock and odd-lot holdings are excluded from the class percentages, so a company that holds much of its own stock will show classes summing to slightly under the whole.
Read the company history → Financial history → 日本語版(詳細)— full shareholder data in Japanese →
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- This page is provided for general information only and is not investment advice, nor a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
- Figures are compiled independently and include our own estimates, approximations and machine-processed data; we make no warranty as to their accuracy or completeness.
- Sources are primarily each company's securities reports and other public filings, but errors and omissions may remain.
- Ownership changes continuously; a filed breakdown describes one record date, not the position today.
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