Shareholders
- Foreign ownership · FYE Mar 2025
- 25.4%
- Financial institutions
- 36.1%
- Other corporations
- 8.1%
- Individuals & others
- 26.1%
- Ten largest, combined
- 48.4%
- Shareholders
- 32,303
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 Mar | 2020 *1 FYE Mar | 2021 *1 FYE Mar | 2022 *1 FYE Mar | 2023 *1 FYE Mar | 2024 *1 FYE Mar | 2025 *1 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions | % | 37.1% | 36.0% | 37.6% | 36.7% | 37.5% | 36.2% | 36.1% |
| Securities firms | % | 5.3% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| Other corporations | % | 14.0% | 13.3% | 13.0% | 12.3% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 8.1% |
| Foreign corporations | % | 15.1% | 17.2% | 17.2% | 20.8% | 20.4% | 24.3% | 25.4% |
| Foreign individuals | % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Individuals & others | % | 28.5% | 29.4% | 28.7% | 27.1% | 27.4% | 25.7% | 26.1% |
| Shareholders | holders | 47,933 | 44,065 | 41,447 | 39,337 | 41,354 | 33,164 | 32,303 |
- *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 Mar | 2020 *1 FYE Mar | 2021 *1 FYE Mar | 2022 *1 FYE Mar | 2023 *1 FYE Mar | 2024 *1 FYE Mar | 2025 *1 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign holders, combined | % | 15.1% | 17.2% | 17.2% | 20.8% | 20.4% | 24.3% | 25.4% |
| Change | pp | — | +2.1pp | 0.0pp | +3.6pp | -0.4pp | +3.9pp | +1.1pp |
| Foreign corporations | % | 15.1% | 17.2% | 17.2% | 20.8% | 20.4% | 24.3% | 25.4% |
| Foreign individuals | % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Foreign corporate holders | holders | 554 | 576 | 601 | 693 | 709 | 736 | 756 |
- *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 | 2016 *1 FYE Mar | 2017 *1 FYE Mar | 2018 *1 FYE Mar | 2019 *1 FYE Mar | 2020 *1 FYE Mar | 2021 *1 FYE Mar | 2022 *1 FYE Mar | 2023 *1 FYE Mar | 2024 *1 FYE Mar | 2025 *1 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten largest, combined | % | 29.9% | 29.3% | 45.4% | 46.3% | 45.2% | 47.1% | 50.5% | 49.9% | 48.1% | 48.4% |
| Change | pp | — | -0.6pp | +16.1pp | +0.9pp | -1.1pp | +1.9pp | +3.4pp | -0.6pp | -1.8pp | +0.3pp |
| Largest holder | % | 5.0% | 5.0% | 13.9% | 15.6% | 15.7% | 17.3% | 22.5% | 23.5% | 21.9% | 22.2% |
- *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 Mar | 2020 *1 FYE Mar | 2021 *1 FYE Mar | 2022 *1 FYE Mar | 2023 *1 FYE Mar | 2024 *1 FYE Mar | 2025 *1 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions — holders | holders | 84 | 73 | 68 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 53 |
| Securities firms — holders | holders | 33 | 34 | 31 | 39 | 41 | 33 | 34 |
| Other corporations — holders | holders | 417 | 407 | 389 | 356 | 393 | 318 | 304 |
| Foreign corporations — holders | holders | 554 | 576 | 601 | 693 | 709 | 736 | 756 |
| Foreign individuals — holders | holders | 25 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 41 | 33 | 43 |
| Individuals & others — holders | holders | 46,820 | 42,951 | 40,328 | 38,154 | 40,111 | 31,985 | 31,113 |
| All holders | holders | 47,933 | 44,065 | 41,447 | 39,337 | 41,354 | 33,164 | 32,303 |
| Financial institutions — shares | units | 1,480,624 | 1,440,236 | 1,504,140 | 1,466,980 | 1,445,688 | 1,394,332 | 1,349,343 |
| Securities firms — shares | units | 212,258 | 163,865 | 139,737 | 123,765 | 150,333 | 160,406 | 158,015 |
| Other corporations — shares | units | 558,629 | 530,350 | 519,077 | 492,443 | 414,556 | 369,205 | 303,159 |
| Foreign corporations — shares | units | 603,655 | 686,917 | 687,309 | 831,521 | 783,802 | 935,019 | 948,759 |
| Foreign individuals — shares | units | 114 | 115 | 160 | 153 | 178 | 188 | 202 |
| Individuals & others — shares | units | 1,139,875 | 1,173,693 | 1,144,778 | 1,080,348 | 1,054,467 | 989,908 | 975,021 |
| All shares | units | 3,995,155 | 3,995,176 | 3,995,201 | 3,995,210 | 3,849,024 | 3,849,058 | 3,734,499 |
- *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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