- Julie Boote
- Lindsay Whipp
- Pelham Smithers
- Thao Nguyen
- William Nestuk
PSA Japan Weekly Research Round-Up for the week ending 15 January, 2021
Weekly Comment SummaryTwo weeks into trading for 2021 and Japan has enjoyed a decent start.
Pelham Smithers reviews what has driven the performance thus far and notes that we seem to be more of a stock pickers’ market rather than the more stylized and thematic markets that we saw through much of 2020.
Reports / Flash Notes Summaries
1. Sony (6758 JT) – Can it Double its Operating Profit to ¥1.5tril by FY25?
Company / Sector / Thematic Comments
Technology: Consumer Electronics, Gaming
1. Sony Vision-S One Year On
2. Imagineer’s (4644 JT) Game for the Switch is Packing a Punch in Sales
Technology: Industrial Electronics and Electronic Components
3. NEC (6701 JT) Launches its “Wise Vision Endoscopy” AI service in Europe and Japan
Technology: Semiconductor Production Equipment & Precision
4. SPE Plays Bought Up on TSMC (2330 TT) Results and Capex Plans
5. The NAND Conundrum
6. New CEO at Intel (INTC US) – Read Across to Japanese Supply Chain Names
7. Canon (7751 JT) Ups FY20 Targets
Technology: Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
8. Bitcoin Sell-off Sends GMO Internet (9449 JT) Lower
Chemicals / Materials
9. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical’s (4182 JT) 5G Exposure
Autos
10. Further Auto Production Cuts on Global Chip Shortage
11. Toyota (7203 JT) Fined for Violating Reporting Requirements
12. Renault’s FCV JV – What it Means for Toyota
Auto Parts / Machinery
13. Yaskawa (6506 JT) Lifts FY20 OP Guidance by 22% on China Strength
14. China Drives Automation: Yaskawa (6506 JT) Hits New Listing Highs for 3 Days
Internet / eCommerce
15. Z Holdings’ (4689 JT) PayPay Takes Top Slot Among Finance Apps in Japan
16. BASE Inc (4477 JT) Forms an Alliance with note Inc
17. Recruit Holdings (6098 JT) Appoints New President and CEO
Enterprise Software
18. Sansan Performs Well in FY20 Q2, Will Move to TSE 1st Section
19. Money Forward (3994 JT) Beats Market Forecasts, But a Few Signs of Concern
Pharma
20. Covid Cases in Japan
21. UK Greenlights Chugai Pharm’s (4519 JT) Actemra
Miscellaneous
22. Wholesale Electric Power Prices Higher
PSA Company Visits, Tours and Interviews
• Visited: Kanto Denka (4047 JT)
• Conference Calls with: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (4182 JT)
• Contacted: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (4182 JT)
Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods.
PSA produces both company and sector reports. The focus of PSA’s research is to identify winners and losers as new technologies impact the top and bottom lines of corporations. Critical to our research is the clear explanation of how these new technologies work and how they impact companies and industries.
The founding partners have worked closely together for twenty years and the team has more than doubled in size since 2012.
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