Mizuho Financial/$MFG
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About Mizuho Financial
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. 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.
- Ticker
- $MFG
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 52,427
- Headquarters
- Chiyoda, Japan
- Website
- www.mizuho-fg.co.jp
Mizuho Financial Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$131B
3.07
$3.57
0.38
$0.14
1.29%
Price and volume
Market cap
$131B
Beta
0.38
52-week high
$11.49
52-week low
$6.09
Average daily volume
3M
Dividend rate
$0.14
Financial strength
Profitability
Net profit margin (TTM)
29.14%
Operating margin (TTM)
38.24%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
24.48%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$575,910
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.48%
Return on equity (TTM)
12.49%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
3.066
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.893
Price to book
1.8
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.95
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.31%
Forward dividend yield
1.29%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
22.86%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
59.29%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
18.33%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
30.32%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
8.22%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
19.49%
Bulls say / Bears say
First-quarter net profit surged 45 percent to ¥422.9 billion, and Mizuho raised its full-year forecast to a record ¥1.4 trillion, reflecting robust loan demand and fee income strength (Reuters).
Domestic loan-deposit spread widened to 1.26 percent in Q1 from 1.10 percent a year ago, boosting net interest income amid a rising rate environment (Reuters).
The group doubled its share buyback programme to ¥200 billion, underscoring management’s confidence in the business and commitment to shareholder returns (Reuters).
Significant unrealized losses on its Japanese government bond portfolio amounted to ¥52.5 billion as of June 30, 2026, exposing Mizuho to further mark-to-market losses if interest rates rise further (SEC Form 6-K).
Mizuho’s net profit forecast of a 4 percent increase for the year ending March 2027 trails peers Mitsubishi UFJ’s 12.5 percent and Sumitomo Mitsui’s 7.4 percent, suggesting more limited earnings growth upside (Reuters).
Trading profits, which bolstered Q1 non-interest income by about 20 percent, are reliant on elevated equity market volatility and could decline sharply if market conditions cool (Reuters).
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 4 Sept 2026.
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