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Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings, Inc.7189.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Financials›Regional Banks

Holding company for Nishi-Nippon City Bank, a leading regional bank in Fukuoka, Kyushu.

≈ Fukuoka's community bank, competing in Japan's third-largest metro economyMomentum weak 35
Mkt cap
$3.47B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
74%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$19.0M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.88×
price to book
ROE
7.8%
delivered
Implied ROE
6.9%
what the price asks
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · JPY¥4,052
1D-6.9%
1W-11.0%
1M-20.2%
3M-5.9%
6M+2.8%
YTD+26.2%
1Y+57.2%
ATR %4.2%
52w lowhigh21.5% off high

What Nishi-Nippon Financial does

Holding company for Nishi-Nippon City Bank, a leading regional bank in Fukuoka, Kyushu.

Earns mostly on the gap between interest on loans and securities and the interest paid on deposits, with fees from investment and insurance products as a smaller layer. It is a holding company that owns Nishi-Nippon City Bank, whose business is centred on Fukuoka, so that city's economy drives loan demand.

In one line: Fukuoka's community bank, competing in Japan's third-largest metro economy.

Products and services

  • Retail deposits & loans
  • SME lending

Customers

  • Retail depositors
  • SMEs in Fukuoka/Kyushu

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Regional banking
  • Retail & SME banking

What could go right

  • Fukuoka's relatively strong regional growth

What could go wrong

  • Competition from larger Fukuoka Financial Group
  • Low-rate legacy book

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). Strong branch presence in Fukuoka, Kyushu's largest and fastest-growing regional economy.

Headquarters: Fukuoka, Japan · Employees: 4,252

Named competitors

Nishi-Nippon Financial at a glance

Size Nishi-Nippon Financial (7189.T) is a Japan Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $3.47B, the 326th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥4,052 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.8%, against +3.8% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 27.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.2%); the operating margin is 26.0% (peer median 36.8%).

Valuation It trades at 0.88× book value against a peer median of 1.14× (6th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 6.9%; Nishi-Nippon Financial delivers 7.8%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012013011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1057189.T 104
Six months, rebased to 100: Nishi-Nippon Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nishi-Nippon Financial financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥237B¥244B¥194B¥184B¥151B
Revenue growth—+26%+5%+22%—
Net income¥47.2B¥40.1B¥31.0B¥23.6B¥26.1B
Free cash flown/a¥47.6B¥89.1B-¥58.9B¥1.69B
Capital expendituren/a¥40.2B¥6.99B¥5.63B¥5.49B
Total debt¥2.05T¥2.07T¥2.34T¥2.33T¥2.33T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Nishi-Nippon Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%-20%-10%0%+10%601128FIBKFFBCMCHB8418RNST2812XXITOWNWSBCSBCF6019975832EQBKARURVYSYAUCOBANKWKBN7337FBP7189.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nishi-Nippon Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%5%10%15%20%10×1.50×20×601128FIBKFFBCMCHB8418RNST2812XXITOWNWSBCSBCF6019975832EQBKARURVYSYAWKBNBANF7337FBP7189.TReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Nishi-Nippon Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%10%20%30%601128FIBKFFBCMCHB84182812TOWNWSBCSBCF601997EQBKARURVYSYABANF7337FBP7189.TROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Nishi-Nippon Financial is the large dot.

Nishi-Nippon Financial competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (7189.T vs 8354.T vs 8418.T vs 8392.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Nishi-Nippon Financial 7189.T$3.47B+3%+28%8%0.88×6.9%
Fukuoka Financial 8354.T$7.75B0%+22%9%1.08×7.0%
Yamaguchi Financial 8418.T$3.54B+6%+19%6%0.84×5.8%
Oita Bank 8392.T$1.18B+13%+25%5%0.69×6.2%

How Nishi-Nippon Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Nishi-Nippon Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure7189.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-20.2%+1.7%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return+2.8%+3.8%9th lowest of 21
Return on equity7.8%8.8%7th lowest of 21
Price / book0.88×1.14×6th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E12.0×11.2×8th most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies6.9%9.0%6th least demanding of 20
ROE delivered7.8%9.2%6th lowest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Nishi-Nippon Financial 7189.TJapan$3.47B+3%+28%8%0.88×6.9%7.8%
Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank 601128.SSChina$3.48B-4%-1%14%0.67×2.5%13.8%
First Interstate BancSystem FIBKUnited States$3.50B+4%-4%10%1.12×9.0%9.5%
First Financial Bancorp FFBCUnited States$3.43B+6%+13%11%1.19×10.9%10.7%
Mechanics Bancorp MCHBUnited States$3.41B-1%+131%10%1.33×14.8%10.2%
Yamaguchi Financial 8418.TJapan$3.54B+6%+19%6%0.84×5.8%5.7%
Renasant RNSTUnited States$3.55B-2%+20%9%0.93×9.5%8.7%
Taichung Commercial Bank 2812.TWTaiwan$3.38B-12%-13%11%1.16×3.9%11.2%
Twenty One Capital XXIUnited States$3.57B-36%n/a-12%1.38×7.6%n/a
TowneBank TOWNUnited States$3.36B+4%+36%13%1.08×9.0%12.9%
WesBanco WSBCUnited States$3.70B+13%+17%9%0.96×8.2%8.8%
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCFUnited States$3.24B+8%+29%7%1.25×10.9%6.8%
Bank of Guiyang 601997.SSChina$3.20B-3%-5%7%0.32×2.0%6.9%
Chugin Financial Group,Inc 5832.TJapan$3.76B+10%+34%8%0.86×6.5%8.3%
EQB EQB.TOCanada$3.79B+3%-4%0%1.44×12.8%-0.1%
Karur Vysya Bank KARURVYSYA.NSIndia$3.80B+18%+14%21%2.32×30.7%21.0%
UCO Bank UCOBANK.NSIndia$3.17B-13%+1%9%0.86×13.6%n/a
Walliser Kantonalbank WKBN.SWSwitzerland$3.15B+4%-12%5%1.50×n/a5.3%
BancFirst BANFUnited States$3.87B+2%-3%14%1.94×12.7%13.6%
Hirogin 7337.TJapan$3.89B+9%+26%8%0.99×7.4%8.2%
First Bancorp FBPUnited States$3.92B+8%+3%19%2.09×15.7%19.4%

Questions

Who are Nishi-Nippon Financial's main competitors?
Named competitors: Fukuoka Financial Group (8354.T), Yamaguchi Financial Group (8418.T), Oita Bank (8392.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank (601128.SS), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), First Financial Bancorp (FFBC), Mechanics Bancorp (MCHB), Yamaguchi Financial (8418.T), Renasant (RNST).
Is Nishi-Nippon Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.88× against a peer median of 1.14×, 6th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 6.9%; Nishi-Nippon Financial delivers 7.8%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Nishi-Nippon Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +2.8% against +3.8% for the median peer; over one year +57.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.