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One of Japan's largest life insurers, also owning US life insurer Protective Life and other overseas insurance units.
One of Japan's largest life insurers, also owning US life insurer Protective Life and other overseas insurance units.
Collects premiums through a tied sales force in Japan and from the US, where Protective Life sells life and annuity products, and invests them largely in bonds, so results depend on investment returns as well as insurance margins. The 2015 purchase of Protective Life marked the shift to overseas growth, and it has since added stakes in Australia and Asia.
In one line: A Japanese MetLife/Prudential with a major US subsidiary (Protective Life).
Moat: narrow (scale, brand, distribution). Large tied-agent sales force in Japan plus a sizeable, diversified US insurance subsidiary base.
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 1902 · Employees: 60,997
Size Daiichi Life (8750.T) is a Japan Financials company (Life/Health Insurance) with a market value of $39.0B, the 39th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥1,706 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 18.5%, against +21.5% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 16.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.2%); the operating margin is 1.5% (peer median 11.6%).
Valuation It trades at 1.34× book value against a peer median of 2.13× (8th cheapest of 20).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.1%; Daiichi Life delivers 13.6%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥9.91T | ¥9.61T | ¥8.77T | ¥9.56T | ¥7.71T |
| Revenue growth | — | +10% | -8% | +24% | — |
| Net income | ¥553B | ¥437B | ¥458B | ¥321B | ¥174B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ¥275B | ¥289B | ¥946B | -¥250B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ¥120B | ¥104B | ¥93.2B | ¥162B |
| Total debt | ¥4.16T | ¥4.09T | ¥3.79T | ¥3.20T | ¥2.05T |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daiichi Life 8750.T | $39.0B | +18% | +17% | 14% | 1.34× | 8.1% |
| T&d 8795.T | $14.0B | +21% | +6% | 9% | 1.32× | 5.6% |
| JAPAN POST INSURANCE 7181.T | $11.2B | +8% | -6% | 4% | 0.38× | 2.9% |
| MetLife MET | $62.4B | +27% | +9% | 13% | 2.28× | 16.2% |
| Prudential Financial PRU | $41.1B | +20% | +4% | 13% | 1.39× | 11.4% |
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.
| Measure | 8750.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -7.4% | +2.9% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +18.5% | +21.5% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Return on equity | 13.6% | 12.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Price / book | 1.34× | 2.13× | 8th cheapest of 20 |
| Trailing P/E | 11.2× | 12.9× | 7th cheapest of 20 |
| ROE the price implies | 8.1% | 9.6% | 8th least demanding of 19 |
| ROE delivered | 13.6% | 13.1% | 9th highest of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daiichi Life 8750.T | Japan | $39.0B | +18% | +17% | 14% | 1.34× | 8.1% | 13.6% |
| Japan Post Hldgs 6178.T | Japan | $39.0B | +24% | 0% | 5% | 0.62× | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| Hannover Rueck HNR1.DE | Germany | $39.6B | +24% | -2% | 22% | 2.66× | 8.3% | 22.4% |
| Talanx TLX.DE | Germany | $37.6B | +24% | +2% | 20% | 2.33× | 10.2% | 19.8% |
| Prudential Financial PRU | United States | $41.1B | +20% | +4% | 13% | 1.39× | 11.4% | 12.6% |
| Swiss Life SLHN.SW | Switzerland | $33.0B | +14% | 0% | 20% | 4.25× | 15.4% | 20.0% |
| Cathay Financial Hldg 2882.TW | Taiwan | $47.0B | +42% | -16% | 15% | 1.40× | 7.0% | 14.6% |
| Bajaj Finserv BAJAJFINSV.NS | India | $31.6B | +2% | +17% | 13% | 3.55× | 54.3% | 13.3% |
| Samsung Life 032830.KS | South Korea | $31.0B | -6% | +13% | 3% | 0.29× | 4.5% | 3.2% |
| Life Insurance Corp. of India LICI.NS | India | $53.0B | -3% | +11% | 7% | 0.68× | 11.8% | n/a |
| NN Group N.V. NN.AS | Netherlands | $22.4B | +4% | +39% | 9% | 1.08× | 6.9% | 9.2% |
| Manulife Financial MFC.TO | Canada | $72.2B | +13% | +18% | 13% | 2.22× | 13.0% | 12.9% |
| Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft MUV2.DE | Germany | $80.3B | +22% | 0% | 21% | 2.13× | 9.0% | 21.4% |
| SBI Life Insurance SBILIFE.NS | India | $18.9B | -5% | +18% | 14% | 8.72× | 105.4% | 13.7% |
| Kgi Financial 2883.TW | Taiwan | $17.3B | +60% | +32% | 14% | 1.33× | 7.1% | 14.4% |
| Reinsurance Group of America RGA | United States | $17.1B | +24% | +20% | 12% | 1.25× | 8.0% | 11.7% |
| Corebridge Financial CRBG | United States | $14.9B | +25% | +10% | 22% | 2.41× | 19.3% | 21.7% |
| Equitable EQH | United States | $14.1B | +24% | +6% | -183% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| T&d 8795.T | Japan | $14.0B | +21% | +6% | 9% | 1.32× | 5.6% | 9.3% |
| HDFC Life Insurance HDFCLIFE.NS | India | $13.0B | -10% | +19% | 11% | 6.31× | 72.0% | 11.2% |
| Standard Life SDLF.L | United Kingdom | $12.5B | +25% | +135% | -179% | 38.09× | n/a | -179.3% |