# Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Sponosred ADR (Japan) (MFG) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Banks. Price $11.23, market value $135.9 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 15.8×** (5-yr avg 0.0×, 3-yr avg 0.0×). Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Sponosred ADR (Japan) trades at 15.8× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 0.0×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 8.1×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **PEG: 0.08**. A PEG of 0.08 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / sales: 4.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 4.6×.
- **Price / book: 1.9×**. The shares trade at 1.9× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -9.9%**. Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 6.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 6.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 13.2%**. 13.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 10.7%**. 10.7% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 0.5%**. Each dollar of assets produces 0.5% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 7.6%** (3-yr 27.2%/yr, 5-yr 20.2%/yr). Revenue grew 7.6% over the last year, against 20.2% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 98.7%** (5-yr 15.2%/yr). Earnings per share rose 98.7%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.63%** ($0.18 per share, trailing). Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Sponosred ADR (Japan) yields 1.63%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 32%**. 32% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 3**. 3 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 19.6%/yr** (1-yr 7.6%). The dividend has compounded at 19.6% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 4 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 71.7%** (YTD 53.4%, 3-mo 18.0%). The shares are up 71.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -0.9%** (84.4% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 65**. An RSI of 65 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.21** (volatility 33%). Beta of 1.21 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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