Canon (CAJPY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Canon Inc. is a Japan-based technology company that develops and manufactures imaging, printing, and optical products and systems. Its offerings include interchangeable-lens and compact cameras, lenses, professional video equipment, and related accessories, as well as consumer and business printers.

The company also supplies multifunction office systems, production and commercial printing equipment, document-management solutions, network video cameras, and medical imaging systems. Canon serves consumers, businesses, government organizations, healthcare providers, and industrial customers through operations and distribution networks spanning Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and other international markets.

Canon traces its origins to Precision Optical Industry Co., Ltd., established in Tokyo in 1937 to develop cameras. The company adopted the Canon Camera Co., Inc. name in 1947 and became Canon Inc. in 1969 as it expanded beyond cameras into broader imaging and office technologies. Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.69 to $30.54
• 50-Day Range: $27.99 to $29.89
• 52-Week Range: $25.07 to $32.34
• Volume: 42,143 shs
• Average Volume: 47,656 shs
• Market Capitalization: $26.16 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.72
• Dividend Yield: 2.69%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Canon Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Canon scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Canon has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Canon has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 1.20%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Canon are expected to grow by 1.20% in the coming year, from $2.50 to $2.53 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Canon is 11.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Canon is 11.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 79.80.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Canon has a P/B Ratio of 1.03. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.02% of the float of Canon has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Canon has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.58, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Canon has recently increased by 18.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Canon pays a meaningful dividend of 2.67%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Canon does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Canon is 31.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Canon will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.62% next year. This indicates that Canon will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.37

News Sentiment

Canon has a news sentiment score of 0.37. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Canon this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for CAJPY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Canon insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.02% of the stock of Canon is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Canon has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/27/2026
• Today: 10/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Sub-Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:CAJPY
• Previous Symbol: OTCMKTS:CAJPY
• CIK: 16988
• Web: global.canon
• Phone: 81-3-3758-2111
• Fax: 813-5482-9680
• Employees: 165,547
• Year Founded: 1937

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.54
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.91
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $2.22 billion
• Net Margins: 7.36%
• Pretax Margin: 9.89%
• Return on Equity: 9.41%
• Return on Assets: 5.53%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.11
• Current Ratio: 1.46
• Quick Ratio: 0.96

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $29.46 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.89
• Cash Flow: $4.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.05
• Book Value: $28.78 per share
• Price / Book: 1.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 878,620,000
• Free Float: 878,449,000
• Market Cap: $26.16 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.54