JAPAN POST BANK (JPPTY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based financial institution that provides retail banking and related financial services to individuals and businesses. Its offerings include ordinary and time deposits, domestic and international remittances, bill-payment services, foreign-exchange transactions, and investment products such as investment trusts and government securities.

The bank serves customers primarily through Japan Post offices across Japan, as well as through its own ATMs and digital banking channels. Its extensive postal network gives it a broad presence in urban, regional and rural communities, and customers can access services through Japan Post offices and affiliated ATM networks.

Japan Post Bank traces its origins to Japan’s postal savings system and was established as a separate company in 2006 ahead of the 2007 privatization of Japan Post. It operates as part of Japan Post Holdings, alongside other group businesses including Japan Post Co., Japan Post Insurance and Japan Post. The company’s activities remain focused mainly on serving the Japanese market.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $20.52 to $20.90
• 50-Day Range: $18.92 to $22.09
• 52-Week Range: $9.46 to $24.15
• Volume: 12,869 shs
• Average Volume: 135,054 shs
• Market Capitalization: $73.44 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.87%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

JAPAN POST BANK Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

JAPAN POST BANK scored higher than 48% 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: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

JAPAN POST BANK has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

JAPAN POST BANK has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 34.15%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for JAPAN POST BANK are expected to grow by 34.15% in the coming year, from $1.23 to $1.65 per share.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of JAPAN POST BANK has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

JAPAN POST BANK has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.03, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in JAPAN POST BANK has recently increased by 258.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

JAPAN POST BANK pays a meaningful dividend of 2.69%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

JAPAN POST BANK does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, JAPAN POST BANK will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.76% next year. This indicates that JAPAN POST BANK will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

JAPAN POST BANK has a news sentiment score of 0.75. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for JAPAN POST BANK this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

JAPAN POST BANK has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 10/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:JPPTY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp
• Phone: 81 3 3477 0111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,771
• Year Founded: 2006

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,567,560,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $73.56 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A