Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 20, 2007, 05:21:11 AM
10 Largest Japanese Companies by Market Cap
1. Toyota (NYSE: TM - News) ¥27.3 trillion ($223.6b)
2. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE: MTU - News) ¥14.2 trillion ($116.3b)
3. Mizuho FG (NYSE: MFG - News) ¥9.8 trillion ($80.3b)
4. Canon (NYSE: CAJ - News) ¥9.6 trillion ($78.6b)
5. Mitsui Sumitomo FG ¥8.7 trillion ($71.3b)
6. NTT (NYSE: NTT - News) ¥8.5 trillion ($69.6b)
7. Honda (NYSE: HMC - News) ¥8.35 trillion ($68.4b)
8. NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM - News) ¥8.3 trillion ($81.9b)
9. Nintendo ¥7.5 trillion ($61.4b)
10. Takeda Pharma ¥7.2 trillion ($59b)
http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070720/41781_id.html?.v=1
I could see Nintendo pushing up to the #3 spot, but I'm not so sure they can double their current market cap unless they not only expand the videogame market but completely dominate it shutting out all competitors. Either that or expand into other markets....
Hows that movie/animation studio coming along Nintendo?
Post by: Ceric on July 20, 2007, 05:27:51 AM
Post by: Smash_Brother on July 20, 2007, 05:38:51 AM
That aside, most of Toyota's factories are in the US and employ US workers while Ford's are elsewhere in the world. Ironic, eh?
Post by: couchmonkey on July 20, 2007, 05:48:28 AM
Post by: IceCold on July 20, 2007, 12:36:27 PM
Post by: NWR_pap64 on July 20, 2007, 12:40:53 PM
Post by: Blue Plant on July 20, 2007, 01:08:58 PM
Post by: UERD on July 20, 2007, 02:23:49 PM
I don't know if they'd ever be able to get #1. I looked at a recent list of the US or world's biggest companies (can't remember which), and almost all of them were car or oil companies. Unless Nintendo can make games as widespread as cars and petroleum...
Post by: Adrock on July 20, 2007, 05:52:01 PM
Post by: Chozo Ghost on July 21, 2007, 01:15:27 AM
Nintendo needs to drop its hardware division and start developing for more popular consoles if it is ever going to dominate that top 10.
/sarcasm off.
Post by: Ceric on July 21, 2007, 05:00:44 AM
How can you not take something seriously that has provided so much money for one company?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 21, 2007, 05:30:16 AM
Post by: Ceric on July 21, 2007, 06:37:08 AM
On a side note I was thinking about the whole Wii Nascar thing and I'm wondering if Nintendo is looking into doing something like what they are doing with their Baseball team and the DS with Nascar and other racing events. I mean if they are going to continue the DS line it make sense to look into those types of ventures because it gives meaning to a new audience to own one.
Post by: BranDonk Kong on July 21, 2007, 11:41:25 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 24, 2007, 09:55:21 PM
see the front page or talkback for the update
Looks like the #2 & 3 companies took a dive if Canon moved up to 2nd place(while losing value) and then Nintendo took 2nd from Canon.
1. Toyota
2. Nintendo - ¥8.34 trillion ($72.7 billion)
3. Canon
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 02, 2007, 05:10:23 AM
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The ticker for Nintendo is 7974, Toyota is 7203.
Nintendo is ~76billion dollars
Toyota is ~214billion
In yen -
¥8,868,479,000,000.00
¥24,800,680,000,000.00
Exchange rate = 115.82 yen per dollar.
Info is up to the minute thanks to a friend with a Bloomberg terminal.
Here is some more info on Nintendo's recent finances -
http://videolamer.com/index.php/2731
Up 4 Billion US$ in 6 days? Thats quite impressive. At that reate its only a matter of days before Nintendo is >100Billion in Market Cap.
Post by: Ceric on October 02, 2007, 06:01:33 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on October 04, 2007, 04:05:24 AM
Post by: Crimm on October 04, 2007, 08:40:29 AM
I should have scraped together my savings account. If I had emptied the 10k bucks I had into Nintendo stock, and sold today.
April 27, 2006: $18.15 ($10,000 = 551 shares)
October 3, 2007: $68.60 (551 shares = $37,796.60)
I'd have made $27k.
Post by: IceCold on October 04, 2007, 10:55:47 AM
QuoteThe Price/Earnings ratio is getting a little too high for my liking, but I also think that it will keep going up for a while.
Originally posted by: couchmonkey
I think at Christmas, maybe, although I believe Nintendo is going to continue to surprise folks all the way through next year. I think the big question is: has Nintendo already won this generation in the mind of investors? Because if it has, then they don't have much of an upside anymore. If it has not, then I think the investors will continue to be impressed by the company's performance.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 05, 2007, 04:46:26 AM
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Nintendo Shares Reach All-time High
Plus, there's speculation the company could raise its earnings forecast again.
by Rob Burman, IGN UK
UK, October 3, 2007 - Nintendo's Japanese share value has hit an all-time high as Goldman Sachs slapped a 'buy' rating on the company. Goldman Sachs also noted Nintendo's ability to create new markets "could bring it close to the level of Apple".
Shares in the publisher rose to 64,800 Yen (roughly 274 GBP) before closing at 64,300 Yen (about 272 GBP) on the Japanese stock market yesterday, as reported by Reuters. Once again, strong sales of both Wii and DS were cited as the reason behind the buying frenzy. However, Goldman Sachs predicts that Nintendo's value could sky rocket to 71,000 Yen.
Shares were also boosted by investor speculation that Nintendo is set to raise its earnings forecast, for the third time this financial year. Apparently, there's no end to the public's demand for Wii-mote waggling and stylus stroking.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 08, 2007, 05:16:38 PM
But thats not all,there is are a few other developer/publishers climbing up this chart as they ride the coat-tails that Nintendo is dangling behind them. One in particular is highlighted below, and it is the first time they they have appeared on the chart.
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Game Developer magazine’s highly-anticipated annual Top 20 Publishers report has debuted for 2007, revealing that the overall winner has changed hands for the first time since it began.
The 5th annual countdown, which this year included a wide-ranging reputation survey alongside revenue, average review, and anonymous partner feedback, reveals a resurgent Nintendo taking the top spot from former four-time victor Electronic Arts.
This year's winner Nintendo prevailed due to top marks for its game publishing in the reputation survey, alongside competitive revenue and average review score marks, leaving Electronic Arts in second place for the first time ever.
After Nintendo and EA, completing the top five are: Activision, keeping its #3 spot for the second year running; Ubisoft, surging up four spots from #8 to #4,with the company’s early support for Nintendo’s DS and Wii apparently paying off; and THQ moving up two spots to #5, following historically high revenues and a more balanced slate of licensed titles and original games.
Joining the 'Top 20 Publishers' list for the first time is import game publisher Atlus USA, which placed at #18 and helped contribute to publisher Atari dropping off the Top 20 in this year's countdown.
The 2007 rankings were calculated by considering number of releases by SKU, average game review scores, and publisher revenue from August 2006 to July 2007. It also included the results of a survey conducted to gather opinions on the major video game software publishers.
source: Gamasutra
Post by: IceCold on October 08, 2007, 05:29:05 PM
At E3 2005, Reggie said that Nintendo was the second largest software publisher and second largest hardware manufacturer in the world (behind EA and Sony, respectively). Does this mean they are first in both categories now?
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 08, 2007, 07:59:41 PM
Post by: AzureNightmare on October 08, 2007, 10:02:15 PM
Post by: odifiend on October 12, 2007, 02:04:31 AM
Post by: The_Rabbit on October 12, 2007, 04:23:30 AM
Cool that Nintendo is that big. Offhand and completely uninformed I thought that Sony would have been bigger, even as they destroy every part of their business one bit at a time.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 14, 2007, 06:16:09 PM
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) surpassed the 10 trillion yen ($85.08 billion) mark in market value on Monday, joining Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.T) -- the bluest of the blue-chip stocks in Japan.
Toyota is the world's most valuable automaker and Mitsubishi UFJ is Japan's largest bank.
Shares in the Japanese videogame maker rose 4.3 percent to 70,600 yen at 12:24 a.m. EDT, bringing its market capitalization to 10 trillion yen, on expectations that its DS and Wii machines will lead rival game gear in the upcoming year-end shopping season.
Mitsubishi is also a bank? What doesn't Mitsubishi do?
But back on topic, I think Nintendo has moved up from the Blue Ocean and into the Green Ocean.
DSprintsmoney.gif / Wiiprintsmoney.gif
Post by: Stogi on October 14, 2007, 06:44:08 PM
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Originally posted by: Professional 666
Reggie, aka "Mastermold" grows stronger by the minute.
Pshhhh.......he's shed his MasterMold motif a long time ago. He's Apocalypse now!
"I am as far above mutantssss as they are above you."
(coolest villain/ villain voice)
Post by: that Baby guy on October 14, 2007, 06:51:08 PM
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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071015/...arket_value_dcQuote
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) surpassed the 10 trillion yen ($85.08 billion) mark in market value on Monday, joining Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.T) -- the bluest of the blue-chip stocks in Japan.
Toyota is the world's most valuable automaker and Mitsubishi UFJ is Japan's largest bank.
Shares in the Japanese videogame maker rose 4.3 percent to 70,600 yen at 12:24 a.m. EDT, bringing its market capitalization to 10 trillion yen, on expectations that its DS and Wii machines will lead rival game gear in the upcoming year-end shopping season.
Mitsubishi is also a bank? What doesn't Mitsubishi do?
But back on topic, I think Nintendo has moved up from the Blue Ocean and into the Green Ocean.
DSprintsmoney.gif / Wiiprintsmoney.gif
My parents own a nice Mitsubishi DLP HD TV. What doesn't Mistubishi not do never?
Post by: The_Rabbit on October 15, 2007, 01:43:36 AM
Post by: Ceric on October 15, 2007, 02:28:39 AM
