8316.T · bank / insurer · relative-multiples view
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (8316.T): Valuation Snapshot
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (8316.T) is a bank, insurer or other financial, and a discounted-cash-flow model is the wrong lens for one, so TickerWorth does not publish a DCF fair value for it. What its filings and market data do show is below. Snapshot as of Oct 19, 2026.
Model by Miraaj Patel · generated from public market data · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · How these pages are made
How is a bank like 8316.T valued?
This is a bank / insurer / financial. A free-cash-flow DCF is structurally the wrong lens here (their debt and float are raw material, not financing), so we don't publish one. Our bank model (justified price-to-book) declined to value it too: our cost-of-equity inputs are US-market (10-year Treasury, US equity risk premium); we don't apply them to a JPY listing. The price-to-book and price-to-earnings figures below are context for comparison, not a fair value.
Bank model (justified price-to-book)
Not published. Our cost-of-equity inputs are US-market (10-year Treasury, US equity risk premium); we don't apply them to a JPY listing.
What is 8316.T's TickerWorth Score?
Scores higher than most companies we compare it with
Compared with Financial Services companies in Japan
Its strongest point: strong balance sheet. Its weakest: profitability is weak.
- Value · 47 of 100
Cheaper than 47% of Financial Services companies worldwide
- Price vs worth · 58 of 100
- Quality · 44 of 100
More profitable than 44% of Financial Services companies worldwide
- Financial health · 80 of 100
Financially stronger than 80% of Financial Services companies worldwide
- Growth · 77 of 100
Growing faster than 77% of Financial Services companies worldwide
- Momentum · 76 of 100
Outperformed 76% of Financial Services companies worldwide over the past year
Confidence: Medium confidence · Scored
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- Price
- ¥3,
274 - Market cap
- ¥24,
642, 335, 014, 912 - 52-week high
- ¥3,
630 - 52-week low
- ¥1,
966 - Currency
- JPY
- Exchange
- Tokyo
Snapshot of Oct 19, 2026, quote time not published · Prices are delayed.
What we can say
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (8316.T) is a bank, insurer or other financial, and a free-cash-flow discounted-cash-flow (DCF) model is structurally the wrong lens for it: for these businesses debt and float are raw material, not financing, so there is no meaningful 'free cash flow' to discount. Instead of a misleading intrinsic-value number, this page reads 8316.T the way financials are actually valued — on relative multiples such as price-to-earnings and, above all, price-to-book — plus a plain description of where the stock trades. It is a descriptive snapshot, not a valuation, and not investment advice.
Read the full reasoning
On the numbers we do have, 8316.T trades at a recent price of ¥3,274, a market capitalisation of about ¥24,642,335,014,912, sitting 79% of the way up its 52-week range (¥1,966–¥3,630), on the Tokyo.
The standard alternative to a DCF is relative valuation — comparing 8316.T's trading multiples against a sector benchmark. Here that gives P/E of 14.7× (in line with the peer median of 14.2×); Fwd P/E of 10.3× (cheaper than the peer median of 13.3×); P/B of 1.5× (cheaper than the peer median of 2.6×); P/S of 5.2× (richer than the peer median of 4.7×); Dividend yield of 2.7% (cheaper than the peer median of 1.9%). A cheaper multiple than peers can flag a discount or a market that expects weaker growth; it is a comparison, not a recommendation.
The asset, or book-value, lens is the classic tool for asset-heavy businesses and financials. 8316.T shows a price-to-book (P/B) of 1.54 and book value of ¥2,119 per share. Price-to-book compares the market price to the accounting net-asset value per share; below 1.0 can mean a discount to net assets or that the market is pricing in trouble — descriptive either way, never a buy signal on its own.
Finally, a price-based read — explicitly not a valuation. 8316.T is in a mixed trend, trading -9.8% from its 52-week high. Over the past year the stock is +60.4%. Moving-average trend and 52-week position describe where the stock has traded; they say nothing about what it is worth.
To be exact about what this page is not: we are not saying the numbers for 8316.T are unavailable. They are, and they are above. We are saying a discounted-cash-flow model is the wrong instrument for this kind of business, and publishing one anyway — because the inputs happen to exist — would be a precise answer to the wrong question. Refusing is the more useful answer, and it is the same rule we apply to every name in this category.
8316.T vs peers
Sector benchmark (bellwethers, not direct competitors).
| Multiple | 8316.T | Peer median | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 14.7× | 14.2× | in line with |
| Fwd P/E | 10.3× | 13.3× | cheaper than |
| P/B | 1.5× | 2.6× | cheaper than |
| P/S | 5.2× | 4.7× | richer than |
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | 1.9% | cheaper than |
What does Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. do?
What does it do?
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides banking, leasing, securities, consumer finance, and other services in Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. It operates through Wholesale Business Unit, Retail Business Unit, Global Business Unit, and Global Markets Business Unit segments. It operates in the Banks - Diversified industry (Financial Services sector), headquartered in Japan. The company employs roughly 123,000 people.
How does it make money?
The business turns 4.7T in annual revenue into profit. Out of every $100 of sales, about $41 is left as operating profit (operating margin of 40.9%), after a 0% gross margin on the products/services it sells. After all costs, taxes and interest, 27.8% of revenue becomes bottom-line net profit.
Is it financially healthy?
Financially it looks solid: is currently profitable.
8316.T insider trading
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