Thursday, August 6, 2015

Japanese Companies Filing With US SEC Average Stock Market Prices in Yen Up 354% Since March 6, 2009

From a thorough review of SEC filings, I found 17 Companies Headquartered in Japan and which also had their common stocks trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on each of the following three dates:

  • On December 28, 2007, the last day stocks traded in 2007, and before the 2008 worldwide financial meltdown
  • On March 6, 2009, which was pretty much the lowest point for the stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 worldwide financial meltdown, and 
  • also on the most recent date August 6, 2015.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 17 Japanese Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a huge 60% from December 28, 2007 to March 6, 2009, which was pretty much the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Worldwide Financial Meltdown.

But in the six years and five months since March 6, 2009 through the most recent date August 6, 2015, the equal-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 17 Japanese Companies have increased by an impressive 354%.

Below here are the stock market prices in yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange of each of these 17 Japanese Companies on August 6, 2015, on March 6, 2009, and on December 28, 2007, along with the related Stock Market Price Percentage Changes:





Market Market Market





Price Price Price





% % %


Change Change Change


Market Market Market 3-6-09 12-28-07 12-28-07
Japanese Companies
Price Price Price to to to
Filing With US SEC HQs 8-6-15 3-6-09 12-28-07 8-6-15 3-6-09 8-6-15


Yen Yen Yen










UBIC Inc Minato-ku       843.00         32.83       223.25 2468% -85% 278%
Nidec Corp Kyoto   11,100.00     1,015.00     2,047.50 994% -50% 442%
Orix Corp Tokyo     1,838.00       205.00     1,909.00 797% -89% -4%
Internet Initiative Japan Tokyo     2,413.00       403.50     2,235.00 498% -82% 8%
Toyota Motor Corp Aichi Prefecture     8,033.00     2,900.00     6,040.00 177% -52% 33%
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp Chiyoda-ku     4,945.50     1,900.00     2,795.00 160% -32% 77%
Kyocera Corp Kyoto     6,441.00     2,660.00     4,955.00 142% -46% 30%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Tokyo       886.50       401.00     1,047.00 121% -62% -15%
Nomura Holdings Inc Tokyo       873.50       417.00     1,895.00 109% -78% -54%
Honda Motor Co Ltd Tokyo     4,486.00     2,150.00     3,750.00 109% -43% 20%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc Tokyo     5,588.00     2,765.00     8,370.00 102% -67% -33%
Sony Corp Tokyo     3,338.00     1,715.00     6,200.00 95% -72% -46%
NTT Docomo Inc Tokyo     2,711.50     1,419.00     1,860.00 91% -24% 46%
Canon Inc Tokyo     4,054.50     2,190.00     5,200.00 85% -58% -22%
Mizuho Financial Group Chiyoda-ku       264.20       176.00       534.00 50% -67% -51%
Panasonic Corp Osaka     1,429.50     1,091.00     2,315.00 31% -53% -38%
Advantest Corp Chiyoda-ku     1,075.00     1,209.00     3,180.00 -11% -62% -66%








Average % Change all 17



354% -60% 36%