MFG
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Financial Services · Banks - Regional · NYQ
$9.52
Data: 2026-05-15
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

WEAK MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$108.0B
Total market value of the company
16.41
Reasonably valued
6.37
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+5.5%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
26.1%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
9.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$9.00
-5% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from 2 analysts covering this stock
About Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in banking, trust banking, securities, and other businesses related to financial services in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia/Oceania, and internationally. It operates through Retail & Business Banking Company; Corporate & Investment Banking Company; Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company; Global Markets Company; Asset Management Company; and Others segments. The company provides deposit products; syndicated, housing, and card loans; business matching services; management of retirement payments; and advisory services related to overseas expansions, and mergers and acquisitions-related services. It also offers consulting services, including asset management and asset succession; payroll services; and sells lottery tickets issued by prefectures and ordinance-designated cities. In addition, it offers fund management, underwriting of equity and bonds, risk hedging products; solutions on capital management, business and financial strategy; real estate services; advisory services and solutions, such as advice on financial strategy and proposals on investment products to financial institutions; and financial services that include funding support and public bonds underwriting. Further, the company offers corporate finance and transaction banking services; sales and trading services; investment products; pension funds; and ALM and investment services, including stable capital raising and balance sheet management, as well as management of fixed income, equity, and other securities portfolios. Additionally, it provides online banking, cash management solutions, currency transaction, trade finance, custody, yen correspondence settlement, and research and consulting services; trust, securitization and structured finance, and stock transfer agency; and private banking and information technology-related services. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

https://www.mizuho-fg.co.jp

Country: Japan Employees: 52,554 Industry: Banks - Regional
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
FAIL
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$20.85
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
54.3%
Deep discount to fair value — significant undervaluation
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
65.7th
Ranks in the top 34% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
95.0
Quality Score
59.3
Combined
N/A

Trading at $9 against a fair value of $21, a 58% discount. 26% profit margins. Fails ethical screen (Business activity). Ranks better than 78% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
1.435
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
0.0740
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
1.915
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
54.3%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-28.3%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
265
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.40
Very low correlation to market moves
52W High
$10.28
7% below the year high
52W Low
$5.08
87% above the year low
Avg Volume
4,559,656
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
1.2
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
0.1%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
222.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$0.54
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.00
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
Quick Ratio
N/A
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
N/A
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
36.3%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
N/A
Negative — the business is spending more than it generates
Revenue (TTM)
$4.0T
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.0T
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
2
Target High
$10.81
Target Median
$9.00
Target Low
$7.20
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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