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Komatsu is the world's second largest manufacturer of construction equipment and mining equipment after Caterpillar. However, in some areas (Japan, China), Komatsu has a larger share than Caterpillar. It has manufacturing operations in Japan, Asia, Americas and Europe. The word ko-matsu means "small pine tree" (小松) in Japanese.
However, sales do not reveal the whole picture, as the company may be unprofitable with a low P/S ratio. Because of the limitations, this ratio is usually used only for unprofitable companies, since they don't have a price–earnings ratio (P/E ratio). [2] The metric can be used to determine the value of a stock relative to its past performance.
Nikkei 225 Index. The Nikkei 225, or the Nikkei Stock Average (Japanese: 日経平均株価, Hepburn: Nikkei heikin kabuka), more commonly called the Nikkei or the Nikkei index [1] [2] (/ ˈ n ɪ k eɪ, ˈ n iː-, n ɪ ˈ k eɪ /), is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
The stock market is not the economy—just look at what’s happening in Japan. Japan’s equity markets broke a record on Thursday, when the Nikkei 225 closed at 39,098.68.
Market cap is given by the formula =, where MC is the market capitalization, N is the number of common shares outstanding, and P is the market price per common share. [ 8 ] For example, if a company has 4 million common shares outstanding and the closing price per share is $20, its market capitalization is then $80 million.
Dividend per share allows investors in a business to determine how much dividend income they will receive per share of their common stock. Dividends are the portion of profit that a company ...
2007-11-21 Standard & Poor's Launches New Shariah Index for Japan; 2007-12-10 TSE begins calculating and publishing new sector indices, the "TOPIX-17 Series" 2008-02-20 Korea Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Samsung Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. announce listing of KODEX Japan ETF (TOPIX 100) in Seoul
Earnings per share (EPS) is the monetary value of earnings per outstanding share of common stock for a company during a defined period of time. It is a key measure of corporate profitability, focusing on the interests of the company's owners ( shareholders ), [ 1 ] and is commonly used to price stocks.