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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc ADR

SMFGTokyo Stock Exchange

SectorFinancials

IndustryDiversified Banks

Beta (adjusted)0.64

Intrinsic Value

Insufficient data for a value estimateNot enough reliable inputs to publish a fair value for this company yet.

Market Price $25.28Price as of 1 Oct 2026

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Market Cap $159.7B

Shares Outstanding 3.9B diluted

Next Earnings Date15 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend31 Mar 2026

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Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Operating momentum is favorable: SMFG reported approximately 30% progress toward its JPY 1.7 trillion FY3/27 net-income forecast in the first quarter, following record FY3/26 earnings. The new medium-term plan targets JPY 2 trillion of net income and 13% ROTE by FY3/29, while the progressive-dividend policy targets an approximately 40% payout ratio. The recommendation is therefore Hold rather than a valuation-dependent Buy.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets1 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$28.86

Mean target$28.86

High · most bullish analyst$28.86

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$28.8620%

Macroeconomic, trade-policy, credit, market, or execution pressures cause management to reduce the FY3/27 earnings forecast, impede progress toward 13% ROTE, or interrupt the forecast increase in dividends.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$28.8655%

Matches the consensus mean

SMFG broadly delivers its JPY 1.7 trillion FY3/27 net-income forecast, preserves its progressive-dividend policy, and makes measured progress toward the FY3/29 targets.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$28.8625%

SMFG exceeds its FY3/27 earnings forecast and advances faster than planned toward JPY 2 trillion of net income and 13% ROTE by FY3/29. Sustained core-business momentum and progressive dividends strengthen shareholder returns.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

First-quarter FY3/27 bottom-line progress was approximately 30% of the full-year forecast, indicating a favorable start against the JPY 1.7 trillion objective.
The FY3/29 plan provides measurable objectives of JPY 2 trillion in net income and 13% ROTE, complemented by a progressive-dividend policy and an approximately 40% payout-ratio objective.

Key Investment Risks

Results remain sensitive to macroeconomic conditions, trade-policy changes, credit costs, financial markets, interest rates, and foreign-exchange movements.
The plan requires disciplined execution across portfolio transformation and a record JPY 1 trillion three-year IT investment program; weak returns on that spending could delay ROTE improvement.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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