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Buffett on the Nikkei

This ranking weighs ROE ×4, Gross margin ×3, and nothing else, across the 40 companies we track on the Nikkei. 8 of them clear Buffett’s hard limits right now, and 8 cannot be judged because a required figure is missing.

Ranked highest by Buffett on this market right now, which is not the same list as the one that clears the limits above:

  1. Recruit Holdings (6098.T) · Communication Services · ROE 36% · Gross margin 60%
  2. Disco (6146.T) · Technology · ROE 27% · Gross margin 71%
  3. Chugai Pharmaceutical (4519.T) · Healthcare · ROE 23% · Gross margin 71%
  4. SoftBank Group (9984.T) · Communication Services · ROE 32% · Gross margin 51%
  5. Hoya (7741.T) · Healthcare · ROE 27% · Gross margin 48%

From data as of 2026-09-11 01:00:55 UTC. Rebuilt every hour; the table above is live.

All 40 companies on the Nikkei, ranked by Buffett, as text
  1. Recruit Holdings (6098.T) · ROE 36% · Gross margin 60%
  2. Disco (6146.T) · ROE 27% · Gross margin 71%
  3. Chugai Pharmaceutical (4519.T) · ROE 23% · Gross margin 71%
  4. SoftBank Group (9984.T) · ROE 32% · Gross margin 51%
  5. Hoya (7741.T) · ROE 27% · Gross margin 48%
  6. Tokyo Electron (8035.T) · ROE 31% · Gross margin 46%
  7. Daiichi Sankyo (4568.T) · ROE 15% · Gross margin 68%
  8. Fast Retailing (9983.T) · ROE 22% · Gross margin 55%
  9. Keyence (6861.T) · Gross margin 84%
  10. KDDI (9433.T) · ROE 15% · Gross margin 43%
  11. Suzuki Motor (7269.T) · ROE 15% · Gross margin 25%
  12. Canon (7751.T) · ROE 10% · Gross margin 48%
  13. Sony Group (6758.T) · ROE 13% · Gross margin 32%
  14. Mizuho Financial (8411.T) · ROE 12%
  15. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T) · ROE 15% · Gross margin 22%
  16. Oriental Land (4661.T) · Gross margin 39%
  17. Shin-Etsu Chemical (4063.T) · ROE 11% · Gross margin 34%
  18. SMC (6273.T) · ROE 10% · Gross margin 46%
  19. Komatsu (6301.T) · ROE 12% · Gross margin 30%
  20. Murata Manufacturing (6981.T) · ROE 10% · Gross margin 43%
  21. Nintendo (7974.T)
  22. Tokio Marine (8766.T)
  23. Itochu (8001.T) · ROE 14% · Gross margin 17%
  24. Mitsubishi Electric (6503.T) · ROE 10% · Gross margin 32%
  25. Hitachi (6501.T) · Gross margin 30%
  26. NTT (9432.T) · ROE 11% · Gross margin 27%
  27. Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502.T) · ROE -2% · Gross margin 64%
  28. Mitsubishi Estate (8802.T) · ROE 11% · Gross margin 27%
  29. Toyota Motor (7203.T) · ROE 12% · Gross margin 17%
  30. Daikin Industries (6367.T) · ROE 10% · Gross margin 34%
  31. Mitsubishi UFJ (8306.T) · ROE 9%
  32. Fujifilm (4901.T) · ROE 7% · Gross margin 40%
  33. Mitsui & Co (8031.T) · ROE 11% · Gross margin 10%
  34. East Japan Railway (9020.T) · ROE 8% · Gross margin 37%
  35. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316.T) · ROE 9%
  36. Mitsubishi Corp (8058.T) · ROE 10% · Gross margin 9%
  37. Panasonic (6752.T) · ROE 5% · Gross margin 32%
  38. Denso (6902.T) · ROE 9% · Gross margin 15%
  39. Nidec (6594.T) · ROE 6% · Gross margin 19%
  40. Honda Motor (7267.T) · ROE -1% · Gross margin 17%