If, before you saw this tweet (hat tip @CLSAInsights), someone asked you "Which market has experienced better EPS growth in the last decade - The US (S&P500) or #Japan (Topix)?" What would you have said? 1/3
But, despite better 10yr EPS growth, the Japanese market is significantly cheaper than peers. 2/3
Yet global investors have exited the market in droves since the peak of the Abenomics rally, and are only now starting to wake up to the opportunity Japanese stocks present! 3/3
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Did you know that the average ROIC for MSCI Japan has improved to be the same as the US and slightly higher than Europe's? 1/n
RoE is lower, due to much lower levels of leverage, BUT... 2/n
...buybacks have reached record levels, and look poised to continue growing given the rising tide of investor activism and the push from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and government agencies for companies to improve governance and capital allocation... 3/n