# MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (8725.JP)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/8725.JP

Analysis as of: 2026-10-15T07:11:48.704Z. Financial observations: FY2016–FY2026.

Listing currency: JPY. Reporting currency: JPY.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: JPY 5,017.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low JPY 2,097.70 per share, central JPY 2,448.31 per share, high JPY 2,939.65 per share. Buy at or below the central value JPY 2,448.31 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-15T07:11:48.704Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 6.9% at the stated quote. About 6.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; JP 10-year bond 2.9% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- Financial history: 10 years

- Profitable years in the last ten: 10

- Required profitable years: 8

- Return on common equity variation (informational): 0.17×

Chart: Net income; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: JPY 210B

- FY2018: JPY 154B

- FY2019: JPY 193B

- FY2020: JPY 143B

- FY2021: JPY 144B

- FY2022: JPY 263B

- FY2023: JPY 211B

- FY2024: JPY 369B

- FY2025: JPY 300B

- FY2026: JPY 511B

### moat: fail

- Common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- Underwriting economics assessed through return on tangible common equity

- median return on common equity below threshold

- Bank / P&C ROTE, median of available years: 7.6%

- Required median return: 12.0%

- Return uses tangible common equity: Yes

- Bank ROTE, second-lowest year: 6.0%

- Years with reported combined ratio: 0

Chart: Return on tangible common equity; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 9.2%

- FY2018: 6.4%

- FY2019: 8.7%

- FY2020: 7.1%

- FY2021: 5.4%

- FY2022: 9.3%

- FY2023: 8.1%

- FY2024: 6.9%

- FY2025: 6.0%

- FY2026: 8.4%

### economics: pass

- Common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- Book value per share + reinvested dividends, annualized return: 14.6%

- Book return interval: 10 years

- Starting book value per share: JPY 1K

- Ending book value per share: JPY 4K

Chart: Annual book + dividend return; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 4.1%

- FY2018: 12.9%

- FY2019: -2.8%

- FY2020: -6.2%

- FY2021: 31.9%

- FY2022: 10.7%

- FY2023: 0.9%

- FY2024: 96.8%

- FY2025: -2.7%

- FY2026: 28.8%

### management: pass

- Common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: -2.0%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -2.5%

- Share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -2.0%

- Five-year share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -2.5%

- Flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0

- Book created / earnings retained after dividends and buybacks: 7.70×

- Book value created per share: JPY 3K

- Earnings retained per share after dividends and buybacks: JPY 368.03

Chart: Shares (first year = 100); fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 100

- FY2017: 99

- FY2018: 97

- FY2019: 96

- FY2020: 95

- FY2021: 93

- FY2022: 91

- FY2023: 89

- FY2024: 87

- FY2025: 85

- FY2026: 82

### accounting: pass

- Financial accounting warning count: 0

- Known restatement years: 0

## Holders

## Price story

The price assumes profits grow 7.1% a year forever · net income +70.1%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:14.780Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

The price assumes profits grow 7.1% a year forever

### Net income · FY2026

net income +70.1%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YNCJ.pdf; observed 2026-06-30.

- FY2017: JPY 210B 

- FY2018: JPY 154B 

- FY2019: JPY 193B 

- FY2020: JPY 143B 

- FY2021: JPY 144B 

- FY2022: JPY 263B 

- FY2023: JPY 211B 

- FY2024: JPY 369B 

- FY2025: JPY 300B 

- FY2026: JPY 511B 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in insurance property & casualty; annual sales are JPY 6.4 trillion.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YNCJ.pdf (filed 2026-06-30); FY2026: revenue 6436026000000.

### Why customers stay

It earns 7.6% on shareholders’ money, excluding intangible assets.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-30); 10-year return on tangible equity observations [[2017,0.09182519410320697],[2018,0.06441560287839572],[2019,0.08739182311301823],[2020,0.07119547470950374],[2021,0.05444007568934193],[2022,0.0933324904491874],[2023,0.08129880197484972],[2024,0.06935677268417581],[2025,0.059951474197426004],[2026,0.08447179814990265]]; median 0.07624713834217672. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years; bought back JPY 221.5 billion of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-30); Dividend observations: [[2017,63151000000],[2018,79887000000],[2019,79286000000],[2020,83861000000],[2021,84928000000],[2022,90264000000],[2023,106753000000],[2024,117133000000],[2025,190510000000],[2026,224862000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/api/fundamentals/59M.F.json#2026-03-31 (filed 2026-06-30); FY2026: cash repurchases 221499000000 JPY.

### What the price says

The price assumes profits grow 7.1% a year forever.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-30); Price 5017; FX 1; original perpetual distributable cash 146.48059892343184; discount 0.1; growth 0.07080314950698988. Same book-value model and 4× ceiling; no ten-year operating fade applies. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (JPY per share)

- 2016-11: JPY 1,183.00 per share

- 2016-12: JPY 1,208.00 per share

- 2017-01: JPY 1,265.00 per share

- 2017-02: JPY 1,266.33 per share

- 2017-03: JPY 1,180.00 per share

- 2017-04: JPY 1,210.67 per share

- 2017-05: JPY 1,295.00 per share

- 2017-06: JPY 1,258.00 per share

- 2017-07: JPY 1,290.67 per share

- 2017-08: JPY 1,209.67 per share

- 2017-09: JPY 1,207.67 per share

- 2017-10: JPY 1,278.33 per share

- 2017-11: JPY 1,218.33 per share

- 2017-12: JPY 1,271.33 per share

- 2018-01: JPY 1,237.00 per share

- 2018-02: JPY 1,110.67 per share

- 2018-03: JPY 1,118.33 per share

- 2018-04: JPY 1,224.00 per share

- 2018-05: JPY 1,154.67 per share

- 2018-06: JPY 1,148.00 per share

- 2018-07: JPY 1,137.33 per share

- 2018-08: JPY 1,138.33 per share

- 2018-09: JPY 1,264.67 per share

- 2018-10: JPY 1,135.33 per share

- 2018-11: JPY 1,148.33 per share

- 2018-12: JPY 1,044.00 per share

- 2019-01: JPY 1,078.00 per share

- 2019-02: JPY 1,114.33 per share

- 2019-03: JPY 1,123.33 per share

- 2019-04: JPY 1,146.00 per share

- 2019-05: JPY 1,148.67 per share

- 2019-06: JPY 1,140.00 per share

- 2019-07: JPY 1,193.67 per share

- 2019-08: JPY 1,125.67 per share

- 2019-09: JPY 1,166.67 per share

- 2019-10: JPY 1,169.67 per share

- 2019-11: JPY 1,180.33 per share

- 2019-12: JPY 1,203.67 per share

- 2020-01: JPY 1,219.00 per share

- 2020-02: JPY 1,161.00 per share

- 2020-03: JPY 1,008.33 per share

- 2020-04: JPY 1,040.67 per share

- 2020-05: JPY 1,055.00 per share

- 2020-06: JPY 987.00 per share

- 2020-07: JPY 878.67 per share

- 2020-08: JPY 980.33 per share

- 2020-09: JPY 941.33 per share

- 2020-10: JPY 948.17 per share

- 2020-11: JPY 1,011.67 per share

- 2020-12: JPY 1,047.00 per share

- 2021-01: JPY 1,001.33 per share

- 2021-02: JPY 1,000.00 per share

- 2021-03: JPY 1,083.00 per share

- 2021-04: JPY 1,031.67 per share

- 2021-05: JPY 1,114.33 per share

- 2021-06: JPY 1,069.33 per share

- 2021-07: JPY 1,126.67 per share

- 2021-08: JPY 1,185.00 per share

- 2021-09: JPY 1,252.00 per share

- 2021-10: JPY 1,228.67 per share

- 2021-11: JPY 1,105.33 per share

- 2021-12: JPY 1,183.00 per share

- 2022-01: JPY 1,308.67 per share

- 2022-02: JPY 1,301.67 per share

- 2022-03: JPY 1,326.00 per share

- 2022-04: JPY 1,293.67 per share

- 2022-05: JPY 1,364.33 per share

- 2022-06: JPY 1,386.00 per share

- 2022-07: JPY 1,439.00 per share

- 2022-08: JPY 1,387.00 per share

- 2022-09: JPY 1,278.67 per share

- 2022-10: JPY 1,313.67 per share

- 2022-11: JPY 1,366.67 per share

- 2022-12: JPY 1,408.00 per share

- 2023-01: JPY 1,386.33 per share

- 2023-02: JPY 1,484.00 per share

- 2023-03: JPY 1,368.67 per share

- 2023-04: JPY 1,481.67 per share

- 2023-05: JPY 1,599.33 per share

- 2023-06: JPY 1,698.67 per share

- 2023-07: JPY 1,764.00 per share

- 2023-08: JPY 1,746.67 per share

- 2023-09: JPY 1,831.67 per share

- 2023-10: JPY 1,831.00 per share

- 2023-11: JPY 1,844.33 per share

- 2023-12: JPY 1,848.67 per share

- 2024-01: JPY 2,049.33 per share

- 2024-02: JPY 2,470.00 per share

- 2024-03: JPY 2,706.50 per share

- 2024-04: JPY 2,846.50 per share

- 2024-05: JPY 3,281.00 per share

- 2024-06: JPY 3,575.00 per share

- 2024-07: JPY 3,582.00 per share

- 2024-08: JPY 3,345.00 per share

- 2024-09: JPY 3,330.00 per share

- 2024-10: JPY 3,439.00 per share

- 2024-11: JPY 3,341.00 per share

- 2024-12: JPY 3,449.00 per share

- 2025-01: JPY 3,249.00 per share

- 2025-02: JPY 3,130.00 per share

- 2025-03: JPY 3,225.00 per share

- 2025-04: JPY 3,245.00 per share

- 2025-05: JPY 3,456.00 per share

- 2025-06: JPY 3,230.00 per share

- 2025-07: JPY 3,244.00 per share

- 2025-08: JPY 3,462.00 per share

- 2025-09: JPY 3,356.00 per share

- 2025-10: JPY 3,186.00 per share

- 2025-11: JPY 3,465.00 per share

- 2025-12: JPY 3,683.00 per share

- 2026-01: JPY 3,932.00 per share

- 2026-02: JPY 4,376.00 per share

- 2026-03: JPY 4,032.00 per share

- 2026-04: JPY 4,034.00 per share

- 2026-05: JPY 4,287.00 per share

- 2026-06: JPY 4,240.00 per share

- 2026-07: JPY 4,924.00 per share

- 2026-08: JPY 5,107.00 per share

- 2026-09: JPY 4,902.00 per share

- 2026-10: JPY 5,005.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (JPY per share)

- FY2018: low JPY 788.00 per share, central JPY 866.80 per share, high JPY 963.11 per share

- FY2019: low JPY 508.19 per share, central JPY 608.47 per share, high JPY 758.04 per share

- FY2020: low JPY 752.55 per share, central JPY 827.80 per share, high JPY 919.78 per share

- FY2021: low JPY 965.38 per share, central JPY 1,061.92 per share, high JPY 1,179.91 per share

- FY2022: low JPY 1,096.86 per share, central JPY 1,206.55 per share, high JPY 1,340.61 per share

- FY2023: low JPY 1,112.99 per share, central JPY 1,224.29 per share, high JPY 1,360.32 per share

- FY2024: low JPY 1,538.37 per share, central JPY 1,831.21 per share, high JPY 2,261.76 per share

- FY2025: low JPY 1,641.27 per share, central JPY 1,920.75 per share, high JPY 2,314.94 per share

- FY2026: low JPY 2,097.70 per share, central JPY 2,448.31 per share, high JPY 2,939.65 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

## Sources

[Original EDINET filing](https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YNCJ.pdf); period 2026-03-31, filed 2026-06-30.

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

8725 · JP

Nikkei 225 · TOPIX Large70

Not a wonderful business

1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
JPY 5,017.00
Buy up to
JPY 2,448.31
Expected / yr
6.9% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Profits were positive in 10 years (at least 8 needed).

10y median
JPY 211B
Worst year
JPY 143B
Latest · 2026
JPY 511B

Earned a median 7.6% on tangible equity (minimum 12%).

10y median
7.6%
Worst year
5.4%
Latest · 2026
8.4%

Book value plus dividends grew 14.6% a year (minimum 7%).

10y median
7.4%
Worst year
-6.2%
Latest · 2026
28.8%

Ordinary share growth was -2% over the full period and -2.5% over five years (either must be at most 2% a year).

11y median
93
Worst year
100
Latest · 2026
82

0 accounting warnings were found (none allowed).

accounting warnings
0
Passing bar
≤ 0

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), three-year average earnings per share 256.06 JPY.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeJPY 2,097.70 – JPY 2,939.65
Buy at or belowCentral value JPY 2,448.31
Discount to value1 − 5017.00 / 2448.31 = -104.9%
Return / yearAbout 6.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsBook JPY 4060.29/share; ROE 7.6%; first payout JPY 146.48/share, growing 4.0% perpetually (4× book payout cap applied).
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
Net incomeJPY 511B
511B020172026
FY2017 · Net income: JPY 210B; FY2018 · Net income: JPY 154B; FY2019 · Net income: JPY 193B; FY2020 · Net income: JPY 143B; FY2021 · Net income: JPY 144B; FY2022 · Net income: JPY 263B; FY2023 · Net income: JPY 211B; FY2024 · Net income: JPY 369B; FY2025 · Net income: JPY 300B; FY2026 · Net income: JPY 511B
Net income
Book / shareJPY 4K
4K020172026
FY2017 · Book / share: JPY 2K; FY2018 · Book / share: JPY 2K; FY2019 · Book / share: JPY 2K; FY2020 · Book / share: JPY 1K; FY2021 · Book / share: JPY 2K; FY2022 · Book / share: JPY 2K; FY2023 · Book / share: JPY 2K; FY2024 · Book / share: JPY 4K; FY2025 · Book / share: JPY 3K; FY2026 · Book / share: JPY 4K
Book / share
Dividend / shareJPY 151.04
151.04020172026
FY2017 · Dividend / share: JPY 35.10; FY2018 · Dividend / share: JPY 44.95; FY2019 · Dividend / share: JPY 45.08; FY2020 · Dividend / share: JPY 48.54; FY2021 · Dividend / share: JPY 50.15; FY2022 · Dividend / share: JPY 54.33; FY2023 · Dividend / share: JPY 66.04; FY2024 · Dividend / share: JPY 73.54; FY2025 · Dividend / share: JPY 122.71; FY2026 · Dividend / share: JPY 151.04
Dividend / share
Return on tangible equity8.4%
10.0%0.0%20172026
FY2017 · Return on tangible equity: 9.2%; FY2018 · Return on tangible equity: 6.4%; FY2019 · Return on tangible equity: 8.7%; FY2020 · Return on tangible equity: 7.1%; FY2021 · Return on tangible equity: 5.4%; FY2022 · Return on tangible equity: 9.3%; FY2023 · Return on tangible equity: 8.1%; FY2024 · Return on tangible equity: 6.9%; FY2025 · Return on tangible equity: 6.0%; FY2026 · Return on tangible equity: 8.4%
Return on tangible equity
Diluted shares1.5B
1.8B020172026
FY2017 · Diluted shares: 1.8B; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 1.8B; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 1.8B; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 1.7B; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 1.7B; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 1.7B; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 1.6B; FY2026 · Diluted shares: 1.5B
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2026Original filing ↗ ·