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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG)

Financial Services | Banks - Diversified | Tokyo, Japan | NYSE
20.52 USD -0.69 (-3.253%) ⇩ (April 21, 2026, 12:52 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★★★ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:19 a.m. EDT

SMFG presents a compelling 'buy-the-srust' opportunity for diversified investors, combining a conservative dividend yield of 2.58% with strong institutional support and a potential strategic alternative in the Jefferies takeover bid. While short-term sentiment is guarded due to immediate hedging activity and a widening forward P/E gap, the long-term fundamentals are exceptional with sub-1x P/B valuation and improving ROE targets.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.102940
MSTL0.158168
AutoETS0.163638
AutoARIMA0.168925

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 11.45
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.112
Excess Kurtosis -1.35
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2025-09-29
Last Dividend Date 2025-03-30
Revenue per Share 576.7818
Market Cap 130,575,712,256
Trailing P/E 14.55
Forward P/E 50.05
Beta 0.35
Profit Margins 20.73%
Website https://www.smfg.co.jp

As of April 19, 2026, 12:19 a.m. EDT: Options data reveals significant disparity between immediate and medium-term positioning. The April 17 expiration shows high ATM and OTM Put Open Interest relative to Calls, suggesting immediate hedging or a low-risk bias for firms positioning into earnings. However, the July 2026 expiration is overwhelmingly call-heavy, with substantial volume and OI at OTM strikes (25.0 and higher), indicating speculation on a medium-term breakout above current levels. The forecast model predicts a 2.8% gain, aligning with the bullish options flow for the medium term.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-03-31 0.250 1.617076
2024-09-30 0.241 1.938932
2024-03-27 0.168 1.474670
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.55
dividendYield 2.59
exDividendDate 2025-09-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 140.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 6.6006603
lastDividendValue 0.25
lastDividendDate 2025-03-31
dividendDate 2025-12-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.5641593
Address1 1-2, Marunouchi 1-chome
Address2 Chiyoda-ku
All Time High 27.1
All Time Low 4.49
Ask 20.54
Ask Size 2,300
Average Analyst Rating 1.0 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,756,000
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,308,411
Average Volume 2,308,411
Average Volume10Days 1,756,000
Beta 0.349
Bid 20.53
Bid Size 1,800
Book Value 25.782875
City Tokyo
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country Japan
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 20.52
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 20.91
Day Low 20.49
Display Name Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
Dividend Date 1,765,238,400
Dividend Rate 0.55
Dividend Yield 2.59
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,747,393,140
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,747,393,140
Earnings Growth 0.141
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.123
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,702,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,702,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,702,400
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue -13.132
Enterprise Value -48,687,791,210,496
Eps Forward 0.41
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.41
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,759,190,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 21.164
Fifty Day Average Change -0.6439991
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.030428989
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 56.415928
Fifty Two Week High 24.34
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.8199997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.15694329
Fifty Two Week Low 13.48
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.040001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.5222553
Fifty Two Week Range 13.48 - 24.34
Financial Currency JPY
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,138,372,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.55
Float Shares 3,826,720,269
Forward Eps 0.41
Forward P E 50.048782
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 123,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 3,707,428,929,536
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.000030000001
Held Percent Institutions 0.01829
Implied Shares Outstanding 6,363,338,927
Industry Banks - Diversified
Industry Disp Banks - Diversified
Industry Key banks-diversified
Ir Website http://www.smfg.co.jp/english/investor/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,743,379,200
Last Dividend Value 0.25
Last Fiscal Year End 1,743,379,200
Last Split Date 1,288,569,600
Last Split Factor 1:2
Long Business Summary Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides banking, leasing, securities, consumer finance, and other services in Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. It operates through four segments: Wholesale Business Unit, Retail Business Unit, Global Business Unit, and Global Markets Business Unit. The Wholesale Business Unit segment offers bilateral loans, syndicated loans, commitment lines, structured finance, project finance, and nonrecourse loans; deposits and investment trusts; risk hedging services, including forward exchange contracts and derivatives; stand-by credit, and performance bond and credit guarantee services; remittance, cash management, trade finance, and supply chain finance services; merger and acquisition, and other advisory services; digital services; and equipment, operating and leveraged leasing services. The Retail Business Unit segment provides wealth management services, such as time deposits and foreign currency deposits, investment trusts, equities, bonds, insurance products, and trust services; credit card, installment, and transaction services; and consumer finance and housing loans. The Global Business Unit segment offers loans, deposits, clearing, trade finance, project finance, loan syndication, derivatives, and global cash management services; equity and fixed income sales and trading, and underwriting services; and construction machinery, transportation equipment, industrial machinery, medical equipment, and other leasing services. The Global Markets Business Unit segment provides asset liability management and portfolio management, foreign currency funding, and sales and trading services. The company offers system development, data processing, management consulting, economic research, and asset management services. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Long Name Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 130,575,712,256
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_2481322
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 736,928,989,184
Next Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 133,721,384,643
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 20.76
Operating Margins 0.39305001
Payout Ratio 0.3659
Peg Ratio 0.91
Phone 81 3 3282 8111
Previous Close 21.21
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.7958771
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.035220016
Profit Margins 0.20729999
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.6899986
Regular Market Change Percent -3.2531762
Regular Market Day High 20.91
Regular Market Day Low 20.49
Regular Market Day Range 20.49 - 20.91
Regular Market Open 20.76
Regular Market Previous Close 21.21
Regular Market Price 20.52
Regular Market Time 1,776,790,322
Regular Market Volume 1,377,948
Return On Assets 0.00244
Return On Equity 0.04933
Revenue Growth 0.218
Revenue Per Share 576.7818
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 6,363,338,927
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.00090000004
Shares Short 6,039,389
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 4,141,499
Short Name Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Short Percent Of Float 0.0013
Short Ratio 2.49
Source Interval 15
Symbol SMFG
Target High Price 23.46814
Target Low Price 23.46814
Target Mean Price 23.46814
Target Median Price 23.46814
Total Cash 109,792,509,034,496
Total Cash Per Share 28,680.404
Total Debt 60,888,639,864,832
Total Revenue 3,707,428,929,536
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 140.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 6.6006603
Trailing Eps 1.41
Trailing P E 14.553192
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.8943
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 18.30105
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.2189503
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.12124716
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,377,948
Website https://www.smfg.co.jp
Zip 100-0005