Keyence Corporation operates in the Instruments to measure electricity sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Keyence with three other companies in this sector in Japan: Shimadzu Corporation (2017 sales of 342.48 billion Japanese Yen [US$3.20 billion] of which 61% was Measuring Instruments), Advantest Corporation (155.92 billion Japanese Yen [US$1.45 billion] of which 65% was Semiconductor And Component Test System ), and Hitachi High-Technologies Corp (644.55 billion Japanese Yen [US$6.01 billion] of which 38% was High-Tech Industry Member).

Sales Analysis. Keyence reported sales of ¥421.79 billion (US$3.94 billion) for the fiscal year ending March of 2017. This represents an increase of 9.4% versus 2016, when the company's sales were ¥385.41 billion. Sales at Keyence have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2012, sales have increased a total of 103%).