Sojitz Corporation operates in the Petroleum products sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Sojitz with three other
companies in this sector in Japan:
San-Ai Oil Co., Ltd.
(2019
sales of 726.92 billion Japanese Yen [US$6.61 billion]
of which 91%
was Petroleum Related Business),
Itochu Enex Company Limited
(1.01 trillion Japanese Yen [US$9.16 billion]
of which 70%
was Life and industrial energy), and
Kamei Corporation
(473.00 billion Japanese Yen [US$4.30 billion]
of which 50%
was Energy Business).
Sales Analysis.
Sojitz reported sales of ¥1.86 trillion (US$16.89 billion)
for the
fiscal
year ending
March of 2019.
This
represents
an
increase of 2.2%
versus 2018, when the company's sales were ¥1.82 trillion.
The sales level in 2019 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2014, Sojitz had sales
of ¥1.80 trillion.
Sales of Energy saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
32.1% in 2019, from
¥56.60 billion to ¥74.79 billion.
Sojitz also saw significant increases in sales in
Mental (up 18.2% to ¥383.17 billion)
and
Retail and Life Business (up 8.5% to ¥317.37 billion)
and
Automobile (up 28.9% to ¥242.50 billion)
.
Not all segments of Sojitz experienced an increase in sales in 2019:
sales of Industrial Foundation and Urban Developmen fell 27.5% to ¥33.27 billion.
(However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales).
Sojitz also experienced decreases in sales in
Chemical (down 2.0% to ¥505.10 billion)
and
Food (down 10.5% to ¥128.29 billion)
.