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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/seiko-epson-corp">Seiko Epson</a> is strategically pivoting towards industrial and commercial printing to offset the secular decline in its core office and home printing segments, which still form a stable earnings base but face long-term headwinds.</li>
  <li>The company's proprietary 'efficient, compact, and precise' technologies, particularly its Micro Piezo inkjet printheads and 3LCD projector technology, provide a narrow economic moat and a key competitive differentiator in a mature market.</li>
  <li>While recent financial performance shows revenue resilience and a rebound in quarterly profit, long-term net income has declined, and margins remain thin, posing a challenge to its relatively high P/E valuation compared to peers.</li>
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Seiko Epson is strategically pivoting towards industrial and commercial printing to offset the secular decline in its core office and home printing segments, which still form a stable earnings base but face long-term headwinds.
  The company's proprietary 'efficient, compact, and precise' technologies, particularly its Micro Piezo inkjet printheads and 3LCD projector technology, provide a narrow economic moat and a key competitive differentiator in a mature market.
  While recent financial performance shows revenue resilience and a rebound in quarterly profit, long-term net income has declined, and margins remain thin, posing a challenge to its relatively high P/E valuation compared to peers.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

Nomura Research Institute / Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nomura-research-institute-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18129:1" rel="noopener">Nomura Research Institute (4307 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ryohin-keikaku-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2765:1" rel="noopener">Ryohin Keikaku (7453 JP)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-paper-industries-co-l" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:557:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Paper Industries Co L (3863 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dic-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7343:1" rel="noopener">Dic Corp (4631 JP)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nikkei-225" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22909:1" rel="noopener">Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX)</a>. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fast-retailing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1" rel="noopener">Fast Retailing (9983 JP)</a>'s CPAF will drop from 3 to 2.7 and there will be further selling in March 2025 as the CPAF drops to 2.4 (or possibly even 2.1!) </li>
<li>Passives will need to buy 7-15x ADV (13-14% of real float) in the adds and sell 2.7-6.5x ADV in the deletes. There is a big reverse funding trade too.</li>
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Nomura Research Institute (4307 JP) and Ryohin Keikaku (7453 JP) will replace Nippon Paper Industries Co L (3863 JP) and Dic Corp (4631 JP) in the Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX). 

Fast Retailing (9983 JP)'s CPAF will drop from 3 to 2.7 and there will be further selling in March 2025 as the CPAF drops to 2.4 (or possibly even 2.1!) 
Passives will need to buy 7-15x ADV (13-14% of real float) in the adds and sell 2.7-6.5x ADV in the deletes. There is a big reverse funding trade too.


Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance: NRI, Ryohin Keikaku IN; Nippon Paper, DIC OUT; Fast Retailing Capped

Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Pure Storage surging 32% showcasing the growth potential for NAND as a viable and cost effective storage medium for AI/enterprise use. Watch Kioxia.</li>
<li>HP up but its printing business not so good -however this could be a 'bad is good' scenario for Japan's desperately in need of consolidation printer industry.</li>
<li>Marvell getting hit hard after-hours may see ASIC related Socionext trade lower.</li>
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Pure Storage surging 32% showcasing the growth potential for NAND as a viable and cost effective storage medium for AI/enterprise use. Watch Kioxia.
HP up but its printing business not so good -however this could be a 'bad is good' scenario for Japan's desperately in need of consolidation printer industry.
Marvell getting hit hard after-hours may see ASIC related Socionext trade lower.


Japan Morning Connection: Tech Shakes off Initial Weakness with Talks of Blackwell Sales to China

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<li>Lacklustre numbers for both Dell and HP show tapering demand for PC's.</li>
<li>Keisei Electric Rail snubbing Murakami with another 1% Oriental Land sale?</li>
<li>Nikon analysts meeting does little to clarify the intentions of EssilorLuxottic's 8.45% stake.</li>
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Lacklustre numbers for both Dell and HP show tapering demand for PC's.
Keisei Electric Rail snubbing Murakami with another 1% Oriental Land sale?
Nikon analysts meeting does little to clarify the intentions of EssilorLuxottic's 8.45% stake.


Japan Morning Connection: AI Edge Computing Is Failing to Drive PC Demand

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>The September 2026 Nikkei 225 Review was announced today. Results are discussed in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/quiddity-index-nikkei-225-sep26-rebal-results-3-adds-3-dels-no-new-rules-impact" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:266702" rel="noopener">[Quiddity Index] Nikkei 225 Sep26 Rebal Results: 3 ADDs, 3 DELs, No New Rules Impact</a>. </li>
<li>Things went roughly as predicted for the selection of data they chose (there was a question about industry categorisation). Some people questioned discretionary ordering. That's settled. </li>
<li>With 92% of the Mar27 rebal data period behind us, we take a brief look at what the March 2027 rebal. It's kind of confusing. The third delete is tough. </li>
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The September 2026 Nikkei 225 Review was announced today. Results are discussed in [Quiddity Index] Nikkei 225 Sep26 Rebal Results: 3 ADDs, 3 DELs, No New Rules Impact. 
Things went roughly as predicted for the selection of data they chose (there was a question about industry categorisation). Some people questioned discretionary ordering. That's settled. 
With 92% of the Mar27 rebal data period behind us, we take a brief look at what the March 2027 rebal. It's kind of confusing. The third delete is tough. 


[Quiddity Index] Advance Look at March 2027 Nikkei 225 Rebal Predictions - The 3rd DELETE Is Tough

Japan

Seiko Epson Corporation manufactures communications equipment, electronic devices, and precision products.  The Company's products include printers, scanners, Liquid Crystal Projectors, semiconductors, quartz devices, and watches.

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Seiko Epson (6724 JP)

Primer: Seiko Epson (6724 JP) - Aug 2026

Seiko Epson is strategically pivoting towards industrial and commercial printing to offset the secular decline in its core office and home...

αSK Primers

Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance: NRI, Ryohin Keikaku IN; Nippon Paper, DIC OUT; Fast Retailing Capped

Nomura Research Institute and Ryohin Keikaku replace Nippon Paper and DIC in the Nikkei 225. Fast Retailing will be capped (and probably again in...

Brian Freitas

Japan Morning Connection: Tech Shakes off Initial Weakness with Talks of Blackwell Sales to China

Memory plays continue to trade well with strong growth outlook for NAND memory, watch Kioxia as a squeeze candidate. Dell down with numbers showing...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: AI Edge Computing Is Failing to Drive PC Demand

PC demand is slowing as Dell and HP report lacklustre numbers, Keisei Electric Rail sells more Oriental Land shares, and Nikon's meeting leaves...

Andrew Jackson

[Quiddity Index] Advance Look at March 2027 Nikkei 225 Rebal Predictions - The 3rd DELETE Is Tough

The Sep26 Nikkei 225 results are announced. That means we can have a pretty good look at what happens in March 2027 (though the choice of Capcom vs...

Travis Lundy

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Primer: Seiko Epson (6724 JP) - Aug 2026

Seiko Epson is strategically pivoting towards industrial and commercial printing to offset the secular decline in its core office and home...

αSK Primers

Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance: NRI, Ryohin Keikaku IN; Nippon Paper, DIC OUT; Fast Retailing Capped

Nomura Research Institute and Ryohin Keikaku replace Nippon Paper and DIC in the Nikkei 225. Fast Retailing will be capped (and probably again in...

Brian Freitas

Japan Morning Connection: Tech Shakes off Initial Weakness with Talks of Blackwell Sales to China

Memory plays continue to trade well with strong growth outlook for NAND memory, watch Kioxia as a squeeze candidate. Dell down with numbers showing...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: AI Edge Computing Is Failing to Drive PC Demand

​PC demand is slowing as Dell and HP report lacklustre numbers, Keisei Electric Rail sells more Oriental Land shares, and Nikon's meeting leaves...

Andrew Jackson

[Quiddity Index] Advance Look at March 2027 Nikkei 225 Rebal Predictions - The 3rd DELETE Is Tough

The Sep26 Nikkei 225 results are announced. That means we can have a pretty good look at what happens in March 2027 (though the choice of Capcom vs...

Travis Lundy

PC demand is slowing as Dell and HP report lacklustre numbers, Keisei Electric Rail sells more Oriental Land shares, and Nikon's meeting leaves...