In today’s briefing:
- For Companies Surviving on TOPIX, Resolving Cross-Shareholdings and Achieving Growth Are Essential

For Companies Surviving on TOPIX, Resolving Cross-Shareholdings and Achieving Growth Are Essential
- Even when the TOPIX constituents are narrowed down to 1,200 stocks, the impact on market capitalization differs between those that remain and those that do not.
- Measures to increase the free-float market capitalization (20 billion yen level) used in the TOPIX calculation criteria involve reducing fixed shares such as cross-shareholdings and raising stock prices.
- Presenting a compelling performance outlook that demonstrates the expansion of corporate value is key to increasing market capitalization, and showing signs of this in recent performance is paramount.

