Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MFG)

NYSE: MFG · National Commercial Banks · Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP · filing with the SEC since 2005

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Grade5.4

◀ Past 6.2● Present 4.8▶ Future 5.2

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The grade of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.4/10

◀ Past6.240% of the headline

● Present4.835% of the headline

▶ Future5.225% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

1.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+16.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from JPY 1509 billion in fiscal 2017 to JPY 5976 billion in fiscal 2026, up 16.5% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 35% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span16.5%top 34% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 3% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 4% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak34.6%bottom 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

7.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.7% a year. 53% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-31, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 53% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 31% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.8/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 96%: owes 96¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 96 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 1% of its family
return on equitytop 46% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

4.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 47% of 79 in its family; net margin 19.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of JPY 5976 billion in fiscal 2026 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 19.4% ranks in the bottom 28%; revenue growth of 20.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 34% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin19.4%bottom 28% of its family
three-year revenue growth20.8%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 80 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 80 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 80 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 80 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 48% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of JPY 62606 billion against debt of JPY 20839 billion leaves 14.2% of its assets as net cash, top 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -34.9% of revenue (bottom 3%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets14.2%top 7% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-34.9%bottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

4.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 41% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 20.8% a year over the last three filed years against 16.5% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 44% of its family); the newest year grew -3.1% (bottom 12%); capital spending grew 18.3% a year (top 32%) (its annual reports). Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+4.3 points a yearbottom 44% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-3.1%bottom 12% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending18.3%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

6.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 34% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of JPY 5976 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 28.1% below the JPY 8318 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 9% of its family); net income of JPY 1158 billion against a prior three-year average of JPY 497 billion (top 6%); a net margin of 19.4% against 8.3% before (top 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-28.1%bottom 9% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+133%top 6% of its family
net margin against its prior average+11.0 pointstop 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MFG · research, not advice