Company Analysis

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc (SMFG)

NYSE: SMFG · Commercial Banks, NEC · Tokyo, JP · filing with the SEC since 2002
Grade5.0
◀ Past 5.0● Present 4.1▶ Future 6.3
6 est.

The grade of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past5.040% of the headline
● Present4.135% of the headline
▶ Future6.325% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 3 read as filed from the record and 6 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
5.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sumitomo Mitsui 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

SI estimate
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

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

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 22 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 22 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: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc's track record is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 22 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-03-31, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc's diluted share count shrank about 1.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale 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 33% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 6% 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?

4.1/1035% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Financial health

as filed
3.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 94%: owes 94¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 30th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-03-31, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 94 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 2% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 26% of its family

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

Industry position

SI estimate
5.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
No filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 21 members with one.
What the record cannot read
No filed revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 21 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: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc's industry position is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 21 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 15 of 100 (universe median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 3816 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, and its family carries too few readings to lean on, so the desk assumes the typical reading over all 3816 companies 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
universe median, 3816 readings behind it.
Confidence
15 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: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc's leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 15 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, and its family carries too few readings to lean on, so the desk assumes the typical reading over all 3816 companies 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?

6.3/1025% of the headline grade · 0 of 3 filed, 3 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
9.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 9.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 95th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 5% of 31 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 31 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc's room to expand is put at 9.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 5% of 31 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

SI estimate
4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

SI estimate 4.6/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 22 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending.
How it was reasoned
family median, 22 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: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc's growth drivers is put at 4.6 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 22 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
4.9/10

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

SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 20 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 20 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: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc's expectations vs reality is put at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 20 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

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 SMFG · research, not advice