Business Description
ITOCHU Corporation is a general trading company organised into eight divisions: textiles, machinery, metals and minerals, energy and chemicals, food, general products and realty, ICT and financial business, and an eighth division covering group companies. Its roots go back to 1858, when Chubei Itoh began trading linen, making it one of the oldest names in Japanese commerce.
Unlike its peers, ITOCHU generates the bulk of profit from non-resource businesses, above all the wholly owned FamilyMart convenience-store chain, together with food distribution, textiles and machinery. That mix makes its earnings markedly less volatile than trading houses geared to iron ore, coal and LNG, and management has long emphasised return on equity and shareholder returns over asset accumulation.
Corporate Data
| Ticker | 8001 |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Size Category | TOPIX Core30 |
| Market Segment | Prime Market |
| Sector | Wholesale Trade |
| Head Office | 3-1-3 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8448, Japan |
| Founded | December 1, 1949 |
| Fiscal Year End | March 31 |
| Website | Official website |