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3. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:MUFG)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 18

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:MUFG), one of Japan’s largest banking institutions, is a bank holding company that operates through a number of segments, including Digital Service, Retail & Commercial Banking, and Japanese Corporate & Investment Banking, among others.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:MUFG) posted a 32% increase in quarterly net profit on February 4. This gain was fueled by cross-shareholding sales and profit increases when interest rates in Japan rose. Profit from October to December totaled JBY 490.74 billion, a massive increase above the JBY 370.64 billion reported a year earlier.

Following these results, DBS analyst Lim Rui Wen maintained a Buy rating on MUFG with a price target of JPY 2,150. The Bank of Japan’s normalization of monetary policy is only one of several factors projected to boost MUFG’s growth and profitability, along with an increase in domestic lending operations and spreads.

Insider Monkey’s data revealed that 18 hedge funds held stakes in Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:MUFG) as of the end of fiscal Q3 2024.