Hitachi tops Sony in market cap, lifted by AI stock fervor

Company's grid business cashes in on power demand from data centers

20240627N Hitachi grid

AI-related power demand has fueled Hitachi's grid business. (Hitachi)

KOTARO HOSOKAWA and KENTARO TSUTSUMI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO --Hitachi surpassed Sony Group in market capitalization for the first time in nearly nine years on Thursday as investors embraced its transformation into an artificial intelligence stock after more than a decade of restructuring.

Based on Thursday's closing prices, Hitachi had a market cap of 16.94 trillion yen ($105.45 billion), against Sony Group's 16.89 trillion yen. Hitachi now ranks fourth in market cap among Japanese companies, after Toyota Motor, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Keyence.

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