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Rating:82Outperform
Price Target:
¥41,071.00
▲(15.04% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/21/26
The score is driven primarily by outstanding financial strength (very high margins, strong ROE, and low leverage) supported by constructive technical momentum. The main offset is expensive valuation (high P/E and low yield), while the latest earnings call adds confidence via a higher SoC TAM outlook, share gains, and capacity acceleration despite near-term memory and margin headwinds.
Positive Factors
High and expanding profitability
Exceptional margins and the substantial improvement from 2024 indicate strong pricing, product mix and operating leverage. If semiconductor demand remains supportive, this profitability provides resources to fund capacity, research and customer support.
Negative Factors
Semiconductor cycle sensitivity
ATE purchases depend on customers' fab investment plans, so downturns can cause sharp order delays and working-capital swings. Recent growth does not remove the underlying cyclicality of semiconductor equipment demand.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
High and expanding profitability
Exceptional margins and the substantial improvement from 2024 indicate strong pricing, product mix and operating leverage. If semiconductor demand remains supportive, this profitability provides resources to fund capacity, research and customer support.
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Advantest (6857) vs. iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ)
Market Cap
¥24.60T
Dividend Yield0.17%
Average Volume (3M)13.33M
Price to Earnings (P/E)55.7
Beta (1Y)1.80
Revenue Growth36.20%
EPS Growth104.76%
CountryJP
Employees7,241
SectorGeneral
Sector StrengthN/A
IndustrySemiconductors
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)633.25
Shares Outstanding732,000,000
10 Day Avg. Volume15,502,300
30 Day Avg. Volume13,331,246
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.29
Price to Book (P/B)18.62
Price to Sales (P/S)13.13
P/FCF Ratio49.02
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price Target
¥42,621.43Price Target Upside19.39% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering14
EPS Forecast (FY)903.46
Revenue Forecast (FY)¥1.73T
Advantest Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Advantest Corporation is a leading provider of advanced testing equipment for semiconductors and electronic components, in addition to mechatronics-based solutions. The company's operations are divided into three primary divisions: Semiconductor a...
How the Company Makes Money
Advantest primarily makes money by selling semiconductor test systems (automatic test equipment) that customers use to electrically test chips during manufacturing. Revenue is generated mainly from (1) new ATE system sales, where customers purchas...
Advantest Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Jul 29, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Nov 03, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call communicates strong, broad-based demand (SoC TAM upgrade, platform leverage, market share gains, capacity acceleration and extended customer visibility) tempered by near-term memory competition and DRAM-driven margin headwinds. Management is confident in acting on the upside (pulling in capacity targets, contract manufacturer expansion, roadmap-backed memory product commitments) while remaining conservative on margins due to known, addressable supply-cost pressures and some timing uncertainty for capacity milestones.Positive Updates
SoC TAM Upward Revision
Company revised SoC tester TAM midpoint from $9.1B to $11.0B, a +$2.0B increase (≈+22%), driven primarily by inference and compute-related demand.
Negative Updates
Memory Segment Headwinds and Near-Term Downturn
Management expects the memory business may see a near-term dip this year due to competition (including NAND transitions) and product transition timing; memory is more competitive and may cause a short-term revenue softness.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
SoC TAM Upward Revision
Company revised SoC tester TAM midpoint from $9.1B to $11.0B, a +$2.0B increase (≈+22%), driven primarily by inference and compute-related demand.
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Company Guidance
Guidance highlights: management raised its SoC tester TAM midpoint from $9.1B to $11.0B (a $2.0B uplift) driven mostly by inferencing/compute across GPU, custom ASIC and CPU, and said SoC tester sales projections were revised upward; they reiterated strong demand and are accelerating capacity—running toward ~5,000 93K units (previously targeted by Mar‑2027) and pulling in plans for 10,000 units (previously end‑2028/early‑2029) with contract manufacturers adding a second Southeast Asia factory (10,000 93K today ≈ 20,000 of the ~1,000‑unit 2020 config, ~20x growth in 7–8 years); Q1 mix was ~80–85% SoC / ~15% memory, China was ~19% of sales, and company reported a 66% SoC share in 2025 with a path toward 70%+, visibility into demand extended to ~18 months (vs. historical ~6 months), while margins were flagged as conservatively modeled for the rest of the year due to DRAM/memory BOM inflation and one‑time inventory reversals boosting the quarter.Advantest Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
92
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
94
Very Positive
Cash Flow
86
Very Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 1.23T | 1.13T | 779.71B | 486.51B | 560.19B | 416.90B |
| Gross Profit | 810.02B | 726.11B | 445.08B | 246.03B | 319.06B | 235.91B |
| EBITDA | 611.76B | 545.09B | 257.13B | 105.63B | 193.38B | 131.59B |
| Net Income | 459.95B | 375.35B | 161.18B | 62.29B | 130.40B | 87.30B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 1.51T | 1.17T | 854.21B | 671.23B | 600.22B | 494.70B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 413.12B | 339.97B | 262.54B | 106.70B | 85.54B | 116.58B |
| Total Debt | 108.17B | 20.19B | 93.50B | 94.44B | 50.84B | 43.46B |
| Total Liabilities | 472.01B | 376.09B | 347.67B | 240.05B | 231.53B | 200.07B |
| Stockholders Equity | 1.04T | 795.73B | 506.54B | 431.18B | 368.69B | 294.62B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 388.27B | 302.17B | 268.56B | 12.13B | 46.64B | 60.67B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 425.49B | 335.18B | 285.97B | 32.67B | 70.22B | 78.89B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -133.66B | -34.55B | -42.19B | -27.94B | -26.71B | -46.91B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -164.63B | -230.55B | -82.82B | 10.76B | -77.43B | -68.74B |
Advantest Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (55)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
82 Outperform | ¥24.60T | 55.70 | 56.56% | 0.20% | 36.20% | 104.76% | |
73 Outperform | ¥738.71B | 27.88 | 13.70% | 1.50% | 13.77% | 3.10% | |
70 Outperform | ¥25.56T | 41.38 | 28.89% | 1.79% | 8.25% | 16.50% | |
69 Neutral | ¥3.12T | 40.15 | 40.97% | 0.76% | -8.35% | -8.09% | |
68 Neutral | ¥2.56T | 30.22 | 20.78% | 0.92% | -5.60% | -10.68% | |
67 Neutral | ¥6.44T | 44.09 | 26.19% | 0.83% | 15.20% | 17.70% | |
55 Neutral | $6.65B | 3.83 | -15.92% | 6.20% | 10.91% | 7.18% |
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