Jefferies raises target for Advantest stock to JPY 41,000

Published on 10/13/2026 at 14:06 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

First-quarter sales hit JPY 367.5 billion, up 39.00 percent year over year. Advantest stock costs EUR 226.50 on October 13, 2026 at 2:02 p.m. CEST.

Jefferies lifted its Advantest target to JPY 41,000 from JPY 38,500 on October 6, 2026.
First-quarter sales reached JPY 367.5 billion, up 39.00 percent year over year.
Advantest stock costs EUR 226.50 at Lang & Schwarz on October 13, 2026 at 2:02 p.m. CEST.
The next results date is October 28, 2026, while the price-to-earnings ratio is 64.09.

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According to Yahoo Finance on October 6, 2026, Jefferies raised its Advantest target from JPY 38,500 to JPY 41,000. At JPY 40,400 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on October 13, 2026, the target lies 1.49 percent above the price. Advantest stock was trading at EUR 226.50 at Lang & Schwarz on October 13, 2026 at 2:02 p.m. CEST.

First-quarter sales reached JPY 367.5 billion

Yahoo Finance reported that Advantest generated JPY 367.5 billion in first-quarter sales, an increase of 39.00 percent from the year-earlier period. Operating profit reached JPY 190.0 billion, up 53.00 percent year over year, while system-on-chip tester sales totaled JPY 259.6 billion and memory tester sales reached JPY 48.0 billion.

The figures place the analyst target in a business context: Jefferies applied a premium for Advantest's high profitability and based its valuation on 35 times fiscal 2028 estimated earnings. The target is only 1.49 percent above the Tokyo price, making the valuation gap relatively narrow on the latest quoted levels.

Stock sits below its 52-week high

Advantest traded at JPY 40,400 on October 13, 2026, within a 52-week range of JPY 16,325 to JPY 41,990. The price was 3.79 percent below the high. Trading volume reached 15,968,800 shares, compared with an average volume of 10,124,437 shares.

Valuation and October 28 results

The company had a market capitalization of JPY 29.2 trillion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.09 on October 13, 2026. Simply Wall St lists October 28, 2026 as the next results date.

Comparison with peers

Advantest (Tokyo Stock Exchange, JPY): price-to-earnings ratio 64.09, market capitalization JPY 29.2 trillion
Tokyo Electron (Tokyo Stock Exchange, JPY): minus 7.15 percent, price-to-earnings ratio 42.64, market capitalization JPY 26.2 trillion
SCREEN Holdings (Tokyo Stock Exchange, JPY): minus 6.32 percent, price-to-earnings ratio 34.15, market capitalization JPY 2.9 trillion

EUR 226.50 at Lang & Schwarz

Advantest stock was trading at EUR 226.50 at Lang & Schwarz on October 13, 2026 at 2:02 p.m. CEST. The euro quote offers a Germany-focused view of a Japanese semiconductor equipment company whose Tokyo valuation remains tied to elevated earnings expectations. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Advantest stock.