Yokohama Rubber stock gains as first-half profit rises 54.3 percent

Published on 10/05/2026 at 16:39 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Yokohama Rubber stock traded at JPY 7,190.0 on October 5, 2026, with first-half sales of JPY 639.4 billion. Fiscal 2026 guidance stands at JPY 1,320.0 billion.

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Yokohama Rubber stock (ISIN JP3955800002) was trading at JPY 7,190.0 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on October 5, 2026, up 1.83 percent from the previous close of JPY 7,061.0. The company entered the session with fiscal 2026 first-half sales of JPY 639.4 billion and business profit of JPY 95.8 billion, according to Lightsource in its October 2, 2026 company profile.

Profit growth resets guidance

The first-half sales figure was 10.4 percent higher than a year earlier, while business profit increased 54.3 percent. The resulting business profit margin was 15.0 percent for the January through June 2026 period, giving the earnings story more weight than sales growth alone.

Yokohama Rubber raised its fiscal 2026 guidance to JPY 1,320.0 billion in sales and JPY 192.5 billion in business profit, while the annual dividend was lifted to JPY 223 per share, Lightsource reported. The comparison matters because the revised targets extend a period of higher profitability rather than relying only on volume expansion.

Analysts see further upside

Investing.com lists a Buy consensus from 11 analysts, with an average 12-month price target of JPY 8,689.1, a high target of JPY 10,000.0 and a low target of JPY 7,500.0. The average price target lies 20.85 percent above the JPY 7,190.0 reference price, according to Investing.com.

Goldman Sachs maintained a Buy rating and a JPY 10,000.0 price target on September 29, 2026, compared with its previous JPY 9,500.0 target, as reported by Markets Insider. The analyst case therefore depends on continued execution against the upgraded outlook and on the company's ability to expand higher-value tire sales.

Stock remains below yearly high

Yokohama Rubber traded within JPY 7,096.0 and JPY 7,234.0 on October 5, 2026, while its 52-week range was JPY 5,100.0 to JPY 8,291.0. Its market capitalization was JPY 1.1 trillion and volume was 640,500 shares, according to the same Tokyo quote page.

Investing.com lists November 13, 2026, as the next earnings date for Yokohama Rubber, giving the upgraded fiscal outlook a defined reporting checkpoint.