Jefferies lifts target for Advantest stock to JPY 41,000

Published on 10/16/2026 at 15:36 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Advantest's next results are due October 28, 2026. Advantest stock costs EUR 192.63 on October 16, 2026 at 3:31 p.m. CEST in trading.

Targets and trading dates

Jefferies raised its Advantest target to JPY 41,000 on October 6, 2026.
Advantest's next results are scheduled for October 28, 2026.
Advantest stock costs EUR 192.63 at 3:31 p.m. CEST at Lang & Schwarz on October 16, 2026.
Advantest trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.78.

Advantest, JP3122400009, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

Jefferies raised its price target for Advantest to JPY 41,000 from JPY 38,500 on October 6, 2026, implying 18.74 percent above the Tokyo price of JPY 34,530. The target move gives the semiconductor-equipment stock a clear valuation marker ahead of its next results. Advantest stock was trading at EUR 192.63 at Lang & Schwarz on October 16, 2026 at 3:31 p.m. CEST.

Results are due October 28

Advantest is scheduled to publish its second-quarter fiscal 2026 results on October 28, 2026, according to The Inference. The date is the next major company-specific marker for investors tracking whether the strong semiconductor-testing cycle is holding through the second fiscal quarter.

Tokyo shares remain below the high

Advantest's Tokyo listing finished at JPY 34,530 on October 16, 2026, up 0.55 percent from JPY 34,340. The session volume was 15,706,300 shares against an average of 10,685,935, putting turnover at 1.47 times the average. The 52-week range was JPY 16,325.00 to JPY 41,990.00, leaving the stock 17.77 percent below its high and 111.55 percent above its low.

Valuation stays in view

Advantest's market capitalization was JPY 24.9986 trillion on October 16, 2026, while its price-to-earnings ratio was 54.78. Its dividend yield was 0.00 percent. The Jefferies target of JPY 41,000 stands 18.74 percent above the Tokyo price of JPY 34,530, while the prior target of JPY 38,500 was 11.49 percent above that price, making the increase visible rather than merely verbal.

Comparison with peers

Advantest (Tokyo Stock Exchange, JPY): plus 0.55 percent, P/E 54.78, market capitalization JPY 25.0 trillion.
Tokyo Electron (Tokyo Stock Exchange, JPY): plus 2.56 percent, P/E 39.22, market capitalization JPY 24.2 trillion.
Disco (Tokyo Stock Exchange, JPY): plus 1.26 percent, P/E 40.13, market capitalization JPY 5.8 trillion.

What the target says

Yahoo Finance reported that Jefferies based the JPY 41,000 target on 35 times estimated fiscal 2028 earnings, citing Advantest's profitability. That framework leaves the October 28 results as the next test of the assumptions behind the target.

Trading snapshot

Advantest stock was trading at EUR 192.63 at Lang & Schwarz on October 16, 2026 at 3:31 p.m. CEST. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Advantest stock.