
Advantest Corporation (6857.JP) fell 0.6% for the day after a brokerage raised its target price
Advantest Corporation (6857.JP) today (21st) closed at 17,400 yen, down 0.63% for the day.
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities maintains an "Overweight" rating on Advantest Corporation, raising the target price from 12,400 yen to 19,500 yen. Analysts expect that the extended testing time for AI ASICs will drive sales growth for the company, and they have revised upward the sales forecast for SoC testing machines for the period ending March 2026. The firm estimates that the company's performance risk related to semiconductor regulations in China is relatively low, and it expects an average annual growth rate of 59% in operating profit margin for the fiscal year ending March 2028
