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Advantest raised its operating profit forecast for the year to March 2027 to ¥967.0bn on AI-related tester demand, lifted its interim dividend to ¥49, and authorised buying back up to ¥280bn of shares through March 24, 2027.
Advantest has spent virtually all of the ¥150bn set aside for its share buyback but filled only a third of the 18 million-share ceiling the board authorized, leaving the value cap effectively reached with two months still on the clock before the program's October 2026 expiry.
Advantest raised its year-to-March-2027 net profit forecast by 41.8% to ¥660bn, saying test demand for inference AI chips already exceeds what it assumed back in April.
Advantest now expects ¥846bn in operating profit for the year to March 2027, up ¥218.5bn from the guidance it gave in April, after a quarter in which net profit nearly doubled on broad AI chip-testing demand and a one-off investment gain.
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