Japan Stock of the Day | Kabutaro & Friends

On October 20, 2026, the most talked-about Japanese stock online was Shirai Electronics Industrial <6658>.
Background: After the close of trading on the 19th, Shirai Electronics Industrial announced higher forecasts for its earnings and year-end dividend for the fiscal year ending March 2027. It made upward revisions to net sales from 29 billion yen to 32 billion yen, operating profit from 850 million yen to 1.8 billion yen, ordinary profit from 800 million yen to 1.6 billion yen, and net profit from 600 million yen to 1 billion yen. The reason was that progress in revising selling prices is expected to curb the decline in profit margins to a certain extent. It also raised its year-end dividend forecast from 20 yen to 28 yen and announced that it would withdraw from its SPET business by the end of March 2027. On the 20th, the stock remained in buy-quote status from the open and hit its daily limit at 522 yen, up 80 yen (+18.10%) from the previous day, with shares allocated proportionally, making it the top gainer on the Standard Market even as the Nikkei Stock Average fell sharply by 841 yen. Trading volume was 103,300 shares and market capitalization was about 7.9 billion yen.