Japan Stock of the Day | Kabutaro & Friends

On October 27, 2026, the most talked-about Japanese stock online was Dai Nippon Toryo <4611>.
Background: Dai Nippon Toryo, a major paint maker listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, closed at 1,935 yen, up 321 yen (19.89%) from the previous day, and was the highest-ranked Prime Market stock in Matsui Securities' gainers ranking. The catalyst was the upward revision of its earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027, announced at 2 p.m. the same day. The company raised its consolidated ordinary profit forecast for April-September 2.2 times, from 2.25 billion yen to 4.85 billion yen, and expects a record first-half profit for the first time in nine periods. It also raised its full-year ordinary profit forecast by 46.6%, from 5.8 billion yen to 8.5 billion yen, well above the previous year's 4.47 billion yen. Buy orders poured in right after the announcement, and the stock surged in the afternoon session to a high of 1,966 yen, a year-to-date high. Trading volume was about 1.07 million shares, turnover swelled to about 2 billion yen, and market capitalization reached 57.5 billion yen.