Japan Stock of the Day | Kabutaro & Friends

On October 28, 2026, the most talked-about Japanese stock online was SAKURA internet <3778>.
Background: During trading hours on the 28th, the company announced its results for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2027. Net sales rose 46.0% year on year to 22.8 billion yen, and operating profit swung to a surplus of 2.9 billion yen from a loss of 0.9 billion yen a year earlier. Sales of its GPU infrastructure service, which rents out GPUs via the cloud, grew about 3.6 times to about 10.1 billion yen and drove the results. The company also raised its full-year operating profit forecast from 2.5 billion yen to 4.1 billion yen and its ordinary profit forecast from 2.3 billion yen to 3.9 billion yen, its second upward revision following July. It also raised its annual dividend forecast from 5.5 yen to 8 yen. The stock surged in the afternoon session and closed at its high of 3,470 yen, up 503 yen (16.95%) from the previous day, making it the top gainer on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. Turnover swelled to about 15.2 billion yen.