Japan Stock of the Day | Kabutaro & Friends

On October 30, 2026, the most talked-about Japanese stock online was Harima Chemicals Group <4410>.
Background: At 1 p.m. on the 30th, the company announced its results for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2027. Consolidated ordinary profit grew 2.7-fold year on year to 3.46 billion yen, turning into an increase from its earlier forecast of a 19.0% decline. Consolidated ordinary profit for the July-September quarter rose 3.2-fold year on year to 2.0 billion yen, and the operating margin improved from 3.4% to 7.3%. The company also made a 78.6% upward revision to its full-year ordinary profit forecast, from 2.8 billion yen to 5.0 billion yen, and now expects record profit for the first time in eight years. It also raised its annual dividend forecast from 42 yen to 50 yen. Buy orders flooded in after the announcement, and the stock closed limit-up at 1,355 yen, up 300 yen (28.44%), becoming the top gainer on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. Trading volume was about 1.64 million shares, and market capitalization is 35.3 billion yen.