Japan Stock of the Day | Kabutaro & Friends

On November 2, 2026, the most talked-about Japanese stock online was Marubun <7537>.
Background: Shares of electronics trading company Marubun were bought on its first-half results and upward revisions to its earnings and dividend forecasts announced on October 30. The stock closed limit-up at 2,180 yen, up 400 yen (22.47%) from the end of the previous week, becoming the top gainer on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. First-half operating profit rose 67.8% year on year to 4.58 billion yen, well above its earlier plan of 2.7 billion yen. Demand for mobility semiconductors in the device business exceeded expectations, and the industrial equipment field in the systems business was also solid. The company raised its full-year operating profit forecast from 7.8 billion yen to 9.8 billion yen (up 26.2% from the previous year) and increased its annual dividend forecast from 77 yen to 100 yen. The stock hit a year-to-date high, with trading volume of about 590,000 shares and turnover of about 1.28 billion yen. Market capitalization is about 61.2 billion yen.