# Advantest (6857.JP)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/6857.JP

Analysis as of: 2026-10-15T07:11:07.960Z. Financial observations: FY2013–FY2026.

Listing currency: JPY. Reporting currency: JPY.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: JPY 34,340.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low JPY 4,739.55 per share, central JPY 6,423.77 per share, high JPY 7,461.23 per share. Buy at or below the central value JPY 6,423.77 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-15T07:11:07.960Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 4.3% at the stated quote. About 4.3% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; JP 10-year bond 2.9% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- 3 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational)

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 3

- Years with a net loss: 0

- Operating margin variation: 0.35×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2018: 0.12×

- FY2019: 0.23×

- FY2020: 0.21×

- FY2021: 0.23×

- FY2022: 0.28×

- FY2023: 0.30×

- FY2024: 0.17×

- FY2025: 0.29×

- FY2026: 0.44×

### moat: pass

- ROIC, median of available years: 71.9%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 50.4%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 3.2%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 48.9%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: -1.3 pp

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2018: >100%

- FY2019: >100%

- FY2020: 94.4%

- FY2021: 71.9%

- FY2022: 59.2%

- FY2023: 50.4%

- FY2024: 19.5%

- FY2025: 59.2%

- FY2026: 88.4%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.99×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: JPY 809B

- Net income, five-year total: JPY 817B

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 1.7 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 33.4%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2022: 0.97×

- FY2023: 0.98×

- FY2024: 1.01×

- FY2025: 1.01×

- FY2026: 0.99×

### management: fail

- Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2017 to 2026 (9 years)

- buybacks unrelated to price (informational)

- Per-share earnings: 81.07 to 218.67 (three-year endpoint medians)

- five-year and ten-year diluted share growth both above threshold

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 13.4%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 29.9%

- Market cap gain: JPY 14.72T

- Cumulative retained earnings: JPY 545B

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 13.4%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 29.9%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2017

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2026

- Per-share value growth: 13.2%

- Per-share value change: JPY 137.60

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: JPY 81.07

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: JPY 218.67

- Buyback history: 0 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: JPY 1.03T

- ROIC, last three-year median: 59.2%

- Average buyback yield: 16.3%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: JPY 81.07

- FY2018: JPY 101.94

- FY2019: JPY 302.35

- FY2020: JPY 270.12

- FY2021: JPY 353.87

- FY2022: JPY 449.56

- FY2023: JPY 174.35

- FY2024: JPY 84.45

- FY2025: JPY 218.67

- FY2026: JPY 515.15

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: 3.4%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.40×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 1.3%

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 0.89×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.08×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: -0.7%

- FY2018: -4.0%

- FY2019: 4.0%

- FY2020: -3.6%

- FY2021: 0.5%

- FY2022: 1.7%

- FY2023: 10.0%

- FY2024: 4.4%

- FY2025: -14.6%

- FY2026: 3.4%

## Holders

## Price story

Price needs cash profits to grow 28.5% a year for ten years · sales +44.7%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:14.526Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 28.5% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2025–2026

sales +44.7%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YKTA.pdf; observed 2026-06-26.

- FY2017: JPY 156B 

- FY2018: JPY 207B 

- FY2019: JPY 282B 

- FY2020: JPY 276B 

- FY2021: JPY 313B 

- FY2022: JPY 417B 

- FY2023: JPY 560B 

- FY2024: JPY 487B 

- FY2025: JPY 780B 

- FY2026: JPY 1.13T 

### Gross margin · FY2026

gross margin 64.3%; source https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YKTA.pdf; observed 2026-06-26.

- FY2018: 51.4% 

- FY2019: 54.5% 

- FY2020: 56.7% 

- FY2021: 53.8% 

- FY2022: 56.6% 

- FY2023: 57.0% 

- FY2024: 50.6% 

- FY2025: 57.1% 

- FY2026: 64.3% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Annual sales are JPY 1.1 trillion.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YKTA.pdf (filed 2026-06-26); FY2026: revenue 1128610000000; grossProfit 726107000000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 50.6% to 64.3% during 2024–26; it earns 71.9% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 50.6%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 57.1%.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YKTA.pdf (filed 2026-06-26); FY2026: grossProfit / revenue = 64.3%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); 10-year return on capital observations [[2018,2.807294170730069],[2019,1.0318617420262708],[2020,0.9441222135175472],[2021,0.7185629959259147],[2022,0.591912306266129],[2023,0.5037921251536113],[2024,0.19453446897191556],[2025,0.5920491955193947],[2026,0.8837477061216658]]; median 0.7185629959259147. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Spends 2.8% of cash earnings on expansion; paid dividends in 9 of 9 years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2018: growth capex 0; upkeep 4728000000; cash acquisitions 0; owner earnings 18399000000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2019: growth capex 1436000000; upkeep 4967000000; cash acquisitions 11098000000; owner earnings 56993000000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.2199217447756742.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 8882000000; cash acquisitions 0; owner earnings 53469000000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2021: growth capex 1521000000; upkeep 11756000000; owner earnings 67579000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.022506991816984567.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2022: growth capex 3251000000; upkeep 14968000000; owner earnings 84746000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.03836169258726076.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2023: growth capex 2192000000; upkeep 21396000000; owner earnings 127260000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.017224579600817226.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 20543000000; owner earnings 62644000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 19431000000; owner earnings 163498000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YKTA.pdf (filed 2026-06-26); FY2026: growth capex 10418000000; upkeep 25612000000; owner earnings 370371000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.02812855218146129.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); Dividend observations: [[2018,3718000000],[2019,13786000000],[2020,16427000000],[2021,15594000000],[2022,25456000000],[2023,25418000000],[2024,24881000000],[2025,27320000000],[2026,35754000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 28.5% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-06-26); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.40517888559715065. Price 34340; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03.  Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (JPY per share)

- 2016-11: JPY 387.75 per share

- 2016-12: JPY 492.00 per share

- 2017-01: JPY 527.75 per share

- 2017-02: JPY 493.50 per share

- 2017-03: JPY 520.00 per share

- 2017-04: JPY 520.25 per share

- 2017-05: JPY 494.75 per share

- 2017-06: JPY 480.50 per share

- 2017-07: JPY 506.75 per share

- 2017-08: JPY 458.25 per share

- 2017-09: JPY 526.25 per share

- 2017-10: JPY 642.25 per share

- 2017-11: JPY 558.75 per share

- 2017-12: JPY 522.75 per share

- 2018-01: JPY 580.50 per share

- 2018-02: JPY 566.75 per share

- 2018-03: JPY 557.25 per share

- 2018-04: JPY 655.00 per share

- 2018-05: JPY 639.25 per share

- 2018-06: JPY 577.00 per share

- 2018-07: JPY 661.00 per share

- 2018-08: JPY 666.00 per share

- 2018-09: JPY 598.25 per share

- 2018-10: JPY 520.25 per share

- 2018-11: JPY 609.00 per share

- 2018-12: JPY 561.00 per share

- 2019-01: JPY 618.25 per share

- 2019-02: JPY 657.25 per share

- 2019-03: JPY 643.25 per share

- 2019-04: JPY 785.00 per share

- 2019-05: JPY 637.75 per share

- 2019-06: JPY 741.25 per share

- 2019-07: JPY 1,067.50 per share

- 2019-08: JPY 1,091.25 per share

- 2019-09: JPY 1,193.75 per share

- 2019-10: JPY 1,236.25 per share

- 2019-11: JPY 1,337.50 per share

- 2019-12: JPY 1,540.00 per share

- 2020-01: JPY 1,467.50 per share

- 2020-02: JPY 1,228.75 per share

- 2020-03: JPY 1,085.00 per share

- 2020-04: JPY 1,317.50 per share

- 2020-05: JPY 1,330.00 per share

- 2020-06: JPY 1,530.00 per share

- 2020-07: JPY 1,425.00 per share

- 2020-08: JPY 1,267.50 per share

- 2020-09: JPY 1,272.50 per share

- 2020-10: JPY 1,507.50 per share

- 2020-11: JPY 1,815.00 per share

- 2020-12: JPY 1,932.50 per share

- 2021-01: JPY 2,072.50 per share

- 2021-02: JPY 2,187.50 per share

- 2021-03: JPY 2,420.00 per share

- 2021-04: JPY 2,595.00 per share

- 2021-05: JPY 2,472.50 per share

- 2021-06: JPY 2,502.50 per share

- 2021-07: JPY 2,402.50 per share

- 2021-08: JPY 2,380.00 per share

- 2021-09: JPY 2,507.50 per share

- 2021-10: JPY 2,332.50 per share

- 2021-11: JPY 2,497.50 per share

- 2021-12: JPY 2,725.00 per share

- 2022-01: JPY 2,392.50 per share

- 2022-02: JPY 2,267.50 per share

- 2022-03: JPY 2,417.50 per share

- 2022-04: JPY 2,247.50 per share

- 2022-05: JPY 2,225.00 per share

- 2022-06: JPY 1,815.00 per share

- 2022-07: JPY 1,962.50 per share

- 2022-08: JPY 2,000.00 per share

- 2022-09: JPY 1,675.00 per share

- 2022-10: JPY 1,965.00 per share

- 2022-11: JPY 2,282.50 per share

- 2022-12: JPY 2,120.00 per share

- 2023-01: JPY 2,300.00 per share

- 2023-02: JPY 2,702.50 per share

- 2023-03: JPY 3,040.00 per share

- 2023-04: JPY 2,635.00 per share

- 2023-05: JPY 4,477.50 per share

- 2023-06: JPY 4,787.50 per share

- 2023-07: JPY 4,881.25 per share

- 2023-08: JPY 4,577.50 per share

- 2023-09: JPY 4,181.00 per share

- 2023-10: JPY 3,815.00 per share

- 2023-11: JPY 4,681.00 per share

- 2023-12: JPY 4,797.00 per share

- 2024-01: JPY 5,823.00 per share

- 2024-02: JPY 6,910.00 per share

- 2024-03: JPY 6,793.00 per share

- 2024-04: JPY 4,996.00 per share

- 2024-05: JPY 5,313.00 per share

- 2024-06: JPY 6,425.00 per share

- 2024-07: JPY 6,029.00 per share

- 2024-08: JPY 6,641.00 per share

- 2024-09: JPY 6,741.00 per share

- 2024-10: JPY 9,148.00 per share

- 2024-11: JPY 8,240.00 per share

- 2024-12: JPY 9,198.00 per share

- 2025-01: JPY 8,659.00 per share

- 2025-02: JPY 8,116.00 per share

- 2025-03: JPY 6,472.00 per share

- 2025-04: JPY 5,863.00 per share

- 2025-05: JPY 7,367.00 per share

- 2025-06: JPY 10,655.00 per share

- 2025-07: JPY 10,350.00 per share

- 2025-08: JPY 11,675.00 per share

- 2025-09: JPY 14,650.00 per share

- 2025-10: JPY 23,135.00 per share

- 2025-11: JPY 20,575.00 per share

- 2025-12: JPY 19,635.00 per share

- 2026-01: JPY 25,505.00 per share

- 2026-02: JPY 26,850.00 per share

- 2026-03: JPY 20,330.00 per share

- 2026-04: JPY 28,260.00 per share

- 2026-05: JPY 26,170.00 per share

- 2026-06: JPY 32,340.00 per share

- 2026-07: JPY 32,500.00 per share

- 2026-08: JPY 33,690.00 per share

- 2026-09: JPY 34,260.00 per share

- 2026-10: JPY 40,880.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (JPY per share)

- FY2022: low JPY 5,292.21 per share, central JPY 5,945.04 per share, high JPY 6,814.09 per share

- FY2023: low JPY 1,763.55 per share, central JPY 1,993.01 per share, high JPY 2,298.45 per share

- FY2024: low JPY 1,607.54 per share, central JPY 1,823.85 per share, high JPY 2,097.66 per share

- FY2025: low JPY 2,759.57 per share, central JPY 3,093.86 per share, high JPY 3,538.88 per share

- FY2026: low JPY 4,739.55 per share, central JPY 6,423.77 per share, high JPY 7,461.23 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T07:11:07.960Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period.

## Sources

[Original EDINET filing](https://disclosure2dl.edinet-fsa.go.jp/searchdocument/pdf/S100YKTA.pdf); period 2026-03-31, filed 2026-06-26.

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Advantest

6857 · JP

Nikkei 225 · TOPIX Core30

Not a wonderful business

1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
JPY 34,340.00
Buy up to
JPY 6,423.77
Expected / yr
4.3% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Margins varied 34.7% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

9y median
22.9%
Worst year
11.8%
Latest · 2026
44.2%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 71.9% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 50.4% (minimum 10%).

9y median
71.9%
Worst year
19.5%
Latest · 2026
88.4%

Each $1 of profit left $0.99 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
0.99×
Annual median
0.99×
Latest · 2026
0.99×

Share growth was 13.4% over ten years and 29.9% over five (either must be at most 1% a year).

10y median
JPY 244.39
Worst year
JPY 81.07
Latest · 2026
JPY 515.15

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 3.4% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
1.1%
Worst year
10.0%
Latest · 2026
3.4%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 25.1%, three-year average owner earnings per share 271.69 JPY.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeJPY 4,739.55 – JPY 7,461.23
Buy at or belowCentral value JPY 6,423.77
Discount to value1 − 34340.00 / 6423.77 = -434.6%
Return / yearAbout 4.3% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash JPY 324.80/share; 7.1% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash JPY 435.60/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueJPY 1.13T
1.13T020172026
FY2017 · Revenue: JPY 156B; FY2018 · Revenue: JPY 207B; FY2019 · Revenue: JPY 282B; FY2020 · Revenue: JPY 276B; FY2021 · Revenue: JPY 313B; FY2022 · Revenue: JPY 417B; FY2023 · Revenue: JPY 560B; FY2024 · Revenue: JPY 487B; FY2025 · Revenue: JPY 780B; FY2026 · Revenue: JPY 1.13T
Revenue
Owner earningsJPY 370B
370B020172026
FY2018 · Owner earnings: JPY 18B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: JPY 57B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: JPY 53B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: JPY 68B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: JPY 85B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: JPY 127B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: JPY 63B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: JPY 163B; FY2026 · Owner earnings: JPY 370B
Owner earnings
Operating margin44.2%
44.2%0.0%20172026
FY2018 · Operating margin: 11.8%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 22.9%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 21.3%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 22.6%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 27.5%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 29.9%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 16.8%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 29.3%; FY2026 · Operating margin: 44.2%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtJPY 340B
340B020172026
FY2018 · Net cash / debt: JPY 104B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: JPY 120B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: JPY 128B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: JPY 149B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: JPY 86B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: JPY 52B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: JPY 32B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: JPY 188B; FY2026 · Net cash / debt: JPY 340B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares729M
748M020172026
FY2017 · Diluted shares: 175M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 178M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 189M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 198M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 197M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 194M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 748M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 738M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 737M; FY2026 · Diluted shares: 729M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2026Original filing ↗ ·