Chips · Stock report · Advantest (TSE: 6857.T)
Advantest — rank 12 of 85 in our chip section, flow reading hot but slowing at a new 52-week high
The Closelooknet read
Advantest (TSE: 6857.T) is strong but not the front runner in our chip section. Its one-month gain of 28.6% ranks 12th of the 85 stocks we track. Our money-flow reading (a gauge of net buying pressure) stands at 67.4, which our label calls hot, yet it is still positive but slowing: up 1.6 over five days, down 6 over 21 days. Our momentum score is 97. The stock closed at ¥41,850, a new 52-week high. What we watch: whether the flow reading stops slowing while the price holds above the previous high close of ¥40,300 (5 October), or whether the price slips back under it.
Where Advantest stands among our chip stocks
Advantest's 28.6% one-month gain trails several peers from our section. Lasertec (6920.T) in Tokyo rose 43.9%, Cohu (COHU) 44.1%, Technoprobe (TPRO.MI) in Milan 37.3% and Ferrotec Holdings (6890.T) 36.6%. Ferrotec also set its 52-week high on 5 October and sits 0.75% above its prior high mark. Others are far from their peaks: KLA Corp (KLAC) is 34.55% below its June high, Teradyne (TER) 11.06% and Lasertec 19.03%.
Advantest's year-to-date gain is 113.1%, against 122.3% for Teradyne and 214.1% for Cohu.
Our money-flow and quality readings
Our money-flow reading is 67.4, labelled hot, and still positive but slowing. It rose 1.6 over five days but is 6 lower than 21 days ago. The momentum score is 97. Only one of our scoring modules is available for Advantest, so we show no composite score or financial-health check for it.
Price trend
Advantest closed at ¥41,850 (about $264.61), up 3.85% on the day, a new 52-week high. It is up 45.2% over three months, 113.1% this year and 178.6% over one year. The close is 25.3% above the 50-day average of ¥33,398.60 and 51.6% above the 200-day average (the average close of the last 200 sessions) of ¥27,605.98. Its typical daily swing is about 4.8%.
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