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3436.T SUMCO

300mm prime silicon wafers

Easing At least one of its supply chains is easing. (automatic: supply-chain trend + price vs 50-day average)
Last close (delayed) · 2026-10-26
¥2,265.0
−3.51% today
1W
−14.8%
1M
−27.3%
3M
−40.2%
YTD
+58.2%
1Y
+38.0%
Off 52w high
−57.3%
Next earnings (est.): 2026-11-11
Market cap¥821B≈ $5.24B
P/E (trailing)—Forward 47.7
EV / sales2.7×EV/EBITDA 10.5×
Revenue (TTM)¥419BGrowth 10.4% y/y
Margins9.3%gross · op -2.7%
Free cash flow¥13.16BCash ¥112B · debt ¥367B
Analyst target¥3,886.2+71.6% upside · 16 analysts · none
Riskβ 1.12Short — of float · yield 0.84%

Fundamentals from public market data, refreshed daily (2026-10-24 02:59 UTC). Figures in reporting currency.

3436.T · price with what management and the data said

Supply tighteningBeat / raiseMiss / cutData releaseEasing Hover a numbered marker for details · dashed lines = 50- and 200-day averages

Timeline: management commentary, data & earnings

8 events
  1. 8
    2026-08-05EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -12.65 vs -6.13 expected (-106.5% surprise).

  2. 7
    2026-05-12EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -24.22 vs -12.77 expected (-89.7% surprise).

  3. 6
    2026-02-10EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -30.75 vs -20.28 expected (-51.6% surprise).

  4. 5
    2025-11-11EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -11.66 vs -5.57 expected (-109.4% surprise).

  5. 4
    2025-08-06EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.1 vs -2.95 expected (+103.4% surprise).

  6. 3
    2025-05-08EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 8.71 vs 5.22 expected (+67.0% surprise).

  7. 2
    2025-02-07EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS 10.34 vs 11.03 expected (-6.2% surprise).

  8. 1
    2024-11-08EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS 10.43 vs 16.3 expected (-36.0% surprise).

Earnings history

EPS vs expectations
DateExpected EPSReported EPSSurprise
2026-08-05-6.13-12.65−106.5%
2026-05-12-12.77-24.22−89.7%
2026-02-10-20.28-30.75−51.6%
2025-11-11-5.57-11.66−109.4%
2025-08-06-2.950.1+103.4%
2025-05-085.228.71+67.0%
2025-02-0711.0310.34−6.2%
2024-11-0816.310.43−36.0%
2024-08-0626.8221.61−19.4%
2024-05-0813.0214.46+11.1%
2024-02-1313.8214.17+2.5%
2023-11-0822.5326.6+18.1%
2023-08-0834.2534.16−0.3%
2023-05-1086.53107.66+24.4%
2023-02-0851.2552.58+2.6%
2022-11-0853.6858.45+8.9%
2022-08-0346.5846.04−1.2%
2022-05-1141.0643.42+5.8%
2022-02-0930.042.96+43.2%
2021-11-0330.5736.54+19.5%
2021-08-0529.4831.01+5.2%
2021-05-1124.8325.35+2.1%
2021-02-0920.6418.19−11.9%
2020-11-0523.0611.67−49.4%

About SUMCO

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Sumco Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry in Japan, the United States, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Europe, and internationally. It offers polished, annealed, epitaxial, junction isolated, silicon-on-insulator, and reclaimed polished wafers, as well as provides monocrystalline ingots. The company was formerly known as Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corp. and changed its name to Sumco Corporation in August 2005. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Minato, Japan.

9,714 employees · Minato, Japan

Prime wafers and ultra-pure chemicals are concentrated, but capacity is ahead of non-AI demand. A latent rather than active constraint.

Polysilicon→Ingot→Prime wafer→Fab

What would prove us wrong. Strengthens if 300mm wafer inventories normalise and long-term contract pricing turns up.

Peers at the same bottleneck

Who else supplies this

StockRoleLast1D1MYTDTrend
4063.T
Shin-Etsu Chemical
Silicon wafers and photoresists ¥5,783.0−0.74%−1.7%+20.1%
6488.TWO
GlobalWafers
Silicon wafers incl. US capacity NT$826.00.00%−11.3%+104.2%
ENTG
Entegris
Ultra-pure chemicals, filtration and materials $141.3+5.02%−7.0%+68.1%

Not investment advice. Prices delayed and in local currency. Quotes in "double quotes" are verbatim as reported by the linked source; other commentary is our paraphrase. Earnings dates are estimates.