During the morning session, Shin-Etsu Chemical raised its interim dividend and increased its annual dividend forecast, including a commemorative dividend marking the company’s 100th anniversary. Growth XPartners raised its operating profit forecast for the previous fiscal year, while S&J began offering CSIRT-Pro. G-NEXT announced the issuance of new shares and stock acquisition rights, Paremo Holdings lowered its full-year forecast, and Merchant raised its year-end dividend forecast.
In morning-session reports, Shin-Etsu Chemical announced that it would raise its interim dividend forecast from the previous ¥58 to ¥78 and add a ¥20 commemorative dividend marking the company’s 100th anniversary, bringing its annual dividend forecast to ¥136. The year-end dividend forecast will remain unchanged at ¥58.
Growth XPartners raised its consolidated full-year operating profit forecast for the fiscal year ending August 2026 from the previous ¥410 million to ¥510 million. The company said the improvement would reflect the effects of lower outsourcing costs and a higher gross profit margin, and scheduled its earnings announcement for 15 October.
S&J rose for a third straight day after announcing the launch of CSIRT-Pro, a cybersecurity service built on a domestically developed security data lake. The service integrates generative AI-powered investigation support and enables the aggregation and analysis of logs from SaaS, EDR and other systems.
G-NEXT announced the issuance of new shares and the allotment of stock acquisition rights, with the proceeds to be used for new business development, working capital and other purposes. The maximum dilution of the total number of shares outstanding will be 56.59%. Paremo Holdings cut its full-year operating profit forecast to ¥110 million, citing the impact of unfavorable weather and other factors. Merchant raised its year-end dividend forecast from ¥2 to ¥3 and indicated that its annual dividend was also expected to be ¥3.
These developments are based on Traders Web’s morning comments.