Dawn rebounded for the first time in 4 sessions in afternoon trading after developing an AI service to identify special fraud. Sega Sammy Holdings raised Mizuho Securities' target price, CIJ made Trend Art a subsidiary, Fujitsu lowered Mizuho Securities' target price, KDDI announced its AccelWaves initiative, and Claudia Holdings raised its operating profit forecast for the current fiscal year while increasing its dividend.
Dawn rebounded for the first time in 4 sessions and announced that it had developed a service that uses AI to automatically analyze special fraud attempts received through social media, email and other channels and instantly assess their risk. Users can determine the likelihood of fraud within seconds simply by taking a photo of the received screen with a smartphone. The service will also support screenshot uploads.
Sega Sammy Holdings maintained Mizuho Securities' investment rating at Buy and raised its target price from ¥3,200 to ¥3,800. The market is assessing the game's business recovery from its earnings trough and transition back to growth, with the effects of stronger digital promotions and sales efforts attracting attention.
CIJ announced that it had acquired 100% of Trend Art's issued shares and would make the company a consolidated subsidiary. Trend Art is based in the Chubu region and has strengths in systems development for public-sector and financial institutions.
Fujitsu maintained Mizuho Securities' investment rating at Neutral and lowered its target price from ¥4,600 to ¥4,200. It said the current phase calls for assessing margin improvement from stronger AI utilization and offerings, as well as robust domestic demand.