RS Technologies, which handles semiconductor wafers, secured higher revenue and profit in the first half of the fiscal year ending December 2026. Revenue was 40.5 billion yen, up 6.8 percent from the same period a year earlier, operating profit was 7.7 billion yen, up 8.9 percent, ordinary profit was 9 billion yen, up 26.0 percent, and interim net profit attributable to owners of the parent was 4.1 billion yen, up 9.2 percent. By business, prime silicon wafer manufacturing and sales revenue was 12.7 billion yen, up more than 40 percent from a year earlier, while semiconductor-related equipment and components fell more than 10 percent to 13.5 billion yen, and the core wafer reclaim business was solid at 14.2 billion yen. The share price has fallen by around 20 percent over the past month, and on August 14, the business day after the earnings announcement, it plunged from 7,100 yen the previous day to 6,230 yen. The price-to-earnings ratio and price-to-book ratio currently stand at 16.6 times and 1.9 times.
RS Technologies Co. Ltd.Despite higher revenue and profit, shares plunged 20% over the past month and dropped sharply after earnings, indicating negative market reaction to the results.
