Trend Micro Management
Management criteria checks 2/4
Trend Micro's CEO is Eva Chen, appointed in Jan 1988, has a tenure of 38.5 years. directly owns 1.12% of the company’s shares, worth ¥9.10B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 7.5 years and 2.8 years respectively.
Key information
Eva Chen
Chief executive officer
n/a
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | n/a |
| CEO tenure | 38.5yrs |
| CEO ownership | 1.1% |
| Management average tenure | 7.5yrs |
| Board average tenure | 2.8yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
Narrative Update • Jun 27
4704: AI Security Partnerships Will Shape Future Profitability Outlook
Analysts have reduced their fair value estimate for Trend Micro from ¥6,200 to ¥5,300, citing updated assumptions that combine slightly higher projected revenue growth and a marginally higher discount rate with lower expected profit margins and a modestly higher future P/E. What’s in the News for Trend Micro TrendAI, from Trend Micro, joined the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, gaining access to OpenAI frontier AI tools tailored to cybersecurity, with capabilities integrated into the TrendAI Vision One platform for faster, AI powered threat analysis and vulnerability research (source: OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program announcement).
Narrative Update • Jun 13
4704: AI Security Partnerships And Share Buybacks Will Shape A Measured Outlook
Analysts have lifted their fair value estimate for Trend Micro from approximately ¥6,261 to about ¥6,511, citing updated assumptions for discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E that together support a slightly higher price target. What's in the News TrendAI, Trend Micro's enterprise AI security division, announced a collaboration with Anthropic to use Claude Opus 4.8 and other models for faster vulnerability detection and remediation across complex software environments, while joining Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program and Project Glasswing for defensive AI use cases (source: TrendAI, Anthropic).Narrative Update • May 30
4704: AI Governance And Share Buybacks Will Support Balanced Future Outlook
Analysts have nudged their price target for Trend Micro slightly higher to about ¥6,261 from roughly ¥6,194, reflecting updated views on its fair value, discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E assumptions. What's in the News Trend Micro is working with Anthropic and evaluating Claude Opus 4.8 within TrendAI to help security teams detect vulnerabilities, prioritize risks across complex environments, and accelerate mitigation through Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program.Narrative Update • May 14
4704: AI Governance Initiatives Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have nudged their fair value estimate for Trend Micro slightly lower, from ¥6,231.25 to ¥6,193.75, reflecting small adjustments to assumptions for revenue growth, profit margins and forward P/E multiples. What's in the News TrendAI, Trend Micro's enterprise AI security arm, announced a collaboration with Anthropic to support broader use of Claude Opus 4.7 for security research.Narrative Update • Apr 21
4704: AI Governance And Consumer Rebrand Will Shape Balanced Future Prospects
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Trend Micro from ¥7,068.75 to ¥6,231.25, reflecting updated assumptions for fair value, discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E. What's in the News Trend Micro is rebranding its consumer business as TrendLife, with a focus on protecting everyday digital activity as AI tools become more common in households, and plans to roll out its Kaleida AI companion for families to the public later in 2026 (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Apr 06
4704: AI Governance Expansion Will Support Future Upside For Shares
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Trend Micro from ¥7,256.25 to ¥7,068.75, citing updated assumptions for revenue growth, profit margins, discount rate, and future P/E as they refresh their valuation work. What's in the News TrendAI, described as an enterprise AI security leader within Trend Micro, introduced the TrendAI Agentic Governance Gateway to give organizations visibility and control over autonomous AI agent interactions across data, tools, and environments, with capabilities such as policy enforcement, human oversight, simulation of governance decisions, and lifecycle management delivered through the TrendAI Vision One platform (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Mar 21
4704: Buybacks And AI Security Expansion Will Support Further Share Upside
Analysts have nudged their price target on Trend Micro higher from about ¥7,161 to roughly ¥7,256. This reflects small model tweaks to fair value, discount rate, and assumed future P/E rather than any major shift in the underlying outlook.Narrative Update • Mar 07
4704: Buybacks And 2026 Guidance Will Support Further Share Upside
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Trend Micro by about ¥400. This reflects slightly adjusted assumptions around fair value, discount rate, revenue growth and profit margins, while keeping expected future P/E broadly similar.Narrative Update • Feb 20
4704: Buybacks And Higher 2026 Guidance Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have nudged their Trend Micro price target higher from ¥7,343.75 to roughly ¥7,583.33, citing updated assumptions around revenue growth, profit margins, and a slightly lower future P/E multiple. What's in the News Issued earnings guidance for 2026, with expected net sales of ¥301,500 million, operating income of ¥56,400 million, net income attributable to owners of the parent of ¥36,600 million, and net income per share of ¥280.07.Narrative Update • Feb 06
4704: AI Cybersecurity Outlook And Share Buybacks Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have modestly trimmed their fair value estimate for Trend Micro to ¥7,343.75 from ¥7,464.29, citing slightly adjusted assumptions around the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E. What's in the News Board meeting on November 12, 2025 approved a share repurchase of common stock, setting the framework for subsequent buyback activity (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Jan 21
4704: AI Security And Share Buybacks Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for Trend Micro from ¥7,950 to about ¥7,464, reflecting slightly softer assumptions on revenue growth and profit margins, along with a modestly higher future P/E multiple. What's in the News The board approved a share repurchase plan on November 12, 2025, authorizing the buyback of 1,670,000 shares, or 1.27% of share capital, for ¥10,000 million.Narrative Update • Jan 06
4704: AI Security Expansion Will Drive Upside Despite Slightly Lower Fair Value Assumptions
Analysts have reduced their price target for Trend Micro from ¥8,416.67 to ¥7,950, citing slightly lower assumptions for fair value, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E multiples. What's in the News Board meeting scheduled for November 12, 2025 to consider and approve a repurchase of common shares, following authorization of a buyback plan that covers up to 1,670,000 shares (1.27% of share capital) for ¥10,000m through December 23, 2025 (Board Meeting, Buyback Transaction Announcements).Narrative Update • Dec 14
4704: Expanding AI Security And Share Repurchases Will Drive Future Upside
Narrative Update on Trend Micro Analyst Price Target Analysts have modestly reduced their average price target on Trend Micro, cutting estimated fair value from approximately ¥9,150 to about ¥8,417. They are factoring in slightly higher discount rates, marginally lower long term profit margins, and a more conservative future price to earnings multiple, while revenue growth expectations remain stable.Narrative Update • Nov 30
4704: Expanding AI Security Solutions Will Drive Future Equity Performance
Analysts have slightly lowered their price target for Trend Micro from ¥9,250 to ¥9,150. This change reflects modest adjustments in the discount rate and financial projections.Narrative Update • Nov 16
4704: Expanded AI Offerings And New Partnerships Will Drive Profits Higher
Analysts have modestly raised their price target for Trend Micro to ¥9,250. This change reflects improved expectations for both revenue growth and profit margins.Analysis Article • Nov 16
Trend Micro Incorporated Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For Next Year
As you might know, Trend Micro Incorporated ( TSE:4704 ) recently reported its quarterly numbers. Revenues were JP¥69b...Narrative Update • Nov 01
4704: AI Integration And Data Center Security Will Drive Robust Momentum
Narrative Update on Trend Micro: Analyst Price Target Adjustment Analysts have maintained their price target for Trend Micro at ¥9,250. This reflects ongoing confidence in the company’s fundamentals without a significant shift in projected financial metrics.Narrative Update • Oct 17
Leveraging Vision One And AI Will Offer Comprehensive Security Solutions
Analysts have modestly lowered their price target for Trend Micro, decreasing it from ¥9,371 to ¥9,250. They cited minor adjustments in valuation models and updated financial projections.Narrative Update • Oct 03
Leveraging Vision One And AI Will Offer Comprehensive Security Solutions
Analysts have revised their price target for Trend Micro downward to approximately ¥9,371, a decrease of about ¥557. They cited slightly lower growth and profit margin projections as the reason for this adjustment.Narrative Update • Aug 27
Leveraging Vision One And AI Will Offer Comprehensive Security Solutions
Trend Micro's consensus price target has been revised downward, primarily reflecting slightly softer revenue growth forecasts, with fair value lowered from ¥10,371 to ¥9,834. What's in the News Announced new agentic AI-powered SIEM designed to automate setup, cut alert noise, and enhance security with multi-source analytics, rapid onboarding, extended data retention, and integration with digital twin technology for proactive risk mitigation in complex environments.Analysis Article • Aug 09
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Under The Bonnet, Trend Micro's (TSE:4704) Returns Look Impressive
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New Narrative • Dec 01
Unleashing Growth Through Subscription Shift And Global Expansion Strategy
Subscription model transition improves revenue stability and predicts higher margins, boosting recurring revenue growth.CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31 2026 | n/a | n/a | JP¥37b |
| Dec 31 2025 | n/a | n/a | JP¥35b |
| Sep 30 2025 | n/a | n/a | JP¥35b |
| Jun 30 2025 | n/a | n/a | JP¥31b |
| Mar 31 2025 | n/a | n/a | JP¥32b |
| Dec 31 2024 | JP¥184m | JP¥76m | JP¥34b |
| Sep 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | JP¥24b |
| Jun 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | JP¥17b |
| Mar 31 2024 | n/a | n/a | JP¥15b |
| Dec 31 2023 | JP¥158m | JP¥70m | JP¥11b |
| Sep 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | JP¥14b |
| Jun 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | JP¥27b |
| Mar 31 2023 | n/a | n/a | JP¥28b |
| Dec 31 2022 | JP¥138m | JP¥65m | JP¥30b |
| Sep 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | JP¥41b |
| Jun 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | JP¥37b |
| Mar 31 2022 | n/a | n/a | JP¥38b |
| Dec 31 2021 | n/a | n/a | JP¥38b |
| Sep 30 2021 | n/a | n/a | JP¥34b |
| Jun 30 2021 | n/a | n/a | JP¥28b |
| Mar 31 2021 | n/a | n/a | JP¥27b |
| Dec 31 2020 | JP¥116m | JP¥57m | JP¥27b |
| Sep 30 2020 | n/a | n/a | JP¥25b |
| Jun 30 2020 | n/a | n/a | JP¥29b |
| Mar 31 2020 | n/a | n/a | JP¥30b |
| Dec 31 2019 | JP¥107m | JP¥54m | JP¥28b |
Compensation vs Market: Insufficient data to establish whether Eva's total compensation is reasonable compared to companies of similar size in the JP market.
Compensation vs Earnings: Eva's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Eva Chen (67 yo)
38.5yrs
Tenure
JP¥184,000,000
Compensation
Ms. Eva Chen founded Trend Micro Inc., in 1988 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2005 and serves as its President since 2022. Ms. Chen served as President of Trend Micro Inc., until...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Founder | 38.5yrs | JP¥184.00m | 1.12% ¥ 9.1b | |
| Executive VP | 24.3yrs | JP¥188.00m | 0.12% ¥ 966.6m | |
| Executive VP & Director | 10.1yrs | JP¥169.00m | 0.0031% ¥ 25.1m | |
| Founder & Chairman of the Board | 30.6yrs | no data | 4.14% ¥ 33.7b | |
| Chief Culture Officer & Co-Founder | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief Operating Officer | 7.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Technology Officer | 1.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Information Officer & CEO of VicOne Corporation | 1.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Legal Officer and Executive VP Global Policy & Compliance | 8.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Human Resources Officer | 4.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| SVP of AMEA Business | 1.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Consumer Business Officer | 4.3yrs | no data | no data |
7.5yrs
Average Tenure
67yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 4704's management team is seasoned and experienced (7.5 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Founder | 28.9yrs | JP¥184.00m | 1.12% ¥ 9.1b | |
| Executive VP | 24.3yrs | JP¥188.00m | 0.12% ¥ 966.6m | |
| Executive VP & Director | 18.3yrs | JP¥169.00m | 0.0031% ¥ 25.1m | |
| Founder & Chairman of the Board | 30.6yrs | no data | 4.14% ¥ 33.7b | |
| Independent Outside Director | 1.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Independent Outside Director | 3.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Auditor | 1.3yrs | no data | 0.00077% ¥ 6.3m | |
| Corporate Auditor | 2.2yrs | no data | no data | |
| Corporate Auditor | 2.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Full-time Auditor | 1.3yrs | no data | no data |
2.8yrs
Average Tenure
66.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 4704's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/07/11 19:21 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/07/10 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/03/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Trend Micro Incorporated is covered by 17 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Morten Paulsen | CLSA |
| Hideo Noda | CLSA |
| Jay Defibaugh | CLSA |