Margin Pressure from Higher Utilities Costs
First written in FY2020-Q1. 8 of 18 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-09-05.
Yamami Company moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2022, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2021).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 122 of 167 companies on the "Worse" side.
35 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment surrounding the industry remains challenging, owing in part to higher expenses such as utility costs and freight charges resulting from soaring energy prices.」
Higher expenses, including utility costs, resulting from soaring energy prices continue to contribute to the challenging operating environment. - FY2025MaterialisedAnnual report
「Because of soaring raw material and material prices, persistently high energy prices and the weaker yen, cost of sales increased by ¥2,193 million from the previous fiscal year.」
The Company reports higher cost of sales due to persistently elevated energy prices and a 16.9% decline in operating profit, indicating that the burden from utility expenses and energy costs has been reflected in actual results. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Regarding profit, manufacturing costs rose because of higher raw material prices, the weaker yen and soaring energy prices. Operating profit was ¥807 million, a decrease of ¥467 million, or 36.7%, from the previous interim accounting period. Ordinary profit was ¥809 million, down ¥464 million, or 36.5%, and interim net profit was ¥559 million, down ¥333 million, or 37.3%.」
Higher manufacturing costs resulting from soaring energy prices have emerged in actual results as a factor behind the decline in profit, increasing the burden from utility expenses and energy costs. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「In the food manufacturing industry to which the company belongs, raw material and crude oil prices remained high, while packaging material and logistics costs rose and the weaker yen had a significant impact. As in the previous fiscal year, a succession of companies revised their prices.」
The Company has reconfirmed that raw-material, energy and other costs continue to rise. It also describes measures including price revisions and capital investment. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Similarly, in the food manufacturing industry to which the company belongs, the operating environment remains difficult because of soaring prices for raw materials such as soybeans, fats and oils, and packaging materials, together with higher costs for city gas, electricity and other energy.」
Higher energy costs, including city gas and electricity, continue to burden profit and the operating environment alongside soaring raw-material prices. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Similarly, in the food manufacturing industry to which the company belongs, the operating environment remains difficult because of soaring prices for raw materials such as soybeans, fats and oils, and packaging materials, together with higher costs for city gas, electricity and other energy.」
Higher energy costs, including city gas and electricity, continue to be cited alongside soaring raw-material prices as factors contributing to the challenging operating environment. At the same time, the Company is working to reduce expenses by upgrading energy-saving equipment. - FY2023MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the food manufacturing industry in which the Company operates, the operating environment became increasingly challenging as various costs, including packaging materials and logistics expenses, rose sharply amid soaring raw-material prices and higher crude oil prices, compounded by the impact of the weaker yen,」
Against a backdrop of higher crude oil prices and yen depreciation, increases in various costs, including packaging materials and logistics expenses, are cited as actual factors affecting the operating environment and putting pressure on profit. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the food manufacturing industry to which the company belongs, demand for eating at home, driven by stay-at-home consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic, has begun to settle. In addition to soaring prices for raw materials such as soybeans, fats and oils, and packaging materials, energy costs including city gas and electricity have risen, creating a difficult operating environment.」
Higher energy costs, including city gas and electricity, continue to be cited alongside soaring raw-material prices as factors contributing to the challenging operating environment. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the food manufacturing industry to which the company belongs, demand for eating at home, driven by stay-at-home consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic, has begun to settle. In addition to soaring prices for raw materials such as soybeans, fats and oils, and packaging materials, energy costs including city gas and electricity have risen, creating a difficult operating environment.」
Higher energy costs, including city gas and electricity, continue to be cited as a factor contributing to the challenging operating environment. Despite efforts to reduce manufacturing costs and expenses, operating profit and other measures declined year on year. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「This was mainly because, although depreciation expenses declined, material costs, electricity and gas costs, and labor costs increased, among other factors.」
Although the previous period reported a decline in water and utility costs, the current period reports higher electricity and gas costs as factors behind the increase in cost of sales. - FY2021MitigatedAnnual report
「This was mainly because, although water and utility costs declined and manufacturing costs were reduced, depreciation expenses and labor costs increased, among other factors.」
The Company states that water and utility costs declined during the current period, after utility costs had weighed on profit in the previous period. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Regarding profit, there were impacts from increased packing and freight costs resulting from higher transportation costs, higher depreciation expenses resulting from operation of the Mt. Fuji Foothills plant, and fixed-cost burdens such as labor and utility costs at that plant. Operating profit fell by ¥449 million, or 58.6%, year on year to ¥318 million. Ordinary profit fell by ¥425 million, or 54.3%, to ¥358 million, and quarterly net profit fell by ¥268 million, or 51.1%, to ¥256 million.」
The fixed-cost burden at the Mt. Fuji Foothills Plant, including higher utility costs, continues to be reflected in actual results as a factor behind the decline in profit. - FY2020-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Profit was affected by higher packaging and freight costs resulting from increased transportation costs, higher depreciation expenses following the partial start-up of the Mt. Fuji Foothills Plant, and fixed-cost burdens such as labor and utility costs at the plant. Operating profit was ¥225 million, down ¥283 million, or 55.7%, from the same period of the previous year; ordinary profit was ¥233 million, down ¥277 million, or 54.3%; and quarterly net profit was ¥162 million, down ¥177 million, or 52.3%.」
In addition to higher utility costs, the depreciation, labor and utility costs and other burdens associated with the partial start-up of the Mt. Fuji Foothills Plant are stated as actual factors behind the decline in profit. - FY2020-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Regarding profit, higher utility costs and increased packing and freight costs resulting from higher transportation costs, among other factors, caused operating profit to fall by ¥111 million, or 72.5%, year on year to ¥42 million. Ordinary profit fell by ¥115 million, or 69.5%, to ¥50 million, and quarterly net profit fell by ¥75 million, or 68.1%, to ¥35 million.」
The increase in utility costs appears for the first time as a separate factor weighing on profit for the quarter. The decrease in profit and the decline rate are also stated, indicating that the impact of rising costs was reflected in actual results.