Contents of this document
- Improving the profitability of specific businesses and companies through the Darwin Project
- Strategic pricing
- Profit improvement project
- Total cost reduction initiatives, including cost management and yield improvement at overseas affiliates
- ROIC4.7 %Year on year against the same period last yearUp 0.3 percentage points year on year
- ROE4.5 %Year on year against the same period last yearUnchanged year on year
- Revenue from sustainability innovation businesses13,865 Hundreds of millions of yenYear on year against the same period last yearIncreased from FY2024
- Cumulative cost reductions over 3 years2,166 Hundreds of millions of yen
- AP-G 2025 business profit margin5.5 %Year on year against the same period last yearDown from 5.6% in FY2024
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Presentation materials for financial results |
| Fiscal Period Covered | FY2026 results and FY2027 full-year outlook |
| Net Sales | 25,851 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY +0.9%) |
| Ordinary income | ¥1,076 100 million (profit before tax) (YoY -5.9%) |
| Net income | ¥795 100 million (profit for the year attributable to owners of the parent) (YoY +2.1%) |
| Operating profit margin | 5.5 % (business profit margin) |
| Results for the three months of the current quarter | Revenue ¥6,656 100 million (FY2026 fourth quarter) / Business profit ¥368 100 million (FY2026 fourth quarter) |
| Full-year earnings forecast | Revenue 28,300 Hundreds of millions of yen / Business profit 1,600 Hundreds of millions of yen / Profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent 900 Hundreds of millions of yen / Basic earnings per share ¥61.82 / Dividend per share ¥26 |
| Segment results | Fibers Revenue 10,511 Hundreds of millions of yen / Revenue_yoy_pct 4 / Business profit 680 Hundreds of millions of yen / Business profit_yoy_pct 6 / Performance chemicals Revenue 8,944 Hundreds of millions of yen / Revenue_yoy_pct -5.3 / Business profit 563 Hundreds of millions of yen / Business profit_yoy_pct -6.2 / Carbon fiber composite materials Revenue 3,001 Hundreds of millions of yen / Revenue_yoy_pct 0 / Business profit 176 Hundreds of millions of yen / Business profit_yoy_pct -21.7 / Environment & Engineering Revenue 2,669 Hundreds of millions of yen / Revenue_yoy_pct 12.8 / Business profit 288 Hundreds of millions of yen / Business profit_yoy_pct 11.2 / Life Science Revenue 524 Hundreds of millions of yen / Revenue_yoy_pct -1.4 / Business profit -1 Hundreds of millions of yen / Business profit_yoy_pct Improved (up ¥0.7 billion year on year) / Other Revenue 202 Hundreds of millions of yen / Revenue_yoy_pct 14 / Business profit 25 Hundreds of millions of yen / Business profit_yoy_pct 1.1 |
| Breakdown of Factors Affecting the Change | Consolidated business profit Volume variance 258 / Strategic pricing 134 / Price difference -156 / Cost variance and other factors -235 / Foreign exchange translation differences at overseas subsidiaries -9 / Other -12 |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name ROIC / Value 4.7 % / Year on year against the same period last year Up 0.3 percentage points year on year, Indicator name ROE / Value 4.5 % / Year on year against the same period last year Unchanged year on year, Indicator name Revenue from sustainability innovation businesses / Value 13,865 Hundreds of millions of yen / Year on year against the same period last year Increased from FY2024, Indicator name Cumulative cost reductions over 3 years / Value 2,166 Hundreds of millions of yen / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name AP-G 2025 business profit margin / Value 5.5 % / Year on year against the same period last year Down from 5.6% in FY2024 |
| Assumptions Underlying the Business Outlook | Exchange rate ¥150/US$ / Global Economy A period of gradual recovery is expected to continue (no numerical figure) / Domestic Economy A gradual recovery is expected to continue (no numerical figure) |
| Risk amount incorporated into the outlook | Amount 130 Hundreds of millions of yen / Details Impact of the situation in the Middle East |
| Medium-term management plan targets | AP-G 2025 Revenue Target 28,000 Hundreds of millions of yen / Target fiscal year FY2025 / Business profit Target 1,800 Hundreds of millions of yen / Target fiscal year FY2025 / Business profit margin Target 6 % / Target fiscal year FY2025 / ROIC Target Approximately 5% / Target fiscal year FY2025 / ROE Target Approximately 8% / Target fiscal year FY2025 / Debt-to-equity ratio Target 0.7 or lower / Target fiscal year FY2025 |
| Financial targets | ROIC Target Approximately 5% / Actual results 4.7 % / ROE Target Approximately 8% / Actual results 4.5 % / Debt-to-equity ratio Target 0.7 or lower / Actual results 0.5 / Equity ratio Actual results 51.8 % |
| Annual Dividend | Annual dividend per share 20 Yen (planned for FY2026) / Planned for the fiscal year ending March 2027 Annual ¥26 / Interim 13 Yen (including a ¥3 commemorative dividend marking the company’s 100th anniversary) / End of period ¥13 |
| Payout ratio | 42 % (FY2027 outlook) |
| Capital expenditures | ¥1,600 100 million (FY2027 outlook) |
| New initiatives | Improving the profitability of specific businesses and companies through the Darwin Project, Strategic pricing, Profit improvement project, Total cost reduction initiatives, including cost management and yield improvement at overseas affiliates |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.In FY2026, weak market conditions for functional chemicals, sluggish sales of battery separator films, and demand adjustments in industrial applications for carbon fiber composite materials weighed on profit. Textiles and Environment & Engineering, however, remained solid. For FY2027, the company expects demand to expand in growth areas, strategic pricing and earnings improvement projects to take effect, while incorporating the impact of the situation in the Middle East.