Revised forecast
Fiscal year ending March 2027 · Second quarter (interim period)Previous forecast published 8 May 2026The bar length represents the relative magnitude of change, based on the item that changed the most in this document.
Although the consolidated earnings forecast for the interim period was undecided when the previous forecast was announced, an outlook has now been obtained.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Net Sales | Not disclosed → ¥2,380,000 million |
| Operating profit | Not disclosed → ¥90,000 million |
| Profit attributable to owners of the parent | Not disclosed → ¥65,000 million |
| Net income per share | Not disclosed → 102.18 yen and sen |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Fiscal year ending March 2027 |
| Period Covered | Second quarter (interim period) |
| Publication date of previous forecast | 8 May 2026 |
| Previous-period results | Revenue: ¥2,232,649 million; business profit: ¥45,765 million; profit before interim income taxes: ¥34,174 million; interim profit attributable to owners of the parent: ¥26,676 million; basic interim earnings per share: ¥41.94 (interim period of the fiscal year ended March 2026) |
| Reason for the revision | Although the consolidated earnings forecast for the interim period was undecided when the previous forecast was announced, an outlook has now been obtained. |
| Dividend forecast revision | Interim dividend: ¥40; year-end dividend: ¥40; full-year dividend: ¥80. The full-year total is unchanged from the previous forecast of ¥80. However, the interim and year-end dividends were undecided in the previous forecast. |
| Consolidated / non-consolidated | Consolidated |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Although the earnings forecast for the interim period had been undecided when the previous forecast was announced, an outlook has now been obtained. With regard to dividends, the Board of Directors resolved to set the interim dividend at ¥40, the year-end dividend at ¥40 and the full-year dividend at ¥80, based on the shareholder return policy under the Eighth Medium-Term Management Plan and the earnings forecast for the current fiscal year.