Impact on Performance from Rising Raw Material Prices
First written in FY2022-Q1. 15 of 19 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2023-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-11-12.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 126 of 167 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2026Gross margin improved despite continued cost inflationAnnual report
「Gross profit for the fiscal year increased by ¥11 million from the previous fiscal year to ¥2,301 million, up 0.5% year on year. The gross profit margin also increased by 0.4 percentage points from the previous fiscal year to 27.5%, as a result of efforts to revise selling prices and reduce costs despite higher raw material and other costs.」
Although higher raw material and other costs continued, the gross profit margin improved from 27.1% in the previous fiscal year to 27.5% through selling price revisions and cost reductions. - FY2026-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「For shovels and related products, amid a tendency among customers to delay purchases due to revisions to selling prices, deteriorating consumer sentiment and other factors,」
Further selling price revisions, against a backdrop of persistently high raw material and energy prices, and consumers delaying purchases have emerged in the sales environment for shovels and related products during the interim period. - FY2025MaterialisedAnnual report
「Gross profit for the fiscal year increased by ¥4 million from the previous fiscal year to ¥2,290 million, up 0.2% year on year. The gross profit margin also increased by 0.5 percentage points from the previous fiscal year to 27.1%, as the company worked to reduce costs despite higher raw material and other costs.」
Although higher raw material and other costs continued to occur, the gross profit margin improved by 0.5 percentage points year on year to 27.1% as a result of cost reductions. - FY2025-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, in addition to increased sales of logistics equipment, we continued to work to reduce costs and cut various expenses amid soaring raw material and logistics costs. As a result, operating profit was ¥286 million (¥221 million in the same period of the previous year), ordinary profit was ¥310 million (¥265 million), and interim net profit was ¥214 million (¥181 million).」
The rise in raw material and logistics costs is continuing and has actually occurred. However, higher revenue from logistics equipment, together with cost reductions and lower miscellaneous expenses, resulted in each profit figure exceeding the year-earlier period. - FY2024MaterialisedAnnual report
「Gross profit for the current fiscal year increased by ¥110 million from the previous fiscal year to ¥2,285 million, up 5.1% year on year. Gross profit margin also increased by 1.2 percentage points from the previous fiscal year to 26.6%, as the Company worked to reduce costs despite higher raw-material and other costs.」
Although higher raw-material and other costs continued to materialize, gross profit and gross profit margin improved due to cost reductions. - FY2024-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, net sales declined slightly, but we continued to work to reduce costs and cut various expenses amid soaring raw material and logistics costs. As a result, operating profit was ¥338 million (¥287 million in the same period of the previous year), ordinary profit was ¥391 million (¥306 million), and net profit for the quarter was ¥313 million (¥207 million).」
Although higher raw-material and logistics costs continued to materialize, each profit measure exceeded the previous-year period due to cost reductions and reductions in various expenses. - FY2024-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, in addition to the recovery in sales of logistics equipment, we continued to work to reduce costs and cut various expenses amid soaring raw material and logistics costs. As a result, operating profit was ¥221 million (¥107 million in the same period of the previous year), ordinary profit was ¥265 million (¥122 million), and net profit for the quarter was ¥181 million (¥81 million).」
Although higher raw-material and logistics costs continued to materialize, each profit measure exceeded the previous-year period due to the recovery in logistics-equipment sales and cost reductions, among other factors. - FY2024-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, amid soaring raw material and logistics costs, we revised selling prices and worked to reduce costs and cut various expenses. As a result, operating profit was ¥96 million (¥62 million in the same period of the previous year), ordinary profit was ¥135 million (¥75 million), and net profit for the quarter was ¥92 million (¥50 million).」
Although higher raw-material and logistics costs continued to materialize, each profit measure exceeded the previous-year period due to selling-price revisions, cost reductions and reductions in various expenses. - FY2023MaterialisedAnnual report
「Gross profit for the current fiscal year decreased by ¥63 million from the previous fiscal year to ¥2,174 million, down 2.8% year on year. Gross profit margin also declined by 0.8 percentage points from the previous fiscal year to 25.4%, affected by higher raw-material and other costs.」
Higher raw-material and other costs appeared in full-year performance as a decline in gross profit and a 0.8-percentage-point decrease in gross profit margin. - FY2023-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, although net sales increased, we worked to reduce costs and cut various expenses amid soaring raw material and logistics costs. Operating profit was ¥287 million (¥326 million in the same period of the previous year), ordinary profit was ¥306 million (¥348 million), and net profit for the quarter was ¥207 million (¥239 million).」
Higher raw-material, logistics and other costs continued to materialize, and despite the implementation of cost-reduction measures, their impact appeared in performance as year-on-year declines in each profit measure. - FY2023-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, we worked to reduce costs and cut various expenses amid soaring raw material and logistics costs. Operating profit was ¥107 million (¥179 million in the same period of the previous year), ordinary profit was ¥122 million (¥193 million), and net profit for the quarter was ¥81 million (¥133 million).」
Higher raw-material and logistics costs actually materialized, and despite the implementation of cost-reduction measures, their impact appeared in performance as declines in operating profit, ordinary profit and quarterly net profit. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, we worked to reduce costs and cut various expenses amid soaring raw material and logistics costs. Operating profit was ¥62 million (¥110 million in the same period of the previous year), ordinary profit was ¥75 million (¥114 million), and net profit for the quarter was ¥50 million (¥78 million).」
Higher raw-material and logistics costs actually materialized, and despite the implementation of cost-reduction measures, their impact appeared in performance as declines in operating profit, ordinary profit and quarterly net profit. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「During the cumulative third quarter, Japan’s economy remained in a difficult situation due to the resurgence of COVID-19. However, economic activity showed signs of a gradual recovery after the state of emergency was lifted at the end of September. Nevertheless, the outlook remained uncertain amid the impact of soaring raw material prices and the spread of new variants.」
The possibility that surging raw-material prices may affect performance continues to be disclosed, together with uncertainty over the outlook due to a resurgence of COVID-19 and the spread of new variants. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「During the cumulative second quarter, Japan’s economy showed signs of recovery in some areas of economic activity as vaccinations progressed and the government implemented various policies, despite intermittent states of emergency and priority preventive measures amid the resurgence of COVID-19. However, the outlook remained uncertain due to the impact of rising raw material prices and the lack of visibility on when the pandemic would end.」
The possibility that surging raw-material prices may affect performance continues to be disclosed, together with the uncertain outlook regarding when the COVID-19 pandemic will subside. - FY2022-Q1First statedAnnual report
「However, future results may be affected by higher raw material prices and lower appetite for capital investment, as the end of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unforeseeable.」
It is stated explicitly for the first time as an independent external risk that surging raw-material prices may affect future performance.