Improving Profitability Through Price Revisions
First written in FY2024-Q1. 2 of 4 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 5 of 36 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Other".
- FY2025Price revisions failed to offset higher costsAnnual report
「Although the company pursued price revisions, it was unable to offset the effects of higher material prices, increased growth investment in R&D and DX, and increased investment in personnel with the profit increase from higher sales. Operating profit was ¥71,720 million, down 1.4%.」
Although the company pursued improved profitability through price revisions, operating profit declined because it was unable to absorb higher component prices and increased growth and personnel investments. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The Company made growth investments, including investments in people, R&D and capital expenditures, while working to improve profitability by pursuing price revisions and other measures.」
The company continues to pursue initiatives to improve profitability by advancing growth investments in human capital, research and development, and capital expenditures, alongside price revisions. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, sales increased in the healthcare and green sectors for key products, including liquid chromatographs, mass spectrometry systems and gas chromatographs. Production also recovered as shortages of parts and materials eased. Alongside growth investments in human resources, research and development, and capital expenditures, the Company also proceeded with price revisions to improve profitability.」
The policy of pursuing price revisions in parallel with investment for growth and working to improve profitability has been reaffirmed. - FY2024-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Although operating profit was pressured by higher expenses from growth investments in people, R&D, and capital expenditure and by higher component and materials prices, it increased as higher sales of priority products and price revisions improved profitability.」
Profitability improvement through price revisions was first identified independently, alongside higher sales of priority products, as a specific factor behind higher operating profit.