Risk of Lower Profit in the Preform Business Due to Rising Logistics Costs
First written in FY2019-Q1. 2 of 6 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2019-Q2. Latest entry: FY2023.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 18 of 26 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Dropped".
- FY2023DroppedAnnual report
「In the preform business, sales increased due to higher sales volumes of preforms for beverages, among other factors, but the Company recorded a loss because material costs and utilities expenses increased due to the impact of persistently high global resource prices, among other factors.」
The full-year results discussion for the period does not explicitly identify higher logistics costs as an independent factor behind the loss. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Material costs, logistics costs and utilities expenses increased substantially due to the impact of persistently high global resource prices.」
Higher logistics costs continued alongside increases in material costs and utilities expenses, contributing to the ¥235 million segment loss in the preform business. - FY2023-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Higher material costs, logistics costs and utility expenses due to soaring global energy prices」
After disappearing from independent disclosure from FY2019 onward, higher logistics costs were explicitly identified again and actually emerged, together with material costs and utilities expenses, as a factor behind losses in the preform business. - FY2019DroppedAnnual report
「In the preform business, sales volumes of preforms for beverages declined due to the prolonged rainy season and other factors, resulting in lower revenue, but profit increased as a result of efforts to improve productivity and reduce costs.」
The full-year results discussion for the period does not explicitly identify higher logistics costs as a factor behind lower profit or losses, and no independent reference to them was found through the previous quarter. - FY2019-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「The Company recorded a loss due to higher logistics costs, among other factors.」
Higher logistics costs actually emerged as a factor that turned the preform business from profit in the same quarter of the previous year to a loss. - FY2019-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Profit declined due to persistently high material prices and higher logistics costs, among other factors.」
Higher logistics costs were identified independently for the first time as an actual factor behind lower profit in the preform business.