MILBON raised its ordinary profit forecast for the current fiscal year by 9.1% from its previous forecast, increasing the full-year figure to ¥6.74 billion. Second-quarter results came to ¥2.16 billion, while sales rose sharply year on year.
According to earnings announced after the market close on 10 August, MILBON's consolidated ordinary profit for the first six months (January-June) of the fiscal year ending December 2026 came to ¥3.49 billion, up 88.8% year on year. The company subsequently raised its full-year ordinary profit forecast to ¥6.74 billion, which would represent a 23.6% increase from the previous fiscal year.
Consolidated ordinary profit for the April-June quarter, the most recent three-month period, came to ¥2.16 billion, while the operating margin on sales improved sharply from 9.0% to 14.5%. The second-half outlook implies ordinary profit of ¥3.24 billion for the July-December period, down 10.0% year on year.
In its revision to the current fiscal year's earnings forecast, the company reviewed its previous full-year forecast of ¥5.48 billion, operating profit of ¥6.3 billion and other figures, raising ordinary profit to ¥6.74 billion and net profit to ¥4.6 billion. Revised earnings per share are expected to come to ¥144.6.
Compared with the full-year plan for the fiscal year ending December 2025, the second-half earnings forecast assumes sales of ¥55.6 billion, ordinary profit of ¥6.74 billion and net profit of ¥4.6 billion.