Sanwa Holdings revised down its full-year ordinary profit forecast for the current fiscal year from the previous forecast and presented an outlook for an approximately 8% decline in profit. Meanwhile, it will increase its annual dividend to ¥169.
Sanwa Holdings announced its financial results on 30 October, reporting consolidated ordinary profit of ¥30.5 billion for the six months ended September 2026, the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2027, down 11.5% year on year. In response, it revised down its full-year ordinary profit forecast from the previous ¥82.5 billion to ¥74.0 billion, indicating an expected 10.3% decline in profit from the previous fiscal year.
For the most recent three-month period from July to September, consolidated ordinary profit was ¥23.8 billion, down 0.9% year on year, while the operating profit margin on sales declined to 13.3% from 14.1% in the same period of the previous year.
At the same time, it revised up its annual dividend for the current fiscal year from the previous forecast of ¥146 to ¥169. The dividend increase was disclosed as indicating a change in its shareholder returns policy.
For the second half of the fiscal year, it estimates that consolidated ordinary profit for the October-March period will decline 5.8% year on year to ¥43.4 billion, resulting in a revised full-year outlook of ¥74.0 billion.