Japan Securities Finance's consolidated ordinary profit for the April-June quarter rose 68.7% year on year to ¥5.67 billion, reaching 35.9% of its ¥15.8 billion full-year plan. Its operating margin on sales also improved to 13.2% from 13.0% in the same period last year.
Japan Securities Finance announced its results after the close of trading on 6 August. Ordinary profit for the April-June quarter (1Q), representing the company's results for the latest 3 months, came to ¥5.67 billion, up 68.7% year on year. Progress against the full-year plan of ¥15.8 billion reached 35.9%, exceeding the 5-year average of 29.1%.
The operating margin on sales for the same period improved to 13.2% from 13.0% in the same period last year. The results were based on the earnings summary PDF, and attention focused on the outlook from the second half onward.
The company had previously announced that its forecast for the first half of the current fiscal year called for revenue of ¥50,882 million, ordinary profit of ¥7,317 million, net income of ¥5,144 million, adjusted EPS of ¥62.6 and an adjusted dividend per share of ¥40. For the current fiscal year, it has announced revenue of ¥114,211 million, ordinary profit of ¥14,996 million, net income of ¥10,611 million, adjusted EPS of ¥129.7 and an adjusted dividend per share of ¥86 for the fiscal year ending March 2026. These figures are presented as forecasts for the respective periods.
Data for the 2 most recent quarters in the 3-month trend show revenue of ¥23,854 million, ordinary profit of ¥3,364 million, net income of ¥2,369 million and adjusted EPS of ¥28.8 in the April-June quarter of 2025. In the April-June quarter of 2026, revenue was ¥37,411 million, ordinary profit was ¥5,676 million, net income was ¥3,922 million and adjusted EPS was ¥48.4.