Saibu Gas upwardly revised its current fiscal year's ordinary profit forecast from the previous outlook, resulting in an outlook for slight profit growth of 0.1%. Cumulative third-quarter profit was ¥3.44 billion, up 7.1% year on year.
On 9 November, Saibu Gas announced its results. Consolidated ordinary profit for the cumulative third quarter (January–September) of the fiscal year ending December 2026 was ¥3.44 billion, up 7.1% year on year.
At the same time, it upwardly revised full-year ordinary profit from the previous forecast of ¥4.46 billion to ¥4.5 billion, or 0.9% higher, indicating an outlook for profit growth of 0.1%.
Based on the second-half plan, consolidated ordinary profit for July–December was upwardly revised to ¥1.65 billion, with the decline from ¥2.5 billion in the same period a year earlier expected to narrow.
In the latest three quarters, July–September ordinary profit fell sharply to ¥590 million, and the operating margin on revenue declined to 9.3%.