Anritsu raised its consolidated earnings forecast and fiscal year-end dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027. The company raised its net sales forecast to ¥145.0 billion, operating profit to ¥22.0 billion and net income to ¥16.0 billion. The fiscal year-end dividend is expected to be ¥38, bringing the full-year dividend to ¥63.
In the revision announced after the close, net sales were raised to ¥145.0 billion, up 23.4% from the previous fiscal year, operating profit to ¥22.0 billion, up 48.4%, and net income to ¥16.0 billion, up 37.0%.
At the same time, the fiscal year-end dividend forecast was raised from ¥25 to ¥38, while the full-year dividend forecast was set at ¥63, compared with ¥50 in the previous fiscal year.
For the interim period, net sales were ¥69.313 billion, operating profit was ¥9.553 billion and net income was ¥6.553 billion, each representing a substantial increase from the year-earlier period.
The factors cited were strong demand for measuring instruments for the optical transceiver production market and increased investment in automation and labor saving in the PQA business serving the food and pharmaceutical inspection markets.