四国化成ホールディングス has significantly raised its ordinary profit forecast for the current fiscal year and added to its record-high earnings outlook. It will also increase its annual dividend to ¥55.
四国化成ホールディングス announced that consolidated ordinary profit for the six months ended June 2026, the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending December 2026, rose 86.2% year on year to ¥9.69 billion.
The full-year ordinary profit forecast has been revised upward to ¥18.4 billion from the previous forecast of ¥14.5 billion. The expected rate of earnings growth has improved significantly from the previous fiscal year, with the company maintaining and raising its forecast for record-high profit.
Ordinary profit for the April-June quarter, the latest three-month period, was ¥5.17 billion, up 2.2-fold year on year. The operating margin rose sharply from 12.8% to 20.0%.
The annual dividend for the current fiscal year has been revised upward to ¥55 from the previous plan of ¥45. The second-half earnings outlook is based on a plan that assumes ordinary profit for the July-December period will increase year on year.