Aica Kogyo revised up its current fiscal year's ordinary profit forecast by 1% in its earnings report and updated its full-year record-high profit forecast. Ordinary profit for the six months through the second quarter reached ¥18.4 billion, and profit in the second half is expected to increase year on year.
The company announced that consolidated ordinary profit for the six months through the second quarter (April–September) of the current fiscal year would rise 25.5% year on year to ¥18.4 billion. Along with this, it revised up its full-year ordinary profit forecast by 1.4%, from the previous forecast of ¥35.3 billion to ¥35.8 billion, expanding the projected profit growth rate to 18.8%.
Based on first-half results and the plan, ordinary profit for the second half (October–March) is expected to increase approximately 12.4% year on year to ¥17.3 billion. Ordinary profit for July–September was ¥8.74 billion, and the operating margin improved to 11.8%.
The current-fiscal-year revision further raises the previous forecast for record-high profit, while the gap between first-half results and the previous forecast has also widened. The earnings report date was 13 November 2026.
Overall, the current fiscal year's earnings outlook remains on a growth trajectory, with the firmness of the second-half profit outlook highlighted.