ラボロＡＩ raised its ordinary income forecast for the current fiscal year and increased its record-profit forecast. Ordinary income rose sharply in the cumulative third quarter, and the full-year plan is also running ahead of expectations.
On 13 August, ラボロＡＩ announced its earnings results. Ordinary income for the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year ending August 2026 rose approximately 94.5% year on year to ¥249 million. The April-June period returned to profitability, with sales of approximately ¥1.08 billion, while the gross profit margin turned positive from a loss in the same period of the previous year. At the same time, the full-year ordinary income forecast was revised upward by 30.6%, from the previous forecast of ¥294 million to ¥384 million.
The second-half outlook based on the new full-year plan was also raised. Consolidated ordinary income for the second half is now expected to be a ¥170 million profit, up from the previous forecast of a ¥80 million profit, with a return to profitability targeted from a loss in the same period of the previous year. As a result, full-year earnings growth is expected to expand from a 77.1% increase to approximately 2.3 times.
As revisions to the earnings forecast for the second half of the current fiscal year, the new plan sets sales at ¥1,252 million, operating income at ¥169 million, ordinary income at ¥170 million and net income at ¥119 million, all upward revisions from the old plan for the 26.04-09 period. Earnings per share after the revision is projected at ¥7.5, while the dividend remains unchanged at ¥0.