エスケー化研 expects current-period consolidated ordinary income to rise 32.5% year on year to ¥9.15 billion and has raised its full-year earnings forecast to ¥17.5 billion. Second-half earnings are expected to be ¥8.34 billion, putting the company on track to achieve a record high for the first time in 3 fiscal years.
エスケー化研's consolidated ordinary income for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending April 2024, April–September, rose 32.5% year on year to ¥9.15 billion. The previous forecast for a substantial decline was reversed, with the period ending in profit growth, supported by improvements in revenue and operating income.
The full-year consolidated ordinary income forecast was raised from the previous ¥13.3 billion to ¥17.5 billion, also exceeding the previous fiscal year's actual result of ¥16.9 billion. Full-year profit is now expected to rise 3.1% year on year, reaching a record high for the first time in 3 fiscal years.
Based on the first-half results and second-half outlook, consolidated ordinary income for October–March is expected to be ¥8.34 billion, a decline from the same period a year earlier.
Consolidated ordinary income for the latest three-month period, July–September, was ¥2.81 billion, down 38.2% year on year, while the operating margin on sales improved from 11.0% to 11.5%.