Moonbat announced its results after the close on 13 November. It sharply revised down its current-period ordinary profit forecast from the previous estimate and cut its annual dividend by ¥19.
Moonbat announced consolidated ordinary profit of ¥391 million for the cumulative six months ended September 2026 (April-September), down 51.2% year on year, and revised its full-year forecast down 40.0% from the previous forecast of ¥750 million to ¥450 million. The figure for the previous fiscal year was ¥675 million. As a result, the company now expects ordinary profit to decline 33.3% for the current fiscal year, reversing its previous growth forecast.
At the same time, based on first-half results and the full-year forecast, consolidated ordinary profit and loss for the second half (October-March) is expected to be a profit of ¥59 million, an improvement from the ¥126 million loss in the year-earlier period.
Following the deterioration in performance, the company revised its annual dividend for the current fiscal year down substantially from the previous plan of ¥54 to ¥35. In the most recent three-month period, July-September (2Q), consolidated ordinary profit and loss turned to a loss of ¥169 million, while the operating profit margin on sales deteriorated from 2.4% to -8.1%.