Nippon Hume Corporation posted consolidated ordinary profit of ¥2.9 billion for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 2027, up 27.4% year on year. Ordinary profit for the July-September quarter was ¥860 million, up 15.1% year on year.
Nippon Hume Corporation announced its earnings on the afternoon of 11 November. Consolidated ordinary profit for the first half (April-September) was ¥2.9 billion, up 27.4% year on year, representing progress of 71.0% against the full-year plan of ¥4.1 billion.
Consolidated ordinary profit for the July-September quarter, the latest three-month period, was ¥860 million, up 15.1% year on year. Revenue and the operating margin deteriorated from the same period a year earlier, with the operating margin on sales declining from 5.9% to 4.4%.
For the current fiscal year's second-half outlook, consolidated ordinary profit for the October-March period is projected at ¥1.19 billion, down approximately 21.4% year on year.