シキボウ announced its first-half results on 11 November, reporting ordinary profit of ¥490 million for the April-September period, down 4.1% year on year. Ordinary profit for July-September was ¥160 million, down 37.2% year on year, while progress against the full-year plan was 54.6%.
Consolidated ordinary profit for the second-quarter cumulative period of the fiscal year ending March 2027 (April-September) was ¥490 million, down 4.1% year on year. Meanwhile, progress against the full-year plan of ¥900 million reached 54.6%, exceeding the 5-year average of 51.5%.
Consolidated ordinary profit for the most recent 3-month period, July-September (2Q), fell 37.2% year on year to ¥160 million, while the operating margin deteriorated from 3.7% to 1.7%.
Based on the first-half results and the full-year plan maintained by the company, ordinary profit for the October-March period (second half) was estimated to surge to ¥400 million, 2.8 times the year-earlier level.
According to a report by Kabutan News, クラボウ, 帝人 and 北紡 were cited as stocks frequently compared with シキボウ. A note states that the analysis was prepared based on publicly available data.