わらべや日洋ホールディングス announced that it had cut its ordinary profit forecast for the current fiscal year from its previous forecast and now expects an 18% decline. For the cumulative period through the second quarter, ordinary profit fell 19.7% year on year to ¥4.2 billion, while ordinary profit for the latest three months fell to ¥2.61 billion.
わらべや日洋ホールディングス announced its financial results on 7 October, reporting consolidated ordinary profit of ¥4.2 billion for the six months ended August 2026 (March-August), down 19.7% year on year. It also cut its full-year ordinary profit forecast from ¥7.65 billion to ¥6.05 billion, implying a 20.9% decline.
In its estimate for the current fiscal year's second half, the company forecast consolidated ordinary profit of ¥1.84 billion for the September-February period, down 15.2% year on year. Ordinary profit for the latest three-month period, June-August, was ¥2.61 billion, down 18.2% year on year, while the operating margin deteriorated from 4.9% to 3.7%.
The table in the financial results summary also disclosed trends in net sales and other profit items, including comparisons between first-half results and the previous forecasts and revisions to the outlook for future performance. The revisions to the current fiscal year's forecasts included a 1.2% reduction for net sales, a 20.9% reduction for ordinary profit and a 34.4% reduction for net profit.
The announcement was summarised by Kabutan News after the financial results summary PDF was released.