新日本理化 announced that it had raised its ordinary profit forecast for this fiscal year by 53% and expects a record high for the first time in 36 fiscal years. It also increased its year-end dividend by ¥1.5.
新日本理化 reported at its earnings announcement on 13 November that consolidated ordinary profit for the six months ended September in the fiscal year ending March 2027 surged 11 times year on year to ¥2.05 billion. As a result, its full-year ordinary profit forecast was raised from the previous ¥1.7 billion to ¥2.6 billion, an upward revision of 52.9%. The projected growth rate increased from 3.1 times to 4.8 times, and the company is expected to post a record high for the first time in 36 fiscal years.
Based on first-half results and the second-half plan, ordinary profit for October-March is expected to rise 50.4% year on year to ¥540 million. The year-end dividend, paid as a single annual payment, was also substantially raised from the previous plan of ¥4.5 to ¥6.
For the latest three months, ordinary profit for July-September turned positive at ¥930 million, while the operating margin improved sharply from 0.7% a year earlier to 8.0%.