Japan Tobacco Inc. recently reported full-year 2025 results, with sales rising to ¥3,467.68 billion and net income reaching ¥510.18 billion, while also confirming a fiscal year-end 2025 dividend of ¥130.00 per share, up from ¥97.00, payable on March 26, 2026.
At the same time, the company guided to slightly lower full-year 2026 dividends of ¥121.00 per share and issued new forecasts calling for ¥3,697.00 billion in revenue and ¥570.00 billion in profit attributable to owners, reshaping...
Ai Robotics (TSE:247A) has just posted Q3 2026 results with revenue of ¥8.0b and basic EPS of ¥20.11, alongside trailing 12 month EPS of ¥38.34 that reflects reported earnings growth of 53.9% over the past year. The company has seen revenue move from ¥3.7b in Q4 2025 to ¥6.0b in Q2 2026 and ¥8.0b in Q3 2026, while quarterly EPS shifted from ¥9.65 to ¥7.86 and then ¥20.11 over the same period. This sits against a trailing net profit margin of 10.3% compared with 11.9% a year earlier. For...
In February 2026, Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. reported past nine‑month results showing higher sales of ¥87,594 million and sharply higher net income of ¥35,110 million year on year, and it raised full‑year guidance to operating profit of ¥20,000 million and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥38,000 million.
The upgrade to full‑year profit targets, alongside much stronger earnings per share of ¥964.42 over nine months, signals management’s confidence in the company’s current business...
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In February 2026, Sanrio Company, Ltd. raised its full-year guidance for the year ending March 31, 2026, lifting net sales expectations to JPY 190,600 million, operating profit to JPY 75,100 million, profit attributable to owners of parent to JPY 52,000 million (JPY 215.84 EPS), and increasing its planned year-end dividend to JPY 35.00 per share while approving a stock split and related amendments to its Articles of Incorporation effective April 1, 2026.
The company linked these upgrades and...