LY has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 17.4%, while the Interactive Media and Services industry saw earnings growing at 23.4% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 8.5% per year. LY's return on equity is 7.6%, and it has net margins of 9.5%.
Key information
17.42%
Earnings growth rate
15.88%
EPS growth rate
Interactive Media and Services Industry Growth
17.00%
Revenue growth rate
8.47%
Return on equity
7.62%
Net Margin
9.51%
Last Earnings Update
31 Mar 2026
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How LY makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
DB:YOJ0 Revenue, expenses and earnings (JPY Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
31 Mar 26
2,036,366
193,692
1,220,903
0
31 Dec 25
1,984,076
209,092
1,179,780
0
30 Sep 25
1,987,552
204,524
1,151,291
0
30 Jun 25
1,944,024
150,654
1,125,946
0
31 Mar 25
1,917,478
153,465
1,115,977
0
31 Dec 24
1,896,582
118,428
1,113,777
0
30 Sep 24
1,868,157
106,717
1,114,578
0
30 Jun 24
1,847,225
127,410
1,109,234
0
31 Mar 24
1,814,663
113,199
1,095,832
0
31 Dec 23
1,780,621
121,165
1,080,305
0
30 Sep 23
1,759,267
232,297
1,075,786
0
30 Jun 23
1,712,335
190,952
1,042,920
0
31 Mar 23
1,672,377
178,868
1,007,606
0
31 Dec 22
1,645,881
190,646
1,001,504
0
30 Sep 22
1,601,368
63,397
940,766
0
30 Jun 22
1,584,634
75,931
918,784
0
31 Mar 22
1,567,421
77,316
902,586
0
31 Dec 21
1,492,167
70,097
821,536
0
30 Sep 21
1,399,585
78,534
749,008
0
30 Jun 21
1,305,319
74,012
671,565
0
31 Mar 21
1,205,846
70,145
591,964
0
31 Dec 20
1,167,144
73,488
554,340
0
30 Sep 20
1,126,021
76,335
526,427
0
30 Jun 20
1,088,188
77,046
498,609
0
31 Mar 20
1,052,943
81,675
476,204
0
31 Dec 19
1,006,738
83,561
438,603
0
30 Sep 19
973,841
74,707
420,171
0
30 Jun 19
961,493
73,383
415,974
0
31 Mar 19
954,714
78,677
406,581
0
31 Dec 18
945,982
98,187
392,439
0
30 Sep 18
934,181
118,660
373,211
0
30 Jun 18
916,311
127,915
357,790
0
31 Mar 18
897,185
131,153
339,573
0
31 Dec 17
881,566
134,928
315,878
0
30 Sep 17
872,157
135,110
305,179
0
30 Jun 17
862,199
136,992
288,042
0
31 Mar 17
853,730
136,589
277,430
0
31 Dec 16
837,986
122,885
285,333
0
30 Sep 16
813,051
115,989
278,818
0
30 Jun 16
746,011
173,745
264,554
0
31 Mar 16
652,327
171,617
239,653
0
31 Dec 15
562,950
186,488
197,339
0
30 Sep 15
474,093
191,180
166,744
0
30 Jun 15
439,116
130,015
151,405
0
Quality Earnings: YOJ0 has a large one-off gain of ¥52.6B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st March, 2026.
Growing Profit Margin: YOJ0's current net profit margins (9.5%) are higher than last year (8%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: YOJ0's earnings have grown by 17.4% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: YOJ0's earnings growth over the past year (26.2%) exceeds its 5-year average (17.4% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: YOJ0 earnings growth over the past year (26.2%) exceeded the Interactive Media and Services industry 9.9%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: YOJ0's Return on Equity (7.6%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/22 21:06
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/19 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2026/03/31
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Analyst Sources
LY Corporation is covered by 24 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.