Hi-Lex Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Hi-Lex has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 46.5%, while the Auto Components industry saw earnings growing at 3.8% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 9.7% per year. Hi-Lex's return on equity is 18%, and it has net margins of 12.3%.

Key information

46.47%

Earnings growth rate

46.80%

EPS growth rate

Auto Components Industry Growth	10.46%
Revenue growth rate	9.66%
Return on equity	18.05%
Net Margin	12.35%
Next Earnings Update	05 Jun 2026

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Hi-Lex makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

OTCPK:HLXF.F Revenue, expenses and earnings (JPY Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
31 Jan 26	332,191	41,023	35,017	0
31 Oct 25	304,123	8,419	25,917	4,630
31 Jul 25	300,546	1,440	26,495	4,507
30 Apr 25	306,329	3,560	26,608	4,507
31 Jan 25	307,517	2,230	26,331	4,507
31 Oct 24	308,382	1,973	26,072	4,507
31 Jul 24	314,431	-415	25,331	4,421
30 Apr 24	310,078	-1,839	24,864	4,421
31 Jan 24	304,675	-2,035	24,688	4,421
31 Oct 23	298,623	-2,991	24,088	4,421
31 Jul 23	292,282	-2,728	23,820	3,975
30 Apr 23	277,695	-7,337	22,869	3,975
31 Jan 23	267,306	-7,725	21,715	3,975
31 Oct 22	255,616	-7,120	20,685	3,975
31 Jul 22	231,699	-5,842	19,741	3,671
30 Apr 22	223,128	-1,851	19,168	3,671
31 Jan 22	220,642	3,207	19,184	3,671
31 Oct 21	217,754	4,896	19,020	3,671
31 Jul 21	224,120	7,140	18,533	3,442
30 Apr 21	204,698	2,045	17,372	3,442
31 Jan 21	194,151	-2,390	17,174	3,442
31 Oct 20	195,784	-3,513	17,478	3,442
31 Jul 20	197,151	-3,192	18,070	3,780
30 Apr 20	222,497	1,170	19,263	3,780
31 Jan 20	234,749	2,827	19,474	3,780
31 Oct 19	240,002	3,495	19,980	3,780
31 Jul 19	245,768	4,914	19,901	4,317
30 Apr 19	248,111	3,854	20,299	4,317
31 Jan 19	251,305	4,402	20,622	4,317
31 Oct 18	251,250	5,524	20,549	4,317
31 Jul 18	251,210	4,403	20,675	3,923
30 Apr 18	253,459	7,055	20,733	3,923
31 Jan 18	259,059	7,790	20,798	3,923
31 Oct 17	257,284	8,715	20,187	3,923
31 Jul 17	247,637	10,389	19,285	3,847
30 Apr 17	241,786	10,366	18,204	3,847
31 Jan 17	235,247	10,692	17,345	3,847
31 Oct 16	235,710	10,922	17,008	3,847
31 Jul 16	242,023	12,105	17,659	3,677
30 Apr 16	246,370	12,899	17,884	3,677
31 Jan 16	243,929	12,938	17,637	3,677
31 Oct 15	239,131	13,432	17,499	3,677
31 Jul 15	231,634	12,988	17,999	2,125

Quality Earnings: HLXF.F has a large one-off gain of ¥37.7B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st January, 2026.

Growing Profit Margin: HLXF.F's current net profit margins (12.3%) are higher than last year (0.7%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: HLXF.F has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 46.5% per year.

Accelerating Growth: HLXF.F's earnings growth over the past year (1739.6%) exceeds its 5-year average (46.5% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: HLXF.F earnings growth over the past year (1739.6%) exceeded the Auto Components industry 10.7%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: HLXF.F's Return on Equity (18%) 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	2026/05/23 01:02
End of Day Share Price	2026/05/07 00:00
Earnings	2026/01/31
Annual Earnings	2025/10/31

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
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Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Hi-Lex Corporation is covered by 1 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	Storm Research Limited