Yamazawa reports full-year net profit after reversing previous loss

4 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · Apr 30

For the year ended 28 February in Japan, net profit was Y1.38bn versus a Y2.62bn loss a year earlier, while revenue rose to Y105.41bn from Y102.56bn.
Operating profit improved to Y1.14bn from a Y821m loss, and pretax profit reached Y1.23bn versus a Y407m loss.
Per-share earnings were Y128.91, compared with a loss per share of Y242.84 a year earlier, under Japanese accounting standards.

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