Nagase & Co reports higher FY net profit

6 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 7

For the year ended 31 March, net profit rose to Y33.12bn from Y25.52bn, while revenue increased to Y972.78bn from Y944.96bn.
Operating profit climbed to Y44.73bn from Y39.08bn and pretax profit to Y44.10bn from Y38.38bn, with earnings per share rising to Y78.89 from Y57.60.
The Japanese trading company said the results were prepared under Japanese accounting standards, showing broad year-on-year profit and sales growth.

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