Nippon Yakin Kogyo reports lower FY2026 net profit

7 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 8

For the year ended 31 March, net profit fell to 7.22 billion yen from 11.58 billion yen, while revenue declined to 150.87 billion yen from 172.10 billion yen.
Operating profit dropped to 10.97 billion yen from 16.97 billion yen, pretax profit to 9.66 billion yen from 16.20 billion yen, and earnings per share to 519.86 yen from 819.46 yen.
The Tokyo-listed company said the results were prepared under Japanese accounting standards, pointing to a broad year-on-year weakening across sales, profitability and shareholder returns.

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