Seed Co Tokyo reports FY2026 net profit rise

10 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 11

For the year ended 31 March, net profit was Y1.14 billion versus Y1.09 billion, while revenue rose to Y33.94 billion from Y33.23 billion.
Operating profit fell to Y1.44 billion from Y1.56 billion, but pretax profit increased to Y1.41 billion from Y1.33 billion.
Per-share earnings improved to Y37.52 from Y36.10, with the Japanese company saying the results were prepared under Japanese accounting standards.

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