Nachi-Fujikoshi: strong Q3 profit growth despite revenue dip

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. announced its consolidated financial results for the nine months ended August 31, 2025, reporting net sales of JPY 174,194m, a 2.9% decrease year-over-year. Despite this, operating profit surged by 62.7% to JPY 6,628m, and ordinary profit increased by 169.4% to JPY 5,141m. Profit attributable to owners of parent rose 31.0% to JPY 3,640m.

The company recognized extraordinary losses of JPY 1,272m for restructuring expenses, encompassing JPY 609m in impairment and inventory valuation losses from reorganizing overseas production, and JPY 437m for special retirement allowances. Concurrently, extraordinary income of JPY 1,933m was recorded from the sale of investment securities, aiming to enhance capital efficiency and reduce cross-shareholdings.

Nachi-Fujikoshi maintained its full-year 2025 forecast, anticipating net sales of JPY 243,000m, an operating profit of JPY 8,600m, and profit attributable to owners of parent of JPY 4,000m. The company's equity-to-asset ratio improved to 49.7% as of August 31, 2025, up from 47.4% at the end of fiscal year 2024.