Bunka Shutter offers shareholder benefits, sees mixed first-half results

Bunka Shutter Co., Ltd. will introduce a new shareholder benefit program, approved on November 5, 2025, to thank shareholders and boost long-term investment. The program, effective March 31, 2026, will offer QUO cards, with values ranging from 1,000 yen to 6,000 yen, depending on the number of shares held (minimum 100 shares) and continuous holding period of one or three years. Cards will be sent annually after the Ordinary General Meeting in June.

The announcement coincides with the release of the company's consolidated financial results for the first six months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. During this period (April 1 to September 30, 2025), Bunka Shutter reported net sales of 105,276 million yen, a 2.9% increase from the previous year. However, operating profit slightly decreased by 0.7% to 3,863 million yen. Ordinary profit rose by 9.1% to 4,316 million yen, and profit attributable to owners of parent increased by 24.3% to 2,746 million yen.

Total assets as of September 30, 2025, stood at 200,707 million yen, a decrease of 4,275 million yen from the previous fiscal year-end, while net assets were 110,441 million yen, down 3,008 million yen. The company's cash and cash equivalents increased by 2,470 million yen (6.2%) to 42,163 million yen. Bunka Shutter maintains its full-year consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, with anticipated net sales of 240,000 million yen and operating profit of 16,800 million yen.