Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. · TSE:2267
Yakult Honsha — FY2024 Earnings Presentation
15 slides from Yakult Honsha's earnings presentation, May 13, 2025
Slide 1: Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2025
Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2025 Previous Term Results and Future Outlook Hiroshi Narita President and Representative Director Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. May 13, 2025
Slide 2: Consolidated Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2025
Consolidated Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2025 (billion yen) Results Year-on-year Compared to forecast (of which, amounts resulting (announced November 12, 2024) from exchange rates*) 499.6 Net sales 99.3% 97.6% (+10.8) 55.3 Operating profit 87.4% 90.1% (+1.7) 75.8 Ordinary profit 95.
Slide 3: Consolidated Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2026
Consolidated Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2026 (billion yen) Forecast (of which, amounts resulting Year-on-year from exchange rates*) Net sales 506.0 101.3% (-12.1) Operating profit 58.5 105.6% (-2.5) Ordinary profit 74.5 98.2% (-3.3) Profit attributable to 49.0 107.6% owners of par
Slide 4: Shareholder Returns
Shareholder Returns <Policy> The Company places utmost priority on continuously increasing dividends, based on the concept of progressive dividend payment, with the total dividend determined by comprehensively considering the funding needs for future business expansion and earnings growth, as well a
Slide 5: Food & Beverage Business (Japan)
Food & Beverage Business (Japan) <No. of bottles sold for all dairy products> (Thousand bottles/day) 11,500 10,997 10,608 10,500 +1.2% 9,786 9,800 9,583 9,680 9,488 9,500 -8.8% 8,500 7,500 6,500 FYE FYE FYE FYE FYE FYE FYE Mar. 2020 Mar. 2021 Mar. 2022 Mar. 2023 Mar. 2024 Mar. 2025 Mar. 2026 (Foreca
Slide 6: Food & Beverage Business (Japan): Yakult 1000 series
Food & Beverage Business (Japan) <No. of bottles sold for Yakult 1000 series> The rapid increase in demand has subsided, and is actually (Thousand bottles/day) gradually decreasing 4,000 3,191 3,300 3,010 +9.6% 3,000 2,555 2,000 1,277 -5.7% 1,000 427 108 0 FYE FYE FYE FYE FYE FYE FYE Mar. 2020 Mar.
Slide 7: Food & Beverage Business (Japan): Yakult 1000 channels
Food & Beverage Business (Japan) <Home delivery channel: No. of bottles sold for Yakult 1000 series> (Thousand bottles/day) 3,000 2,038 2,169 1,960 +7.2% 2,100 2,000 1,147 1,000 427 -9.6% 0 FYE FYE FYE FYE FYE FYE Mar. 2021 Mar. 2022 Mar. 2023 Mar. 2024 Mar. 2025 Mar. 2026 (Forecast) < Retail store
Slide 8: Food & Beverage Business (Overseas)
Food & Beverage Business (Overseas) Quarterly year-on-year comparison of no. of bottles sold (%) 105 102.6 103.5 103.6 101.2 101.4 100 98.8 98.9 97.4 97.6 95 91.4 91.9 90.3 90 86.7 85 80 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 No. of bottles sold • Sales in China bottomed
Slide 9: Status of major companies (United States)
Food & Beverage Business (Overseas) —Status of major companies (United States)— No. of bottles sold Record number of bottles (Thousand bottles/day) 900 664 699 632 565 600 463 +5.3% 300 0 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 Alaska Hawaii Full-scale launch (6 states) Expansion between 2016 and 2018 (2
Slide 10: Status of major companies (Mexico)
Food & Beverage Business (Overseas) —Status of major companies (Mexico)— No. of bottles sold Record number 12,000 No. of Yakult Ladies of bottles (Thousand bottles/day) People 3,838 3,958 9,692 9,700 9,758 9,816 4,000 3,684 10,000 9,252 3,496 3,438 3,000 8,000 +3.1% 2,000 6,000 1,000 4,000 FY2020 FY
Slide 11: Status of major companies (Vietnam)
Food & Beverage Business (Overseas) —Status of major companies (Vietnam)— No. of bottles sold Record number 3,000 No. of Yakult Ladies of bottles (Thousand bottles/day) People 2,465 1,245 2,238 1,038 1,000 904 2,000 1,723 772 1,482 650 1,298 +19.9% 1,000 500 0 0 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 En
Slide 12: Status of major companies (China)
Food & Beverage Business (Overseas) *Aggregate of Guangzhou Yakult and Yakult (China) —Status of major companies (China)— No. of bottles sold 4,000 No. of Yakult Ladies (Thousand bottles/day) People 7,012 6,987 6,257 3,000 2,744 2,642 2,775 2,670 6,000 2,406 4,804 4,440 2,000 2,239 2,280 4,000 1,986
Slide 13: Status of major companies (Indonesia)
Food & Beverage Business (Overseas) —Status of major companies (Indonesia)— No. of bottles sold No. of Yakult Ladies (Thousand bottles/day) 15,000 7,328 7,276 People 6,727 6,367 11,626 11,897 11,610 11,556 5,814 10,821 6,000 10,000 4,000 -8.7% 5,000 2,000 0 0 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 End D
Slide 14: New Medium-Term Management Plan starts this fiscal year
Medium-term Management Plan (2025–2030) ◆ New Medium-Term Management Plan starts this fiscal year 1 2 3 Business Financial and Non-financial strategy capital strategy strategy 13
Slide 15: Cautionary Statement
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT Statements contained in these materials with respect to Yakult’s plans, forecasts and other statements that are not historical facts but forward- looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could result in actual results differing substantially from expectations. The