Japan Steel Works, Ltd. TSE:5631

Japan Steel Works : Business Results for the First Half of the Fiscal Year 2024 (Ended March 31, 2025)

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FY2024 / Business Results for the 1st Half of FY2024

November 14, 2024

Toshio Matsuo

Representative Director & President

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.

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The performance forecasts and other forward-looking statements included in this report are based on the information that was available to The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (the "Company") and certain assumptions deemed to be reasonable at the time this report was prepared, and the actual results may differ significantly from these forecasts due to a variety of reasons.

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INDEX

PART Ⅰ

Results for the 1st Half of FY2024

  1. Status of Orders Received, Sales and Profits
  2. Analysis on Changes in Operating Income
  3. Results by Segments
  4. Industrial Machinery Products Business
  5. Material and Engineering Business

PART

Forecast for FY2024

  1. Forecast for Orders Received, Sales and Profits
  2. Analysis on Changes in Operating Income
  3. Forecast by Segments
  4. Industrial Machinery Products Business
  5. Material and Engineering Business
  6. Changes in Order Backlog and Forecast by Segments
  7. Status of Capital Investment, Depreciation,

Cash Flows, Financial Position and R&D Expenses

18 Dividend Policy of JGP2028 and the Results

PART

Business Overview

  1. Market Sentiment for the Main Product in the Industrial Machinery Products Business
  2. Market Sentiment for the Main Product in the Material and Engineering Business
  3. Film and Sheet Manufacturing Equipment
  4. Plastic Production Machinery and efforts to increase production capacity
  5. Molding machines: Market outlook & prospect for FY24
  6. Thermal and Nuclear Power Products

Reference Materials

Composition of the Business Segments and Main Products / Trends in Net Sales, Operating Income and Profit / Trends in Major Assets and Cash Flows /Corporate philosophy, starting with purpose

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Results for the 1st Half of FY2024

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Status of Orders Received, Sales and Profits

Orders received and Net sales decreased, while Profits increased.

Orders received

Net sales

Operating income

(%)

Ordinary income

Profit

Profit per share

(Yen)

Divident per share

(Yen)

Unit: Billion Yen

FY2023

FY2024

Year-on-Year

1st Half

1st Half

Change

(A)

(B)

(B) - (A)

165.9

141.0

(24.9)

110.1

108.2

(1.9)

5.7

8.2

2.5

5.2%

7.7%

6.7

8.6

1.9

4.7

6.0

1.3

64.73

81.65

16.92

29.0

38.0

9.0

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Analysis on Changes in Operating Income

Operating income increased by 2.5-billion-yen with the increase of sales and price improvement.

Unit: Billion Yen

Revision in cost allocation

+5.2

(1.2)

Machinery:1.0

Machinery: (2.0)

(1.8)

Material: 0.8

Variable

Machinery: (1.0)

8.2

Machinery: 1.7

Cost

Material: (0.8)

+0.1

+0.2

Material: 3.5

Fixed Cost

Impact of Forex

Unclassifiable

Fluctuations

Expenses

5.7

Increase/Decrease

Average exchange rate for the

in Production, Sales

transactions on USD

and Prices

FY2023: JPY143/USD

FY2024: JPY152/USD

FY2023

FY2024

1st Half

1st Half

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Results by Segments

Industrial Machinery : Orders received and Net sales decreased, Operating income was

affected by the revision in cost allocation.

Material and Engineering : Net sales and Operating income increased. Orders received decreased as a reaction to the large amount of the last year.

Industrial Machinery

Unit: Billion Yen

Material and Engineering

Unit:

Billion Yen

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Industrial Machinery Products Business

Orders received and Net sales of plastic production and processing machinery decreased due to the slow down in demand for EV.

Net Sales /

Operating Income

Unit: Billion Yen

FY2023

FY2024

Year-on-Year

Change

1st Half

1st Half

(A)

(B)

(B)-(A)

Plastic production and

44.5

29.5

(15.0)

processing machinery

Molding machines

28.8

30.7

1.9

Defense equipment

9.8

11.3

1.5

Others

9.3

14.4

5.1

Total

92.5

86.1

(6.4)

Operating income

8.2

6.9

(1.3)

Orders Received

Unit: Billion Yen

FY2023

FY2024

Year-on-Year

Change

1st Half

1st Half

(C)

(D)

(D)-(C)

56.8

37.4

(19.4)

33.6

34.0

0.4

25.0

31.8

6.8

15.0

14.0

(1.0)

130.4

117.3

(13.1)

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Material and Engineering Business

Net Sales increased driven by the increase of Steel forgings and plates. Demand for Steel forgings and plates remain strong while the orders received declined as the reaction to the big order of Nuclear forgings of the last year.

Net Sales / Operating Income

Unit: Billion Yen

FY2023

FY2024

Year-on-Year

Change

1st Half

1st Half

(A)

(B)

(B)-(A)

Steel forgings and

13.0

16.9

3.9

plates

Engineering, etc.

3.6

4.1

0.5

Total

16.6

21.0

4.4

Operating income

0.5

4.1

3.6

Orders Received

Unit: Billion Yen

FY2023

FY2024

Year-on-Year

Change

1st Half

1st Half

(D)

(E)

(E)-(D)

30.0

18.8

(11.2)

4.4

3.8

(0.6)

34.4

22.6

(11.8)

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Forecast for FY2024

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