Summary of Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter of FY2026, and Forecast of Consolidated Financial Results for FY2026
＜ Consolidated Financial Results ＞
(Millions of yen, percentage figures show year-on-year ratio.)
Net Sales | Operating Income | Ordinary Income | Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent | |||||
Third quarter of FY2026 Third quarter of FY2025 | 317,446 312,513 | 101.6% 102.5% | 17,768 17,078 | 104.0% 94.9% | 20,631 19,849 | 103.9% 95.9% | 15,577 19,489 | 79.9% 136.2% |
During the first nine months of fiscal 2026, as an effort to strengthen our earning capacity, we thoroughly implemented "consumer-based marketing" in all business areas including not only the home use food product category but also the professional use food product category, and we worked to expand our revenue by further raising our brand awareness Additionally, the construction work for the Chita Mill, which will serve to strengthen the foundation for our domestic Flour Milling business, is entering the final phase toward completion. This Mill will, in addition to reducing the raw material procurement cost with the berthing of large grain vessels, seek to increase the production efficiency by utilizing automation technology and DX, and build a system for supporting stable supply and profitability, as a cutting-edge plant that attaches importance to both BCP and the environment. In addition, as an effort to expand our growth areas, we are steadily progressing with the construction of a new plant for frozen foods of HATANAKA FOODS Co., Ltd., aiming for completion by the end of fiscal 2027, in order to enhance our supply system in the light of growth of the demand for frozen foods. Moreover, the plant of Utah Flour Milling, LLC, which has commenced full-scale operations, is expanding production smoothly and is
promoting product sales in the U.S. market.
For the consolidated financial results in the first nine months of fiscal 2026, net sales increased by 1.6% year-on-year to ¥317,446 million due to factors such as the expansion of inbound tourism consumption, sales promotion based on the marketing strategy, as well as price revisions implemented due to various rising costs. In terms of profit, despite an increase in various costs, including raw material costs, personnel costs and logistics costs in each business, due to steady sales, operating income increased by 4.0% year-on-year to ¥17,768 million and ordinary income increased by 3.9% year-on-year to ¥20,631 million. On the other hand, due to extraordinary income gains from the sale of idle land last year, profit attributable to owners of parent decreased by 20.1% year-on-year to ¥15,577 million.
＜ Forecast of Consolidated Financial Results for FY2026 ＞For the full year, the forecast of the consolidated financial results announced on May 13, 2025 has remained unchanged.
With regard to dividends, we plan to pay total cash dividends of ¥66 per share for the full year ending March 31, 2026, unchanged from the forecast.