May 12, 2025
Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
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Representative Director, President Kazuhiko Fujiwara
Outline of Financial Results of FY2024
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Financial Results of FY2024 (Y/Y)
［Unit: Billion yen］
FY2023 (1) | FY2024 (2) | Variance (Y/Y) | ||
(2)-(1) | Ratio | |||
Revenue | 287.3 | 304.8 | 17.5 | 6.1% |
Business Profit*1 | 27.5 | 30.8 | 3.4 | 12.3% |
Operating Profit | 27.2 | 24.8 | -2.4 *2 | -8.9% |
Profit attributable to owners of parent | 21.8 | 19.3 | -2.6 *3 | -11.7% |
ROE | 7.8% | 6.5% | - | - |
*1 "Business profit" is calculated by deducting "Cost of sales" and "Selling, general and administrative expenses" from "Revenue".
FOREX | FY2023 | FY2024 |
JPY / USD | 144.40 | 152.48 |
JPY / EUR | 156.80 | 163.62 |
*2 "Other expenses" includes 5.5 billion yen for the impairment loss of
a North America-based subsidiary related to phenolic products and
a loss on disposal of fixed assets ,etc. in association with the optimization of production bases in Japan and overseas and productivity improvement in High Performance Plastics segment.
*3 Since a new policy on dividends from overseas affiliates applies from the current quarter onwards, corporate tax expense of 1.5 billion yen
was posted in connection with the policy change, which in turn led to a rise in the corporate tax payment rate. 3
Revenue and Profit/loss (Fiscal Year Trends)
Sales revenue and business profit exceeded 300 billion yen and 30 billion yen
for the first time, achieving a new record.
Revenue
Business Profit
Profit attributable to owners of parent
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
[Unit: Billion yen]
300 30
200 20
100 10
0
Revenue
0
Profit/loss
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Revenue and Business Profit by Business Segment (Y/Y)
[Unit: Billion yen]
Revenue
100
50
0
Business Profit
20
10
0
82.9
91.3
101.4
105.5
102.2
107.2
Semiconductor Materials
Semiconductor Materials
High Performance Plastics
High Performance Plastics
Quality of Life Products
Quality of Life Products
0.8 / 0.8
16.1
18.0
5.3
5.3
9.7
11.8
Other / All
-3.7 / -4.2
Other / All
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