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East Japan Railway's Profit Slips 14% in Fiscal Q1

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East Japan Railway's (TYO:9020) recorded a 14% decline in attributable profit in the first fiscal quarter to 68 billion yen from 78.7 billion yen a year prior.

Basic EPS fell to 60.24 yen from 69.56 yen previously, according to a Friday Tokyo bourse filing.

The railway operator's operating revenue jumped 8% to 772.7 billion yen from 715.3 billion yen in the year-ago period.

The company expects an attributable profit of 255 billion yen, basic EPS of 225.85 yen, operating revenues of 3.295 trillion yen, and a total dividend of 84 yen per share for the fiscal year ending March 31.

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