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Kikkoman's Profit Slips Marginally in Fiscal Year 2026

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Kikkoman's (TYO:2801) profit attributable to owners of the parent slipped marginally by 0.1% to 61.6 billion yen for the fiscal year 2026 from 61.7 billion yen a year earlier.

The food manufacturer's basic earnings per share increased to 65.99 yen from 64.99 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Friday.

Revenue rose 5.2% to 745.5 billion yen for the full year ended March 31 from nearly 709 billion yen in the prior year.

The company declared a final dividend of 15 yen per share, payable from June 24.

For the fiscal year 2027, the company expects attributable profit of 61.3 billion yen, basic EPS of 65.65 yen, and net sales of 799.1 billion yen.

Kikkoman plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 10 yen and 15 yen per share, respectively, for the year, which is unchanged from the year-ago period.

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