-- Nagase & Co's (TYO:8012) profit attributable to owners of the parent jumped nearly 30% to 33.1 billion yen for the fiscal year 2025 from 25.5 billion yen a year earlier.
The chemical manufacturer's basic earnings per share increased to 78.89 yen from 57.60 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Thursday.
Net sales climbed 2.9% to 972.8 billion yen for the year ended March 31 from about 945 billion yen in the prior year.
It declared a final dividend of 55 yen per share, payable from June 18.
For the fiscal year 2026, the company expects attributable profit of 34.5 billion yen, EPS of 84.59 yen, and net sales of 1 trillion yen.
Nagase plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 13 yen and 14 yen per share, respectively, for the year, which is higher than the amount paid in the year-ago period.