AEON Financial Service's Profit Soars 106% in Fiscal Q1
AEON Financial Service's (TYO:8570) profit attributable to owners of the parent surged 106% to 8.97 billion yen for the fiscal first quarter from 4.36 billion yen a year earlier.The credit services company's earnings per share increased to 41.53 yen from 20.19 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Thursday.Operating revenues jumped nearly 13% to 153.9 billion yen for the three months ended May 31 from 136.6 billion yen in the prior-year period.It declared a second-quarter dividend of 25 yen per share and plans a year-end dividend of 28 yen per share for the year, which is higher than the total 53 yen per share paid in the year-ago period.For the fiscal year ending Feb. 28, 2027, the company expects attributable profit of 15 billion yen, basic EPS of 69.48 yen and operating revenues of 600 billion yen.
