-- NTT's (TYO:9432) attributable profit jumped 3.7% during the year ended March 31 on record-high operating revenue.
The Japanese telecommunication giant saw attributable profit rise to 1.037 trillion yen in fiscal 2025 from 1 trillion yen in fiscal 2024, according to a Friday filing with the Tokyo Exchange.
Basic earnings per share grew to 12.61 yen from 11.96 yen.
Operating revenue increased 5.1% to 14.4 trillion yen from 13.7 trillion yen a year earlier.
Its integrated information and communications segment jumped 3.9% to 6.458 trillion yen from 6.213 trillion yen as the company expanded its customer base.
The global solutions business segment grew 7.9% to 5.005 trillion yen from 4.639 trillion yen as demand for digitalization in the Japan segment grew and the company capitalized on full-stack solutions in its overseas segment.
The telecommunications company's regional communications division saw a 3.1% growth to 3.210 trillion yen from 3.112 trillion yen amid business structure reform in operations harnessing digital transformation and artificial intelligence.
Operating profit grew 3.4% to 1.706 trillion yen from 1.650 trillion yen.
For fiscal 2026, NTT expects profit to decline 5.5% to 980 billion yen and operating revenue to rise 4.5% to 15.1 trillion yen. Operating profit may increase 0.2% to 1.710 trillion yen.
Meanwhile, NTT set an interim target of up to 17 million tons for greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 before reaching net zero in 2040.
The company plans to pay out a dividend of 5.4 yen per share in fiscal 2026, an increase for the 16th straight year.
NTT also intends to buy back up to 14 billion shares for up to 200 billion yen between May 11, 2026 and March 31, 2027.