-- OBIC's (TYO:4684) profit attributable to owners of the parent climbed 16% to 75.2 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31 from 64.6 billion yen a year earlier.
The enterprise resource planning services firm's basic earnings per share increased to 171.61 yen from 146.90 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Tuesday.
Net sales rose nearly 12% to 135.2 billion yen from 121.2 billion yen in the prior year.
OBIC declared a final dividend of 47 yen per share, payable from June 26.
For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, the company expects attributable profit of 82 billion yen, basic EPS of 189.23 yen, and net sales of 148.7 billion yen.
OBIC plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 47 yen per share each for the current year, which is higher than the amount paid in the year-ago period.