-- Nihon Dengi's (TYO:1723) profit attributable to owners of the parent jumped 32% to 8.44 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31 from 6.41 billion yen a year earlier.
The instrumentation technology company's basic earnings per share increased to 132.49 yen from 100.71 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Thursday.
Net sales jumped 7.7% to 46.4 billion yen from 43.1 billion yen in the prior year.
It declared a final dividend of 24.75 yen per share, payable from June 29.
For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, the company expects attributable profit of 8.7 billion yen, basic EPS of 136.51 yen, and net sales of 51.5 billion yen.
Nihon Dengi plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 20 yen and 36 yen per share, respectively, for the year, which is higher than the amount paid in the year-ago period.