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■Meta water <9551> 2,015 yen-271 Yen (-11.9%) Today’s closing price TSE Prime Top decline rate
Metawater <9551> has dropped significantly. After the close of trading on the 24th, the company announced its consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2025, predicting sales of 170 billion yen, an increase of 2.7% from the previous fiscal year, and operating income of 9.0 billion yen, a decrease of 9.1% from the previous fiscal year. The company’s forecast of a decline in operating income for the first time in three quarters was met with disgust. The dividend forecast is 48 yen, an increase of 2 yen from the previous fiscal year. In the financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2024, which were announced at the same time, sales increased by 9.9% from the previous period to 165,561 million yen, and operating income increased by 14.0% to 9,903 million yen. The overseas business, O&M (operation and maintenance) business, and PPP (public-private partnership) business performed well. At the same time, the company announced a medium-term management plan with the final year ending in March 2019. The plan is to aim for sales of 200 billion yen, operating profit of 13 billion yen, and ROE of 10% or more in the final year.

■Future <4722> 1,568 yen-174 Yen (-10.0%) Today’s closing price TSE Prime 2nd place in decline rate
Future <4722> has fallen sharply. After the close of trading on the 24th, the company announced that its consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending December 2024 would be revised downward from 10.15 billion yen to 9.9 billion yen (up 7.4% from the previous year). This was disgusting. The sales forecast has been raised from 63 billion yen to 70.2 billion yen (up 18.3% year on year), and the operating income forecast has been raised from 14.5 billion yen to 14.65 billion yen (up 6.9% year on year). The impact of the consolidation of corporate management support company Revamp has been factored into the forecast.

■Tokyo Gas <9531> 3,656 yen-387 Yen (-9.6%) Today’s closing price TSE Prime 3rd place in decline
Tokyo Gas <9531> has fallen significantly. Around 2:00 p.m., the company announced its consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2025, with sales forecast to be 2,642 billion yen, down 0.8% year on year, and net income 80 billion yen, down 52.9% year on year. The company’s forecast of lower sales and profits following the previous term was disappointing. This is expected to be affected by a decrease in unit sales prices due to gas raw material cost adjustments, a decrease in electricity sales volume, and an increase in depreciation expenses in overseas businesses. The dividend forecast is unchanged from the previous fiscal year at 70 yen. In the financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, which were announced at the same time, sales were 2,664.5 billion yen, down 19.0% from the previous period, and net income was 169,936 million yen, down 39.5%. In addition, the company announced that it will carry out a share buyback with a maximum purchase price of 17 million shares, or 40 billion yen. The period is from May 7th to March 31st of next year.

■Canon <7751> 4,066 yen-374 Yen (-8.4%) Today’s closing price TSE Prime 6th place in decline rate
Canon <7751> has fallen sharply for the first time in four days. The consolidated financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending December 2024 (January to March), which were announced after the close of trading on the 24th, show that sales were 988,519 million yen, an increase of 1.8% from the same period last year, and operating income was 5.5 billion yen. ．Decrease of 2% to 80,083 million yen. Final profit increased by 6.3% year on year to 59,949 million yen, but the rate of progress against the full-year plan was slow at about 20%, and selling appears to have been predominant due to concerns about a downturn in business results. . Semiconductor lithography equipment performed well, mainly for use in power devices. On the other hand, sales of digital cameras as a whole decreased due to factors such as reducing the number of units shipped in order to clear inventory on the market.

■Pana HD <6752> 1,325 yen-68 Yen (-4.9%) Today’s closing price
Panasonic Holdings <6752> has fallen. After the close of trading on the 24th, the company announced that its final profit for the fiscal year ending March 2024 was 440 billion yen (up 65.7% from the previous period), 20 billion yen less than planned. Sellers, fed up with the downturn in business results, are predominant. Operating income came in at 360 billion yen (up 24.8% year on year), 40 billion yen less than planned. In addition to a provision for dealing with past manufacturing defects in the automotive battery business, we recorded an impairment loss on goodwill related to a subsidiary that handles automotive parts. Profits were lower than expected due to a deterioration in equity method profits and an increase in structural reform costs. On the other hand, due to factors such as the effects of the weaker yen, sales appear to have exceeded the plan by 100 billion yen, reaching 8.5 trillion yen (up 1.4% year on year).

■Sanyo Denki <6516> 7,220 yen-370 Yen (-4.9%) Today’s closing price
Sanyo Denki <6516> fell for the first time in four days. Around 11 a.m. that day, the company announced its consolidated business forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2025, with sales expected to be 105.3 billion yen, down 6.7% year on year, and operating income down 10.3% year on year, to 10.6 billion yen. The company’s forecast of lower sales and profits following the previous term was disappointing. The dividend forecast has been increased from 140 yen to 145 yen for the previous fiscal year, and is expected to be 150 yen for this fiscal year. In the financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2024, which were announced at the same time, sales were 112,904 million yen, down 6.5% from the previous period, and operating income was 11,811 million yen, down 12.0%. This was due to weak demand for semiconductors. On the other hand, sales for EV quick chargers and high-performance servers were strong.

■Hulic <3003> 1,424.5 yen-63.5 Yen (-4.3%) Today’s closing price
Hulic <3003> widened his decline in the second half. On this day, the company announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter (January to March) of the fiscal year ending December 2024. Sales decreased 4.4% year on year to 107,593 million yen, and ordinary income decreased 33.1% year on year to 21,241 million yen. The progress rate for ordinary income against the full-year plan was only about 15%. It appears that uncertainty surrounding the achievement of full-year forecasts was a factor that encouraged selling. Sales of real estate for sale are planned primarily from the second quarter (April to June) onwards. Revenue from office and other real estate rentals remains stable, and the company believes that the real estate segment is progressing smoothly.

■Fanuc <6954> 4,455 yen-158 Yen (-3.4%) Today’s closing price
FANUC <6954> has fallen sharply. After the close of trading on the 24th, the company disclosed its earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2025, along with the consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Sales for this fiscal year are expected to be 746.4 billion yen, down 6.1% from the previous year, and final profit is expected to be 107.3 billion yen, down 19.4%. It is assumed that inventory adjustments will continue to have an impact on production. Although the company announced that it would buy back a total of 12.5 million shares (1.32% of the total number of outstanding shares excluding treasury stock) with a total purchase amount of up to 50 billion yen, it seems that the company’s performance outlook for this fiscal year was disfavored. . The exchange rates used as assumptions for the earnings forecast are 1 dollar = 135 yen and 1 euro = 150 yen. The acquisition period for own shares is from May 1st to April 30th, 2025. In addition, the company has decided to cancel 7,655,104 treasury shares, equivalent to 0.76% of the total number of outstanding shares, on May 31st of this year. Sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 were 795,274 million yen, down 6.7% from the previous period, and final profit was 133,159 million yen, down 21.9%. In addition, FANUC announced that it has been discovered that testing of Robocut products (wire electrical discharge machines) destined for Europe was conducted in a manner that did not comply with harmonized standards based on the European EMC Directive. A special investigation committee consisting of outside experts will be established to investigate the cause and formulate measures to prevent recurrence.

■Fuji Koga E&C <1775> 6,550 yen-100 Yen (-1.5%) Today’s closing price
Fuji Koga E&C <1775> has fallen sharply for the first time in four days. After the close of trading on the 24th, the company disclosed its earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2025, along with the consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Sales are expected to decrease by 9.3% from the previous fiscal year to 94 billion yen, and final profit is expected to decrease by 4.0% to 5.2 billion yen. In the previous fiscal year, profits were at a record high. In addition, the stock price had reached its highest price since listing on the previous day, and it appears that selling for the purpose of locking in profits became dominant. Due to the impact of several large-scale projects in the previous fiscal year, orders for this fiscal year are expected to decrease by 6.9% from the previous fiscal year to 100 billion yen. Sales for the fiscal year ending March 2024 were 103,649 million yen, an increase of 17.6% compared to the previous period, and final profit was 5,413 million yen, an increase of 19.3%, exceeding the plan. . In addition, the company has increased its dividend forecast for the previous fiscal year by 20 yen, and is planning an annual dividend forecast for this fiscal year of 190 yen, the same as the previous fiscal year.

■Sakura Law <5189> 2,720 yen +500 Yen (+22.5%)stop heightToday’s closing price
Sakura Mori <5189> is stop high. After the close of trading on the 24th, regarding the consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2024, the final profit exceeded the plan from 410 million yen to 720 million yen (2.3 times compared to the previous period). Announced that it seems so. Furthermore, the company revised its annual dividend forecast by 40 yen to 90 yen, which was seen as positive. Sales exceeded the plan by 1.95 billion yen, reaching 13.35 billion yen (up 24.9% year on year). Orders from government agencies increased rapidly in the fourth quarter (January to March), and as we were able to deliver within the fiscal year, sales and profits significantly exceeded expectations. The annual dividend for the previous fiscal year was 25 yen, taking into account the stock split.

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