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Hitachi, Ltd., July-September (2Q) Net Income Decreases by 16%

Wed Oct 30, 2024 3:00 pm JST Earnings

6501 Hitachi, Ltd. 【IFRS】

Earnings Report

Hitachi, Ltd. <6501> [TSE-P] announced its financial results (based on IFRS) after the market closed on October 30th (15:00). The consolidated net income for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2025 (April to September) expanded to 292 billion yen, an increase of 39.8% compared to the same period last year. However, The progress rate against the 600 billion yen full-year plan was 48.7%, also falling below the five-year average of 76.7%.

Based on the first-half performance announced by the company and the full-year plan, our calculation indicates that the consolidated net income for the October to March period (second half) is expected to decrease by 19.2% from the same period last year to 307 billion yen.

In the most recent three-month period, from July to September (2Q), the consolidated net income decreased to 116 billion yen, a 15.9% decrease compared to the same period last year. However, the operating profit margin improved from 7.4% in the same period last year to 8.9%.

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Actual Performance and Financial Trends

Accumulated Results 2nd Quarter
Fiscal Year Revenue Operating
Profit
Ordinary
Profit
Net
Profit
Adj.
EPS
Progress Rate
vs. First Half
Announce Accounting
Standards
Apr - Sep, 2022
5,416,779M 324,629M 282,145M 172,515M 36.0 34.4 Oct 28, 2022 IFRS
Apr - Sep, 2023
4,960,069M 325,482M 322,056M 209,103M 44.8 39.0 Oct 27, 2023 IFRS
Apr - Sep, 2024
4,545,982M 404,739M 439,335M 292,273M 63.3 51.4 Oct 30, 2024 IFRS
YoY -8.3% +24.4% +36.4% +39.8% +41.2%
First Half Results vs. Previous Guidance
Fiscal Year Revenue Operating
Profit
Ordinary
Profit
Net
Profit
Adj.
EPS
Adj.
Dividend
Announce Accounting
Standards
Apr - Sep, 2024 Guidance Apr 26, 2024 IFRS
Apr - Sep, 2024 Results 4,545,982M 404,739M 439,335M 292,273M 63.3 21 Oct 30, 2024 IFRS
Revision Rate

Guidance Update

Full Year Update
Fiscal Year Revenue Operating
Profit
Ordinary
Profit
Net
Profit
Adj.
EPS
Adj.
Dividend
Announce Accounting
Standards
Mar, 2025 Prev 9,000,000M 855,000M 850,000M 600,000M 131.1 Apr 26, 2024 IFRS
Mar, 2025 New 9,150,000M 875,000M 855,000M 600,000M 131.1 Oct 30, 2024 IFRS
Revision Rate +1.7% +2.3% +0.6% 0.0% 0.0%

Current Period Guidance

Second Half Results
Fiscal Year Revenue Operating
Profit
Ordinary
Profit
Net
Profit
Adj.
EPS
Adj.
Dividend
Announce Accounting
Standards
Oct - Mar, 2023
4,768,647M 430,334M 503,745M 380,793M 81.9 20 Apr 26, 2024 IFRS
Guidance
Oct - Mar, 2024
4,604,018M 470,261M 415,665M 307,727M 67.2 Oct 30, 2024 IFRS
YoY -3.5% +9.3% -17.5% -19.2% -17.9%
Current Period Guidance
Fiscal Year Revenue Operating
Profit
Ordinary
Profit
Net
Profit
Adj.
EPS
Adj.
Dividend
Announce Accounting
Standards
Mar, 2023
10,881,150M 748,144M 819,971M 649,124M 136.9 29 Apr 27, 2023 IFRS
Mar, 2024
9,728,716M 755,816M 825,801M 589,896M 126.9 36 Apr 26, 2024 IFRS
Guidance
Mar, 2025
9,150,000M 875,000M 855,000M 600,000M 131.1 Oct 30, 2024 IFRS
YoY -5.9% +15.8% +3.5% +1.7% +3.3%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating
Profit
Ordinary
Profit
Net
Profit
Adj.
EPS
Operating
Profit Margin
Announce Accounting
Standards
Jul - Sep, 2023
2,637,581M 194,936M 206,571M 139,082M 29.8 7.4 Oct 27, 2023 IFRS
Oct - Dec, 2023
2,258,085M 200,219M 320,051M 235,989M 50.7 8.9 Jan 31, 2024 IFRS
Jan - Mar, 2024
2,510,562M 230,115M 183,694M 144,804M 31.2 9.2 Apr 26, 2024 IFRS
Apr - Jun, 2024
2,211,423M 197,624M 252,377M 175,325M 37.9 8.9 Jul 31, 2024 IFRS
Jul - Sep, 2024
2,334,559M 207,115M 186,958M 116,948M 25.3 8.9 Oct 30, 2024 IFRS
YoY -11.5% +6.2% -9.5% -15.9% -15.1%