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Life Foods, Ordinary Profit Forecast for the Fiscal Year Revised Upward by 5%

Tue Oct 14, 2025 3:15 pm JST Earnings

3065 Life Foods Co., Ltd. 【J-GAAP】

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Life Foods Co., Ltd. <3065> [TSE Std] announced its financial results in the afternoon session on October 14th (15:15). The ordinary profit (non-consolidated) for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending February 2026 (March to August) dropped 45.1% from the same period last year to 169 million yen.

However, the full-year forecast for ordinary profit has been revised upward 5.0%, from the previous forecast of 200 million yen to 210 million yen (compared to 414 million yen in the previous period), and the declining rate is expected to decrease from 51.7% to 49.3%.

Based on the first-half performance announced by the company and the full-year plan, our calculation indicates that the ordinary profit for the September to February period (second half) is expected to significant drop 61.3% from the same period last year to 41 million yen.

In the most recent three-month period, from June to August (2Q), the ordinary profit significantly dropped to 69 million yen, a 54.6% decrease compared to the same period last year. The operating profit margin worsened from 4.7% in the same period last year to 2.2%.

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Actual Results

Accumulated Results 2nd Quarter
Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Progress Rate vs. First Half Announce Accounting Standards
Mar - Aug, 2023 5,297 -73 -54 -647 -211.5 ー Oct 12, 2023 J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2024 4,936 260 308 218 71.0 74.4 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2025 4,938 149 169 124 40.4 80.5 Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +0.0% -42.7% -45.1% -43.1% -43.0%

First Half Results vs. Previous Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Mar - Aug, 2025 Guidance 4,842 142 160 113 36.6 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2025 Results 4,938 149 169 124 40.4 0 Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Revision Rate +2.0% +4.9% +5.6% +9.7% +10.4%

Guidance Update

Full Year Update

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Feb, 2026 Prev 9,511 163 200 106 34.3 5 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Feb, 2026 New 9,606 170 210 118 38.2 5 Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Revision Rate +1.0% +4.3% +5.0% +11.3% +11.3%

Current Period Guidance

Second Half Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Sep - Feb, 2024 4,847 87 106 184 59.8 5 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2025 Guidance 4,668 21 41 -6 -1.9 5 Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -3.7% -75.9% -61.3% － －

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Feb, 2024 10,426 -25 5 -734 -239.8 0 Apr 15, 2024 J-GAAP
Feb, 2025 9,783 347 414 402 130.7 5 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Feb, 2026 Guidance 9,606 170 210 118 38.2 5 Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -1.8% -51.0% -49.3% -70.6% -70.8%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Operating Profit Margin Announce Accounting Standards
Jun - Aug, 2024 2,451 114 152 72 23.4 4.7 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
Sep - Nov, 2024 2,440 108 121 111 36.2 4.4 Jan 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Dec - Feb, 2024 2,407 -21 -15 73 23.7 -0.9 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Mar - May, 2025 2,493 95 100 95 30.9 3.8 Jul 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Jun - Aug, 2025 2,445 54 69 29 9.5 2.2 Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -0.2% -52.6% -54.6% -59.7% -59.7%

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