HOKKAIDO CHUO BUS, Ordinary Profit Forecast for the Fiscal Year Revised Upward by 25%
9085 HOKKAIDO CHUO BUS CO., LTD. 【J-GAAP】
Earnings ReportHOKKAIDO CHUO BUS CO., LTD. <9085> [SSE] announced its financial results in the afternoon session on November 13th (14:30). The consolidated ordinary profit/loss for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2026 (April to September) turned into a profit of 0.31 billion yen (compared to a loss of 0.24 billion yen in the same period last year).
In addition, the full-year forecast for consolidated ordinary profit has been revised upward 25.0%, from the previous forecast of 2.00 billion yen to 2.50 billion yen (compared to 2.63 billion yen in the previous period), and the declining rate is expected to decrease from 24.2% to 5.2%.
Based on the first-half performance announced by the company and the full-year plan, our calculation indicates that the consolidated ordinary profit for the October to March period (second half) is expected to decrease 24.3% from the same period last year to 2.18 billion yen.
In the most recent three-month period, from July to September (2Q), the consolidated ordinary profit surged 3.8 times that of the same period last year, reaching 0.46 billion yen. The operating profit margin significantly improved from 0.3% in the same period last year to 4.6%.
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Actual Performance and Financial Trends
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Operating Profit |
Ordinary Profit |
Net Profit |
Adj. EPS |
Progress Rate vs. First Half |
Announce | Accounting Standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
15,404M | -472M | -306M | -552M | -211.2 | ー | Nov 13, 2023 | J-GAAP |
|
|
15,901M | -433M | -246M | -390M | -149.1 | ー | Nov 13, 2024 | J-GAAP |
|
|
16,440M | 212M | 318M | 258M | 98.7 | 12.7 | Nov 13, 2025 | J-GAAP |
| YoY | +3.4% | － | － | － | － |
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Operating Profit |
Ordinary Profit |
Net Profit |
Adj. EPS |
Adj. Dividend |
Announce | Accounting Standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr - Sep, 2025 Guidance | ー | ー | ー | ー | － | － | May 14, 2025 | J-GAAP |
| Apr - Sep, 2025 Results | 16,440M | 212M | 318M | 258M | 98.7 | － | Nov 13, 2025 | J-GAAP |
| Revision Rate | － | － | － | － | － |
Guidance Update
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Operating Profit |
Ordinary Profit |
Net Profit |
Adj. EPS |
Adj. Dividend |
Announce | Accounting Standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar, 2026 Prev | 37,300M | 1,900M | 2,000M | 1,600M | 611.6 | － | May 14, 2025 | J-GAAP |
| Mar, 2026 New | 37,800M | 2,300M | 2,500M | 1,900M | 726.3 | － | Nov 13, 2025 | J-GAAP |
| Revision Rate | +1.3% | +21.1% | +25.0% | +18.8% | +18.8% |
Current Period Guidance
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Operating Profit |
Ordinary Profit |
Net Profit |
Adj. EPS |
Adj. Dividend |
Announce | Accounting Standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
20,089M | 2,698M | 2,884M | 2,652M | 1,014.0 | 50 | May 14, 2025 | J-GAAP |
|
Guidance
Oct - Mar, 2025
|
21,360M | 2,088M | 2,182M | 1,642M | 627.7 | － | Nov 13, 2025 | J-GAAP |
| YoY | +6.3% | -22.6% | -24.3% | -38.1% | -38.1% |
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Operating Profit |
Ordinary Profit |
Net Profit |
Adj. EPS |
Adj. Dividend |
Announce | Accounting Standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
33,838M | 1,169M | 1,463M | 941M | 359.7 | 40 | May 15, 2024 | J-GAAP |
|
|
35,990M | 2,265M | 2,638M | 2,262M | 864.9 | 50 | May 14, 2025 | J-GAAP |
|
Guidance
Mar, 2026
|
37,800M | 2,300M | 2,500M | 1,900M | 726.3 | － | Nov 13, 2025 | J-GAAP |
| YoY | +5.0% | +1.5% | -5.2% | -16.0% | -16.0% |
Quarterly Results
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Operating Profit |
Ordinary Profit |
Net Profit |
Adj. EPS |
Operating Profit Margin |
Announce | Accounting Standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
8,863M | 23M | 122M | 69M | 26.4 | 0.3 | Nov 13, 2024 | J-GAAP |
|
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9,783M | 739M | 794M | 529M | 202.4 | 7.6 | Feb 13, 2025 | J-GAAP |
|
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10,306M | 1,959M | 2,090M | 2,123M | 811.7 | 19.0 | May 14, 2025 | J-GAAP |
|
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6,940M | -223M | -148M | -43M | -16.5 | -3.2 | Aug 8, 2025 | J-GAAP |
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9,500M | 435M | 466M | 301M | 115.2 | 4.6 | Nov 13, 2025 | J-GAAP |
| YoY | +7.2% | +1,791.3% | +282.0% | +336.2% | +336.5% |
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