Jan. 31, 2025
Komatsu Ltd. today announced its consolidated business results for nine months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (U.S. GAAP). The highlights are described below.
1. Results for nine months ended December 31, 2024
For the first nine-month period (April 1- December 31, 2024) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, consolidated net sales totaled JPY 2,957.3 billion, an increase of 5.8% from the corresponding period a year ago. In the construction, mining and utility equipment business, while sales for construction equipment decreased, that for mining equipment increased. There was also factors such as the impact of the Japanese yen's depreciation and the effect of improved selling prices in most regions of the world, thereby sales increased from the corresponding period a year ago. In the industrial machinery and others business, sales increased from the corresponding period a year ago, supported primarily by increased sales of large presses for the automobile manufacturing industry and increased maintenance sales in the excimer laser-related business for the semiconductor industry.
With respect to profits for the nine-month period under review, operating income increased by 2.8% from the corresponding period a year ago, to JPY 466.1 billion. This was supported by an increase in profits in the retail finance and industrial machinery businesses and others, which more than offset reduced profits in the construction, mining and utility equipment business, due to reduced sales volume and cost increase. The operating income ratio decreased by 0.4 percentage points from the corresponding period a year ago to 15.8%. Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliated companies decreased by 0.5% from the corresponding period a year ago to JPY 428.2 billion. Net income attributable to Komatsu Ltd. increased by 1.9% from the corresponding period a year ago to JPY 310.1 billion.
[Consolidated financial highlights]
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all sales by segment in this report indicate the amounts before elimination of intersegment transactions.
2. Projections for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025（FY2024）
Komatsu makes no change in the projection of October 29, 2024, concerning consolidated business results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.
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