ERI Holdings FY26 Operating Profit More Than Doubles to ¥4.94 Billion as Energy-Standard Mandate Lifts Inspection Demand

ERI Holdings Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6083), the holding company for Japan's largest private-sector building-confirmation-inspection and housing-performance-evaluation group, reported consolidated results for the year ended May 31, 2026 under Japanese GAAP. Revenue rose 25.0% to ¥24,704 million, operating profit surged 141.7% to ¥4,943 million, ordinary profit climbed 139.5% to ¥4,973 million, and net profit attributable to owners of the parent jumped 143.2% to ¥3,146 million. Basic earnings per share were ¥139.41, against a restated ¥56.44 a year earlier, and return on equity vaulted to 42.4% from 21.4%.

A regulatory mandate turns a weak market into a record year

The step-change traces to a single policy shift: from April 2025 Japan requires all new buildings, houses included, to comply with energy-efficiency standards. That mandate sharply lifted the volume of energy-conformity assessments and housing performance evaluations the group issues, and it came alongside expanded energy- and structural-related review work, fee revisions, and contributions from newly consolidated subsidiaries. Operating expenses rose only 11.5% to ¥19,760 million — well behind the 25.0% revenue gain — so the operating margin nearly doubled to 20.0% from 10.4%. What makes the year unusual is the backdrop: housing starts fell year on year across owner-occupied, rental and built-for-sale categories on soaring construction costs, and non-residential construction floor area also declined. ERI grew a quarter regardless, because its revenue is driven by regulatory workload rather than by building volume alone.

Both segments post double-digit growth

The group restructured its reporting segments this fiscal year, folding confirmation inspection, housing performance evaluation and previously "other" energy-related work into a single unit, and broadening the former solution business into an infrastructure- and environment-focused segment; prior-year figures are restated on the new basis. Confirmation Inspection & Housing Performance Evaluation revenue rose 25.3% to ¥18,792 million with operating profit up 169.0% to ¥4,289 million — an increase of ¥2,694 million that accounts for the bulk of the group's profit growth. Infrastructure Stock & Environment, which spans construction consulting, civil-engineering surveying, environmental work and BIM/CIM modelling, grew revenue 24.8% to ¥5,609 million and operating profit 91.8% to ¥664 million. The residual "Other" segment turned a small operating loss of ¥8 million on revenue of ¥303 million.

Three acquisitions widen the business domain

ERI consolidated three new subsidiaries during the year under a stated policy of broadening its business domain beyond the core inspection franchise: ERI Inspection Center Inc. (June 2025, formerly Taito Building & Equipment Inspection Center), ERI Robotics Inc. (October 2025, formerly TOMPLA Inc.), which supplies drone-based robotics solutions for infrastructure inspection, and Taiei Consultants Inc. (April 2026). The additions are aimed squarely at the infrastructure-stock and environment side of the business, a field underpinned by public-works budgets secured under Japan's National Resilience Basic Plan to address ageing infrastructure and increasingly frequent natural disasters.

Balance sheet, a three-for-one split and a doubled dividend

Total assets ended at ¥17,220 million, up ¥3,784 million, with cash and deposits alone rising ¥2,415 million. Liabilities rose ¥1,619 million to ¥8,670 million, largely on ¥986 million more income taxes payable, while net assets grew ¥2,165 million to ¥8,549 million on ¥2,506 million of retained earnings, lifting the equity ratio to 49.3% from 47.2% and book value per share to ¥378.56 from ¥278.08. Operating cash flow multiplied more than sixfold to ¥4,945 million from ¥784 million, against a ¥1,312 million investing outflow and a ¥1,197 million financing outflow, leaving period-end cash at ¥8,154 million, up ¥2,435 million. A three-for-one stock split took effect on June 1, 2026, just after the year-end, with per-share figures restated accordingly. The FY5/2026 annual dividend was set at ¥126.00 on a pre-split basis — ¥55.00 interim plus ¥71.00 year-end, against ¥60.00 a year earlier — for total payments of ¥942 million, a 30.1% payout ratio and a 12.8% dividend-on-equity ratio. Payment of the year-end dividend begins July 31, 2026.

FY27 guidance and the mid-term plan

For the year to May 2027 management guides revenue of ¥27,000 million (+9.3%), operating profit of ¥5,330 million (+7.8%), ordinary profit of ¥5,330 million (+7.2%) and net profit of ¥3,280 million (+4.2%), with EPS of ¥145.32 on the post-split basis. The dividend forecast is ¥44.00 post-split (¥22.00 interim plus ¥22.00 year-end) — equivalent to ¥132.00 pre-split, a further increase — for a payout ratio of 30.3%. The guidance sits inside a mid-term management plan running from FY5/2026 through FY5/2028, built on a sustainability-led philosophy that treats services solving social problems as the group's growth opportunity, and pursuing both a stronger core franchise and a wider business domain. The annual general meeting is scheduled for August 27, 2026, with the securities report due August 26.

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