Fuji Oozx Q1 Operating Profit Jumps 73% to ¥905 Million as Engine-Valve Sales Rise 9%

Fuji Oozx Inc. (TSE: 7299), the Shizuoka-based maker of engine valves and valve-train components for automobiles, motorcycles and industrial engines, reported consolidated results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2027 — the three months from April 1 to June 30, 2026 — under Japanese GAAP. Revenue rose 9.0% to ¥7,447 million, operating profit jumped 72.6% to ¥905 million, ordinary profit climbed 75.5% to ¥934 million, and net profit attributable to owners of the parent rose 13.4% to ¥671 million. Basic earnings per share were ¥68.28, up from ¥58.46.

Valve demand and margins improve

The quarter's headline story is operating leverage: revenue grew 9.0% while operating profit grew 72.6%, lifting the operating margin to roughly 12.2% from 7.7% a year earlier. Higher engine-valve volumes carried more of the company's fixed cost base, and cost control on the manufacturing side widened the gap between sales growth and profit growth. Ordinary profit tracked the operating line closely, rising 75.5% to ¥934 million.

Prior-year one-offs flatter the net-profit comparison

Net profit's 13.4% increase looks muted next to the 72.6% operating gain, but the comparison base explains most of the gap: the year-earlier first quarter saw net profit surge 162.1% on non-operating and extraordinary items, setting an unusually high bar. Comprehensive income, which is less exposed to that distortion, roughly doubled — up 100.5% to ¥859 million from ¥428 million.

The balance sheet remained conservative. Total assets stood at ¥38,654 million at June 30, 2026, up from ¥38,155 million three months earlier, while net assets rose to ¥33,111 million from ¥32,567 million. The equity ratio improved to 84.2% from 83.9%.

Subsidiary deconsolidated

During the quarter, one subsidiary — Tetos Co., Ltd. — was removed from the scope of consolidation. The narrower group perimeter is part of the explanation for the revenue decline embedded in the company's full-year outlook, even though the first quarter itself showed growth.

Guidance revised, dividend held at ¥54

Fuji Oozx revised its FY3/2027 forecasts with this release. For the first half it now guides revenue of ¥14,000 million (−1.2%), operating profit of ¥1,400 million (+30.9%), ordinary profit of ¥1,400 million (+21.6%) and net profit of ¥900 million (−8.0%), with EPS of ¥91.53. For the full year it guides revenue of ¥28,000 million (−3.8%), operating profit of ¥2,600 million (+3.8%), ordinary profit of ¥2,600 million (−5.2%) and net profit of ¥1,700 million (−20.7%), with EPS of ¥172.89.

The guidance implies a markedly weaker rest of the year: the first quarter alone already delivered about 35% of the full-year operating-profit target and roughly 39% of the net-profit target. On shareholder returns, the company kept its previously announced FY3/2027 dividend plan of ¥24.00 interim plus ¥30.00 year-end, for ¥54.00 annually — the same total as FY3/2026, which paid ¥22.00 plus ¥32.00. Only the split between the two payments shifts; the annual total is unchanged.

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