Yurtec Q1 Operating Profit Jumps 48% to ¥3.15 Billion; Ordinary Profit More Than Doubles on FX Gains

Yurtec Corporation (TSE: 1934), an electrical and facilities engineering contractor headquartered in Sendai, reported consolidated results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2027 (April 1 to June 30, 2026) under Japanese GAAP. Revenue rose 2.3% to ¥57,273 million, operating profit jumped 48.1% to ¥3,151 million, ordinary profit more than doubled, up 111.9% to ¥3,814 million, and net profit attributable to owners of the parent surged 152.4% to ¥2,108 million. Quarterly earnings per share were ¥30.69, up from ¥12.16 a year earlier.

Cost control lifts construction profitability

Revenue gained ¥1,278 million year on year, an increase the company attributed mainly to higher air-conditioning and plumbing work. Operating profit added ¥1,023 million, with management crediting both the revenue gain and thorough cost control that improved the profitability of construction contracts. The operating margin widened to about 5.5%, from roughly 3.8% in the same quarter a year earlier.

Ordinary profit doubles on foreign-exchange gains

The gap between the operating and ordinary lines is the quarter's most important caveat. Operating profit improved by ¥1,023 million year on year, but ordinary profit improved by ¥2,014 million — the difference coming largely from foreign-exchange gains booked during the period. The 111.9% ordinary-profit increase is therefore not a clean read on the underlying business; the operating result, while solidly higher, tells a far more modest story. Net profit still rose 152.4% despite a write-down on investment securities recognised in the quarter, and comprehensive income reached ¥1,814 million, up 277.0% from ¥481 million.

Segments: core construction carries the quarter

Equipment and facilities construction, the group's core business, generated external revenue of ¥56,358 million, up 2.1% (+¥1,170 million), with segment profit of ¥3,002 million, up 56.3% (+¥1,080 million). The much smaller "Other" segment — leasing of vehicles, office equipment and construction machinery, security services and mineral-water manufacturing — lifted external revenue 13.4% to ¥914 million, but segment profit fell 20.4% to ¥181 million, a decline of ¥46 million.

Balance sheet shrinks as receivables are collected

Total assets fell ¥9,971 million from the fiscal year-end to ¥218,977 million, as notes and accounts receivable from completed construction contracts dropped ¥15,822 million, partly offset by a ¥5,499 million increase in securities. Total liabilities declined ¥9,310 million to ¥64,282 million, mainly on a ¥5,029 million reduction in accounts payable for construction contracts. Net assets edged down ¥660 million to ¥154,695 million, while the equity ratio strengthened to 70.6% from 67.8% at the year-end. Depreciation for the quarter was ¥1,186 million against ¥1,115 million a year earlier; no quarterly consolidated cash flow statement was prepared.

Guidance unchanged, dividend lifted

Yurtec left the full-year FY3/2027 forecast it issued on April 28, 2026 unchanged: revenue of ¥273,000 million (+8.2%), operating profit of ¥18,900 million (+4.8%), ordinary profit of ¥19,500 million (+3.2%) and net profit of ¥13,200 million (+27.8%), with EPS of ¥192.20. The restraint fits the seasonality of Japanese construction work: first-quarter revenue is only about 21% of the full-year plan and first-quarter operating profit about 17% of the annual target, so a strong opening quarter does not automatically imply a beat. The annual dividend forecast is ¥78.00 per share — ¥39.00 interim plus ¥39.00 year-end — up from the ¥72.00 paid for FY3/2026 and also unchanged from the previous announcement.

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