A Land-Based Aquaculture Order Doubles Ebara Jitsugyo's Manufacturing Book in H1

Flat revenue, better mix

Ebara Jitsugyo Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6328), the pump and water-treatment engineering group affiliated with Ebara, published consolidated results for the six months to June 30, 2026 on August 5, 2026 under Japanese GAAP. Net sales were flat at ¥21,225 million, but operating profit rose 7.5% to ¥3,767 million, ordinary profit 7.4% to ¥3,868 million and net profit 7.9% to ¥2,675 million, for earnings per share of ¥112.82 against ¥104.23. The operating margin widened to 17.7% from 16.5% — high for an engineering group, and the reason profit grew on unchanged revenue.

Behind the flat top line, two segments grew and one shrank. Manufacturing grew revenue 9.0% to ¥4,038 million and profit 7.6% to ¥877 million. Trading grew revenue 8.3% to ¥5,976 million and profit 16.6% to ¥1,100 million. Engineering, the largest by revenue, fell 6.5% to ¥11,210 million yet still lifted profit 2.6% to ¥2,421 million — the mix improvement in miniature. A segment adjustment of −¥632 million (against −¥615 million) reconciles the three to the group figure.

The order book tells a different story from the revenue line

Orders are where this half stands out. Group orders rose 13.4% to ¥21,952 million, and the split is stark: manufacturing orders rose 105.3% — more than doubling — on a large land-based aquaculture project together with government hygiene equipment, while engineering orders fell 10.0% on order timing and what the company describes as selective bidding.

That fits the group's mid-term plan, "EJ2027", which names three focus areas: disaster prevention and mitigation, storage batteries, and fisheries. A land-based aquaculture plant is a water-circulation and treatment problem, which is what this group has always sold — so the order is the plan working rather than a diversification. Public-sector revenue was ¥14,294 million against ¥6,931 million from the private sector, a reminder that the revenue base is largely municipal water and wastewater work.

A much stronger balance sheet, and guidance held

Total assets were near flat at ¥48,565 million (+0.4%), but net assets rose 16.8% to ¥32,635 million and the equity ratio jumped to 67.2% from 57.7% — a 9.5-point move in six months, with liabilities down by roughly the amount equity rose. Comprehensive income was ¥6,140 million, up 158.2%, well above net profit, which is what a large gain in other comprehensive income looks like.

Guidance for the full year to December 2026 is unchanged: net sales of ¥44,000 million (+6.8%), operating profit of ¥6,300 million (+2.9%), ordinary profit of ¥6,500 million (+2.9%) and net profit of ¥4,500 million (+2.6%), for earnings per share of ¥189.09. The half has delivered 59.8% of the full-year operating-profit target. On the dividend, the forecast is ¥75.00 for FY12/2026, but it is not comparable with the ¥120.00 paid for FY12/2025: the company carried out a 2-for-1 stock split effective January 1, 2026, so ¥75.00 post-split corresponds to ¥150.00 on the old share count — and the prior year's ¥120.00 itself included a ¥20.00 commemorative dividend for the company's 80th anniversary on top of ¥100.00 ordinary.

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