Ryosan Michiyo Q1 Operating Profit Jumps 161% to ¥3.87 Billion on Memory-Led Device Rebound

Ryosan Michiyo Holdings Corporation (TSE: 167A), the holding company created by the combination of semiconductor and electronic-component distributors Ryosan and Ryoyo Electro, reported consolidated results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 (April 1 – June 30, 2026) under Japanese GAAP. Net sales rose 19.8% to ¥98,656 million, operating profit surged 161.3% to ¥3,872 million, and ordinary profit climbed 203.5% to ¥3,665 million. Profit attributable to owners of the parent rose 16.9% to ¥2,787 million, with basic earnings per share of ¥69.52 against ¥59.52 a year earlier.

The comparatively modest gain at the bottom line reflects a high prior-year base rather than operating weakness: the year-ago quarter carried ¥2,168 million of extraordinary income, including a ¥1,769 million gain on the sale of investment securities and a ¥399 million customs-duty refund. This year's quarter booked only ¥341 million of extraordinary income against ¥62 million of extraordinary losses. Comprehensive income more than quadrupled, up 323.8% to ¥4,307 million, helped by ¥835 million of foreign-currency translation adjustments.

Device business drives the recovery

The Device business — distribution of semiconductors and electronic components — supplied almost all of the growth. External sales reached ¥79,804 million, up 22.6%, and segment profit nearly tripled to ¥3,023 million, up 172.6%. The company pointed to a broad-based recovery across applications, with demand strengthening not only in memory semiconductors — where AI-related capital investment continues to expand — but across a wide range of product lines as customers work through inventory normalisation in industrial equipment and automotive end markets.

The Solution business, which sells IT infrastructure, system equipment and security offerings, grew more modestly: external sales of ¥18,852 million, up 9.4%, and segment profit of ¥848 million, up 127.6%. Management cited corporate spending on digital transformation, the shift of generative AI from proof-of-concept into production workloads, and rising interest in AI agents and physical AI as sustaining strong IT investment demand. Note that segment definitions changed this quarter: some system- and facility-equipment product lines moved from Solution to Device, and general administrative costs previously held in "adjustments" were allocated to the segments, with prior-year figures restated on the new basis. Segment profit equals consolidated operating profit.

By customer location, Japan accounted for ¥50,686 million of sales (51.4% of the total), China ¥24,566 million (24.9%), the rest of Asia ¥19,584 million (19.9%) and other regions ¥3,819 million (3.9%). Asia ex-China was the fastest-growing region, expanding from a 16.9% share a year earlier.

Ryoyo Electro merged out of the consolidation scope

The quarter also marked a structural milestone. Effective April 1, 2026, subsidiary Ryoyo Electro Corporation was absorbed into fellow subsidiary Ryosan Co., Ltd. in an absorption-type merger, and was therefore removed from the scope of consolidation. The surviving entity was renamed Ryosan Michiyo Corporation. The transaction — resolved by the board in October 2025 and contracted in January 2026 — was accounted for as a transaction under common control, so it does not change the group's reported financial position; it completes the operational integration of the two distributors under a single trading company.

Separately, following a May 14, 2026 board resolution, the company cancelled 4,000,000 treasury shares on May 25, 2026. Shares issued fell to 50,000,000 from 54,000,000, and treasury shares to 9,899,396 from 13,899,056. Capital surplus stood at ¥107,638 million and treasury stock at negative ¥35,463 million at quarter-end, with the weighted-average share count at 40,100,743.

Balance sheet

Total assets grew ¥13,537 million from the previous fiscal year-end to ¥264,344 million, driven by higher inventories (¥60,794 million) and trade receivables (¥113,100 million) as business volumes expanded. Liabilities rose ¥12,037 million to ¥125,949 million, largely on short-term borrowings and commercial paper. Net assets increased ¥1,499 million to ¥138,395 million, and shareholders' equity to ¥138,366 million. The equity ratio slipped to 52.3% from 54.6% as the balance sheet expanded faster than equity; book value per share rose to ¥3,450.49 from ¥3,413.06.

Full-year guidance issued, and it is not all upside

Management had left FY3/2027 guidance undetermined at the May 14 full-year announcement because it could not reasonably quantify the impact of Renesas Electronics' notice terminating its distributorship agreement, which takes effect on March 31, 2027. With that impact now assessable, the company issued guidance for the first time: net sales of ¥370,000 million (+2.8%), operating profit of ¥12,000 million (+18.5%), ordinary profit of ¥11,000 million (+23.2%), and net profit of ¥7,500 million (+0.8%), with EPS of ¥187.03.

The gap between the 19.8% first-quarter sales growth and the 2.8% full-year sales forecast is the clearest read on how management sees the Renesas wind-down: it expects part of that business to run off through the year, offset by continued gradual market recovery as inventory adjustment eases and memory demand expands. The first quarter delivered 26.7% of the full-year sales target but 32.3% of the operating-profit target, implying a softer profit run-rate ahead. The annual dividend forecast is unchanged at ¥140.00 per share (¥70.00 interim plus ¥70.00 year-end), flat on FY3/2026.

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