CIJ has raised both earnings guidance and its dividend plan for the year to June 2026. The company now expects sales of ¥29.2 billion, up from ¥28.5 billion, operating profit of ¥2.55 billion from ¥2.25 billion, ordinary profit of ¥2.58 billion from ¥2.28 billion, and net profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥1.68 billion from ¥1.5 billion. Its earnings per share forecast also moved up to ¥29.74 from ¥26.52.
The top line change is modest compared with the profit move. CIJ's sales forecast rose 2.4%, while operating profit rose 13.3% and ordinary profit 13.1%. That points readers to the filing's real story: not just more revenue, but better profitability.
CIJ says sales should beat the earlier plan because orders in public-sector and energy work have stayed firm, and because Infotec Solution was added as a consolidated subsidiary, bringing that company's contribution into the group's numbers. For business readers, that makes the upgrade a blend of demand and reporting perimeter. The company did not break out how much of the lift came from public and energy orders and how much came from the subsidiary addition, so the two effects should be read together rather than as separate growth claims.
On profit, CIJ says it went ahead with planned human-capital spending, including higher wage levels and better employee treatment, but still expects earnings to beat the earlier view because sales growth and profitability improvement are running ahead of plan. Pay inflation was real, it just did not have the last word. If the revised targets are met, sales and operating profit would both exceed the previous year's actual figures of ¥26.899 billion and ¥2.17 billion.
The dividend change follows the same logic. CIJ had already paid an interim dividend of ¥10 a share, including a ¥2 commemorative dividend, and it has now raised the planned year-end dividend to ¥10 from ¥8. That takes the full-year plan to ¥20 a share, up from the previous forecast of ¥18 and above the prior year's ¥15. The company says shareholder returns remain one of management's most important tasks, with stable dividends as the basic policy while earnings and financial conditions shape the final decision.
The caveat is the usual but important one: this is guidance, not final results. CIJ says the revised outlook is based on information available as of June 3, and actual performance could differ for various reasons. The next useful disclosure will be the one that shows whether stronger public and energy demand, and the benefit from the wider group, actually land where management now expects.