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IDEC earnings rebound, with sales at ¥72.97bn and EPS at ¥131.22

IDEC reported sales of ¥72.97bn, operating income of ¥6.12bn and ordinary income of ¥6.57bn for the year to March 2026, up from ¥67.38bn, ¥3.65bn and ¥3.48bn a year earlier. Profit attributable to owners of parent rose to ¥3.87bn from ¥1.78bn, and EPS to ¥131.22 from ¥60.36.

Jun 18, 20262 min read
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IDEC's year to March 2026 looked much healthier than the one before it. Net sales rose to ¥72.97bn from ¥67.38bn, ordinary income to ¥6.57bn from ¥3.48bn, and profit attributable to owners of parent to ¥3.87bn from ¥1.78bn. Basic earnings per share improved to ¥131.22 from ¥60.36.

IDEC results snapshot
Year-on-year figures from IDEC's annual securities report.
MetricYear to March 2025Year to March 2026
Net sales¥67.38bn¥72.97bn
Operating income¥3.65bn¥6.12bn
Ordinary income¥3.48bn¥6.57bn
Profit attributable to owners of parent¥1.78bn¥3.87bn
Basic EPS¥60.36¥131.22

Operating income recovered as well, to ¥6.12bn from ¥3.65bn. The balance sheet was larger by year-end too, with total assets at ¥113.57bn and net assets at ¥69.92bn. Taken together, the filing shows IDEC moving out of a softer prior year with a firmer earnings base.

The useful read-through is narrow and practical. The annual report is clear on the scoreboard, sales, ordinary income, parent-level profit and per-share earnings all improved. It is far less clear on the why. The evidence provided here does not break the rebound down by product, geography or end market, so readers should treat this as confirmation of better results, not a full explanation of the demand mix behind them.

That matters because the most visible change came lower down the income statement. Parent-level profit rose from ¥1.78bn to ¥3.87bn, and EPS from ¥60.36 to ¥131.22. For anyone resetting expectations after the previous year, that is a meaningful difference even without management detail on pricing, volumes or customer segments in the excerpted material. In other words, the filing offers a useful numerical reset, even if it stops short of a play-by-play.

Separately, IDEC's internal control report, filed the same day, said management judged financial-reporting controls effective as of March 31, 2026. The company said its review of business-process controls covered roughly two-thirds of the consolidated sales budget and prior year-end inventory, focused on processes tied to sales, accounts receivable and inventory, and added evaluation of intangible-asset and goodwill assessment processes. That does not explain the earnings rebound, but it does mean the company paired better numbers with a clean control conclusion.