Rock Field reported revenue of ¥51,096 million in the year to April 2026, down 0.2%, but operating profit fell 37.2% to ¥780 million and net profit dropped 69.9% to ¥98 million. The prepared-food retailer plans a ¥24 annual dividend for the year, up from ¥23 a year earlier, via a ¥9 interim payout and a proposed ¥15 year-end dividend, and it plans to keep the annual dividend at ¥24 in the year to April 2027.
The supplementary presentation shows a business that still outperformed its final revised forecast, helped by strong Christmas and year-end trading. But Rock Field also said higher part-time labor costs and extra depreciation from replacing store cash registers pushed selling and administrative expenses higher, while profit had become too dependent on third-quarter holiday demand. A reversal of loyalty-point provisions added ¥210 million to operating profit, so the reported operating-profit line included a material boost from the point-system change. Net profit was further weighed down by special losses including a ¥249 million impairment loss and charges tied to liquidating an overseas subsidiary.
Cash flow remained the stabiliser. Operating cash flow was ¥2,315 million, against investing outflows of ¥1,714 million and financing outflows of ¥1,026 million, leaving year-end cash and equivalents at ¥12,754 million and the equity ratio at 82.1%. For the coming year, management guides for sales to rise 2.1% to ¥52,160 million, but operating profit to fall further to ¥531 million, even as net profit is forecast to rebound to ¥313 million.