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ITO EN's quarterly operating profit rose 22% on price increases and lower depreciation, but the beverage group kept its unchanged June guidance for full-year profit to fall 7.8%, even after the standalone parent business saw sales shrink 6.4% while group units like Tully's Coffee and its overseas tea business carried the growth.
Revenue for the year ended April 30 rose to ¥497,877 million, but operating profit fell to ¥21,684 million and net income to ¥3,466 million, while annual common dividends increased to 48.00 yen a share. Operating cash flow fell to ¥11,301 million and year-end cash to ¥71,080 million, and management is guiding for ¥500,000 million in sales and ¥20,000 million in operating profit in the current year.
Ito En lifted its outlook for the year ended April 2026 to ¥497.8 billion in sales from ¥495.0 billion, ¥21.6 billion in operating profit from ¥20.0 billion, and ¥23.2 billion in ordinary profit from ¥21.0 billion. Net profit guidance rose to ¥3.4 billion from ¥1.0 billion. The company said total cost cuts, solid overseas business led by North America and ASEAN, and foreign-exchange gains from a weaker yen more than offset stubborn raw-material inflation and a still-frugal consumer backdrop.