Saxa puts restructuring before recovery in new outlook
Saxa has finally put numbers on its restructuring year, guiding for ¥47.5 billion in sales, ¥1.0 billion in operating profit and ¥16.5 billion in net profit for the year ending March 2027 after leaving the outlook undecided in May. The flattering net-profit line is heavily helped by real-estate sale gains, while the operating bridge still shows pressure from materials, labour and restructuring costs. Management is pairing the reset with executive pay cuts, a new dividend policy from the following year based on the higher of 4% DOE or a 100% adjusted payout ratio, and a Yonezawa factory plan that includes an asset sale and new plant construction.