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HORIBA Q2 2025 earnings summary

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Q2 2025 earnings summary7 Aug, 2025

Executive summary

  • Net sales rose 4.4% year-over-year to ¥148,943 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, with operating income up 17.6% to ¥21,893 million and net income attributable to shareholders up 20.6% to ¥15,859 million.

  • Growth was driven by strong performance in Energy & Environment and Materials & Semiconductor, while Bio & Healthcare saw a decline.

  • Comprehensive income dropped sharply to ¥6,900 million from ¥33,754 million a year earlier, mainly due to negative foreign currency translation adjustments.

Financial highlights

  • Gross margin improved to 44.8% from 43.5% year-over-year; operating margin increased to 14.7% from 13.0%.

  • Cash and cash equivalents at period-end were ¥151,974 million, up from ¥134,237 million a year earlier.

  • Net assets stood at ¥313,905 million with a shareholders' equity ratio of 65.4%.

  • Net cash provided by operating activities surged to ¥29,864 million from ¥9,955 million year-over-year.

Outlook and guidance

  • Full-year 2025 guidance maintained: net sales ¥335,000 million (+5.6%), operating income ¥52,000 million (+7.6%), net income attributable to shareholders ¥36,000 million (+7.2%).

  • Segment profit guidance revised: Energy & Environment operating income raised by ¥500 million, Bio & Healthcare lowered by ¥500 million.

  • Dividend forecast unchanged at ¥290 per share for FY2025.

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HORIBA Ltd. is a Japanese multinational corporation specializing in the manufacture of precision instruments and systems. The company's diverse product portfolio spans across various sectors, including automotive mechatronics, emission measurement systems, test systems, in vitro diagnostic systems, gas and oxygen analyzers, monitoring devices, and industrial conductivity meters. HORIBA serves a broad spectrum of industries, offering solutions for automotive R&D, process and environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, semiconductor manufacturing, and metrology, among others. In addition to its product offerings, HORIBA provides a comprehensive suite of services such as analysis, calibration, customer support, maintenance, testing, consulting, and training. The company is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, and its shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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