Daifuku (6383) Q2 2027 earnings summary

Executive summary

• Orders, sales, operating income, ordinary income, and net income reached record highs for H1 FY2026, surpassing the upwardly revised May forecast.

• Orders rose 31.6% year-over-year to 440,186 million yen, driven by strong demand in cleanroom, intralogistics, and automotive systems.

• Operating income grew 10.9% to 56,680 million yen, ordinary income rose 11.7% to 58,666 million yen, and net income attributable to shareholders climbed 14.7% to 43,143 million yen.

• Strong orders driven by cleanroom systems for semiconductor production lines; order backlog exceeded JPY 740 billion.

• Comprehensive income more than doubled year-over-year to 50,612 million yen.

Financial highlights

• Orders received: ¥440.1 billion, up 31.6% year-over-year.

• Net sales: ¥355.5 billion, up 8.9% year-over-year.

• Operating income: ¥56.6 billion, up 10.9% year-over-year; operating margin 15.9%.

• Net income attributable to shareholders: ¥43.1 billion, up 14.7% year-over-year; net margin 12.1%.

• Net income per share: ¥117.07, up 14.4% year-over-year.

• Exchange rate changes contributed positively to orders (+¥18.1bn), sales (+¥15.3bn), and operating income (+¥2.7bn).

• Total assets reached ¥803.1 billion, up from ¥754.2 billion at the previous year-end.

• Net assets increased to ¥501.7 billion, with an equity ratio of 62.5%.

• Cash and cash equivalents at period-end were ¥258.8 billion, up ¥13.5 billion from the previous year-end.

Outlook and guidance

• Full-year FY2026 forecasts for orders, sales, and all profit items revised upward; all expected to reach new record highs.

• Orders forecast: ¥860.0–900.0 billion (+27.9–33.8% YoY); net sales: ¥735.0 billion (+11.2% YoY).

• Operating income forecast: ¥113.0 billion (+12.1% YoY), margin 15.4%.

• Net income forecast: ¥86.5 billion (+10.8% YoY); EPS: ¥233.55.

• Annual dividend forecast raised to ¥90 per share; payout ratio expected at 38.5%.

• Exchange rate assumption revised to 158 yen/USD, expected to boost sales and income.