Samantha Thavasa Japan Ltd. said its normalized net income for the fiscal third quarter ended Nov. 30, 2014, amounted to 92 Japanese sen per share, compared with a loss of ¥1.41 per share in the prior-year period.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was ¥32.5 million, compared with a loss of ¥49.9 million in the prior-year period.
The normalized profit margin rose to 0.4% from negative 0.7% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue increased 18.4% year over year to ¥8.86 billion from ¥7.49 billion, and total operating expenses climbed 17.2% on an annual basis to ¥8.98 billion from ¥7.66 billion.
Reported net income came to a loss of ¥114.0 million, or a loss of ¥3.23 per share, compared to a loss of ¥217.0 million, or a loss of ¥6.15 per share, in the prior-year period.
As of Jan. 14, US$1 was equivalent to ¥116.84.
