San-A Co. Ltd. said its normalized net income for the fiscal second quarter ended Aug. 31 amounted to ¥67.25 per share, a gain of 14.5% from ¥58.75 per share in the year-earlier period.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was ¥2.15 billion, an increase of 14.5% from ¥1.88 billion in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin rose to 5.0% from 4.5% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue grew year over year to ¥43.09 billion from ¥41.48 billion, and total operating expenses grew from the prior-year period to ¥39.54 billion from ¥38.33 billion.
Reported net income grew from the prior-year period to ¥1.99 billion, or ¥62.17 per share, from ¥1.91 billion, or ¥59.63 per share.
As of Oct. 14, US$1 was equivalent to ¥107.05.
