Saint Marc Holdings Co. Ltd. said its normalized net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31 amounted to ¥57.96 per share, an increase of 6.1% from ¥54.63 per share in the prior-year period.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was ¥1.29 billion, an increase of 6.1% from ¥1.21 billion in the year-earlier period.

The normalized profit margin fell to 8.1% from 8.5% in the year-earlier period.

Total revenue grew 11.1% year over year to ¥15.81 billion from ¥14.23 billion, and total operating expenses rose 11.9% from the prior-year period to ¥13.76 billion from ¥12.29 billion.

Reported net income fell 9.8% from the prior-year period to ¥939.0 million, or ¥42.27 per share, from ¥1.04 billion, or ¥46.86 per share.

For the year, the company's normalized net income totaled ¥215.39 per share, an increase of 9.5% from ¥196.65 per share in the prior year.

Normalized net income was ¥4.79 billion, an increase of 8.1% from ¥4.43 billion in the prior year.

Full-year total revenue grew 11.9% from the prior-year period to ¥60.83 billion from ¥54.35 billion, and total operating expenses increased 12.5% on an annual basis to ¥53.21 billion from ¥47.31 billion.

The company said reported net income rose 7.8% year over year to ¥4.13 billion, or ¥185.86 per share, in the full year, from ¥3.83 billion, or ¥170.23 per share.

As of June 26, US$1 was equivalent to ¥123.96.