As-me Estelle Co. Ltd. said its normalized net income for the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014, amounted to ¥27.00 per share, compared with ¥27.06 per share in the prior-year period.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was ¥301.3 million, compared with ¥301.9 million in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin climbed to 3.5% from 3.4% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue declined year over year to ¥8.71 billion from ¥8.88 billion, and total operating expenses decreased on an annual basis to ¥8.30 billion from ¥8.44 billion.
Reported net income grew on an annual basis to ¥545.0 million, or ¥48.85 per share, from ¥254.0 million, or ¥22.77 per share.
As of Feb. 9, US$1 was equivalent to ¥118.60.
