Sekisui House Ltd.'s profit attributable to owners of its parent for the six months ended July 31 grew 33.9% year on year to ¥77.44 billion, up from nearly ¥57.85 billion.
The Japanese property company's fully diluted profit per share for the period was ¥112.39.
Ordinary income increased 41.1% during the comparable period to ¥116.55 billion, operating income rose 43.7% to ¥113.04 billion and net sales climbed 20.5% to ¥1.208 trillion.
As of the reporting quarter's end, Sekisui House's cash dividend per share amounted to ¥40, slightly higher compared with ¥39 in the prior-year period. The company plans to pay the dividends Sept. 30.
For the year ending Jan. 31, 2020, the company expects an 8.1% year-on-year jump in attributable profit to ¥139.00 billion and a total annual dividend of ¥81 per share.
As of Sept. 5, US$1 was equivalent to ¥106.95.
