J. Front Retailing Delivers Sales Growth but Profit Slumps on Rising Costs

J FRONT RETAILING Co ( (JP:3086) ) just unveiled an update.

J. Front Retailing reported consolidated gross sales of ¥940.4 billion for the nine months to 30 November 2025, up 2.9% year on year, with revenue rising 3.8% to ¥328.1 billion and gross profit up 1.9%. However, higher selling, general and administrative expenses, which increased 5.6%, squeezed profitability: business profit declined 7.4% to ¥41.5 billion, operating profit fell 20.4% to ¥40.7 billion, and profit attributable to owners of the parent dropped 33.4% to ¥24.7 billion, even as equity and the equity ratio held steady and interest-bearing liabilities decreased. Segment data, prepared under IFRS and adjusted for an internal reorganization that shifted some operations into the developer business, show modest top-line growth across the group but a notable margin contraction, signaling that cost inflation and structural investments are pressuring earnings despite resilient sales, with implications for shareholders focused on profit recovery and capital efficiency in Japan’s challenged retail sector.

The most recent analyst rating on (JP:3086) stock is a Hold with a Yen2342.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on J FRONT RETAILING Co stock, see the JP:3086 Stock Forecast page.

More about J FRONT RETAILING Co

J. Front Retailing Co., Ltd. is a Japanese retail group operating department stores, shopping center (SC) businesses, developer operations and payment and finance services. Its core banners include Daimaru Matsuzakaya department stores, PARCO shopping complexes, J. Front City Development and JFR Card, positioning the group across brick‑and‑mortar retail, commercial real estate development and affiliated financial services.

Average Trading Volume: 1,500,486

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: Yen579.8B

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