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Konica Minolta Swings to Profit and Restores Dividend Despite Revenue Decline

Story Highlights
  • Konica Minolta returned to profit as operating income and earnings per share improved sharply despite lower revenue and discontinued precision medicine operations.
  • The company’s equity base and ratio strengthened, and management reinstated dividends with a ¥10 full-year payout forecast, signaling confidence in its financial recovery.
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Konica Minolta Swings to Profit and Restores Dividend Despite Revenue Decline

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Konica Minolta ( (JP:4902) ) just unveiled an update.

Konica Minolta reported a return to solid profitability for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, despite a 6.1% year-on-year decline in revenue to ¥781.1 billion, reflecting the exclusion of its Precision Medicine Business, now classified as a discontinued operation. Business contribution profit rose 20.5% to ¥34.7 billion and operating profit swung from a loss of ¥18.5 billion in the prior-year period to a profit of ¥33.3 billion, while profit attributable to owners reached ¥21.4 billion, translating into basic earnings per share of ¥43.38 versus a loss per share a year earlier. The company’s financial position also strengthened, with equity attributable to owners increasing to ¥519.7 billion and the equity ratio improving to 42.5% from 38.0% at the March 2025 year-end, and Konica Minolta reinstated shareholder returns via an interim dividend of ¥5 per share and a full-year dividend forecast of ¥10 per share, signaling confidence in its earnings recovery and balance sheet health.

The most recent analyst rating on (JP:4902) stock is a Hold with a Yen620.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Konica Minolta stock, see the JP:4902 Stock Forecast page.

More about Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta, Inc. is a Japan-based technology company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. The company operates primarily in imaging, optics and related digital solutions, with businesses spanning office equipment, industrial and healthcare-related fields, and it prepares its consolidated financial statements under IFRS standards.

Average Trading Volume: 3,123,003

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: Yen328.9B

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