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Sojitz Lifts Nine-Month Earnings and Confirms Forecast While Raising Dividend

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  • Sojitz grew nine-month revenue and net profit, strengthened equity and assets, and sharply increased comprehensive income.
  • The company kept its full-year earnings forecast, raised its annual dividend, and supported EPS via buybacks and share cancellations.
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Sojitz Lifts Nine-Month Earnings and Confirms Forecast While Raising Dividend

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Sojitz ( (JP:2768) ) has provided an announcement.

For the nine months ended 31 December 2025, Sojitz reported a 5.6% year-on-year increase in revenue to ¥1,985.8 billion, while profit before tax declined 5.5% to ¥92.9 billion. Despite the lower profit before tax, profit for the period attributable to owners rose 5.7% to ¥80.4 billion, boosting basic earnings per share to ¥385.16 and lifting total comprehensive income by 64.4%, as the company’s equity base expanded to ¥1,057.0 billion and total assets to ¥3,431.5 billion. Sojitz confirmed it will maintain its previously announced full-year forecast for FY2025, targeting profit attributable to owners of ¥115.0 billion and basic EPS of ¥551.23, and plans to raise its annual dividend to ¥165 per share (up from ¥150), underlining a continued shareholder return focus that also includes treasury stock purchases and cancellations, which have reduced the number of outstanding shares and supported EPS growth.

The most recent analyst rating on (JP:2768) stock is a Buy with a Yen6360.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Sojitz stock, see the JP:2768 Stock Forecast page.

More about Sojitz

Sojitz Corporation is a Japan-based general trading company listed on the Prime section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, operating across multiple industrial and consumer sectors through a diversified portfolio of businesses in and outside Japan. The company engages in global trading, investment, and business development, with earnings and financials prepared under IFRS standards.

Average Trading Volume: 1,732,950

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: Yen1072.8B

Learn more about 2768 stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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