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Skylark Holdings lifts full-year forecast after first-half operating profit rises 21%
Skylark Holdings reported first-half operating profit for the fiscal year ending December 2026 of 16.8 billion yen, up 20.9% year on year, and raised its full-year forecast. Revenue came to 242.4 billion yen, up 9.7% from a year earlier, while interim profit attributable to owners of the parent rose 29.2% to 10.1 billion yen. The company lifted its full-year forecast to revenue of 500 billion yen, operating profit of 35 billion yen and net profit of 20.5 billion yen, and raised its annual dividend forecast from 26 yen to 27 yen. First-half existing-store sales rose to 106.4% of the year-earlier level, with both customer numbers and average spending per customer increasing. The gross profit margin slipped 0.2 percentage point from a year earlier to 66.6% because of higher raw material costs, but selling, general and administrative expenses grew more slowly than revenue, lifting the operating margin to 6.9%.