Marusho Hotta Co., Ltd. announced consolidated earnings results for the six months ended September 30, 2016. For the period, the group reported net sales of ¥3,450 million, operating income of ¥5 million, ordinary income of ¥7 million and loss attributable to owners of parent of ¥4 million or ¥0.21 per basic share compared to net sales of ¥3,242 million, operating loss of ¥71 million, ordinary loss of ¥71 million and loss attributable to owners of parent of ¥79 million or ¥3.48 per basic share reported in the same period last year.

For the year ending march 31, 2017, the company reported year end dividend forecast of ¥5.00 per share against dividend of ¥2.00 per share declared last year.

For the first half of the year ending March 31, 2017, the group expected to report net sales of ¥7,792 million, operating income of ¥82 million, ordinary income of ¥78 million and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥50 million or ¥2.18 per basic share.