Saint-Care Holding Corporation Announces Consolidated Earnings Results for Year Ended March 31, 2018; Provides Earnings Guidance Six Months Ending September 30, 2018 and Full Year 2019; Provides Dividend for the Year Ending March 31, 2018, Payable on June 27, 2018; Provides Dividend Guidance for the Full Year Ending March 31, 2019
May 14, 2018
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Saint-Care Holding Corporation reported consolidated earnings results for year ended March 31, 2018. For the year, Net sales were JPY 39,456,755,000 against JPY 37,088,632,000 reported a year ago. Operating profit was JPY 1,919,030,000 against JPY 1,901,633,000 reported a year ago. Ordinary profit was JPY 1,751,818,000 against JPY 1,794,020,000 reported a year ago. Profit before income taxes was JPY 1,766,059,000 against JPY 1,763,695,000 reported a year ago. Profit attributable to owners of parent was JPY 1,173,297,000 or JPY 46.74 per diluted share against JPY 1,085,509,000 or JPY 46.83 per diluted share reported a year ago. Net cash provided by operating activities was JPY 2,302,877,000 against JPY 1,452,399,000 reported a year ago. Purchase of property, plant and equipment was JPY 1,045,205,000 against JPY 686,372,000 reported a year ago. Purchase of intangible assets was JPY 316,713,000 against JPY 255,430,000 reported a year ago.
For the six months ending September 30, 2018, the company expects net sales of JPY 20,706 million, Operating profit of JPY 1,079 million, Ordinary profit of JPY 944 million, Profit attributable to owners of parent of JPY 558 million or JPY 22.51 per share.
For the full year of 2019, the company expects net sales of JPY 42,167 million, Operating profit of JPY 2,240 million, Ordinary profit of JPY 1,977 million, Profit attributable to owners of parent of JPY 1,218 million or JPY 49.10 per share.
For the year ended March 31, 2018, the company declared dividend of JPY 12.67 per share against JPY 35.00 per share paid a year ago. The dividend is payable on June 27, 2018
For the year ending March 31, 2019, the company expects to pay JPY 14.00 per share.
SAINT-CARE HOLDING CORPORATION is a Japan-based company engaged in nursing-care services. The Nursing-care Service segment provides visiting care service, home-visit bathing service, in-home long-term care management, home visit nursing, sales and rental of social welfare equipment, daily-life group care for the elderly with dementia, day care, short-stay daily-life care service, small-scale and multifunction type in-home care, regular visiting & as-needed handling type visiting care and home visit nursing, small-scale and multifunction type in-home care with home visit nursing, daily-life care service in specified facilities and home renovation service. The Company is also engaged in employment transition support business for disabled people, outsourcing business such as production of printed matters, the sale of nursing care insurance application service provider (ASP) systems, shared service business, personnel dispatch business and the sale of care robots.
Saint-Care Holding Corporation Announces Consolidated Earnings Results for Year Ended March 31, 2018; Provides Earnings Guidance Six Months Ending September 30, 2018 and Full Year 2019; Provides Dividend for the Year Ending March 31, 2018, Payable on June 27, 2018; Provides Dividend Guidance for the Full Year Ending March 31, 2019