Nov 5 (Reuters) -
STEP CO LTD
PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(in billions of yen unless specified)
Year ended Year ended Year to Six months to
Sep 30, 2009 Sep 30, 2008 Sep 30, 2010 Mar 31, 2010
LATEST YEAR-AGO COMPANY COMPANY
RESULTS RESULTS FORECASTS H1 FORECASTS
Sales 7.13 6.79 7.30 3.53
(+5.1 pct) (+7.7 pct) (+2.4%) (+1.2%)
Operating 1.57 1.48 1.59 800 mln
(+6.1 pct) (+15.3 pct) (+1.2%) (+1.3%)
Recurring 1.58 1.47 1.58 810 mln
(+7.2 pct) (+14.1 pct) (0.0%) (+0.3%)
Net 890 mln 824 mln 908 mln 464 mln
(+8.0 pct) (+7.7 pct) (+1.9%) (+0.9%)
EPS Y59.71 Y55.28 Y60.86 Y31.10
Shares 15 mln 15 mln
Annual div Y17.00 Y16.00 Y18.00
-Q4 div Y17.00 Y16.00 Y18.00
NOTE - Step Co Ltd operates a cram school chain.
If there is no Q1 or Q3 dividend, Q2 will in most cases
correspond to the first-half dividend and Q4 to the second-half
dividend announced before a new corporate law in 2006 allowed
companies to pay and report dividends on a quarterly basis.
For latest earnings estimates made by Toyo Keizai, please
double click on 9795.TK1.
Non-Cyclical Consumer Goods
