Nikon announced their financial results and new cash dividends for the year ending on March 31, 2012. The company again reported better than expected financial numbers even after the series of disasters in Asia last year. As a result, the stock price went up over 8%. Nikon remains a profitable company in times where almost every other major […]
Just saw this article on Reuters: “Nikon Corp. will likely post a 39 percent rise in group operating profit to around 75 billion yen ($904.81 million) for the year ending this month, beating the standing projection of 72 billion yen…
Nikon posted a notice describing the losses due to the flooding in Thailand as “extraordinary”: ¥10,904 million (around $143 million). Nikon received an insurance payment of ¥500 million (around $6.5 million). Additional insurance payment is pending. As a results of the losses, Nikon changed their forecast of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 as follow:
In addition to the third notice on the floods in Thailand, today Nikon announced also their financial results for the second quarter of the 2011/2012 year (ending March 2012). Nikon lowered its sales and operating income forecast as well as DSLR camera and lens production as a result of the situation in Thailand. Nikon will increase its production in […]
Today Reuters published an article on Nikon’s first half sales results – the company is basically doing great and is not experiencing any sales slowdowns: “Nikon’s April-September sales and operating profit beat its expectations thanks to a healthy performance from its camera division, and advance orders for a new model are also better than expected, the company’s […]
Today Nikon announced their financial results for Q1 of 2012. Net sales are up 12% and operating income is up 94%. The company sold sold more imaging products in all three categories compared to Q1 of 2011: 310,000 more single-lens reflex cameras, 440,000 more interchangeable lenses and 490,000 more compact cameras. Nikon also raised its forecast for the 2012 financial year (ending […]
Here is Nikon’s one sentence summary of the Imaging Company in 2011: “Sales and operating income both increased in spite of yen appreciation and parts procurement difficulty.” This is what Nikon had to say about the impact of the earthquake on the 2012 forecast: Disaster damages and plant recoveries: In Miyagi, Tochigi, and Ibaraki prefectures, […]
Nikon’s 2011 Q3 ended on December 31, 2010 and the financial results are now out – sales are up, income is down. Compared to Q3 of 2010, Nikon sold more imaging products in all three categories: 300,000 more single-lens reflex cameras, 600,000 more interchangeable lenses and 2.3 million more compact cameras.
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