Sanrio Co. , the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty, is set to climb to its daily trading limit Friday, after posting stronger-than-expected earnings and lifting full-year guidance. The stock remained untraded in early Tokyo trading as buy orders outnumbered sell offers. Sanrio on Thursday raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 7% to ¥75.1 billion ($491 million) , an upgrade from its p...
Sanrio Co. , the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty, is set to climb to its daily trading limit Friday, after posting stronger-than-expected earnings and lifting full-year guidance. The stock remained untraded in early Tokyo trading as buy orders outnumbered sell offers. Sanrio on Thursday raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 7% to ¥75.1 billion ($491 million) , an upgrade from its previous forecast and above Bloomberg consensus of ¥72.5 billion. Third-quarter operating income rose 33% year-on-year to ¥23.2 billion, compared with the ¥20.2 billion estimate. The impression is “positive” and “strong,” Shunsuke Kuriyama , an equities analyst at Jefferies Japan Ltd. wrote to clients, noting that this is third guidance upgrade this fiscal year. Japan again delivered strong growth, followed by the European Union and Asia, while US performance aligned with internal plan, he said.
(RTTNews) - The Japanese market is sharply lower on Friday, extending the slight losses in the previous session, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is falling well below the 56,850 level, with weakness in index heavyweights, exporters a
(RTTNews) - The Japanese market is sharply lower on Friday, extending the slight losses in the previous session, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is falling well below the 56,850 level, with weakness in index heavyweights, exporters a