Kanebo

Financial history

Revenue · FYE Mar 2007: ¥6.8bn
Operating profit · FYE Mar 2007: -¥1.5bn
Net profit · FYE Mar 2007: ¥16bn
Total assets: ¥58bn
Equity ratio: 91.7%
Long-term series: 1951–2007

Kanebo: long-term performance & turning pointsSales (revenue) and profit-margin ratio

Sales (¥ bn)Net margin (%)

Long-term results, every fiscal year on record (¥ bn). Scroll sideways for earlier years.
Fiscal year	Unit	1951 ^*1 FYE Apr	1952 ^*1 FYE Apr	1953 ^*1 FYE Apr	1954 ^*1 FYE Apr	1955 ^*1 FYE Apr	1956 ^*1 FYE Apr	1957 ^*1 FYE Apr	1958 ^*1 FYE Apr	1959 ^*1 FYE Apr	1960 ^*1 FYE Apr	1961 ^*1 FYE Apr	1962 ^*1 FYE Apr	1963 ^*1 FYE Apr	1964 ^*1 FYE Apr	1965 ^*1 FYE Apr	1966 ^*1 FYE Apr	1967 ^*1 FYE Apr	1968 ^*1 FYE Apr	1969 ^*1 FYE Apr	1970 ^*1 FYE Apr	1971 ^*1 FYE Apr	1972 ^*1 FYE Apr	1973 ^*1 FYE Apr	1974 ^*1 FYE Apr	1975 ^*1 FYE Apr	1976 ^*1 FYE Apr	1977 ^*1 FYE Apr	1978 ^*1 FYE Apr	1979 ^*1 FYE Apr	1980 ^*1 FYE Apr	1981 ^*1 FYE Apr	1982 ^*1 FYE Apr	1983 ^*1 FYE Apr	1984 ^*1 FYE Apr	1985 ^*1 FYE Mar	1986 ^*1 FYE Mar	1987 ^*1 FYE Mar	1988 ^*1 FYE Mar	1989 ^*1 FYE Mar	1990 ^*1 FYE Mar	1991 ^*1 FYE Mar	1992 ^*1 FYE Mar	1993 ^*1 FYE Mar	1994 ^*1 FYE Mar	1995 ^*1 FYE Mar	1996 ^*1 FYE Mar	1997 ^*1 FYE Mar	1998 ^*1 FYE Mar	1999 ^*1 FYE Mar	2000 ^*1 FYE Mar	2001 ^*1 FYE Mar	2002 ^*1 FYE Mar	2003 ^*1 FYE Mar	2004 ^*1 FYE Mar	2005 ^*2 FYE Mar	2006 ^*2 FYE Mar	2007 ^*2 FYE Mar
Revenue	JPY	¥31bn	¥51bn	¥37bn	¥41bn	¥38bn	¥41bn	¥49bn	¥46bn	¥38bn	¥47bn	¥54bn	¥59bn	¥88bn	¥123bn	¥143bn	¥134bn	¥133bn	¥152bn	¥164bn	¥189bn	¥224bn	¥248bn	¥296bn	¥393bn	¥402bn	¥416bn	¥432bn	¥360bn	¥480bn	¥454bn	¥498bn	¥501bn	¥490bn	¥521bn	¥534bn	¥540bn	¥557bn	¥538bn	¥643bn	¥656bn	¥680bn	¥681bn	¥660bn	¥584bn	¥590bn	¥595bn	¥608bn	¥579bn	¥537bn	¥568bn	¥556bn	¥534bn	¥518bn	¥456bn	¥269bn	¥139bn	¥6.8bn
YoY	%	—	+61.5%	-27.6%	+10.4%	-6.4%	+6.9%	+21.7%	-5.9%	-17.5%	+21.4%	+15.7%	+10.0%	+48.1%	+40.3%	+16.4%	-6.7%	-0.1%	+14.2%	+7.7%	+14.9%	+18.9%	+10.8%	+19.2%	+32.8%	+2.2%	+3.5%	+3.8%	-16.6%	+33.3%	-5.5%	+9.8%	+0.6%	-2.3%	+6.4%	+2.5%	+1.0%	+3.1%	-3.4%	+19.7%	+2.0%	+3.7%	+0.1%	-3.2%	-11.5%	+1.1%	+0.8%	+2.3%	-4.8%	-7.2%	+5.8%	-2.3%	-4.0%	-2.8%	-12.1%	-41.1%	-48.1%	-95.1%
Operating profit	JPY	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	¥1.6bn	-¥0.1bn	-¥1.5bn
YoY	%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-106.2%	—
Ordinary profit	JPY	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-¥18bn	-¥5.7bn	-¥15bn	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	¥1.3bn	-¥2.8bn	-¥13bn	-¥18bn	-¥15bn	¥2.5bn	¥5.6bn	¥11bn	¥19bn	¥24bn	—	—	—	-¥9.6bn	-¥4.1bn	-¥1.6bn
Net profit	JPY	¥5.1bn	¥3.0bn	¥0.3bn	¥1.4bn	¥0.4bn	¥0.9bn	¥2.3bn	¥0.9bn	¥0.0bn	¥1.8bn	¥2.4bn	¥1.9bn	¥3.0bn	¥3.1bn	¥2.9bn	¥1.5bn	¥1.1bn	¥1.8bn	¥1.1bn	¥1.6bn	¥4.0bn	¥4.0bn	¥4.4bn	¥6.7bn	¥1.2bn	-¥2.8bn	-¥0.9bn	-¥2.7bn	-¥9.3bn	¥3.5bn	-¥5.7bn	-¥5.0bn	-¥3.5bn	¥2.3bn	¥5.4bn	¥0.5bn	-¥6.7bn	-¥2.3bn	¥4.4bn	¥1.2bn	¥1.0bn	-¥6.1bn	-¥10bn	-¥4.6bn	-¥0.7bn	-¥28bn	-¥0.4bn	¥0.5bn	¥1.6bn	¥3.1bn	¥12bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.5bn	—	¥315bn	-¥2.2bn	¥16bn
YoY	%	—	-41.3%	-90.0%	+366.7%	-69.3%	+118.6%	+142.6%	-61.0%	-97.8%	+8900.0%	+33.3%	-20.4%	+55.5%	+2.7%	-5.6%	-49.0%	-26.5%	+62.0%	-37.1%	+43.6%	+154.4%	0.0%	+8.2%	+52.9%	-81.8%	-333.9%	—	—	—	—	-264.7%	—	—	—	+138.8%	-91.5%	-1550.0%	—	—	-72.1%	-15.6%	-692.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	+220.0%	+93.8%	+274.2%	-99.4%	+628.6%	—	—	-100.7%	—
Operating margin	%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6%	-0.1%	-22.1%
Net margin	%	16.3%	5.9%	0.8%	3.5%	1.1%	2.3%	4.6%	1.9%	0.1%	3.9%	4.5%	3.2%	3.4%	2.5%	2.0%	1.1%	0.8%	1.1%	0.7%	0.8%	1.8%	1.6%	1.5%	1.7%	0.3%	-0.7%	-0.2%	-0.7%	-1.9%	0.8%	-1.2%	-1.0%	-0.7%	0.4%	1.0%	0.1%	-1.2%	-0.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	-0.9%	-1.6%	-0.8%	-0.1%	-4.6%	-0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.5%	2.1%	0.0%	0.1%	—	117.3%	-1.6%	230.9%

*1 Kaisha Nenkan (Company Yearbook)
*2 Securities report

Cost structure Cost of sales SG&A Operating profit Operating margin

Where each yen of revenue goes — cost of sales, SG&A and what is left as operating profit (¥ bn, stacked)

Revenue and its cost lines, every year the breakdown was filed (¥ bn).
Fiscal year	Unit	2005 ^*1 FYE Mar	2006 ^*1 FYE Mar	2007 ^*1 FYE Mar
Revenue	JPY	¥269bn	¥139bn	¥6.8bn
YoY	%	—	-48.1%	-95.1%
Cost of sales	JPY	¥173bn	¥83bn	¥3.5bn
SG&A	JPY	¥94bn	¥56bn	¥4.8bn
Operating profit	JPY	¥1.6bn	-¥0.1bn	-¥1.5bn
YoY	%	—	-103.8%	—
Operating margin	%	0.6%	0.0%	-21.4%
Change	pp	—	-0.6pp	-21.4pp

*1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho), as filed

Balance sheet Total assets Equity Interest-bearing debt Equity ratio

Total assets, equity and interest-bearing debt (¥ bn), with the equity ratio (%)

Balance-sheet totals, every year on record (¥ bn).
Fiscal year	Unit	2002 ^*1 FYE Mar	2003 ^*1 FYE Mar	2004 ^*1 FYE Mar	2005 ^*1 FYE Mar	2006 ^*1 FYE Mar	2007 ^*1 FYE Mar
Total assets	JPY	¥569bn	¥512bn	¥432bn	¥195bn	¥82bn	¥58bn
YoY	%	—	-10.1%	-15.7%	-54.7%	-58.0%	-29.3%
Equity	JPY	-¥195bn	-¥218bn	-¥357bn	¥4.4bn	¥38bn	¥53bn
YoY	%	—	—	—	—	+750.3%	+40.6%
Interest-bearing debt	JPY	—	—	—	¥52bn	¥5.3bn	¥0.0bn
Equity ratio	%	-34.3%	-42.6%	-82.8%	2.3%	46.1%	91.7%
Change	pp	—	-8.3pp	-40.2pp	+85.1pp	+43.8pp	+45.6pp

*1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho), as filed

Cash flow Operating CF Investing CF Financing CF

Cash generated by operations, spent on investment and raised or repaid in financing (¥ bn)

Cash flows as filed, every year on record (¥ bn). A negative figure is cash out.
Fiscal year	Unit	2002 ^*1 FYE Mar	2003 ^*1 FYE Mar	2004 ^*1 FYE Mar	2005 ^*1 FYE Mar	2006 ^*1 FYE Mar	2007 ^*1 FYE Mar
Operating CF	JPY	-¥8.0bn	¥4.4bn	-¥22bn	-¥14bn	-¥41bn	-¥5.7bn
YoY	%	—	—	-593.3%	—	—	—
Investing CF	JPY	-¥5.7bn	-¥5.5bn	-¥7.7bn	¥382bn	¥46bn	-¥3.3bn
Financing CF	JPY	¥11bn	-¥7.3bn	¥41bn	-¥381bn	¥1.4bn	-¥3.9bn
Cash & equivalents	JPY	¥17bn	¥8.4bn	¥20bn	¥7.5bn	¥15bn	¥1.9bn
YoY	%	—	-49.9%	+132.9%	-61.8%	+97.3%	-87.3%

*1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho), as filed

Key ratios Operating margin Net margin ROE Equity ratio

Profitability and balance-sheet strength (%). ROE uses year-end equity.

Ratios by fiscal year (%), with the year-on-year move in percentage points. Derived from the filed figures above.
Fiscal year	Unit	1988 ^*1 FYE Mar	1989 ^*1 FYE Mar	1990 ^*1 FYE Mar	1991 ^*1 FYE Mar	1992 ^*1 FYE Mar	1993 ^*1 FYE Mar	1994 ^*1 FYE Mar	1995 ^*1 FYE Mar	1996 ^*1 FYE Mar	1997 ^*1 FYE Mar	1998 ^*1 FYE Mar	1999 ^*1 FYE Mar	2000 ^*1 FYE Mar	2001 ^*1 FYE Mar	2002 ^*1 FYE Mar	2003 ^*1 FYE Mar	2004 ^*1 FYE Mar	2005 ^*1 FYE Mar	2006 ^*1 FYE Mar	2007 ^*1 FYE Mar
Operating margin	%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6%	0.0%	-21.4%
Change	pp	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6pp	-21.4pp
Net margin	%	-0.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	-0.9%	-1.6%	-0.8%	-0.1%	-4.6%	-0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.5%	2.1%	0.0%	0.1%	—	117.3%	-1.6%	230.4%
Change	pp	—	+1.1pp	-0.5pp	0.0pp	-1.1pp	-0.7pp	+0.8pp	+0.7pp	-4.5pp	+4.5pp	+0.2pp	+0.2pp	+0.2pp	+1.6pp	-2.1pp	+0.1pp	—	—	-118.9pp	+232.0pp
ROE	%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-0.2%	—	7084.2%	-5.9%	29.5%
Change	pp	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2pp	—	—	-7090.1pp	+35.4pp
Equity ratio	%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-34.3%	-42.6%	-82.8%	2.3%	46.1%	91.7%
Change	pp	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-8.3pp	-40.2pp	+85.1pp	+43.8pp	+45.6pp

*1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho), as filed

Reporting basis

Which accounting standard each fiscal year was filed under. Figures are not strictly comparable across a change of standard.

Accounting standard and reporting basis, by fiscal year.
Fiscal year	Unit	1988 ^*1 FYE Mar	1989 ^*1 FYE Mar	1990 ^*1 FYE Mar	1991 ^*1 FYE Mar	1992 ^*1 FYE Mar	1993 ^*1 FYE Mar	1994 ^*1 FYE Mar	1995 ^*1 FYE Mar	1996 ^*1 FYE Mar	1997 ^*1 FYE Mar	1998 ^*1 FYE Mar	1999 ^*1 FYE Mar	2000 ^*1 FYE Mar	2001 ^*1 FYE Mar	2002 ^*1 FYE Mar	2003 ^*1 FYE Mar	2004 ^*1 FYE Mar	2005 ^*1 FYE Mar	2006 ^*1 FYE Mar	2007 ^*1 FYE Mar
Standard		JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP
Basis		Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated

*1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho), as filed

Yen–dollar exchange rate ¥ per US$1

Annual average, yen per one US dollar. Every figure above is in yen as filed — convert one using the rate of its own year, never today's. A higher line is a weaker yen.

Annual average ¥/US$ rate, 1949–2026. YoY above zero means the yen weakened.
Fiscal year	Unit	1949 ^*1 Cal. year	1950 ^*1 Cal. year	1951 ^*1 Cal. year	1952 ^*1 Cal. year	1953 ^*1 Cal. year	1954 ^*1 Cal. year	1955 ^*1 Cal. year	1956 ^*1 Cal. year	1957 ^*1 Cal. year	1958 ^*1 Cal. year	1959 ^*1 Cal. year	1960 ^*1 Cal. year	1961 ^*1 Cal. year	1962 ^*1 Cal. year	1963 ^*1 Cal. year	1964 ^*1 Cal. year	1965 ^*1 Cal. year	1966 ^*1 Cal. year	1967 ^*1 Cal. year	1968 ^*1 Cal. year	1969 ^*1 Cal. year	1970 ^*1 Cal. year	1971 ^*1 Cal. year	1972 ^*2 Cal. year	1973 ^*3 Cal. year	1974 ^*3 Cal. year	1975 ^*3 Cal. year	1976 ^*3 Cal. year	1977 ^*3 Cal. year	1978 ^*3 Cal. year	1979 ^*3 Cal. year	1980 ^*4 Cal. year	1981 ^*4 Cal. year	1982 ^*4 Cal. year	1983 ^*4 Cal. year	1984 ^*4 Cal. year	1985 ^*4 Cal. year	1986 ^*4 Cal. year	1987 ^*4 Cal. year	1988 ^*4 Cal. year	1989 ^*4 Cal. year	1990 ^*4 Cal. year	1991 ^*4 Cal. year	1992 ^*4 Cal. year	1993 ^*4 Cal. year	1994 ^*4 Cal. year	1995 ^*4 Cal. year	1996 ^*4 Cal. year	1997 ^*4 Cal. year	1998 ^*4 Cal. year	1999 ^*4 Cal. year	2000 ^*4 Cal. year	2001 ^*4 Cal. year	2002 ^*4 Cal. year	2003 ^*4 Cal. year	2004 ^*4 Cal. year	2005 ^*4 Cal. year	2006 ^*4 Cal. year	2007 ^*4 Cal. year	2008 ^*4 Cal. year	2009 ^*4 Cal. year	2010 ^*4 Cal. year	2011 ^*4 Cal. year	2012 ^*4 Cal. year	2013 ^*4 Cal. year	2014 ^*4 Cal. year	2015 ^*4 Cal. year	2016 ^*4 Cal. year	2017 ^*4 Cal. year	2018 ^*4 Cal. year	2019 ^*4 Cal. year	2020 ^*4 Cal. year	2021 ^*4 Cal. year	2022 ^*4 Cal. year	2023 ^*4 Cal. year	2024 ^*4 Cal. year	2025 ^*4 Cal. year	2026 ^*4,5 Cal. year
Rate	¥/US$	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥360.00	¥308.00	¥274.00	¥293.00	¥299.00	¥292.00	¥257.00	¥201.00	¥230.00	¥226.69	¥220.55	¥249.06	¥237.48	¥237.53	¥238.53	¥168.52	¥144.60	¥128.13	¥137.98	¥144.81	¥134.51	¥126.67	¥111.18	¥102.22	¥94.05	¥108.77	¥121.02	¥130.89	¥113.84	¥107.74	¥121.52	¥125.28	¥115.92	¥108.16	¥110.15	¥116.28	¥117.77	¥103.33	¥93.53	¥87.77	¥79.78	¥79.79	¥97.60	¥105.84	¥121.02	¥108.84	¥112.16	¥110.40	¥109.01	¥106.78	¥109.78	¥131.37	¥140.51	¥151.50	¥149.65	¥158.16
YoY	%	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-14.4%	-11.0%	+6.9%	+2.0%	-2.3%	-12.0%	-21.8%	+14.4%	-1.4%	-2.7%	+12.9%	-4.6%	0.0%	+0.4%	-29.4%	-14.2%	-11.4%	+7.7%	+4.9%	-7.1%	-5.8%	-12.2%	-8.1%	-8.0%	+15.7%	+11.3%	+8.2%	-13.0%	-5.4%	+12.8%	+3.1%	-7.5%	-6.7%	+1.8%	+5.6%	+1.3%	-12.3%	-9.5%	-6.2%	-9.1%	0.0%	+22.3%	+8.4%	+14.3%	-10.1%	+3.1%	-1.6%	-1.3%	-2.0%	+2.8%	+19.7%	+7.0%	+7.8%	-1.2%	+5.7%

*1 1949-1971: Fixed Bretton Woods peg ¥360/$ (Dodge Line 1949; Smithsonian ¥308 from Dec 1971).
*2 1972: Smithsonian peg ¥308/$ (held until Feb 1973 float).
*3 1973-1979: JIL (Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training) g0001.xlsx — fiscal-year (Apr–Mar) basis, integer-rounded. PROVISIONAL; upgrade to BOJ FXERM07 calendar-year later.
*4 1980-2026: Bank of Japan stat-search FM08'FXERM07 (Tokyo market, USD/JPY spot, 17:00 fixing, monthly average) — calendar-year average of monthly averages.
*5 Provisional — part-year average, not a full calendar year.

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GET	/api/3102/history.json	History overview
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GET	/api/3102/executives.json	Executives
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GET	/api/3102/segments.json	Business segments
GET	/api/3102/regions.json	Sales by region
GET	/api/3102/workforce.json	Workforce