Minolta Co., Ltd.: 22 fiscal years of results, 1957–1985
- Fiscal years on record
- 22 · 1957–1985
Results
This page carries 22 fiscal years of results, from 1957 to 1985. 7 years in that range carry no figure on record and are left out rather than interpolated. It is stitched from 3 sources — securities reports for the modern years, and company yearbooks or printed corporate histories for the older ones. Each column in the table below is footnoted with the one it came from. Revenue is at its highest on record in the latest year filed. No year on record closed in a net loss.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 1957 *1 FYE Mar | 1958 *1 FYE Mar | 1959 *1 FYE Mar | 1960 *1 FYE Mar | 1961 *1 FYE Mar | 1962 *1 FYE Mar | 1963 *1 FYE Mar | 1971 *2 FYE Mar | 1972 *2 FYE Mar | 1973 *2 FYE Mar | 1974 *2 FYE Mar | 1975 *2 FYE Mar | 1976 *3 FYE Mar | 1977 *3 FYE Mar | 1978 *3 FYE Mar | 1979 *3 FYE Mar | 1980 *3 FYE Mar | 1981 *3 FYE Mar | 1982 *3 FYE Mar | 1983 *3 FYE Mar | 1984 *3 FYE Mar | 1985 *3 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | JPY | ¥1.7bn | ¥1.6bn | ¥1.5bn | ¥2.2bn | ¥3.2bn | ¥4.9bn | ¥7.3bn | ¥24bn | ¥25bn | ¥29bn | ¥39bn | ¥49bn | ¥48bn | ¥53bn | ¥71bn | ¥84bn | ¥86bn | ¥116bn | ¥132bn | ¥114bn | ¥133bn | ¥150bn |
| YoY | % | — | -5.5% | -7.9% | +48.9% | +49.0% | +53.5% | +47.5% | — | +7.6% | +14.6% | +35.4% | +24.1% | -1.8% | +10.1% | +33.5% | +18.6% | +2.4% | +35.0% | +14.4% | -13.6% | +16.6% | +12.8% |
| Operating profit | JPY | — | — | — | — | — | ¥0.6bn | ¥0.9bn | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| YoY | % | — | — | — | — | — | — | +34.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ordinary profit | JPY | ¥0.1bn | ¥0.0bn | -¥0.1bn | ¥0.0bn | ¥0.1bn | ¥0.3bn | ¥0.5bn | ¥1.9bn | ¥1.1bn | ¥1.2bn | ¥1.4bn | ¥1.8bn | ¥2.0bn | ¥2.4bn | ¥4.0bn | ¥5.6bn | ¥4.6bn | ¥9.2bn | ¥10bn | ¥5.5bn | ¥6.6bn | ¥7.3bn |
| Net profit | JPY | — | — | — | — | — | ¥0.2bn | ¥0.4bn | ¥0.9bn | ¥0.6bn | ¥0.7bn | ¥1.0bn | ¥1.0bn | ¥1.2bn | ¥1.5bn | ¥2.1bn | ¥2.4bn | ¥2.5bn | ¥4.5bn | ¥5.1bn | ¥3.4bn | ¥3.5bn | ¥4.0bn |
| YoY | % | — | — | — | — | — | — | +95.1% | — | -33.3% | +16.7% | +42.9% | 0.0% | +20.7% | +23.6% | +39.3% | +17.1% | +3.3% | +79.2% | +12.6% | -32.9% | +3.6% | +13.7% |
| Operating margin | % | — | — | — | — | — | 13.0% | 11.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | % | — | — | — | — | — | 3.7% | 5.0% | 3.8% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| Standard | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | Japanese GAAP | |
| Basis | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only | Parent only |
- *1 Diamond Kaisha Sangyo Soran (Company & Industry Survey), 1964 edition — half-year figures combined
- *2 Kaisha Nenkan (Company Yearbook), 1976 edition
- *3 Kaisha Nenkan (Company Yearbook), 1986 edition
Revenue in US dollars
Revenue (US$m)The revenue line above, converted at the average ¥/US$ rate of each figure’s own year — never today’s.
Between 1957–1985, Minolta Co., Ltd.’s revenue grew 90-fold in yen (17.4% a year). Converted at each year’s own average rate, the same span is 136-fold in dollars (19.2% a year), from $5m to $631m. The dollar figure grew faster because the yen was stronger at the end of the period than at the start — a yen of revenue in 1985 bought more dollars than one in 1957.
| Fiscal year | Unit | 1957 *1 FYE Mar | 1958 *1 FYE Mar | 1959 *1 FYE Mar | 1960 *1 FYE Mar | 1961 *1 FYE Mar | 1962 *1 FYE Mar | 1963 *1 FYE Mar | 1971 *1 FYE Mar | 1972 *2 FYE Mar | 1973 *3 FYE Mar | 1974 *3 FYE Mar | 1975 *3 FYE Mar | 1976 *3 FYE Mar | 1977 *3 FYE Mar | 1978 *3 FYE Mar | 1979 *3 FYE Mar | 1980 *4 FYE Mar | 1981 *4 FYE Mar | 1982 *4 FYE Mar | 1983 *4 FYE Mar | 1984 *4 FYE Mar | 1985 *4 FYE Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | USD | $5m | $4m | $4m | $6m | $9m | $14m | $20m | $66m | $82m | $106m | $134m | $164m | $164m | $206m | $351m | $364m | $378m | $525m | $531m | $481m | $561m | $631m |
| YoY | % | — | -5.5% | -7.9% | +48.9% | +49.0% | +53.5% | +47.5% | — | +25.8% | +28.8% | +26.6% | +21.6% | +0.5% | +25.1% | +70.6% | +3.6% | +3.9% | +38.8% | +1.3% | -9.4% | +16.6% | +12.3% |
| Revenue as filed | JPY | ¥1.7bn | ¥1.6bn | ¥1.5bn | ¥2.2bn | ¥3.2bn | ¥4.9bn | ¥7.3bn | ¥24bn | ¥25bn | ¥29bn | ¥39bn | ¥49bn | ¥48bn | ¥53bn | ¥71bn | ¥84bn | ¥86bn | ¥116bn | ¥132bn | ¥114bn | ¥133bn | ¥150bn |
| Rate applied | ¥/US$ | ¥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 |
- *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.
Reporting basis
Which accounting standard each stretch of the series was filed under, and whether the accounts are consolidated.
Every year on record was filed on the same basis — parent-only Japanese GAAP — so the series is comparable end to end.
| Fiscal years | Standard | Basis | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957–1985 | Japanese GAAP | parent-only | 22 |
All figures are in Japanese yen as filed. Where a foreign-currency comparison is needed elsewhere on this site, yen amounts are converted at the average rate of each figure's own year — not today's rate. Exchange rates & sources →
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Disclaimer
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