Shikidenko - Revision of Financial Estimates and Year-End Dividends forecast (increase in dividends)

Shidenko <1939> announced on the 24th a revision of its performance Financial Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 2025 and year-end Dividends. For the full-year consolidated results (April 2024 - March 2025), revenue has been revised upward from the previous estimate of 105 billion yen to 105.8 billion yen, operating profit from 7 billion yen to 8.07 billion yen, ordinary profit from 7.5 billion yen to 8.53 billion yen, and Net income from 4.6 billion yen to 5.17 billion yen.

Fisco Japan23:17 ET

April 25 [Today's Investment Strategy]

[Fisco Selected Stocks]【Material Stocks】Chiyoda <8185> 1159 yen (4/24) operates shoe retail brands such as 'Shoe Plaza', 'Tokyo Shoe Distribution Center', and 'Chiyoda Shoes'. It was announced that a Share Buyback amounting to 1.9 million shares, equivalent to 5.40% of the total issued shares, with a monetary limit of 1.5 billion yen will be implemented. The acquisition period is from May 1, 2025, to September 30, 2025. All acquired shares will be retired on October 31, 2025. This is part of the implementation of a flexible capital policy to respond to changes in the management environment and capital.

Fisco Japan20:10 ET

Japan Steel Works, Horiba Manufacturing ETC.

*Japan Steel Works Ltd. (5631) is deepening its presence in India and has established a maintenance base for pelletizing machines (Nikkai Kogyo page 1) - ○ *Daiichi Hokuetsu Financial Group (7327) has reached an agreement to merge with Gunma Bank, aiming to be top class in scale and quality (Nikkai Kogyo page 3) - ○ *NTT Data Group (9613) has partnered with OpenAI to become a development and sales dealer (Nikkai Kogyo page 3) - ○ *Tokyo Electron Ltd. Unsponsored ADR (8035) has developed a new etching equipment building in Miyagi to support high-performance Semiconductors (Nikkai Kogyo page 3) - ○ *LIXIL (5938) has high-performance Aluminum windows.

Fisco Japan19:30 ET

Attention is focused on Fujitsu and Chiyoda, while Nissan Motor and Canon Inc-Spons Adr may be weak.

In the US stock market on the 24th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 486.83 points to 40,093.40, the Nasdaq Composite Index increased by 457.99 points to 17,166.04, and the Chicago Nikkei 225 Futures rose by 540 yen compared to Osaka during the day, reaching 35,570 yen. The exchange rate is 1 dollar = 142.60-70 yen. Today in the Tokyo market, Fujitsu <6702> announced a share buyback of up to 6.75% of the outstanding shares, with operating profit expected to increase by 77.5% from the previous term and by 35.8% for the current term.

Fisco Japan19:15 ET

List of cloud breakout stocks (Part 1) [Ichimoku Kinko Hyo - List of cloud breakout stocks].

○ List of stocks that have broken through the cloud in the market Code Stock Name Closing Price Leading Span A Leading Span B Main Board <1945> Tokyo Electric Power Company 1120 1115.75 1104.5 <2372> AYRO Inc 2791 2786.25 2788.5 <3106> Kurabo Industries 6240 6110 5995 <4776> CYBOZU 2940 2840.75 2932.5 <6516> SANYO Electric 9010 8972.5

Fisco Japan18:38 ET

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Daiichi Sankyo, Hitachi Construction, Keyence (on the 25th).

※The above Calendar is merely a schedule and may be subject to change due to the company's circumstances.---------------------------------------April 25 (Friday) ＜1381＞ Axes 　　＜1944＞ Kinden ＜1972＞ Sanko Gold 　 　 　 　＜2208＞ Bourbon ＜2212＞ Yamazaki Bread 　 　 　 ＜2216＞ Kanro ＜2481＞ Town News 　 ＜3003＞ Hulic ＜3116＞

Fisco Japan17:30 ET