Marusho Hotta Co. Ltd. announced consolidated earnings results for the nine months ended December 31, 2016. For the period, the group reported net sales of ¥5,570 million, operating income of ¥91 million, ordinary income of ¥117 million and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥95 million or ¥4.20 per basic share compared to net sales of ¥5,458 million, operating income of ¥67 million, ordinary income of ¥67 million and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥42 million or ¥1.84 per basic share reported in the same period last year.

For the year ending March 31, 2017, the company provided yearend dividend forecast of ¥5.00 per share against dividend of ¥2.00 per share declared last year.

For the year ending March 31, 2017, the group expects to report net sales of ¥7,792 million, operating income of ¥82 million, ordinary income of ¥78 million and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥50 million or ¥2.18 per basic share.