Financial and Non-Financial Highlights

  Millions of yen Thousands of U.S.dollars
  2019.3 2020.3 2021.3 2022.3 2023.3 2023.3
For the Year
Net sales ¥47,782 ¥47,546 ¥49,674 ¥45,470 ¥45,576 $341,317
Operating income 2,839 3,374 3,945 3,251 2,416 18,094
Profit attributable to owners of parent 1,804 2,261 2,526 1,109 1,829 13,695
R&D expenses 643 725 790 851 774 5,796
Capital expenditures 3,060 3,137 1,335 2,695 840 6,291
Depreciation and amortization 1,109 1,390 1,350 1,197 1,407 10,538
Free cash flow -119 -47 2,859 997 3,120 23,362
At Year-End
Total assets ¥41,976 ¥43,276 ¥46,817 ¥44,402 ¥46,116 $345,364
Total net assets 29,223 30,136 32,633 31,848 32,961 246,847
Number of issued outstanding shares (Thousands) 22,112 22,152 22,205 22,227 22,241  
Financial Indicators(%)
Operating income margin 5.9 7.1 7.9 7.1 5.3  
ROA 4.3 5.3 5.6 2.4 4.0  
ROE 6.3 7.8 8.2 3.5 5.7  
Equity ratio 68.2 68.5 68.5 70.4 70.2  
Non-Financial Indicators
CO2 emissions (t-CO2) 3,500 4,039 3,864 2,892 2,949  
Number of employees (People) 948 1,032 997 953 859  
Ratio of female directors to total directors (%) 33.3 33.3 37.5 30.0 40.0  
Ratio of outside directors to total directors (%) 55.6 55.6 50.0 50.0 50.0  
Per Share Information(U.S. dollars)
Profit attributable to owners of parent ¥81.66 ¥102.19 ¥113.90 ¥49.91 ¥82.22 $0.62
Net assets 1,295.38 1,337.42 1,445.14 1,407.03 1,456.38 10.907
Dividends 36 36 37 38 40 0.30
Stock prices 1,892 1,601 1,955 1,527 1,563 11.705
PER (Times) 23.2 15.7 17.2 29.1 19.0

Notes:
1. U.S. dollar amounts are translated from yen for convenience only, at the rate of ¥133.53 = U.S.$1.00, the approximate rate on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2023.
2. Number of issued outstanding shares does not include that of treasury shares.
3. ROA = Profit attributable to owners of parent / average total assets for the fiscal year.
4. ROE = Profit attributable to owners of parent / average total equity (total net assets - subscription rights - non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries) for the fiscal year.
5. The CO2 emissions from the S.T. Group (in Japan)
6. The stock prices were as of the end of the fiscal years ended March 31.
7. As a result of new accounting standards being applied effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the figures for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 reflect those changes.
8. Effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, we have applied the new accounting standards.