Fast Retailing Attributable Profit Climbs 26% in Fiscal Nine Months

Fast Retailing's (TYO:9983, HKG:6288) profit attributable to owners of the parent climbed 25.6% to 426.08 billion yen for the fiscal nine months from 339.1 billion yen a year earlier. The UNIQLO parent company's basic earnings per share increased to 1,388.62 yen from 1,105.36 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Thursday. Revenue jumped 17.1% to 3.065 trillion yen for the period from 2.616 trillion yen in the prior year. For the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2026, the company expects an attributable profit of 500 billion yen, basic EPS of 1,629.54 yen, and revenue of 3.970 trillion yen. The company expects to pay a year-end dividend of 320 yen per share for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2026.