LionLion Corporation4912東証プライム化学FY ending Dec 2025, consolidated, IFRS

Lion FY ending Dec 2025 results

About 53% of Lion's sales come from General-use consumable products business, with Overseas business and Industrial products business making up much of the rest.

Out of every ¥100 of sales, about ¥8 is left as operating profit.

Revenue changed +2.2% from the prior year, operating profit +28.1%.

Revenue and profit pattern

Revenue and profit upProfit grew faster

Revenue +2.2% · profit +28.1%, calculated from disclosed figures.

Operating leverage: 12.69× (profit growth ÷ revenue growth)

What changed from last year

FY ending Dec 2024 → FY ending Dec 2025

Revenue: +2.2%¥412.9B → ¥422.1B
Gross profit: +2.7%¥188.8B → ¥193.9B
Operating income: +28.1%¥28.4B → ¥36.4B
Net income attributable to owners: +30.1%¥21.2B → ¥27.6B
Operating cash flow: -6.9%¥43.7B → ¥40.6B
Free cash flow: -13.5%¥24.7B → ¥21.3B

Results at a glance

Revenue for the FY ending Dec 2025 was ¥422.1B, up +2.2% from ¥412.9B.
Profit grew much faster: operating income rose from ¥28.4B to ¥36.4B (+28.1%), and net income from ¥21.2B to ¥27.6B (+30.1%).
Cash generation weakened, with operating cash flow at ¥40.6B (-6.9%) and free cash flow at ¥21.3B (-13.5%).

What drove the change

Higher-priced products such as premium toothpaste, along with price increases, lifted gross profit, and cost restructuring in the domestic business added to the gain.
Taking full ownership of an equity-method affiliate in Vietnam produced a one-time gain on the step acquisition, boosting operating and net income.
Overseas, strong sales in Malaysia helped raise profit across Southeast and South Asia.

Things to watch

The company warns that sudden economic or currency swings could push up raw material costs and weaken consumer spending.
Its own forecast for next year expects operating income to rise but net income to fall below this year's level.
It has decided to sell two chemical subsidiaries, which will change the makeup of the industrial products business.

Annual Securities Report, 165th term (Jan–Dec 2025) / 経営者による財政状態、経営成績及びキャッシュ・フローの状況の分析

Where the money goes

FY ending Dec 2024 → FY ending Dec 2025

Where ¥100 of sales goes

For every ¥100 Lion sells, how much goes where, and how much is kept.

FY ending Dec 2025

Cost of sales: ¥54
SG&A: ¥39
Other costs: ¥1
Operating profit: ¥8
Net profit kept: ¥7

Annual margin trends

Gross margin45.9%

Operating margin8.6%

Net margin6.5%

Aligned fiscal years compare the shares of revenue remaining as gross, core, and net profit. Missing years are left unconnected.

Which businesses earn the money

Revenue by business segment, and the profit each one keeps.

FY ending Dec 2025

General-use consumable products business¥223.7B
53%
Industry: Toiletries & Household Products
Overseas business¥158.1B
37%
Industry: Toiletries & Household Products
Industrial products business¥39.3B
9%
Industry: Chemicals
Other¥915M
0%

Profit by segment

※ Segments without disclosed profit are drawn entirely as costs

※ Segment figures include inter-segment sales and do not sum to the company total

Sources

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