TERASAKI ELECTRIC CO.,LTD. Q4 FY2025 earnings call

• Overall Financial and Industry Context

  • 50%-60%+ of the company's revenue comes from the shipping and shipbuilding market, which is currently in a strong upcycle

  • 2024 global new ship completion volume hit 70.31 million gross tons, +16% YoY, with 52.7% share held by China; 2024 global new ship order volume hit 138.43 million gross tons, +60.7% YoY, the second-highest level in 20 years, with ~70% share held by China

  • Global shipbuilding order backlog reached 268.53 million gross tons (+31.5% YoY) at end-2024, equal to ~3.8 years of work, rising to ~4 years of work by end-March 2025, creating sustained tailwinds for the company's marine business

  • Balance sheet and cash flow performance: Cash and equivalents increased by 4.4 billion yen YoY driven by improved receivables collection and large advance receipts; Operating cash flow hit +8.327 billion yen, up 4.507 billion yen YoY; Self-capital ratio improved to 69.6%, maintaining a strong financial position

• 10-Year Growth Vision

  • Targets average annual consolidated revenue above 50 billion yen and average annual operating margin above 8% for the 2021-2030 decade; After 4 years, 4-year average revenue is 47.6 billion yen and average operating margin is 7.9%, on track to hit the 5-year average target (50 billion yen revenue, 8.3% margin) after FY2026 March, with target reset planned in 2026
  • Total planned capital expenditure for the 2020s is ~20 billion yen, with ~9 billion yen spent by 2024 and ~11 billion yen remaining, to build capability for 70 billion yen+ revenue by the 2030s

• Core Strategic Initiatives

  • Marine business: Pushing the "TERASAKI ONBOARD" strategy via multi-layered business expansion (covering all vessel types, product lines, new build and after-sales, domestic and overseas markets) and horizontal expansion (increasing content per vessel, leveraging growth in vessel electrical system size from decarbonization and automation)
  • Non-marine business: Strengthening sales to high-growth areas including AI-related data centers, green energy transition projects, and rail infrastructure
  • Capital expenditure: Completing Phase 1 construction of the new Kamioka factory, with the plating line scheduled to launch in December 2025; continuing planned investment to expand production capacity at Chinese manufacturing facilities; expanding and renovating the Teratech (engineering/lifecycle service) headquarters to reduce lead times via in-house inventory management; updating the core enterprise system to SAP S/4HANA by end-2025

Geographic segments (FY2025 March):

1. Japan: Sales of 26.928 billion yen, 47.8% of total consolidated revenue, +3.2% YoY. Segment profit of 3.791 billion yen, -3.5% YoY. By product: Marine system products up (driven by high-value ships including LNG carriers); Industrial system products down (weak performance of domestic green energy-related projects); Medical devices nearly flat; Engineering & lifecycle services up significantly (driven by Osaka Metro Yumeshima Station construction for Expo 2025); Equipment (breaker) products down (domestic inventory adjustment offset European demand growth).

2. Asia: Sales of 22.186 billion yen, 39.3% of total consolidated revenue, +23.8% YoY. Segment profit of 2.015 billion yen, +55% YoY. All core products grew strongly: Marine system products up sharply led by LNG carriers; Engineering & lifecycle services up on increased ship conversion projects; Equipment products up on solid demand from Chinese marine market and domestic Singapore market.

3. Europe: Sales of 7.29 billion yen, 12.9% of total consolidated revenue, -9.5% YoY. Segment profit of 0.842 billion yen, -5.2% YoY. Core breaker products fell due to lower demand from Europe and Middle East, but engineering & lifecycle services grew (solid breaker replacement project demand, delivering strong profit contribution after prior personnel expansion).

Product-segment consolidated revenue (FY2025 March):

• System products: 32.626 billion yen, +17.5% YoY (order backlog of 59.416 billion yen, nearly half from China)
• Equipment products: 23.778 billion yen, -2.1% YoY
• Total consolidated revenue: 56.404 billion yen, +8.3% YoY
• Operating profit: 5.618 billion yen, +14.2% YoY
• Net income attributable to parent: 4.451 billion yen, +10.9% YoY, marking 3 consecutive years of revenue and profit growth.

• FY2026 March consolidated guidance calls for continued growth: Revenue of 59.37 billion yen (+5.3% YoY), operating profit of 5.7 billion yen (+1.5% YoY), representing a continued plan for revenue and profit growth
• Lower guidance for net income: Net income attributable to parent is expected to be 4.16 billion yen (-6.5% YoY), ordinary income is expected to be 5.89 billion yen (-2.7% YoY), primarily due to expected unfavorable foreign exchange movement (planned average rate of 145 JPY/USD, down from 152.61 JPY/USD in FY2025 March)
• Product-segment revenue guidance (FY2026 March): Marine system products 28 billion yen (+18% YoY), industrial system products 2.7 billion yen (+23.5% YoY), equipment products 18.8 billion yen (-5.8% YoY, nearly flat after accounting for FX assumptions), medical devices 2.704 billion yen (-4.2% YoY, nearly flat), engineering & lifecycle services 6.9 billion yen (-7.4% YoY, driven by lower large rail engineering projects while after-sales service continues to grow)
• Dividend guidance: Full year dividend per share is planned at 43 JPY, a 3 JPY increase from FY2025 March's 40 JPY, marking continued dividend growth
• Capital expenditure, depreciation and R&D guidance: Planned capital expenditure of 2.8 billion yen, depreciation of 2 billion yen (up from 1.623 billion yen YoY driven by Phase 1 Kamioka factory investment), R&D expenditure of 0.9 billion yen (up from 0.876 billion yen YoY)

• Global shipbuilding market concentration is rapidly shifting to China, which now holds ~70% of new order volume and ~61% of order backlog, with pricing competition from lower Chinese steel costs creating industry pressure
• 2025 order volume projections remain uncertain, despite strong Q1 2025 order activity; management will continue to monitor market trends closely
• Rising raw material prices and labor costs continue to pressure gross margins, even with ongoing price adjustment efforts
• Expected unfavorable foreign exchange movement (less yen depreciation than FY2025) will create a 0.223 billion yen headwind to operating profit in FY2026 March

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