Earnings

Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2026

KDDI Corporation

KDDI announced the financial results for the fiscal year ended March 2026.

■Summary

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, consolidated operating revenue increased by 4.1% year on year, to 6,071.9 billion yen.
Consolidated operating income rose by 1.1% year on year, to 1,099.1 billion yen.
Profit attributable to owners of the parent increased by 7.9% year on year, to 707.1 billion yen.
Underlying performance [Jump to the applicable section1] driven by business growth resulted in consolidated operating income of 1,164.3 billion yen (yoy +6.0%) and profit for the year of 756.7 billion yen (yoy +13.6%), which exceeded the level of profit for the year (748.0 billion yen) required to achieve the EPS target of 1.5x compared to FY19-03.
In addition, KDDI today announced a new Mid-Term Management Strategy toward the fiscal year ending March 31, 2029.
As the first year of the new Mid-Term Management Strategy, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, KDDI projects consolidated operating revenue of 6,410.0 billion yen (yoy +5.6%) and adjusted operating income of 1,210.0 billion yen (yoy +5.0%). KDDI also plans dividends per share of 84.0 yen (with a dividend payout ratio of 42.8%).
Furthermore, the board of directors of KDDI at its meeting held on today, resolved that Cancellation of treasury shares over 5% of number of shares issued and outstanding, as well as acquisition of treasury stock up to 300 billion yen and a tender offer up to 250 billion yen.

<Consolidated Results (IFRS)>
(Billions of yen)
FY25-03FY26-03
yoy
Operating revenue5,835.56,071.9+4.1%
Operating income1,087.51,099.1+1.1%
Operating margin18.6%18.1%-0.5pt
Profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent655.4707.1+7.9%
EBITDA1,802.11,846.6+2.5%
EBITDA margin30.9%30.4%-0.5pt
<Consolidated Financial Forecast (Adjusted)>
FY26-03FY27-03 (E)
yoy
Operating revenue6,071.96,410.0+5.6%
Adjusted operating income1,151.81,210.0+5.0%
Adjusted operating margin19.0%18.9%-0.1pt
Adjusted profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent712.0731.0+2.7%
Adjusted EBITDA1,847.31,940.0+5.0%
Adjusted EBITDA margin30.4%30.3%-0.1pt

For more details, please refer to the following materials.

■Materials

The presentation material for New Mid-Term Management Strategy (FY27-03 to FY29-03) is scheduled to be posted on Presentation page at approximately 5:00 p.m [JST].
For other disclosures, please refer to IR News.

■Live stream of the financial results for the fiscal year ended March 2026

The schedule is as follows.

Presentation session
4:00 p.m [JST]
QA session
6:15 p.m [JST]

Both sessions can be viewed from the page below.

  1. [1] Underlying performance driven by business growth: excluding the impacts outlined below
    【Operating income】
    1. External outflows related to the fictitious transactions (FY25-03 : 10.5 bil. yen, FY26-03 : 17.1 bil. yen)
    2. Contract cost impairment (FY26-03 : 48.2 bil. yen)
    【Profit for the year】
    1. External outflows related to the fictitious transactions (FY25-03 : 10.5 bil. yen, FY26-03 : 17.1 bil. yen)
    2. Contract cost impairment (FY26-03 : 32.5 bil. yen)
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