Yokohama Rubber Achieves 5th Straight Year of Sales & Profit Growth

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., today announced its business and financial results for fiscal 2025 (January to December 2025). Sales revenue increased 12.8% over the previous year, to \1,235.0 billion; business profit expanded 24.0% to \166.6 billion; operating profit rose 28.3% to \152.9 billion; and profit attributable to owners of parent expanded 40.7% to \105.4 billion. The results mark a fifth straight year of growth in both sales and profit* and record highs for both key financial indicators . Business profit margin also rose to a record high of 13.5%.

The year-on-year increase in consolidated business profit can be attributed to the strong performance of existing businesses offsetting the one-time costs related to the acquisition and consolidation of Goodyear’s OTR business. Tire business profit rose on higher unit sales of consumer tires and continued growth in sales of high-value-added ADVAN, GEOLANDAR, and Winter (AGW) tires as well as high-inch tires. Meanwhile, the MB segment’s efforts to improve the profitability of its existing businesses, drastically reduce costs, and make other structural reforms also contributed to the increase in Group consolidated business profit.

Yokohama Rubber is aiming for record highs in sales and profit* again fiscal 2026, as it seeks a sixth straight year of sales and profit* growth. Management’s full-year consolidated earnings plan targets sales revenue of ¥1,300.0 billion, business profit of ¥188.0 billion, operating profit of ¥173.0 billion, and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥90.0 billion.

Regarding the fiscal 2025 dividend for shareholders, the Board of Directors has resolved to raise the year-end dividend to ¥86 per share, an increase of ¥22 from management’s plan announced in August 2025, which will bring the fiscal 2025 annual dividend to ¥134, ¥36 higher than the fiscal 2024 dividend. For fiscal 2026, the Board of Directors plans to distribute an interim dividend of ¥62 and a year-end  dividend of ¥110, which will amount to an annual dividend of ¥172 per share and raise the Company’s dividend to shareholders for a sixth straight year.

Source: Yokohama