Earnings quality
Compare earnings and operating cash flow for earnings quality.
Ticker 5713 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Consolidated IFRS · amounts in yen
Filed 2026-06-24 · Period end 2026-03-31
Takeaway
Dig deeperequity ratio is 58.3%.
Mixed signals — use cash flow and the balance sheet before treating the year as clean.
住友金属鉱山株式会社 is a Japanese listed company. Its reportable segments include Smelting And Refining, Mineral Resources, Materials, Operating Segments Not Included In.
Segments Smelting And Refining · Mineral Resources · Materials · Operating Segments Not Included In
No phone/email found in this filing · Filing date 2026-06-24
| Account | FY2025 (ended Mar 31, 2025) | FY2026 (ended Mar 31, 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥1.6T | ¥1.7T |
| Cost of sales* | ¥1.5T | ¥1.5T |
| Gross profit | ¥58.5B | ¥274.5B |
| Operating profit (loss) | — | — |
| Finance income | ¥56.1B | ¥55.7B |
| Finance costs | ¥18.0B | ¥18.3B |
| Income tax expense | ¥19.6B | ¥66.9B |
| Profit (loss) | ¥11.8B | ¥188.7B |
| Profit (loss) attributable to owners | ¥16.5B | ¥176.3B |
| Basic EPS (¥) | 59.99 | 649.55 |
| Account | FY2025 (ended Mar 31, 2025) | FY2026 (ended Mar 31, 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | ¥159.7B | ¥116.8B |
| Current assets | ¥976.3B | ¥1.2T |
| Non-current assets | ¥2.1T | ¥2.4T |
| Total assets | ¥3.1T | ¥3.6T |
| Short-term borrowings | — | — |
| Current liabilities | ¥503.6B | ¥747.4B |
| Non-current liabilities* | ¥515.6B | ¥519.6B |
| Total liabilities | ¥1.0T | ¥1.3T |
| Equity attributable to owners | ¥1.8T | ¥2.1T |
| Total equity | ¥2.0T | ¥2.3T |
| Account | FY2025 (ended Mar 31, 2025) | FY2026 (ended Mar 31, 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Cash flows from operating activities | ¥149.6B | ¥101.8B |
| Cash flows from investing activities | -¥138.9B | -¥185.2B |
| Cash flows from financing activities | -¥6.2B | ¥36.7B |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash | — | — |
| Cash at end of period | ¥159.7B | ¥116.8B |
| Metric | Trend | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥1.3T | ¥1.4T | ¥1.4T | ¥1.6T | ¥1.7T | |
| Profit to owners | ¥281.0B | ¥160.6B | ¥58.6B | ¥16.5B | ¥176.3B | |
| Total assets | ¥2.3T | ¥2.7T | ¥3.0T | ¥3.1T | ¥3.6T | |
| Cash & equivalents | ¥214.0B | ¥215.0B | ¥151.0B | ¥159.7B | ¥116.8B | |
| Owners’ equity | ¥1.4T | ¥1.6T | ¥1.8T | ¥1.8T | ¥2.1T |
No material one-offs extracted from this filing.
The numbers send mixed signals — dig into cash flow and leverage before drawing a conclusion.
On the income statement, revenue moved from ¥1.6T to ¥1.7T (▲ +9.3%), so the top line did not break. Gross profit only slipped from ¥58.5B to ¥274.5B, while operating profit swung from — to — — the damage is concentrated below gross profit.
Cash tells a different story than earnings. Operating cash flow was still ¥101.8B (prior ¥149.6B), and cash on the balance sheet rose to ¥116.8B from ¥159.7B. When profits collapse but operating cash stays positive, read the notes for impairments and other non-cash charges before assuming the business stopped generating cash.
The balance sheet got heavier on leverage. Total liabilities rose to ¥1.3T while owners’ equity fell to ¥2.1T. ROE moved from 0.9% to 9.0%, and the equity ratio from 60.1% to 58.3%. Employee count is 7,507 vs 7,402 a year earlier.
Compare earnings and operating cash flow for earnings quality.
Short-term borrowing levels look more stable year over year.
Owners’ equity ratio fell from 60.1% to 58.3%; the balance sheet absorbed a heavy loss year.
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