Hoden Seimitsu Kenkyusho announced its earnings after the close on October 6, revising its full-year consolidated ordinary profit forecast for the fiscal year ending February 2027 upward by 30.2%, from 1.31 billion yen to 1.71 billion yen. The prior fiscal year came in at 1.03 billion yen, so the profit growth rate expands from 26.9% to 65.2%, adding further to the previous forecast of a record high for a second consecutive year. At the same time, the company raised its year-end lump-sum dividend to 25 yen from the previously planned 20 yen. For the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending February 2027, consolidated ordinary profit rose 88.4% year on year to 1.07 billion yen, landing above the previous forecast of 750 million yen. For the June-August period, consolidated ordinary profit surged 2.5-fold year on year to 540 million yen, and the operating profit margin improved from 6.7% to 13.2%.