Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. Revises Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2022
February 09, 2023 at 01:00 am EST
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Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. revised consolidated earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The company expects net sales to be JPY 340,000 million as compared to previous JPY 305,000 million, Operating income to be JPY 40,588 million as compared to previous JPY 35,000 million, net income attributable to owners of parent to be JPY 22,418 million as compared to previous JPY 20,000 million. EPS to be JPY 105.16 as compared to previous JPY 93.82 per basic share. Net sales, operating income, ordinary income and net income attributable to owners of the parent company increased compared to the previous guidance due to increased shipments of materials and
products in the background of the gradual recovery of the global economy. Net sales improved from the previous forecast mainly due to an improvement in the selling price of
carbon black.
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. is one of the Japanese leaders in manufacturing and marketing of coal and graphite products. The group is also producing industrial furnaces. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- coal and graphite products (69.6%): coal, graphite electrodes, special graphite and friction materials primarily for industrial, electronic, energy, automotive and mechanic applications;
- cathodes for smelting aluminum and furnace linings (18.1%);
- industrial furnaces and heating products (6.9%): for thermal processing of ceramic products, electronic components, metals, glasses, etc.;
- other (5.4%).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (24.6%), Asia (26.7%), the United States (26.5%), Europe (11.6%) and other (10.6%).
TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD. 
