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Ceres Inc.

3696.T

JPXIndustrialsConglomerates

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Aug 24, 3:30 PM JST

3696.T company overview

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Company profile

Industry
Conglomerates
Sector
Industrials
Headquarters
JP

Market position

Volume
110.6K
Market cap
26.13B JPY

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
18.74B JPY
EV / EBITDA
6.63×
Earnings yield
11.15%
Free cash flow yield
7.89%

Profitability & efficiency

Return on equity
18.78%
Return on assets
6.66%
Return on invested capital
5.59%

Financial health

Current ratio
1.26×

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends52%33%14%-4%Gross margin, FY2021: 32.74%Gross margin, FY2022: 38.37%Gross margin, FY2023: 43.13%Gross margin, FY2024: 47.39%Gross margin, FY2025: 43.08%Operating margin, FY2021: 9.84%Operating margin, FY2022: 6.05%Operating margin, FY2023: 4.87%Operating margin, FY2024: 8.04%Operating margin, FY2025: 7.87%Net margin, FY2021: 11.86%Net margin, FY2022: 0.23%Net margin, FY2023: 1.87%Net margin, FY2024: 5.34%Net margin, FY2025: 8.42%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 32.74%. Gross margin FY2022 38.37%. Gross margin FY2023 43.13%. Gross margin FY2024 47.39%. Gross margin FY2025 43.08%. Operating margin FY2021 9.84%. Operating margin FY2022 6.05%. Operating margin FY2023 4.87%. Operating margin FY2024 8.04%. Operating margin FY2025 7.87%. Net margin FY2021 11.86%. Net margin FY2022 0.23%. Net margin FY2023 1.87%. Net margin FY2024 5.34%. Net margin FY2025 8.42%.

Income trends

Revenue

29.66B JPY+7.05%

Operating income

2.33B JPY+4.75%

Net income

2.5B JPY+68.63%
Income trends across reported periods32.62B JPY20.78B JPY8.93B JPY−2.91B JPYRevenue, FY2021: 23.4B JPYRevenue, FY2022: 20.54B JPYRevenue, FY2023: 24.07B JPYRevenue, FY2024: 27.71B JPYRevenue, FY2025: 29.66B JPYOperating income, FY2021: 2.3B JPYOperating income, FY2022: 1.24B JPYOperating income, FY2023: 1.17B JPYOperating income, FY2024: 2.23B JPYOperating income, FY2025: 2.33B JPYNet income, FY2021: 2.78B JPYNet income, FY2022: 46.61M JPYNet income, FY2023: 451.15M JPYNet income, FY2024: 1.48B JPYNet income, FY2025: 2.5B JPYFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 23.4B JPY. Revenue FY2022 20.54B JPY. Revenue FY2023 24.07B JPY. Revenue FY2024 27.71B JPY. Revenue FY2025 29.66B JPY. Operating income FY2021 2.3B JPY. Operating income FY2022 1.24B JPY. Operating income FY2023 1.17B JPY. Operating income FY2024 2.23B JPY. Operating income FY2025 2.33B JPY. Net income FY2021 2.78B JPY. Net income FY2022 46.61M JPY. Net income FY2023 451.15M JPY. Net income FY2024 1.48B JPY. Net income FY2025 2.5B JPY.
Metric (JPY)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue29.66B JPY27.71B JPY24.07B JPY20.54B JPY23.4B JPY
Cost of goods sold16.88B JPY14.58B JPY13.69B JPY12.66B JPY15.74B JPY
Gross profit12.78B JPY13.13B JPY10.38B JPY7.88B JPY7.66B JPY
Selling, general, and administrative10.44B JPY10.9B JPY9.26B JPY6.63B JPY5.36B JPY
Operating expenses10.44B JPY10.9B JPY9.21B JPY6.64B JPY5.36B JPY
Interest income15.26M JPY1.13M JPY605K JPY783K JPY7.04M JPY
Interest expense66.23M JPY40.6M JPY25.11M JPY20.89M JPY14.96M JPY
Depreciation and amortization493.22M JPY455.68M JPY477.73M JPY373.79M JPY296.05M JPY
Operating income2.33B JPY2.23B JPY1.17B JPY1.24B JPY2.3B JPY
Net income2.5B JPY1.48B JPY451.15M JPY46.61M JPY2.78B JPY

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

Latest EPS result
9.94

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Estimates unavailable
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates151.4195.4239.43-16.55Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q3 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26Q3 '26
Q4 2024, reported Nov 8, 2024: actual 14.99, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2025, reported Feb 14, 2025: actual 55.18, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported May 8, 2025: actual -4.97, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Aug 6, 2025: actual 139.83, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Sep 30, 2025: actual 72.72, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Feb 13, 2026: actual 9.11, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2026, reported Apr 30, 2026: actual 86.07, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2026, reported Aug 13, 2026: actual 9.94, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Estimates unavailable
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates9.9B8.61B7.32B6.03BQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q3 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26Q3 '26
Q4 2024, reported Nov 8, 2024: actual 7.07B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2025, reported Feb 14, 2025: actual 7.49B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported May 8, 2025: actual 7.69B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Aug 6, 2025: actual 8.17B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Sep 30, 2025: actual 6.41B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Feb 13, 2026: actual 7.39B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2026, reported Apr 30, 2026: actual 9.52B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2026, reported Aug 13, 2026: actual 9.24B JPY, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.

¥80.00

2025 complete year+100.0% since 2021

Corporate action history

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2026

¥90.00

Irregular

Record Dec 31, 2026 · Payment Dec 29, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2025

¥80.00

Special

Record Dec 31, 2025 · Payment Mar 31, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 27, 2024

¥60.00

Special

Record Dec 31, 2024 · Payment Mar 26, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 28, 2023

¥20.00

Annual

Record Dec 31, 2023 · Payment Mar 27, 2024

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2022

¥20.00

Annual

Record Dec 31, 2022 · Payment Mar 30, 2023

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2021

¥40.00

Annual

Record Dec 31, 2021 · Payment Mar 24, 2022

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ETFs holding 3696.T

Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.

iShares Core TOPIX ETF logoiShares Core TOPIX ETF1475.T
Market value
48.74M
Weight
0.00%
AUM
2.89T JPY
Expense ratio
0.05%
Price / 1D
¥417.7-0.07%
Fidelity Crypto Industry and Digital Payments ETF logoFidelity Crypto Industry and Digital Payments ETFFDIG
Market value
1.44M
Weight
0.55%
AUM
247.55M USD
Expense ratio
0.39%
Price / 1D
$44.08+2.16%
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF logoAvantis International Small Cap Value ETFAVDV
Market value
1.1M
Weight
0.01%
AUM
20.24B USD
Expense ratio
0.36%
Price / 1D
$111.95+1.06%
Dimensional - International Core Equity Market ETF logoDimensional - International Core Equity Market ETFDFAI
Market value
169.71K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
18.23B USD
Expense ratio
0.18%
Price / 1D
$43.35+0.81%
Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF logoDimensional - International Small Cap ETFDFIS
Market value
129.52K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
5.91B USD
Expense ratio
0.39%
Price / 1D
$37.545+0.71%
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF logoDimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETFDFAX
Market value
95.55K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
12.57B USD
Expense ratio
0.28%
Price / 1D
$38.16+0.82%
Dimensional - International Core Equity 2 ETF logoDimensional - International Core Equity 2 ETFDFIC
Market value
67.03K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
15.43B USD
Expense ratio
0.22%
Price / 1D
$39.405+0.83%
Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF logoDimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETFDFSI
Market value
17.11K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
1.19B USD
Expense ratio
0.24%
Price / 1D
$47.365+0.78%

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