Nikon Gains Most in 2 Years in Tokyo After Forecasting Profit Increase

12 years 11 months ago #64551 by Frank The Tank
Not sure if you saw this yet:

"Nikon Corp. (7731), a Japanese maker of cameras, lenses and scanners, gained the most in more than two years in Tokyo trading after profit beat analysts’ estimates and it forecast rising demand for chip-making equipment.

Nikon surged as much as 9.6 percent, the biggest intraday increase since April 2009, and traded 8.4 percent higher at 1,799 yen as of 9:35 a.m. on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The stock was the biggest gainer on the benchmark Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average, which was little changed.

“Profit at Nikon’s precision unit will likely gain significantly this year on stronger demand for manufacturing equipment of flat-panel displays,” Hisashi Moriyama, a Tokyo- based analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co, said in a report today. The company’s profit target set for the 12 months to March 2014 was also positive, said Moriyama, who rates the stock “overweight.”

Nikon yesterday reported annual operating profit of 54.1 billion yen ($669 million) for the year ended March 31, beating the 48.9 billion yen average of seven analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg in the past 28 days. Revenue gained 13 percent in the year.

The maker of Coolpix cameras is aiming for operating profit of 135 billion yen by March 2014, the company said yesterday. That would be the company’s highest since March 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. "

www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-13/nikon-...profit-increase.html


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12 years 11 months ago #64921 by MLKstudios
I blame Ashton Kutcher.

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