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Financial profile · Q2 FY2027

Capital-intensive manufacturing with cyclical margins and uneven cash conversion

Ibiden’s multi-year results show earnings that move with revenue and operating leverage, while substantial plant investment makes free cash flow sensitive to capital spending and working capital. Its reported cash balances provide funding capacity, although cash generation varies considerably across periods.

What is developing

The latest quarter extended the improvement in revenue and operating profitability, while free cash flow also rebounded. However, a large positive working-capital contribution boosted cash from operations, so the quarter does not yet establish a durable change in cash conversion; capacity investment remains part of the financial profile.

What matters next

Whether operating cash flow remains supportive of free cash flow as the positive working-capital contribution changes and capacity spending proceeds.

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R&D
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(343m) 824m 6.3B 1.7B 1.7B 3.3B 3.8B 3.4B 26.3B 52.2B
187m 146m 158m 194m 258m 280m 370m 710m 1.2B 1.4B
(63.3B) 803m (8B) (4.1B) (8.7B) (8.3B) (4.9B) (3.8B) (21B) (19.6B)
196m 89m 50m 236m 75m (7B) 81m 25m 71m 434m
36m 132m 860m (36m) 441m 390m 273m 278m 149m (57m)
(60.8B) 18.6B 9.3B 17.5B 32.2B 59.3B 71.7B 47.4B 51.5B 91.1B
(1.8B) (6.7B) (5.8B) (6B) (6.2B) (17.7B) (19.3B) (15.7B) (17.4B) (26.9B)
(62.6B) 11.9B 3.6B 11.5B 25.9B 41.6B 52.4B 31.8B 34.1B 64.2B
(230m) (270m) (267m) (207m) (220m) (331m) (226m) (259m) (346m) (449m)
(62.8B) 11.6B 3.3B 11.3B 25.7B 41.2B 52.2B 31.5B 33.7B 63.7B
(118.06) 20.80 5.91 20.26 45.98 73.83 93.43 56.19 56.55 107.46