Rengo Corp (3941) FY2025 results briefing: Improving overseas business will be key to achieving FY2026 earnings guidance

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Rengo Corp (3941) FY2025 results briefing: Improving overseas business will be key to achieving FY2026 earnings guidance

J P M O R G A N Asia Pacific Equity Research

18 May 2026

Rengo Corp (3941) Overweight

3941.T, 3941 JP

FY2025 results briefing: Improving overseas business Price (15 May 26):¥1,404

will be key to achieving FY2026 earnings guidance Price Target (Dec-26):¥1,450

Rengo held a briefing on FY2025 results (announced May 14) on May 18. We were Japan Equity Research

able to confirm improvement in the rate of passing costs–including fixed ones–

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through to product prices in the domestic corrugated board business, which made Paper and Packaging

a good impression. On the other hand, guidance for profit growth in overseas AC Akiko Kuwahara

business in FY2026 is based to some degree on cost improvements independent of

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sales, despite the sales environment affecting the likelihood of achieving akiko.kuwahara@jpmorgan.com

guidance. We think progress will need to be checked every quarter. JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.

• Summary of company’s remarks on key discussion points: (1) Impact of

Middle East conflict on costs and prospect of pass-through on to product prices:

As a result of the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, Rengo has factored

in a roughly ¥10 billion cost deterioration in the paperboard and paper

processing business in FY2026, which it puts at ¥3 billion in 1H and ¥7 billion

in 2H. Rengo has not factored further price increases into earnings guidance

since a final decision on an FY2025 decision to revise prices was pushed back

to June-July 2026. However, the company will carefully examine the

likelihood of continued cost increases going forward and consider raising

prices, if necessary.