TOKYO: Nippon Steel, Japan’s biggest steelmaker, posted on Thursday a 20.8% fall in net profit for the year ended in March to 549.4 billion yen, beating estimates.
Nippon Steel had been expected to post a net profit of 464.6 billion yen, according to a LSEG poll of analysts.
For the year ending in March 2025, Nippon Steel forecast a net profit of 300 billion yen.
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