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Kazunori Ito
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No Surprise on Casio's New Year’s Guidance Numbers, but Positive Impression on Kashio’s Leadership

Casio Computer reported JPY 30.6 billion of operating income for fiscal year 2017 (fiscal year ended March 2017), which was above our forecast of JPY 30 billion and market expectation of JPY 29.2 billion. The operating margin dropped to 9.5% in fiscal 2017 from 12.0% in fiscal 2016; we estimate that two thirds of the margin drop was due to the stronger Japanese yen, and the rest was derived from the tough competition in digital cameras and a production quality issue for electronic music instrume...
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Casio Computer Co. Ltd.

Casio Computer is mainly engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of consumer electronics. Along with its affiliates, Co. operates in three business segments. The Consumer segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of watches, clocks, electronic dictionaries, electronic calculators, label printers, electronic musical instruments and digital cameras. Co.'s watch brands include "G-SHOCK," "BABY-G," "PRO TREK," "EDIFICE," "OCEANUS, " "SHEEN," "PHYS," "wave ceptor" and "LINEAGE." The System equipment segment provides handy terminals, electronic cash registers including POSs, office computers, page printers and data projectors. The Other segment manufactures molds and other products.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Kazunori Ito

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