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Jeanie Chen
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Price Hikes to Drive Nissin's Profit Growth but Escalating Depreciation Expense a Burden

Narrow-moat Nissin Foods’ fourth-quarter profits came in significantly below our expectations and fell short of the initial full-year guidance by 8% excluding the impact of a JPY 9.6 billion impairment loss. Management has guided a somewhat conservative outlook for 2019 with 3% growth in the top line and a 12% growth in profits excluding the impact of impairment loss. Moreover, it has revised down its 2020 mid-term sales and profit targets by 13% and 10%, respectively, to reflect overseas shortf...
Underlying
Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

Nissin Foods Holdings is a holding company. Through its affiliates, Co. is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of instant noodles and other food products in Japan and overseas. Co. manufactures cup and bag-type instant noodles under the names of "Chicken Ramen," "Cup Noodle," "Nissin-no-Donbei," "Demae Iccho," "Myojo Charumera, " "Myojo Ippeichan," and others. Co. also manufactures chilled and frozen food products including ramen noodles, yakisoba noodles, pasta, snacks, and cooked rice. In addition, Co., through its affiliates, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of confectionery and dairy products, the real estate business, and the operation of restaurants and golf courses.

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Jeanie Chen

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