GS Yuasa (TYO:6674) recorded a 58% rise in attributable profit for the six months ended Sept. 30 to 9.41 billion yen from 5.96 billion yen in the year-ago period, a Wednesday filing with the Tokyo bourse said.

Basic earnings per share was 93.81 yen in the half year, up from 74.06 yen in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

The firm's net sales rose by 3% to 264.5 billion yen in the interim period from 256.8 billion yen a year prior.

The stored energy company declared an interim dividend of 20 yen per share for the half year.

The firm expects an attributable profit of 26 billion yen, a basic EPS of 259.21 yen per share, net sales of 590 billion yen, and a total dividend of 70 yen per share for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.