Leasing firm Orix Corp. said Friday it chalked up consolidated net profit of 20.04 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 2001, up 17.5 percent from a year earlier.
Profit per share in the April-September period came to 245.17 yen, up from 208.46 yen.
The profit increase stemmed from a 15 percent rise in group operating revenues to 332.54 billion yen, the Tokyo-based company said.
Consolidated interim results, calculated under U.S. accounting standards, also include a pretax profit of 37.20 billion yen, up 26.6 percent.
For the entire fiscal year, Orix forecasts a consolidated net profit of 40.9 billion yen and a pretax profit of 72.4 billion yen on group operating revenues of 645 billion yen, compared with the corresponding figures of 34.16 billion yen, 59.24 billion yen and 586.15 billion yen the previous year.