Orix Corp. said Thursday its group net profit for the nine months to Dec. 31 rose 30.3 percent from a year earlier to 45.89 billion yen.

The firm's revenues rose 4.6 percent to 520.93 billion yen, which it attributed to robust performance in many of its business sectors, including operating lease, real estate and real estate-related financing and life insurance.

For the full year to March 31, Orix expects a net profit of 53 billion yen on revenues of 730 billion yen.