Sustainability
Shareholders and Investors
Fuji Electric places the utmost emphasis on communication with shareholders and investors. We work diligently to disclose information in a timely, appropriate, and easy-to-understand manner.
Basic IR Activity Policy
We disclose information in accordance with various laws and regulations. Even if we are not required to do so by law, we also strive to disclose corporate information thought to have a significant impact on investment decisions in a timely, fair, and equitable manner, so that we might earn the trust of our shareholders and investors and ensure they have a proper understanding of the Company.
Communicating with Shareholders and Investors
Major initiatives in fiscal 2024
We handled more media coverage online, disclosed more detailed information than ever before at the IR briefings, and published more detailed IR information on our website in order to ensure that our shareholders and investors have a clearer understanding of our business environment, business strategy, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.
Overview of the Main Initiatives in Fiscal 2024
Dialogue with analysts and institutional investors
We actively engage in dialogue with analysts and institutional investors, and we share their main opinions and requests with the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for discussion as management issues.
Dialogue results for fiscal 2024
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Small meetings:1 time (President and COO: Feb.)
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Overseas roadshows:1 time (Director in charge of PR and IR: Jul.)
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Dialogue through individual interviews: 816 (70 with analysts, 325 with Japanese institutional investors, 411 with overseas institutional investors, 10 with ESG investors)
Major comments and Requests from analysts and institutional investors in fiscal 2024
Opinions and requests on management and business
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Record-high profit in FY2025
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Further performance expansion in the businesses for datacenters and semiconductor factories, where market growth is expected
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Improved profitability in the power generation business
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Growth in the datacenter-related and semiconductor businesses
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Improved demand forecasting accuracy and performance for FA components, and improved profitability for ED&C components
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Medium- to long-term business strategy for the power semiconductor business for electrified vehicles (xEVs), taking into account the delays in electrification
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Performance expansion and further improvement of profitability in the food and beverage distribution business
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Growth in the ratio of female Directors
Opinions and requests on topics for information disclosure
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Measures based on the progress and challenges of the FY2026 Medium-Term Management Plan as well as its growth fields and new fields
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Specific measures to maintain and expand the competitive advantages of businesses such as lowvoltage inverters and semiconductors against the threat of local Chinese manufacturers
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Cash flow allocation, including capital and shareholder return policies
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Business portfolio strategy to improve ROIC
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Measures to achieve the target for the number of female employees in supervisory positions
IR Activities for Individual Shareholders and Investors
Fuji Electric has been holding factory tours since fiscal 2007 to help deepen the understanding of shareholders with regard to its business activities.
In fiscal year 2024, we held them at the Chiba Factory and the Mie Factory.
We will continue to conduct IR activities with the aim of building and maintaining trusting relationships with shareholders and other investors.
Distributing Information through IR Tools
Fuji Electric uses a variety of means to provide IR information.
From fiscal 2011, the Company decided to issue a single “Fuji Electric Report” each year to provide shareholders and investors with an even deeper understanding of Fuji Electric and the full breadth of its activities. This report integrates the features of the Company's previously issued Annual Report, which focused mainly on the management and financial aspects of the Group, and the CSR Report, which addressed non-financial matters.
The aforementioned report is complemented by regular quarterly reports to shareholders as well as wide-ranging IR information posted on the Shareholder and Investor Information section of the Company's website.
Awards Related to IR
Fuji Electric has won the 2022 Best IR Award of the Japan Investor Relations Association as a company that deeply understands the purpose of and actively tackles IR and has achieved outstanding results, such as a high level of support from market players.
In recognition of the ease of use and abundance of the information on the Fuji Electric IR site, among other factors, the site has won the gold prize in the Gomez IR Site Overall Rankings 2024 (for the fifth consecutive year) and the Internet IR Commendation Award 2024 (for the sixth consecutive year).
Returning Profits to Shareholders
Fuji Electric’s basic policy is to first allocate profits earned from business activities to shareholders’ equity in order to strengthen its management base. After this is accomplished, the Company seeks to maintain sufficient internal reserves for research and development, capital investment, and human resource development from a medium-to-long-term perspective while issuing shareholder returns.
The Company’s policy is to issue stable and ongoing dividends, targeting a payout ratio of 30% while taking into account the medium- to long-term business cycle. The dividend amount is determined based on a comprehensive evaluation of factors, including consolidated performance for the applicable fiscal year, research and development and capital investment plans for future growth, and the business environment. Additionally, the acquisition of treasury stock (share buybacks) is positioned as a flexible measure for shareholder returns that complements dividends, to be implemented in accordance with our cash flow situation.
For fiscal 2024 we paid a full-year dividend of ¥160 per share, comprising an interim dividend of ¥75 and a year-end dividend of ¥85.
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Note
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Effective October 1, 2018, the Company conducted a one-for-five reverse stock split pertaining to shares of common stock. Amounts for cash dividends per share reflect this stock split.
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Notes
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Effective October 1, 2018, the Company conducted a one-for-five reverse stock split pertaining to shares of common stock. Amounts for cash dividends per share reflect this stock split.
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