Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's (TYO:8316) profit attributable to owners of the parent climbed 23% to 1.395 billion yen for the nine months ended Dec. 31, 2025, from 1.136 billion yen a year earlier.

The megabank's earnings per share increased to 362.12 yen from 289.92 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Friday.

Ordinary income grew 3.7% to 7.934 billion yen from 7.652 billion yen in the year-ago period.

For the full fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, the company expects attributable profit of 1.5 trillion yen and EPS of 390.16 yen.

The company plans to pay a year-end dividend of 79 yen per share, bringing the annual dividends to a total of 157.00 yen per share for the current fiscal year.