PAL Group's (TYO:2726) profit attributable to owners of the parent jumped 56% to 14.0 billion yen for the fiscal nine months ended Nov. 30, 2025, from 8.96 billion yen a year earlier.

The retailer's basic earnings per share rose to 80.63 yen, from 51.60 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Tuesday.

Net sales jumped 16% to 176.4 billion yen during the period, from 152.5 billion yen in the year-ago period.

For the fiscal year ending Feb. 28, 2026, the company expects an attributable profit of 16.9 billion yen, basic EPS of 97.03 yen, and net sales of 231.0 billion yen.

In a separate filing, it raised its year-end dividend forecast to 40 yen per share for the current fiscal year, from 30 yen planned initially.