Business performance

Past results and forecasts for the current fiscal year.

Business Performance of FYE 2020
Business Plan of FYE 2021

Business Performance of FYE 2020

Performance in FYE 2020

(100 Millions of yen)

	FYE 2019 RESULTS	FYE 2020 RESULTS	Change
Revenue^*1	31,562	33,441	1,880
Operating profit^*2	1,817	2,103	286
Profit before tax^*3	1,860	2,077	216
Profit for the period attributable to owners of parent^*4	1,414	1,526	112
Subaru Exchange Rate	¥111/US$ ¥129/EURO	¥109/US$ ¥121/EURO	−¥2/US$ −¥9/EURO
Consolidated Automobile Sales (1,000 units)	1,001	1,034	33

Consolidated revenue^*1 rose 6.0% to 3,344.1 billion yen due to unit sales growth and other factors. Operating profit^*2 increased 15.7% to 210.3 billion yen as a result of unit sales growth and other efforts including sales incentive control. Profit before tax^*3 rose 11.6% to 207.7 billion yen. Profit for the period attributable to owners of parent^*4 grew 7.9% to 152.6 billion yen.

* The Company is voluntarily adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for its consolidated financial statements from the fiscal year ending March 2020 (FYE2020) in place of the Japanese generally accepted accounting principles (JGAAP) previously adopted. The first-quarter and full-year result figures for the previous fiscal year (FYE2019) have been recalculated based on IFRS for comparison and analysis purposes.

*1: "Net sales" in JGAAP is stated as "revenue" in IFRS.

*2: "Operating income" in JGAAP is stated as "operating profit" in IFRS.

*3: "Income before income taxes" in JGAAP is stated as "profit before tax" in IFRS.

*4: "Net income attributable to owners of parent" in JGAAP is stated as "profit for the period attributable to owners of parent" in IFRS.

Consolidated Automobile Sales

Consolidated global unit sales of Subaru vehicles increased 3.3% to 1,034,000 units. Overseas unit sales rose 5.0% to 908,000 units led by strong demand for the Forester and Ascent in the U.S. Unit sales in Japan declined 7.7% to 126,000 units, as sales of the Impreza and other models decreased.

Business Plan of FYE 2021

Projection of Consolidated Results for FYE 2021

In light of the faster-than-expected sales recovery especially in the U.S., the Company revises its previous forecasts for FYE 2021 (announced on August 4, 2020) and projects consolidated global vehicle sales of 911,000 units (down 11.9% from the previous year), consolidated revenue of 2,950 billion yen (down 11.8%), operating profit of 110 billion yen (down 47.7%), profit before tax of 117 billion yen (down 43.7%), and profit for the period attributable to owners of parent of 80 billion yen (down 47.6%). The projections are based on exchange rate assumptions of 106 yen to the U.S. dollar and 120 yen to the euro.

(* Forecast as of November 4, 2020)