This is the quarterly trend in net sales, operating income and operating margin.
The operating margin for the first quarter was 2.1%, down 3.6 percentage points year on year and down 8.0 percentage points quarter on quarter.
Compared to the results for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, excluding special factors such as foreign exchange forward contracts and other restructuring costs, operating income for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 decreased 57.8% quarter on quarter, and the operating margin dropped 2.1 percentage points.