Yamaha - Q4 and FY 2022
For its 2022 financial year ended December 2022, Yamaha says that in overall corporate business terms it surpassed 2,000bn yen in net sales (2,248.5bn yen) and 200bn in operating income for the first time.
"Sales increased due to robust demand and profits rose from implementing our break-even-point management style, progress with passing on price increases and foreign exchange effects"; Yamaha maintained a "stable financial footing" with an operating margin of 10.0%.
In its 'Land Mobility' segment (which includes motorcycles), Yamaha says that for its 2023 financial year it expects "strong demand for and higher sales of motorcycles in emerging markets" and for it to continue to benefit from the effects of price increases.
Total Motorcycle unit sales for the period were 4,774,000 units worldwide (up from 4,531,000 in 2021), worth 1,291.7bn yen (up from 1.016.5bn yen in 2021). Unit sales in Europe were 199,000 units (up by +10,000 units over 2021), worth 190.0bn yen; 68,000 units in North America (worth 61.9bn yen), which was up by +55,700 units; 95,000 units in Japan (55.3bn yen) and 3,826,000 units in Asia (723,000 elsewhere), worth 783.2bn yen (201.3bn yen from 'other' markets).
