Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. operates within the Natural gas distribution sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. with three other
companies in this sector in Japan:
Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd.
(2017
sales of 87.04 billion Japanese Yen [US$777.27 million]
),
Hokuriku Gas Co., Ltd.
(42.19 billion Japanese Yen [US$376.77 million]
), and
Nippon Gas Co., Ltd.
(109.54 billion Japanese Yen [US$978.16 million]
of which 60%
was LP Gas).
Sales Analysis.
During the year ended March of 2017, sales at
Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. were ¥70.00 billion (US$625.12 million).
This
is
a
decrease of 8.3%
versus 2016, when the company's sales were ¥76.30 billion.
The sales level in 2017 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2012, Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. had sales
of ¥76.73 billion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 12.2% decline
in Gas Business, from ¥60.54 billion to ¥53.15 billion.
There were also decreases in sales in
Lpg Business (down 1.7% to ¥13.40 billion)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Other Businesses (up 61.9% to ¥3.45 billion)
.