Achieving the Consolidated Earnings Forecast and Building a Stable Financial Foundation
First written in FY2016-Q2. 16 of 37 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2016-Q3. Latest entry: 2026-08-12.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2018: 3 of 30 companies on the "Worse" side.
13 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-08-12RestatedResults briefing materials
「No change from the initial forecast」
The Company reaffirms its policy of achieving the full-year plan without changing its full-year earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending December 2026, despite the situation including results below plan for the first half. - FY2026-H1Revenue slightly below the first-half plan, but higher revenue and profitAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the domestic recruitment business, which accounts for approximately 90% of the Group's consolidated revenue, maintained strong performance in the IT sector, including AI-related services, the consulting sector, and the financial sector, which is benefiting from higher interest rates. However, due to a decline in contract value in the manufacturing sector during the first quarter, consolidated revenue for the current interim period ended slightly below the initial plan.」
While first-half consolidated revenue was slightly below the initial plan due to a decline in contract value in the manufacturing sector, the IT, consulting and financial sectors remained strong, resulting in higher revenue and profit. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue for the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥46,089 million, up 17.7% year on year. Operating income was ¥11,683 million, up 28.5%, ordinary income was ¥11,709 million, up 28.4%, and net income attributable to owners of the parent was ¥8,400 million, up 49.7%.」
In fiscal 2025, revenue, operating income, ordinary income and net income all increased, demonstrating growth in profit and continued strengthening of the financial base. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Following the first quarter, the consolidated revenue growth rate for the Group as a whole during the current interim period also showed strong growth above the initial plan.」
The consolidated revenue growth rate exceeded the initial plan for the second consecutive quarter. Interim revenue was ¥23,247 million, up 21.7% year on year. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, we downwardly revised the full-year consolidated earnings forecast at the interim stage, but the year-on-year growth rate of revenue in the domestic recruitment business improved toward the second half. In particular, as a result of making face-to-face communication with client companies and registered candidates our top priority, full-year consolidated revenue for the current consolidated fiscal year exceeded the revised forecast and reached a record high.」
While the earnings forecast was revised downward at the interim stage, the growth rate improved in the second half, and full-year revenue exceeded the revised forecast. - FY2024-H1RestatedAnnual report
「In light of the results for the first quarter, from April onward we are reviewing advertising expenses, including television commercials, and implementing company-wide cost controls, focusing mainly on internal IT costs, in order to achieve the announced profit plan.」
The company has reconfirmed its policy of prioritizing achievement of the profit plan, reviewing advertising expenses, and implementing company-wide cost controls focused mainly on internal IT costs. - FY2024-Q1Revenue plan missed; expenses within planAnnual report
「On the talent side, improvements in employee compensation, particularly at large companies, progressed against the backdrop of the government's calls for wage increases. As a result, labor mobility in the job-change market slowed, and revenue for the first quarter of the current fiscal year was below the initial plan. Although we resumed proactive advertising and promotional activities, including television commercials, from the beginning of the year, selling, general and administrative expenses overall remained within the initial plan.」
First-quarter revenue was below the initial plan because of slower labor mobility, while selling, general and administrative expenses remained within the initial plan despite the resumption of advertising and promotional activities. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The 37th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 27 March 2024 resolved to pay a year-end dividend of ¥90 per share, an increase of ¥5 from the initial dividend forecast. Total dividends were ¥3,635 million.」
The year-end dividend for fiscal 2023 was increased by ¥5 from the initial forecast to ¥90 per share, setting a new record for stable dividends and shareholder returns. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue for the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥34,475 million, up 13.3% year on year. Operating income was ¥8,215 million, up 16.6%, ordinary income was ¥8,209 million, up 16.4%, and net income attributable to owners of the parent was ¥5,978 million, up 18.9%.」
Fiscal 2023 saw increases in both revenue and profit, although results were below the initial plan. The company is updating its performance results under a policy of securing profit and maintaining its financial base. - FY2023-Q3Double-digit growth continues, but the initial plan was not achievedAnnual report
「Consolidated revenue for the Group as a whole during the first 9 months of the current fiscal year increased 15.6% year on year but was below the initial plan.」
Group-wide revenue continued to grow at a double-digit rate, increasing 15.6% year on year, but was below the initial plan. - FY2023-Q2Double-digit growth, but slightly below the initial planAnnual report
「The Group's core domestic recruitment business was also affected. Consolidated revenue for the first half of the current fiscal year grew 16.3% year on year and continued to post double-digit growth, but was slightly below the initial plan.」
Revenue continued to grow at a double-digit rate, increasing 16.3% year on year, but was slightly below the initial plan due to hiring constraints at foreign-affiliated and major IT companies. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses tracked within the initial plan, but with securing the publicly announced profit forecast as the top priority, the company is also reviewing costs as appropriate.」
The company has reconfirmed its policy of keeping selling, general and administrative expenses within the initial plan, prioritizing achievement of the announced profit forecast, and reviewing costs as appropriate. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The company positions the return of profits as an important management issue in order to build a long-term relationship of trust with its shareholders. Its basic dividend policy is to pay stable dividends while securing the internal reserves necessary for future business development and strengthening its management base. With respect to dividends of surplus for the current fiscal year, the 36th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 28 March 2023 resolved to pay a year-end dividend of ¥80 per share, an increase of ¥5 from the initial dividend forecast, after comprehensively considering the improvement in current-year results from the initial earnings forecast, the dividend payout ratio and other factors. Total dividends were ¥3,278 million.」
The company has stated its policy of returning profits and paying stable dividends. In fiscal 2022, it increased the dividend by ¥5 from the initial forecast to ¥80 per share, for total dividends of ¥3,278 million. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Although net assets were reduced by dividends of ¥2,990 million, they increased by ¥1,527 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥14,893 million, mainly due to quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent of ¥4,276 million. The equity ratio was 77.1%.」
The company states that net assets reached ¥14,893 million and the equity ratio was 77.1% despite paying dividends of ¥2,990 million. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue for the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥24,852 million, up 15.0% year on year. Operating income was ¥5,822 million, up 13.3%, ordinary income was ¥5,813 million, up 11.9%, and net income attributable to owners of the parent was ¥3,882 million, up 111.6%.」
In fiscal 2021, revenue, operating income and ordinary income increased, while net income attributable to owners of the parent recovered to ¥3,882 million. The new medium-term plan aims to increase profit, revenue and shareholder returns from 2022 onward. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, strong performance in the Group's core domestic recruitment business was reflected in overall results during the second quarter of the current fiscal year, with both revenue and profit exceeding the initial plan.」
Backed by strong performance in the domestic recruitment business, revenue and profit for the first half both exceeded the initial plan. The company also paid dividends of ¥3,303 million and repurchased treasury stock. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, strong performance in the Group's core domestic recruitment business supported overall results during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, with both revenue and profit exceeding the initial plan.」
The company states that first-quarter revenue and profit both exceeded the initial plan, driven by strong performance in the domestic recruitment business. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「Under this plan, it is not possible to establish an optimistic outlook because the impact of the novel coronavirus infection on the global economy cannot yet be dispelled. We have comprehensively revised the three-year medium-term management plan beginning in 2020, with the 2021 business plan focused on laying the groundwork for securing internal reserves needed for future hiring and business expansion, including acquisitions, while prioritizing the securing of profit and maintaining the financial base.」
The company has comprehensively revised its previous plan and reset it to prioritize securing profit and maintaining the financial base in 2021, while building internal reserves for future hiring and acquisitions. The targets for consolidated net income are ¥3.3 billion in 2021, ¥4.9 billion in 2022, and ¥5.5 billion in 2023. - FY2020-Q3DroppedAnnual report
「The company has withdrawn the medium-term plan for the time being and is rebuilding it from the ground up.」
In response to performance tracking below the numerical targets in the medium-term management plan described in the previous fiscal year's securities report and to the challenging earnings outlook, the company has explicitly withdrawn and is rebuilding the medium-term plan. It states that its management policies, including shareholder returns and long-term expansion of its global market share, remain unchanged. - FY2020-Q2SoftenedAnnual report
「Following the lifting of the state of emergency in late May, we are facilitating the return of employees from working remotely to working in the office while thoroughly implementing infection-prevention measures. However, as the infectious disease continues to spread both domestically and overseas, we recognize that the current “with COVID-19” situation is unlikely to change significantly for the time being. We will establish a “New Normal” for the recruitment business and pursue management that gives top priority to maintaining a stable financial base and securing profit.」
The company has explicitly stated that, during the infectious disease, its top priorities are establishing a “New Normal,” maintaining a stable financial base and securing profit. The shift away from emphasizing achievement of the previous earnings forecasts and further shareholder returns toward prioritizing profit and maintaining the financial base is continuing. - FY2020-Q1SoftenedAnnual report
「It remains impossible to predict how the situation surrounding the infectious disease will develop during the current fiscal year. In these circumstances, with cases emerging in which the recording of revenue has been delayed because job seekers postponed their start dates and concluded contracts have been canceled, it has become difficult to formulate a reasonable full-year earnings outlook for the current fiscal year, which still has more than 7 months remaining.」
The company states that the infectious disease, postponed start dates and canceled contracts have made it difficult to formulate a reasonable full-year earnings outlook. Meanwhile, it paid a dividend of ¥80 per share, totaling ¥3,303 million. - FY2019Resetting priorities to securing profit in 2020Annual report
「Under this plan, it is not possible to establish an optimistic outlook because the impact of the novel pneumonia on the global economy remains unforeseeable. We have partially revised the three-year medium-term management plan beginning in 2019, with the 2020 business plan focused on laying the groundwork for steady future growth while prioritizing the securing of profit, maintaining the financial base, and continuing to enable sufficient shareholder returns.」
Against a backdrop of uncertainty in the external environment, the company has partially revised its medium-term management plan and reset it to prioritize securing profit and maintaining the financial base in 2020. It has also set numerical targets for consolidated net income of ¥4.0 billion in 2020, ¥4.9 billion in 2021, and ¥7.1 billion in 2022. - FY2019-Q3Revision of earnings forecasts and prioritization of securing profitAnnual report
「Accordingly, the full-year consolidated earnings forecast for the current fiscal year was revised in the Notice Regarding Revisions to Earnings Forecasts disclosed on 8 November 2019, which amended the forecast disclosed on 12 February 2019. The dividend forecast for the current fiscal year has not been revised. For the domestic recruitment and overseas businesses going forward, we will promptly optimize consultant allocation and strengthen management to operate in line with conditions in each market. Looking ahead to the next fiscal year, we will continue to pursue a business structure capable of providing sufficient shareholder returns, with securing profit as the top priority and maintaining the financial base as our guiding principle.」
While the full-year consolidated earnings forecast was revised, the dividend forecast has been maintained. The company states that it will prioritize securing profit, maintain its financial base, and pursue a business structure capable of shareholder returns. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Although contract wins slowed in some manufacturing sectors during the second quarter, consolidated results for the first half exceeded the earnings forecast in both revenue and profit.」
While contract wins slowed in some manufacturing sectors, first-half consolidated revenue and profit exceeded the earnings forecast. Expenses tracked in line with the initial budget, and the company continued to put in place a framework that enables a stable financial base and additional shareholder returns. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Net assets decreased by ¥981 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥12,960 million, mainly due to quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent of ¥1,464 million, dividends of ¥2,683 million, and a ¥180 million decrease in treasury stock. The equity ratio was 77.5%.」
At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in March 2019, the company paid a dividend of ¥65 per share, totaling ¥2,683 million. Expenses tracked in line with the initial budget, and the company continued to put in place a framework that enables a stable financial base and further shareholder returns. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, expenses were in line with the initial budget, while sales in the highly profitable domestic recruitment business were strong compared with the initial budget. As a result, operating income, ordinary income and net income attributable to owners of the parent all exceeded the initial forecasts.」
Expenses were managed in line with the initial budget, while strong performance in the domestic recruitment business drove operating income, ordinary income and net income above the initial forecasts. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, expenses are progressing in line with the initial budget, and we will continue to establish a stable financial base and put in place a framework that enables further shareholder returns.」
The company continues to manage expenses in line with the initial budget and put in place a framework that enables the establishment of a stable financial base and further shareholder returns. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, expenses are tracking within the budget, and during the current fiscal year we will establish a stable financial base and put in place a framework that enables further shareholder returns.」
The company continues to manage expenses within the budget and put in place a framework that enables the establishment of a stable financial base and further shareholder returns. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Expenses are tracking within the budget, and during the current fiscal year we will establish a stable financial base and put in place a framework that enables further shareholder returns.」
The company continues to manage expenses within the budget and put in place a framework that enables the establishment of a stable financial base and further shareholder returns. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to dividends of surplus for the current fiscal year, the 31st Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 23 March 2018 resolved to pay a year-end dividend of ¥50 per share, the same amount as initially forecast. Total dividends were ¥2,064 million.」
The company resolved to pay a year-end dividend of ¥50 per share, in line with the initial forecast, bringing total dividends to ¥2,064 million. Operating income, ordinary income and net income also exceeded the initial forecasts, while net assets were ¥11,889 million and the equity ratio was 78.2%. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Expenses are tracking within the budget set at the beginning of the year. During the current fiscal year, we will establish a more stable financial base than in the previous fiscal year and put in place a framework that enables further shareholder returns.」
The company has reconfirmed its policy of managing expenses within the initial budget, establishing a more stable financial base than in the previous fiscal year, and enabling further shareholder returns. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Expenses are tracking within the budget set at the beginning of the year. During the current fiscal year, we will establish a more stable financial base than in the previous fiscal year and put in place a framework that enables further shareholder returns.」
The company has reiterated its policy of managing expenses within the initial budget and establishing a more stable financial base than in the previous fiscal year, while putting in place a framework that enables additional shareholder returns. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Net assets decreased by ¥129 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥9,154 million, mainly due to quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent of ¥976 million, dividends of ¥1,238 million, and a ¥123 million decrease in treasury stock. The equity ratio was 83.9%.」
A dividend of ¥1,238 million was paid, resulting in an equity ratio of 83.9%. - FY2016-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Net assets increased ¥1,824 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥8,615 million, due to quarterly net income of ¥2,609 million attributable to owners of the parent and dividend payments of ¥784 million. The equity ratio was 82.1%.」
A dividend of ¥784 million was paid, resulting in net assets of ¥8,615 million and an equity ratio of 82.1%. - FY2016-Q2First statedAnnual report
「In the current fiscal year, we intend to achieve the disclosed consolidated earnings forecast, establish a more stable financial base than in the previous fiscal year, and further increase shareholder returns.」
The company presents achieving this fiscal year's earnings forecast, establishing a more stable financial base than in the previous fiscal year, and increasing shareholder returns as a single set of objectives.