Securing full-year profitability in the overseas business
First written in FY2021-Q3. 7 of 12 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
2 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Overseas, the company is further strengthening and expanding global account management through coordination among its domestic businesses and operations in each country. By steadily filling local positions at Japanese companies with strong hiring demand, it is accelerating business growth. During the interim consolidated accounting period, the overseas business outpaced the domestic employment placement business in both sales and profit growth.」
As progress toward achieving full-year profitability in the overseas business, the overseas business recorded higher growth rates than the domestic personnel placement business in both revenue and profit during the first half. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Segment results were a profit of ¥11,122 million for the domestic recruitment business, up 27.3% year on year, a profit of ¥92 million for the domestic job advertising business, up 56.9%, and a profit of ¥287 million for the overseas business, compared with a loss of ¥447 million in the same period of the previous year.」
The overseas business achieved a profit of ¥287 million in fiscal 2025, changing from a loss of ¥447 million in the previous year to profitability, in relation to the target of achieving full-year profitability. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Segment results were a ¥6,095 million profit for the domestic recruitment business, up 42.1% year on year; a ¥50 million profit for the domestic recruitment advertising business, up 150.9%; and a ¥99 million profit for the overseas business, compared with a ¥31 million loss in the same period of the previous year.」
The overseas business generated segment profit of ¥99 million in the first half of fiscal 2025, changing from a loss of ¥31 million in the same period of the previous year to profitability. This filing does not state whether full-year profitability was achieved. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「The overseas business recorded a loss of ¥447 million (profit of ¥76 million in the same period of the previous year).」
The overseas business, which had been targeting full-year profitability, changed from profit of ¥76 million in the same period of the previous year to a loss of ¥447 million in fiscal 2024. - FY2024-H1Shift to a First-Half LossAnnual report
「Segment results were ¥4,290 million for the domestic recruitment placement business (up 4.7% year on year), ¥20 million for the domestic recruitment advertising business (up 141.0%), and a loss of ¥31 million for the overseas business (profit of ¥60 million in the same period of the previous year).」
While the Company had been targeting full-year profitability in the overseas business, the business changed from profit in the same period of the previous year to a loss of ¥31 million in the first half of fiscal 2024. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The overseas business recorded ¥946 million (up 3.2% year on year). ... The overseas business recorded ¥28 million (up 62.7% year on year).」
Toward achieving the full-year profitability target, the overseas business generated revenue of ¥946 million and a segment profit of ¥28 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Full-year achievement has not yet been reported. - FY2022AchievedAnnual report
「Although the overseas business continued to be affected by COVID-19 in China, performance recovered in Europe, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, among other regions, and the business was profitable for the current consolidated fiscal year.」
The overseas business achieved full-year profitability in fiscal 2022, meeting the target that it had failed to achieve in fiscal 2021. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The overseas business continues to be affected by China's prolonged zero-COVID policy, but performance recovered in Europe, Singapore, Malaysia and other areas. The business has maintained profitability steadily through the cumulative third quarter, following the cumulative second quarter.」
Toward achieving full-year profitability in the overseas business, the business remained profitable during the cumulative third-quarter period, following the cumulative second-quarter period. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Although China and Hong Kong continued to be affected by COVID-19, business recovery progressed in Europe, Singapore and Malaysia, and the overseas business remained profitable in the cumulative first-half period, following the cumulative first-quarter period.」
Toward achieving full-year profitability in the overseas business, the business remained profitable during the cumulative second-quarter period, following the first quarter. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue for the cumulative first-quarter consolidated period exceeded that of the same period of the previous year, and the Company was able to return to profitability.」
Although it was not yet time to assess whether the full-year profitability target had been achieved, the overseas business returned to profitability in the first quarter, demonstrating progress toward the target. - FY2021Failure to Achieve Full-Year Profitability; Significant Reduction in LossesAnnual report
「However, in the second half, although Europe and South Korea remained solid, the other regions were unable to offset the losses recorded in the first half, partly due to the renewed spread of COVID-19, resulting in a small loss for the full year.」
The overseas business did not achieve full-year profitability, but its full-year segment loss narrowed substantially from ¥1,759 million in the previous year to ¥9 million. - FY2021-Q3First statedAnnual report
「However, since the second quarter of the current fiscal year, the impact of the renewed spread of COVID-19 has become serious, and we are currently treating the achievement of full-year profitability as the most important issue in operating the business.」
Amid the worsening impact of the renewed spread of COVID-19, the Company has, for the first time, explicitly identified achieving full-year profitability in the overseas business as its most important operational priority.