10% Ordinary Profit Margin
First written in FY2017. 4 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018. Latest entry: 2026-08-05.
Hip moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2025, 2 years after the typical company in this theme (2023).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2018: 6 of 54 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-08-05WorsenedFinancial results presentation
「利益面は持続的成長に向けた「人への投資（教育強化・処遇改善等）」の継続や、サービスの本質的価値向上の取り組みを進め、前年同期比では減少。」
営業利益率は前年同期の9.6％から8.3％へ低下し、営業利益率10％の中長期目標を下回った。 - FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「The operating profit margin was 9.3%, down 0.2 percentage points. Going forward, to enhance the value of engineers, we will strengthen investment in supporting individual employees' career development, developing professional engineers and improving the work environment, while improving management efficiency and seeking to raise the margin.」
The operating profit margin declined from 9.5% in the previous fiscal year to 9.3%, remaining below the 10% target. The company aims to improve it through investment in career development, training and the work environment, as well as improved management efficiency. - 2026-05-13OtherFinancial results presentation
「営業利益 573 9.3％ 600 9.2%」
営業利益率は2026年3月期実績で9.3％、2027年3月期予想で9.2％となり、10％の中長期目標を下回る水準が続いている。目標変更の記載はない。 - FY2025ReframedAnnual report
「As objective indicators for assessing progress toward management targets, we have set medium- to long-term targets of a workforce of 1,000 employees and an operating profit margin of 10%. In the current fiscal year, the number of employees was 844, up 3.1% year on year. We will continue actively recruiting new graduates and experienced engineers toward achieving the target. The operating profit margin was 9.5%, down 0.3 percentage points. Going forward, we will strengthen investment in developing professional engineers and improving the work environment to support each employee's career development, while improving management efficiency and seeking to raise the margin.」
The target indicator was changed from a 10% ordinary profit margin to a 10% operating profit margin as the medium- to long-term target. The operating profit margin was 9.5%, below the target and down 0.3 percentage points year on year, but the company aims to improve it through investment in training and the work environment and by improving management efficiency. - FY2024Failure to meet the ordinary profit margin target and continued improvement effortsAnnual report
「The ordinary profit margin was 9.7%, down 1.1 percentage points. We will continue to seek to improve the margin.」
The ordinary profit margin declined from 11.3% in the previous year to 9.7%, falling below the 10% target. There is no indication that the target has been changed, and the company stated that it would continue working to improve the margin. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The ordinary profit margin for the 27th fiscal year exceeded the target at 11.3%, but this was partly due to employment adjustment subsidies recorded as non-operating income. Accordingly, given our aim of improving the margin through the core business going forward, there is no change to the target.」
The ordinary profit margin increased from 10.6% to 11.3%, exceeding the 10% target, but the target has not been changed in light of the impact of employment adjustment subsidies. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「As objective indicators for assessing progress toward management targets, we have set medium- to long-term targets of a workforce of 1,000 employees and an ordinary profit margin of 10%. In the current fiscal year, the number of employees increased to 825, up 1.6% from the previous fiscal year, and we will continue recruiting new graduates and experienced personnel toward achieving the target. The ordinary profit margin was 10.6%, exceeding the target and up 0.3 percentage points, but this was partly due to employment adjustment subsidies recorded as non-operating income. Accordingly, given our aim of improving the margin through the core business going forward, there is no change to the target.」
The ordinary profit margin exceeded the 10% target at 10.6%, but because this included the impact of employment adjustment subsidies, the company has not considered the target achieved and is maintaining the target while seeking to improve the margin through its core business. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「As objective indicators for assessing progress toward management targets, we have set medium- to long-term targets of a workforce of 1,000 employees and an ordinary profit margin of 10%. In the current fiscal year, the number of employees increased by 28 from the end of the same period of the previous year, while the ordinary profit margin improved to 9.4%, up 1.4 percentage points, representing steady progress toward the targets.」
Against the medium- to long-term target of a 10% ordinary profit margin, the ordinary profit margin was 9.4% in the current fiscal year, an improvement of 1.4 percentage points from the same period of the previous year. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「We have set a medium- to long-term target of a 10% ordinary profit margin and will work to improve profitability in order to meet shareholders' expectations. In the current fiscal year, the number of employees increased by 19 from the end of the same period of the previous year, and the ordinary profit margin improved to 8.0%, up 1.0 percentage point, representing steady progress toward achieving the target.」
Against the medium- to long-term target of a 10% ordinary profit margin, the ordinary profit margin for the current fiscal year was 8.0%, an improvement of 1.0 percentage point from the same period of the previous year. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「Our management targets are net sales and ordinary profit, and we have set a medium- to long-term target of a 10% ordinary profit margin and will work to improve profitability in order to meet shareholders' expectations.」
The company identified net sales and ordinary profit as management indicators and first explicitly stated a medium- to long-term target of a 10% ordinary profit margin.