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Summary of the "Earnings Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended May 2026" (transcript)

For the fiscal year ending May 2026, sales were ¥1.734 billion and operating profit was ¥655 million, exceeding the company’s plan of ¥1.7 billion in sales and ¥619 million in operating profit. Growth in cloud usage fees and recurring revenue, along with the launch of new AI-powered services, continued to drive record-high performance.

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Contents of this document

Earnings briefing transcriptFiscal year ending May 20268 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Net Sales¥17.34 million
Operating profit¥6.55 million
Operating profit marginApproximately 3% increase (the specific year-on-year rate was Not disclosed)
Full-year earnings forecast
Net Sales
¥18 million
What the company explained in this material
Self-assessment against the planThe company's self-assessment against its own plan.
Plan achieved, with further upside
Key points of the Q&AKey questions raised by investors at the briefing and the company's answers
  1. The company explained that its field expertise in the safety and security sectors, as well as its UI and UX, will remain competitive even as AI agents advance.
  2. The company explained that although its existing services can be imitated, its strength lies in its ability to create services addressing new social issues together with customers.
  3. The company explained its policy of expanding its investor base and responding to the New NISA through a stock split.
  4. Overseas expansion is viewed as a future step, while the company will initially prioritize strengthening its business foundation through measures such as M&A.
  5. The company holds approximately ¥1.8 billion in cash and deposits and approximately ¥900 million in securities and investment securities, managing these assets with an emphasis on safety and liquidity.
  6. An agreement has been reached to acquire a majority stake in tiwaki, but the current ownership ratio is 19.9% due to subsidy requirements.
Assumptions Underlying the Business OutlookThe assumptions used by the company in preparing its forecast.
Quantitative assumptions were Not disclosed. The company explained that its basic policy is to set targets conservatively.
New initiatives
  • Launch of new AI-powered services
  • Addition of an international-call blocking function to the crime prevention app and proposals to introduce it to other prefectural police forces
  • Collaboration with tiwaki in AI-based automatic refueling monitoring systems and edge AI
  • Discussions toward making tiwaki a subsidiary
  • Consideration of integrating “Listening AI” and “Speaking AI” using AI services from major cloud vendors
  • Share split
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
  • Cloud usage fees as a percentage of sales52 %
    Year on year against the same period last yearUp 2 percentage points
  • Recurring revenue ratio59 %
  • Live119 population coverage rate57.7 %
  • Number of prefectural police forces adopting the crime prevention app21 Prefectural police forces
    Year on year against the same period last yearUp by 4 prefectural police forces
  • Decrease in reported special fraud cases (Metropolitan Police Department, January–May 2026)40 % decrease
    Year on year against the same period last yearApproximately 40% decrease year on year
  • Special fraud losses (Metropolitan Police Department, January–May 2026)¥60 million
    Year on year against the same period last yearApproximately 40% decrease year on year
Medium-term management plan targets
The company expects to achieve, in the second year, the profit level targeted for the three-year period of the Second Medium-Term Management Plan. For the third year, it conservatively expects an “additional” target looking beyond that level.
Annual Dividend
The dividend after the stock split will increase by ¥2 from the previous year. On a pre-split basis, the increase will be ¥4. The specific annual dividend per share was Not disclosed.
Payout ratio
The specific target was Not disclosed. The company explained that the payout ratio is not yet at a sufficiently high level.
Contents of this document
ItemDetails
Document typeEarnings briefing transcript
Fiscal Period CoveredFiscal year ending May 2026
Net Sales¥17.34 million
Operating profit¥6.55 million
Operating profit marginApproximately 3% increase (the specific year-on-year rate was Not disclosed)
Full-year earnings forecastNet Sales ¥18 million / Other earnings forecasts Not disclosed
Self-assessment against the planPlan achieved, with further upside
Key KPIsIndicator name Cloud usage fees as a percentage of sales / Value 52 % / Year on year against the same period last year Up 2 percentage points, Indicator name Recurring revenue ratio / Value 59 % / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name Live119 population coverage rate / Value 57.7 % / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name Number of prefectural police forces adopting the crime prevention app / Value 21 Prefectural police forces / Year on year against the same period last year Up by 4 prefectural police forces, Indicator name Decrease in reported special fraud cases (Metropolitan Police Department, January–May 2026) / Value 40 % decrease / Year on year against the same period last year Approximately 40% decrease year on year, Indicator name Special fraud losses (Metropolitan Police Department, January–May 2026) / Value ¥60 million / Year on year against the same period last year Approximately 40% decrease year on year
Assumptions Underlying the Business OutlookQuantitative assumptions were Not disclosed. The company explained that its basic policy is to set targets conservatively.
Medium-term management plan targetsThe company expects to achieve, in the second year, the profit level targeted for the three-year period of the Second Medium-Term Management Plan. For the third year, it conservatively expects an “additional” target looking beyond that level.
Annual DividendThe dividend after the stock split will increase by ¥2 from the previous year. On a pre-split basis, the increase will be ¥4. The specific annual dividend per share was Not disclosed.
Payout ratioThe specific target was Not disclosed. The company explained that the payout ratio is not yet at a sufficiently high level.
Key points of the Q&AThe company explained that its field expertise in the safety and security sectors, as well as its UI and UX, will remain competitive even as AI agents advance., The company explained that although its existing services can be imitated, its strength lies in its ability to create services addressing new social issues together with customers., The company explained its policy of expanding its investor base and responding to the New NISA through a stock split., Overseas expansion is viewed as a future step, while the company will initially prioritize strengthening its business foundation through measures such as M&A., The company holds approximately ¥1.8 billion in cash and deposits and approximately ¥900 million in securities and investment securities, managing these assets with an emphasis on safety and liquidity., An agreement has been reached to acquire a majority stake in tiwaki, but the current ownership ratio is 19.9% due to subsidy requirements.
New initiativesLaunch of new AI-powered services, Addition of an international-call blocking function to the crime prevention app and proposals to introduce it to other prefectural police forces, Collaboration with tiwaki in AI-based automatic refueling monitoring systems and edge AI, Discussions toward making tiwaki a subsidiary, Consideration of integrating “Listening AI” and “Speaking AI” using AI services from major cloud vendors, Share split
Items this document does not state (17)
Ordinary incomeNet incomeGross Profit MarginSelling, general and administrative expensesResults for the three months of the current quarterProgress against full-year forecastSegment resultsBreakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeUnit price and quantity metricsNumber of stores and locationsNumber of employeesRisk amount incorporated into the outlookFinancial targetsAcquisition of treasury sharesCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogMarket Size / Share

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The reasons the company gives

The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.

The company explained that one factor behind the improvement in profit margins was the increase in cloud usage fees as a percentage of sales to approximately 52%, while recurring revenue, including cloud usage fees and maintenance services, expanded to approximately 59% of total revenue. The company also incorporated AI into its internal operations and proceeded with the launch of new AI-powered services.

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