Worth reading
61In focus
Scored from 5 of 6 sectionsDirection
Deterioration
Direction inferred from the company’s description.Scale
-9.8
Year-on-year change in ordinary profit (%)Wording
Conditional
How definitive the wording is.Contents of this document
Financial results presentationFiscal year ending March 20268 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Net Sales¥503 100 million-1.6%
Ordinary income¥45.9 100 million-9.8%
Net income¥27.5 100 million-9.7%
Gross Profit Margin23 %
What the company explained in this material
Breakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeReasons cited by the Company for the change in the figures.
- Higher staffing fees
- Higher utilization of permanent-employment staffing personnel
- Sale of an unprofitable business
- Lower outsourcing orders from major customers
- Strengthening the sales organization
- Increase in head office relocation expenses
New initiatives
- Release and ongoing improvement of Doko1, a centralized management platform for staffing agencies
- Development of a new platform
- Development of automation tools for the CRO business
- Introduction of an AI-assisted document creation tool
- Local hiring of new graduates
- Revision of the payout ratio benchmark to 65%
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
- Science-related staffing market size¥1,100 100 million
- Science-related staffing market share30 %
Segment results
Human Resources Services
Net Sales
Amount not stated+1.3%
Operating profit
Amount not stated+6.4%
CRO Business
Net Sales
Amount not stated-17.1%
Operating profit
Amount not stated-30.7%
Market Size / Share
Science-related staffing market size: approximately ¥110 billion; company share: approximately 30%, No. 1 market shareNumber of employees
Number of Employees992 employees; 9,914 temporary staff and others
Payout ratio
65% benchmarkAcquisition of treasury shares
Generally, the company does not intend to repurchase its own shares. Repurchase limit, number of shares and period: Not disclosed| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Financial results presentation |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Fiscal year ending March 2026 |
| Net Sales | ¥503 100 million (YoY -1.6%) |
| Ordinary income | ¥45.9 100 million (YoY -9.8%) |
| Net income | ¥27.5 100 million (YoY -9.7%) |
| Gross Profit Margin | 23 % |
| Segment results | Human Resources Services Net Sales 非開示 (YoY +1.3%) / Operating profit 非開示 (YoY +6.4%) / CRO Business Net Sales 非開示 (YoY -17.1%) / Operating profit 非開示 (YoY -30.7%) |
| Breakdown of Factors Affecting the Change | Higher staffing fees, Higher utilization of permanent-employment staffing personnel, Sale of an unprofitable business, Lower outsourcing orders from major customers, Strengthening the sales organization, Increase in head office relocation expenses |
| Key KPIs | Science-related staffing market size ¥1,100 100 million, Science-related staffing market share 30 % |
| Number of employees | Number of Employees 992 employees; 9,914 temporary staff and others / Change during the period Not disclosed / Hiring plan Not disclosed |
| Payout ratio | 65% benchmark |
| Acquisition of treasury shares | Generally, the company does not intend to repurchase its own shares. Repurchase limit, number of shares and period: Not disclosed |
| Market Size / Share | Science-related staffing market size: approximately ¥110 billion; company share: approximately 30%, No. 1 market share |
| New initiatives | Release and ongoing improvement of Doko1, a centralized management platform for staffing agencies, Development of a new platform, Development of automation tools for the CRO business, Introduction of an AI-assisted document creation tool, Local hiring of new graduates, Revision of the payout ratio benchmark to 65% |
Items this document does not state (17)
Operating profitOperating profit marginSelling, general and administrative expensesResults for the three months of the current quarterFull-year earnings forecastProgress against full-year forecastSelf-assessment against the planUnit price and quantity metricsNumber of stores and locationsAssumptions Underlying the Business OutlookRisk amount incorporated into the outlookMedium-term management plan targetsFinancial targetsAnnual DividendCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogKey points of the Q&A
These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.
The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The main reasons were lower revenue and profit in the CRO business, lower gross profit and higher selling, general and administrative expenses. In the CRO business, the company explained that a major customer brought outsourced operations in-house, it sold an unprofitable overseas business, and it maintained staffing levels for outsourced operations in preparation for future orders.
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