Worth reading
56In focus
Scored from 5 of 6 sectionsDirection
Deterioration
Direction inferred from the company’s description.Scale
-1.3
Year-on-year revenue growth (%)Wording
Conditional
How definitive the wording is.Contents of this document
Presentation materials for financial resultsFirst quarter of the fiscal year ending March 20279 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Net Sales128 Hundreds of millions of yen-1.3%
Ordinary income11.9 Hundreds of millions of yen-11.1%
Net income6.8 Hundreds of millions of yen-20.4%
Gross Profit Margin23.4 %
Full-year earnings forecast
Net Sales
514.3 Hundreds of millions of yen
Gross profit
121.7 Hundreds of millions of yen
Ordinary income
46.6 Hundreds of millions of yen
Net income
27.7 Hundreds of millions of yen
What the company explained in this material
Self-assessment against the planThe company's self-assessment against its own plan.
Progressed in line with the planBreakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeReasons cited by the Company for the change in the figures.
- Revenue increaseFactorsHigher staffing fees
- Decrease in cost of revenue and decrease in revenueFactorsSale of unprofitable overseas businesses
- Revenue declineFactorsDecrease in domestic contract work
- Increase in SG&A expensesFactorsRecognition of depreciation expenses for the new head office
- Increase in SG&A expensesFactorsOne-time costs associated with relocating offices
New initiatives
- Increase in staffing rates and compensation for temporary staff in April 2026
- Strengthening of the sales and dedicated staffing structures
- Local hiring of new graduates and recruitment activities using social media
- Use of internally developed tools and AI in the CRO business
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
- Science-related staffing market share30 %
- Science-related staffing market size1,100 Hundreds of millions of yen
- Number of employees993 People
- Temporary staff and other personnel10,072 People
Segment results
Human Resources Services
Net Sales
Year on year against the same period last year+0.8%
Operating profit
Year on year against the same period last year+0.5%
CRO Business
Net Sales
Year on year against the same period last year-13.8%
Operating profit
Year on year against the same period last year-15.6%
Market Size / Share
Market Size
1,100 Hundreds of millions of yen
Market share
30 %
RankingNo.1
Number of employees
Number of employees993 People
Temporary staff and other personnel10,072 People
Payout ratio
65 %
Acquisition of treasury shares
Policy is generally not to conduct share buybacks| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Presentation materials for financial results |
| Fiscal Period Covered | First quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2027 |
| Net Sales | 128 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY -1.3%) |
| Ordinary income | 11.9 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY -11.1%) |
| Net income | 6.8 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY -20.4%) |
| Gross Profit Margin | 23.4 % |
| Full-year earnings forecast | Net Sales 514.3 Hundreds of millions of yen / Gross profit 121.7 Hundreds of millions of yen / Ordinary income 46.6 Hundreds of millions of yen / Net income 27.7 Hundreds of millions of yen |
| Self-assessment against the plan | Progressed in line with the plan |
| Segment results | Human Resources Services Net Sales yoy_pct 0.8 % / Operating profit yoy_pct 0.5 % / CRO Business Net Sales yoy_pct -13.8 % / Operating profit yoy_pct -15.6 % |
| Breakdown of Factors Affecting the Change | Factors Higher staffing fees / Category Revenue increase, Factors Sale of unprofitable overseas businesses / Category Decrease in cost of revenue and decrease in revenue, Factors Decrease in domestic contract work / Category Revenue decline, Factors Recognition of depreciation expenses for the new head office / Category Increase in SG&A expenses, Factors One-time costs associated with relocating offices / Category Increase in SG&A expenses |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name Science-related staffing market share / Value 30 %, Indicator name Science-related staffing market size / Value 1,100 Hundreds of millions of yen, Indicator name Number of employees / Value 993 People, Indicator name Temporary staff and other personnel / Value 10,072 People |
| Number of employees | Number of employees 993 People / Temporary staff and other personnel 10,072 People |
| Payout ratio | 65 % |
| Acquisition of treasury shares | Policy is generally not to conduct share buybacks |
| Market Size / Share | Market Size 1,100 Hundreds of millions of yen / Market share 30 % / Ranking No.1 |
| New initiatives | Increase in staffing rates and compensation for temporary staff in April 2026, Strengthening of the sales and dedicated staffing structures, Local hiring of new graduates and recruitment activities using social media, Use of internally developed tools and AI in the CRO business |
Items this document does not state (15)
Operating profitOperating profit marginSelling, general and administrative expensesResults for the three months of the current quarterProgress against full-year forecastUnit 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.Revenue declined due to lower revenue in the CRO business, while gross profit declined due to lower profit in the CRO business. Ordinary profit declined due to the decrease in gross profit and depreciation expenses recorded for the new head office building. Net profit declined due to the decrease in ordinary profit and the recognition of losses on disposal of fixed assets.
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