Building a Stable Earnings Base

「Revenue was 22,235,985 thousand yen, up 3.4% year on year; EBITDA was 964,376 thousand yen, up 7.1%; operating profit was 312,270 thousand yen, up 6.3%; ordinary profit was 415,178 thousand yen, up 79.3%; and the loss attributable to owners of parent was 321,314 thousand yen, compared with profit attributable to owners of parent of 87,570 thousand yen in the previous fiscal year.」

「Revenue for the six months ended under review was ¥10,675,438 thousand, down 1.6% year on year; EBITDA (note) was ¥164,154 thousand, down 50.1%; operating loss was ¥142,778 thousand, compared with operating profit of ¥27,073 thousand in the previous year; ordinary loss was ¥131,763 thousand, compared with ordinary profit of ¥7,163 thousand; and interim net loss attributable to owners of the parent was ¥191,401 thousand, compared with an interim net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥21,455 thousand.」

「As a result, revenue was ¥21,504,496 thousand, up 21.4% year on year; EBITDA (note) was ¥900,515 thousand, compared with negative ¥145,236 thousand in the previous year; operating profit was ¥293,746 thousand, compared with an operating loss of ¥605,179 thousand; ordinary profit was ¥231,541 thousand, compared with an ordinary loss of ¥694,719 thousand; and net income attributable to owners of the parent was ¥87,570 thousand, compared with a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥2,101,074 thousand in the previous year.」

「We worked to strengthen our stable earnings base by expanding sales of “SOKUYAKU Benefit,” a corporate employee-benefits service launched in April 2024 to promote corporate health management.」

「Marketing support services, including medical staffing placement and customer acquisition support, as well as other business-to-business services provided to affiliated medical institutions and pharmacies, continued to grow steadily. We are working to strengthen our revenue model by leveraging the foundation of the “SOKUYAKU” platform.」

「Marketing support services, including medical staffing placement and customer acquisition support, as well as other business-to-business services provided to affiliated medical institutions and pharmacies, continued to grow steadily. We are working to strengthen our revenue model by leveraging the foundation of the “SOKUYAKU” platform.」

「The number of new subscription customers acquired during the year in the pharmaceutical mail-order businesses of the healthcare sales and medical care sales segments was 416,848, up 16.8% year on year, representing a significant increase in new subscription members as a result of effective advertising investment.」

「Marketing support services, including medical staffing placement and customer acquisition support, and contracted services for online medical consultation desks for local governments, as well as other business-to-business services provided to medical institutions, pharmacies, companies and local governments, continued to grow steadily. We are working to strengthen our revenue model by leveraging the foundation of the “SOKUYAKU” platform.」

「Marketing support services, including medical staffing placement and customer acquisition support, as well as other business-to-business services provided to affiliated medical institutions and pharmacies, continued to grow steadily. We are working to strengthen our revenue model by leveraging the foundation of the “SOKUYAKU” platform.」

「The number of new subscription customers acquired during the year through the mail-order pharmaceutical businesses of the healthcare sales and medical care sales segments was 356,909, up 18.5% year on year, reflecting a substantial increase in new subscription-member acquisitions through effective advertising investment.」

「We also promoted the diversification of our revenue sources, including the corporate online medical consultation service “SOKUYAKU ASP,” the “Tsuidegai Service” for drugstores and other businesses, and our medical staffing placement business.」

「To respond to growing consumer awareness and demand regarding “未病,” we developed new advertising channels, including video advertising and social networking services, in addition to conventional web and television-based offline advertising, and actively invested in advertising, thereby acquiring a significant number of new subscription customers (61% progress toward the annual target for new subscription customers).」

「We have taken steps to build a stable earnings base and expand sales, including the launch of sales of two new in-house brands, “Kousuiso 328 Selection Mogitate Nama Smoothie Green” and “CaFelice (Cafe Liche).”」

「Through the launch of new products and the expansion of services for subscription members, we will continue building a stable earnings base in the healthcare sales business, which sells health foods and other products by mail order, and the medical care sales business, which sells pharmaceuticals by mail order.」