Thorough cost management and expense control
First written in FY2016-Q4. 7 of 14 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2024-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「The operating margin for the current consolidated fiscal year was 5.4%, compared with 8.7% in the previous consolidated fiscal year. The main factors behind the year-on-year decline in the operating margin were the increase in the sales mix of the Digital Marketing business, which has a relatively low segment profit margin, by 6.9 percentage points from the previous fiscal year, and the 4.8-percentage-point decline in the segment profit margin of the Research and Insights business.」
The operating margin declined from 8.7% to 5.4% due to the higher sales mix of the low-margin Digital Marketing business and the lower margin of the Research and Insights business. - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Segment profit (operating profit) in the business was ¥517 million, down 0.7% year on year. The main factor was a decline in gross profit resulting from the lower gross margin.」
In the Digital Marketing business, the decline in the gross margin reduced gross profit, resulting in a 0.7% year-on-year decline in segment profit. The deterioration in margin management also emerged in the current interim period. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Although the gross margin declined due to a change in the sales mix, the main reason for the increase in profit was the restraint of selling, general and administrative expenses.」
The company explains that, despite the decline in the gross margin environment, it restrained selling, general and administrative expenses, resulting in higher profit in the Digital Marketing business. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「This was mainly due to a decline in gross profit resulting from lower revenue and a decline in the gross margin accompanying the expansion of relatively low-margin businesses.」
Regarding margin and cost management, the company explains that the expansion of relatively low-margin businesses lowered the gross margin and weighed on profit. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「The operating margin for the current consolidated fiscal year was 7.8%, compared with 10.1% in the previous consolidated fiscal year. The main reason for the year-on-year decline in the operating margin was an increase in the SG&A ratio to 33.6%, from 31.4% in the previous consolidated fiscal year, due to higher SG&A expenses resulting from investment in the talent base for medium-term business growth and an increase in newly consolidated subsidiaries following proactive M&A. Going forward, the company will work to improve the operating margin while maintaining the SG&A ratio at an appropriate level.」
The explanation of cost and expense management has been reframed around improving margins by managing the SG&A ratio, in light of the increase in the SG&A ratio to 33.6% and the decline in the operating margin to 7.8%. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Through ongoing initiatives to improve costs, including automation of service delivery processes and the use of BPO centers, the gross margin improved by 1.1 percentage points year on year to 41.5%.」
Cost management and expense control have expanded to specific measures such as automating service delivery processes and using BPO centers, resulting in a gross margin of 41.5%, an improvement of 1.1 percentage points year on year. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Ordinary profit was ¥1,078 million, slightly below the prior-year level. However, supported by steady progress and recovery across the domestic businesses and by reductions in nonessential spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, selling, general and administrative expenses fell by ¥552 million, or 9.4% year on year, and the ordinary profit margin remained at a level considered satisfactory at 6.7%, up 0.6 percentage points year on year.」
The company reduced nonessential spending, cutting selling, general and administrative expenses by ¥552 million year on year. The ordinary profit margin was 6.7%. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Segment profit (operating profit) exceeded the level in the same quarter of the prior year through rigorous gross margin management and a review of sales promotion expenses.」
For the Other businesses, the company has outlined specific cost-control measures, including rigorous gross margin management and a review of sales promotion expenses, and segment profit exceeded the prior-year level. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Segment profit (operating profit) exceeded the level in the same period of the prior year as a result of rigorous cost management and control of various expenses.」
The company has reiterated measures to secure profit in the Research business through cost management and expense control. - FY2016-Q4First statedAnnual report
「Segment profit (operating profit) exceeded the level in the same period of the prior year as a result of rigorous cost management and control of various expenses, despite lower revenue.」
The company has outlined cost and expense management measures aimed at securing profit in the Research business.