Contents of this document
- Reasons for changing the reporting segments and service classifications
- Factors behind slower growth in the AX business and measures to address them
- Profitability strategy for the Agritech business
- Reasons operating profit exceeded the plan and the operating profit plan for the fiscal year ending March 2027
- Results from the use of AI
- Impact of advances in generative AI on the SaaS business
- Shareholder-return policy
- Compliance with Prime Market Continued-Listing Criteria
- High temperatures are expected to continue in the fiscal year ending March 2027
- The shift from helicopter to drone spraying is expected to continue
- Reporting segments changed to two categories: the AX business and the Agritech business
- Rebranding as OPTiM AIR
- Promoting sales of OPTiM Biz Premium
- Launch of Agri Buddy
- Release of new AI services
- Introduction of an AI Coding Assistant for All Engineers
- Introduction of a Shareholder Benefit Program
- Purchase and cancellation of 600,000 treasury shares
- AX service recurring revenue70.5 Hundreds of millions of yen+5.2%
- AX service recurring revenue ratio81.47 %yoy_change_points0.02
- Area covered by drone-based agricultural chemical spraying services32,000 ha+23.0%
- Service retention rate98 %+4.0%
- Number of fields served133,078 fields+20.0%
- Number of active pilot teams266 Team+33.0%
- Cumulative patents606 over downloads
- No. 1 domestic share of the MDM services market for 15 consecutive years
- More than 180,000 companies
- Japan's largest drone pesticide spraying service
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Presentation materials for financial results |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Fiscal year ending March 2026, full year |
| Net Sales | 117.3 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY +10.9%) |
| Operating profit | 19.6 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY +0.8%) |
| Ordinary income | 19.5 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY +4.7%) |
| Net income | 11.1 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY -5.4%) |
| Operating profit margin | 16.8 |
| Full-year earnings forecast | Net Sales 129.8 Hundreds of millions of yen / Operating profit 19.8 Hundreds of millions of yen / AX business revenue 91.8 Hundreds of millions of yen / Agritech business revenue 38 Hundreds of millions of yen / AX business operating profit 49.8 Hundreds of millions of yen / Agritech business operating profit -3.5 Hundreds of millions of yen |
| Progress against full-year forecast | Net Sales 100.8 % / Operating profit 109.4 % / Ordinary income 108.9 % / Net income 116.1 % |
| Self-assessment against the plan | Operating profit exceeded the revised plan upon completion |
| Segment results | AX business Net Sales 91 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY +2.7%) / Operating profit 49.9 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY +7.4%) / Agritech business Net Sales 26.3 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY +52.7%) / Operating profit -4.6 Hundreds of millions of yen |
| Breakdown of Factors Affecting the Change | Boost to operating profit from AI-driven development, lower operating margin due to aggressive investment in AI services and the Agritech business, and a ¥170 million valuation loss on investment securities |
| Key KPIs | AX service recurring revenue 70.5 Hundreds of millions of yen (YoY +5.2%), AX service recurring revenue ratio 81.47 %, Area covered by drone-based agricultural chemical spraying services 32,000 ha (YoY +23.0%), Service retention rate 98 % (YoY +4.0%), Number of fields served 133,078 fields (YoY +20.0%), Number of active pilot teams 266 Team (YoY +33.0%), Cumulative patents 606 over downloads |
| Number of employees | 444 People |
| Assumptions Underlying the Business Outlook | High temperatures are expected to continue in the fiscal year ending March 2027, The shift from helicopter to drone spraying is expected to continue |
| Acquisition of treasury shares | Number of Shares 600,000 shares / Acquisition date 13 February 2026 / Cancellation date 13 March 2026 |
| Market Size / Share | No. 1 domestic share of the MDM services market for 15 consecutive years, More than 180,000 companies, Japan's largest drone pesticide spraying service |
| Key points of the Q&A | Reasons for changing the reporting segments and service classifications, Factors behind slower growth in the AX business and measures to address them, Profitability strategy for the Agritech business, Reasons operating profit exceeded the plan and the operating profit plan for the fiscal year ending March 2027, Results from the use of AI, Impact of advances in generative AI on the SaaS business, Shareholder-return policy, Compliance with Prime Market Continued-Listing Criteria |
| New initiatives | Reporting segments changed to two categories: the AX business and the Agritech business, Rebranding as OPTiM AIR, Promoting sales of OPTiM Biz Premium, Launch of Agri Buddy, Release of new AI services, Introduction of an AI Coding Assistant for All Engineers, Introduction of a Shareholder Benefit Program, Purchase and cancellation of 600,000 treasury shares |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The company attributed the increase in operating profit to the boost from AI-driven development, and the decline in net income to the recognition of a ¥170 million valuation loss on investment securities in the third quarter. It explained that operating losses in the Agritech business widened due to aggressive growth investment.