Achieving a Return on Assets (ROA) of at Least 10%
First written in FY2018. 5 of 8 entries say "Softened", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2026.
Awa Paper & Technological Company moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2019, 6 years before the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2018: 3 of 13 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Softened".
- FY2026SoftenedAnnual report
「ROA for the current consolidated fiscal year was negative 0.3%, down 1.5 percentage points year on year. Going forward, based on the Fifth Medium-Term Management Plan, we will focus management resources on growth areas, strengthen our earnings base through business-structure reform, optimize working capital and improve asset efficiency, working as a group to achieve the target indicators.」
ROA declined from 1.2% in the previous year to negative 0.3%. The Fifth Medium-Term Management Plan sets out a policy of pursuing improvements in asset efficiency and related measures, but this filing does not specify a concrete ROA target. - FY2025SoftenedAnnual report
「ROA for the current consolidated fiscal year was 1.2%, down 0.2 percentage points year on year. We continue to work as a group to achieve the indicator target.」
ROA declined from 1.4% in the previous fiscal year to 1.2%. The policy of achieving the target through higher operating profit margins and total asset turnover, as well as the creation of new businesses and strengthening of core businesses, remains unchanged. - FY2024SoftenedAnnual report
「ROA for the current consolidated fiscal year was 1.4%, down 0.7 percentage points year on year. We continue to work as a group to achieve the indicator target.」
ROA declined from 2.1% to 1.4%. The previous medium-term target of 4.4% is not explicitly stated in this filing, which says that efforts to achieve the indicator target will continue. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「ROA for the current consolidated fiscal year was 2.1%, up 0.3 percentage points year on year, and we continue to work as a group to achieve the indicator target.」
ROA rose 0.3 percentage points year on year to 2.1%, but remained below the medium-term target of 4.4%; efforts to achieve the target are continuing. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「Our group has positioned return on assets (ROA) as an important management indicator for maintaining sound management and enhancing corporate value. Under the Third Medium-Term Management Plan, “Awa Breakthrough Plan,” which began in the current consolidated fiscal year, the ROA target for the final year is 4.4%, and we are working to improve profitability and use assets more efficiently.」
The ROA target of 4.4% for the final year of the Third Medium-Term Management Plan remains unchanged. ROA for the current fiscal year is 1.8%, an improvement from the negative figure recorded in the previous fiscal year. - FY2021SoftenedAnnual report
「Under this medium-term management plan, ROA for the final year will be 4.4%.」
The medium-term ROA target has changed from 5% or more to 4.4% for the final year of the Third Medium-Term Management Plan. - FY2019SoftenedAnnual report
「In addition, we have positioned return on assets (ROA) as an important management indicator measuring both capital efficiency and profitability, and have set a medium-term target of 5% or more.」
The target level has been lowered from the previously stated ROA of 10% or more to a medium-term target of 5% or more. ROA for the current fiscal year is 2.2%, with higher operating profit margins and total asset turnover identified as the means of achieving it. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「Our group has set a target of achieving a return on assets (ROA) of 10% or more in order to maintain sound management and enhance corporate value. We will work as a group to achieve this target by pursuing sustained improvements in revenue and profit margins and the efficient use of capital.」
An ROA target of 10% or more is explicitly stated as a management objective, with higher revenue and profit margins and more efficient capital utilization identified as the means of achieving it. ROA for the current fiscal year is stated as 1.9%.