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47Recurring
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Improvement
Direction inferred from the company’s description.Scale
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Increase in the sales mix of priority growth areas (percentage points)Wording
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How definitive the wording is.Contents of this document
Earnings briefing transcriptFirst quarter of the fiscal year ending December 20267 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Net Sales¥2,003 million
Results for the three months of the current quarter
Net Sales
¥2,003 million
DetailsStandalone first-quarter sales. Maintained the level of the same period of the previous year
Progress against full-year forecast 通期の予想に対して、いまどこまで進んだかの割合です。
Net Sales22.3
What the company explained in this material
Self-assessment against the planThe company's self-assessment against its own plan.
Progressing broadly in line with the planBreakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeReasons cited by the Company for the change in the figures.
Growth drivers
- Expansion of the sports content business
- Expansion of the BPO business
- Integration of the specialist talent-matching team
Factors behind the deterioration in profit
- Strategic investment in advertising expenses
- Strategic investment in development expenses
Assumptions Underlying the Business OutlookThe assumptions used by the company in preparing its forecast.
The initial investment in advertising and development expenses was incorporated into the initial plan for the fiscal yearNew initiatives
- Launch of J.LEAGUE FANTASY CARD Edition 2
- Addition of autographed cards, big-patch cards and J2/J3 player cards
- Shipment of physical cards for digital cards
- Consideration of developing solutions and providing consulting services using AI and AI agents
- Consideration of implementing flexible shareholder returns during the current fiscal year
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
- Sales mix of priority growth areas29 %Year on year against the same period last yearUp from 13%
- Paid packs sold161 10,000 passes
- Marketplace transactions51.1 ten thousand items
- Edition 1 physical cards eligible for shipment22.6 10,000 passes
- Revenue from new businessesYear on year against the same period last year+2.1%
- BPO business salesYear on year against the same period last year+1.7%
- Talent-matching sales4,000 over ¥10,000Year on year against the same period last year+10.0%
Unit price and quantity metricsThese figures show sales broken down by price and volume.
Paid packs sold
161 10,000 passes
Marketplace transactions
51.1 ten thousand items
Segment results
Priority growth areas
Net Sales
¥585 million
Percentage of revenue
29 %
Sales mix in the same period of the previous year
13 %
BPO business
Year-on-year change in revenue1.7
Matching talent
Net Sales
40 Over ¥1 million
Year-on-year change in revenue10
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Earnings briefing transcript |
| Fiscal Period Covered | First quarter of the fiscal year ending December 2026 |
| Net Sales | ¥2,003 million |
| Results for the three months of the current quarter | Net Sales ¥2,003 million / Details Standalone first-quarter sales. Maintained the level of the same period of the previous year |
| Progress against full-year forecast | Net Sales 22.3 |
| Self-assessment against the plan | Progressing broadly in line with the plan |
| Segment results | Priority growth areas Net Sales ¥585 million / Percentage of revenue 29 % / Sales mix in the same period of the previous year 13 % / BPO business Year-on-year change in revenue 1.7 / Matching talent Net Sales 40 Over ¥1 million / Year-on-year change in revenue 10 |
| Breakdown of Factors Affecting the Change | Growth drivers Expansion of the sports content business, Expansion of the BPO business, Integration of the specialist talent-matching team / Factors behind the deterioration in profit Strategic investment in advertising expenses, Strategic investment in development expenses |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name Sales mix of priority growth areas / Value 29 % / Year on year against the same period last year Up from 13%, Indicator name Paid packs sold / Value 161 10,000 passes / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name Marketplace transactions / Value 51.1 ten thousand items / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name Edition 1 physical cards eligible for shipment / Value 22.6 10,000 passes / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name Revenue from new businesses / Value Not disclosed / Year on year against the same period last year 2.1, Indicator name BPO business sales / Value Not disclosed / Year on year against the same period last year 1.7, Indicator name Talent-matching sales / Value 4,000 over ¥10,000 / Year on year against the same period last year 10 over ¥10,000 |
| Unit price and quantity metrics | Paid packs sold 161 10,000 passes / Marketplace transactions 51.1 ten thousand items |
| Assumptions Underlying the Business Outlook | The initial investment in advertising and development expenses was incorporated into the initial plan for the fiscal year |
| New initiatives | Launch of J.LEAGUE FANTASY CARD Edition 2, Addition of autographed cards, big-patch cards and J2/J3 player cards, Shipment of physical cards for digital cards, Consideration of developing solutions and providing consulting services using AI and AI agents, Consideration of implementing flexible shareholder returns during the current fiscal year |
Items this document does not state (19)
Operating profitOrdinary incomeNet incomeGross Profit MarginOperating profit marginSelling, general and administrative expensesFull-year earnings forecastNumber of stores and locationsNumber of employeesRisk amount incorporated into the outlookMedium-term management plan targetsFinancial targetsAnnual DividendPayout ratioAcquisition of treasury sharesCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogMarket Size / ShareKey points of the Q&A
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Growth was attributed to the expansion of the sports content business, the integration of the specialist talent-matching team and the expansion of the BPO business. Losses at the profit level were primarily due to the planned concentration of advertising and development expenses to accelerate growth in the sports content business.
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