Worth reading
57In focus
Scored from 5 of 6 sectionsDirection
Improvement
Direction inferred from the company’s description.Scale
12
Yen (increase in year-end dividend per share)Wording
Conditional
How definitive the wording is.Contents of this document
Summary of Q&ASecond quarter of the fiscal year ending September 20266 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Net Sales¥93.4 hundred million+14.2%
Operating profit¥36.9 hundred million+32.2%
Results for the three months of the current quarter
Consulting revenue
¥5.3 hundred million+60.5%
Full-year earnings forecast
Net Sales
¥19,500 million
Operating profit
¥7,500 million
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 Sales47.9 %
Operating profit49.2 %
What the company explained in this material
Self-assessment against the planThe company's self-assessment against its own plan.
Broadly in line with planKey points of the Q&AKey questions raised by investors at the briefing and the company's answers
- Six-month results and progress against the full-year forecasts
- Reasons for the substantial growth in operating profit
- Number of HR solutions customers, ARPU, and churn rate
- Factors behind the growth in consulting revenue
- Marketing solutions KPIs
- Progress in collaboration with ラクス and マイナビ
- Dividend policy change and dividend increase
- Full-year forecast
New initiatives
- Release of 楽楽人事労務, an HR and labor-management product developed in collaboration with ラクス
- Provision of Mynavi TalentBase, a product developed in collaboration with マイナビ
- Expansion of consulting services into areas including business process design and the use of generative AI
- Change to a dividend policy applying the higher of a 40% payout ratio or 8% DOE
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
- Customer BaseHR solutions increased, while marketing solutions decreased
- ARPUTalent Palette increased, Yorisol was in the ¥100,000 range, and OM Network was trending upward
- Churn rateTalent Palette remained low and stable, while Mieruka Engine remained at a high level but showed signs of bottoming out
Unit price and quantity metricsThese figures show sales broken down by price and volume.
- Customer Base
- ARPU (average revenue per customer)
- Churn rate
Payout ratio
40 %
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Summary of Q&A |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Second quarter of the fiscal year ending September 2026 |
| Net Sales | ¥93.4 hundred million (YoY +14.2%) |
| Operating profit | ¥36.9 hundred million (YoY +32.2%) |
| Results for the three months of the current quarter | Consulting revenue ¥5.3 hundred million (YoY +60.5%) |
| Full-year earnings forecast | Net Sales ¥19,500 million / Operating profit ¥7,500 million / Ordinary income Not disclosed / Net income Not disclosed |
| Progress against full-year forecast | Net Sales 47.9 % / Operating profit 49.2 % |
| Self-assessment against the plan | Broadly in line with plan |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name Customer Base / Value HR solutions increased, while marketing solutions decreased / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name ARPU / Value Talent Palette increased, Yorisol was in the ¥100,000 range, and OM Network was trending upward / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name Churn rate / Value Talent Palette remained low and stable, while Mieruka Engine remained at a high level but showed signs of bottoming out / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed |
| Unit price and quantity metrics | Customer Base, ARPU (average revenue per customer), Churn rate |
| Payout ratio | 40 % |
| Key points of the Q&A | Six-month results and progress against the full-year forecasts, Reasons for the substantial growth in operating profit, Number of HR solutions customers, ARPU, and churn rate, Factors behind the growth in consulting revenue, Marketing solutions KPIs, Progress in collaboration with ラクス and マイナビ, Dividend policy change and dividend increase, Full-year forecast |
| New initiatives | Release of 楽楽人事労務, an HR and labor-management product developed in collaboration with ラクス, Provision of Mynavi TalentBase, a product developed in collaboration with マイナビ, Expansion of consulting services into areas including business process design and the use of generative AI, Change to a dividend policy applying the higher of a 40% payout ratio or 8% DOE |
Items this document does not state (18)
Ordinary incomeNet incomeGross Profit MarginOperating profit marginSelling, general and administrative expensesSegment resultsBreakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeNumber of stores and locationsNumber of employeesAssumptions Underlying the Business OutlookRisk amount incorporated into the outlookMedium-term management plan targetsFinancial targetsAnnual DividendAcquisition of treasury sharesCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogMarket Size / Share
These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.
The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The company explained that the main factors behind the increases in revenue and profit were growth in the number of HR solutions customers, customer spend per account, and consulting revenue, together with lower marketing expenses. The dividend policy was changed to improve capital efficiency and achieve stable shareholder returns that are less affected by fluctuations in profit levels.
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