Risk of Delayed Response to Competitors and New Entrants from Other Industries
First written in FY2016. 5 of 10 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 31 of 91 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「In high-output UPS systems, DRUPS (rotary uninterruptible power supply systems) remained solid as orders progressed across a wide range of regions and industries. Emergency generators, however, remained weak due in part to intensifying competition from Chinese manufacturers.」
With regard to competitive risk, intensifying competition from Chinese manufacturers has materialized in the form of weak performance by emergency generators. - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「At Power Partners Private Limited, bidding and price competition have intensified as other competing manufacturers entered Southeast Asia's uninterruptible power supply market, reducing the excess earning power anticipated at the time of the acquisition.」
Competition in tenders and pricing intensified as rival manufacturers entered the Southeast Asian UPS market, resulting in lower-than-expected excess earning power compared with the assumptions made at the time of acquisition and an impairment loss of ¥4,627 million on goodwill. - FY2020-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「In addition, the ham, delicatessen and sweets businesses were affected by intensifying market competition, while the agriculture and processing businesses, which cultivate, process and sell vegetables, were also heavily affected by lower market prices resulting from a bumper harvest of their core product, Hokkaido-grown vegetables.」
Intensifying market competition continues to have an actual impact on the ham, delicatessen and sweets businesses. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the ham and delicatessen and sweets businesses were affected by intensifying market competition. The agricultural products and processing business, which cultivates, processes and sells vegetables, was also affected by falling vegetable market prices.」
Intensifying market competition continues to affect results in the ham and delicatessen and sweets businesses. - FY2020-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「The Agricultural Products and Processing business struggled in the ham and delicatessen and sweets fields due to higher logistics costs and intensifying market competition, while the agricultural products field, which cultivates, processes and sells vegetables, was also affected by lower vegetable market prices.」
Intensifying market competition has been reflected in actual weakness in the ham, delicatessen and sweets businesses. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The group's businesses face various competitors, as well as potential competitive risks such as new entrants from other industries. Accordingly, if the group is slow to respond to competitors through business expansion, cost reductions, or other measures, its business performance and financial condition may be affected.」
The company continues to routinely disclose the risk of delays in responding to competitors and entrants from other industries. - FY2017MaterialisedAnnual report
「The Food Solutions business expanded as Oyama Ham Co., Ltd., which has a strong regionally rooted brand in the ham and delicatessen field, joined the group, as did Precia Holdings Co., Ltd., which develops proposal-based products in the sweets field, although existing food-service products struggled amid price competition.」
The food business continued to struggle throughout the fiscal year due to price competition involving existing products for commercial use, while the Company reports expansion following the addition of an acquired company to the Group. - FY2017-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「The food processing business, including ham delicatessen products and frozen foods, remained generally challenging overall, despite steady sales of prosciutto and signs of recovery in year-end gifts of ham and sausages, as it was heavily affected by sluggish prices amid competition among mass retailers.」
Competition and weak pricing continued in the food processing business at mass retailers, and competitive risk was reflected in difficult actual results. - FY2017-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the ham, delicatessen and frozen foods business, commercial products struggled amid intensifying price competition, while frozen cakes grew steadily on expanding orders.」
In terms of competitive risk, intensified price competition for commercial products in the agriculture and food-related businesses has emerged as an actual area of weakness. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Various competitors operate in each business, and there are also potential competitive risks, including new entrants from other industries.」
The company identifies as risks delays in expanding the business and reducing costs in response to competition from rival companies and new entrants from other industries.