Strategic Investment and Financial Discipline Based on Operating Profitability
First written in FY2024. 2 of 4 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2025. Latest entry: 2026-10-13.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 1 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Reframed".
- FY2025ReframedAnnual report
「As our financial policy, we will continue to pursue sustained profit growth while making proactive investments in strategic areas.」
The disclosure has been reorganized around sustained profit growth and proactive investment in strategic areas, replacing the previous wording about “maintaining profitability as a prerequisite” and “keeping losses as small as possible.” - FY2024First statedAnnual report
「In addition, while maintaining profitability as a prerequisite, we will continue investing in strategic areas, primarily in the marketplace business. In the agent business, we will pursue a growth strategy that draws on our group's unique competitive advantages by using databases and AI, rather than relying solely on a labor-intensive model. We intend to grow while maintaining financial discipline and controlling costs so that losses remain as small as possible.」
This is the first systematic disclosure of a policy to invest in the marketplace while maintaining profitability, use databases and AI in the agent business, and control costs to limit the size of losses.