Maintaining and improving the operating margin
First written in FY2022. 6 of 11 entries say "Softened", first in FY2025. Latest entry: 2026-10-15.
baudroie moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2025, 3 years after the typical company in this theme (2022).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 14 of 100 companies on the "Worse" side.
16 other companies' latest entry also says "Softened".
- 2026-10-15Softenedfinance.yahoo.co.jp
「Consolidated net income for the latest three-month period, June-August (2Q), fell 1.0% year on year to ¥570 million, while the operating profit margin on sales declined from 18.4% in the same period of the previous year to 13.7%.」
The quarterly operating profit margin on sales declined year on year, indicating weaker performance in maintaining or improving margins. - FY2027-H1SoftenedAnnual report
「To address these growth areas, the company group has strengthened its capabilities in advanced technology areas such as cloud computing, load balancers (load distribution), security, wireless technology, and network virtualization. As a “professional group specializing in IT infrastructure,” it has advanced its business around the following priority measures. As a result, under IFRS, revenue for the current interim consolidated accounting period was ¥11,181.436 million, up 45.2% year on year, and operating profit was ¥1,639.518 million, up 16.5% year on year」
Operating margin calculated from the disclosed figures was approximately 14.7%, down from approximately 18.3% in the same period of the previous year. Although the priority measures and increases in revenue and operating profit are described, actual profitability weakened. - FY2026-H1SoftenedAnnual report
「As a professional group specialising in IT infrastructure, the Group has pursued its business based on the following key initiatives. As a result, for the interim consolidated accounting period under IFRS, revenue was ¥7,698.792 million, up 45.5% year on year, and operating profit was ¥1,406.949 million, up 34.7%.」
Operating margin for the current interim consolidated accounting period was approximately 18.3% based on the disclosed figures, down from approximately 19.7% in the same period of the previous year. The priority measures continue, but actual profitability weakened compared with the previous period. - FY2025SoftenedAnnual report
「The company expects to maintain and improve its operating margin by expanding revenue and reducing costs.」
The policy of maintaining and improving operating margin continues, but operating margin was 21.1% in the fiscal year ended February 2025, down from 21.4% in the previous fiscal year. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Our Group, which operates a business specializing in IT infrastructure, has pursued its business while expanding and deepening relationships with enterprise customers and focusing on advanced technology fields. As a result, under IFRS Accounting Standards, revenue for the interim consolidated accounting period was ¥5,291,928 thousand, up 51.6% year on year, and operating profit was ¥1,048,062 thousand, up 56.2% year on year」
Operating margin calculated from the disclosed revenue and operating profit was approximately 19.8%, up from approximately 19.2% in the same period of the previous year. The company describes an improvement in profit levels alongside the expansion and deepening of relationships with enterprise customers and its focus on advanced technology fields. - FY2025-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Our Group, which operates a business specializing in IT infrastructure, has pursued its business while expanding and deepening relationships with enterprise customers and focusing on advanced technology fields. As a result, under IFRS Accounting Standards, net sales for the cumulative first quarter period were ¥2,339,073 thousand, up 39.6% year on year, and operating profit was ¥450,962 thousand, up 64.2% year on year」
Operating profit increased from ¥274.694 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥450.962 million through the expansion and deepening of relationships with enterprise customers and the focus on advanced technology fields. Operating profit as a percentage of revenue also increased from the same period of the previous year. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales strategies, including strengthening transactions with enterprise customers, technology strategies, including strengthening advanced technology fields, and training strategies, including strengthening personnel education, proved effective, resulting in a gross margin of 37.4%. After absorbing higher recruitment-related expenses resulting from intensified hiring and higher salaries and allowances associated with strengthening the internal management structure, operating margin for the fiscal year was 21.4%.」
Through its sales, technology, and training strategies, operating margin increased from 18.6% in the previous fiscal year to 21.4%. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales strategies, including strengthening transactions with enterprise customers, technology strategies, including strengthening advanced technology fields, and training strategies, including strengthening personnel education, proved effective, resulting in a gross margin of 35.8%. After absorbing higher recruitment-related expenses resulting from intensified hiring and higher salaries and allowances associated with strengthening the internal management structure, operating margin for the fiscal year was 18.6%.」
The company posted a consolidated operating margin of 18.6% and reaffirmed its policy of maintaining and improving operating margin through sales, technology, and training strategies. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「The company manages operating margin as a key KPI to control revenue and the costs incurred to generate it. By expanding revenue and reducing costs, the company expects to maintain and improve its operating margin.」
The company identifies operating margin as a key management indicator and states its policy of maintaining and improving it through revenue growth and cost reductions. The operating margin was 17.3% in the fiscal year ended February 2022.