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36Immaterial
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Direction inferred from the company’s description.Scale
4.27
¥100 million (CloudFastener ARR at the end of the second quarter)Wording
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How definitive the wording is.Contents of this document
Summary of Q&ASecond quarter of the fiscal year ending December 20266 items taken from the company’s own explanation
What the company explained in this material
Self-assessment against the planThe company's self-assessment against its own plan.
ARR accumulation fell short of the company's expectationsKey points of the Q&AKey questions raised by investors at the briefing and the company's answers
- Timing of the pricing structure review and its contribution to results
- Increase in communications expenses following the review of server contracts
- ARR growth and sales and organizational challenges
- CloudFastener ARR and growth challenges
- Background to the share buyback
- Organic growth and M&A under the mid-term management plan
- Status of M&A considerations
- Business strategy and service rollout in the AI sector
- Impact of demand for AI security on earnings
- Services provided by AI MONBAN
New initiatives
- Review of pricing structures and application of new prices across multiple products
- Review of the sales structure and target-setting process
- Strengthening sales activities centered on CloudFastener
- Launch of AI MONBAN
- Launch of an AI application vulnerability assessment service
- Expansion of services into the ongoing management and operation of AI environments and defense capabilities
- Strengthening collaboration with AWS and sales partners
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
- Company-wide ARRContinued increase
- CloudFastener ARR at the end of the second quarter4.27 Hundreds of millions of yen
Medium-term management plan targets
Revenue of ¥20 billion; target year: Not disclosedAcquisition of treasury shares
A share repurchase was conducted, but the repurchase amount, number of shares and period were Not disclosed| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Summary of Q&A |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Second quarter of the fiscal year ending December 2026 |
| Self-assessment against the plan | ARR accumulation fell short of the company's expectations |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name Company-wide ARR / Value Continued increase / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name CloudFastener ARR at the end of the second quarter / Value 4.27 Hundreds of millions of yen / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed |
| Medium-term management plan targets | Revenue of ¥20 billion; target year: Not disclosed |
| Acquisition of treasury shares | A share repurchase was conducted, but the repurchase amount, number of shares and period were Not disclosed |
| Key points of the Q&A | Timing of the pricing structure review and its contribution to results, Increase in communications expenses following the review of server contracts, ARR growth and sales and organizational challenges, CloudFastener ARR and growth challenges, Background to the share buyback, Organic growth and M&A under the mid-term management plan, Status of M&A considerations, Business strategy and service rollout in the AI sector, Impact of demand for AI security on earnings, Services provided by AI MONBAN |
| New initiatives | Review of pricing structures and application of new prices across multiple products, Review of the sales structure and target-setting process, Strengthening sales activities centered on CloudFastener, Launch of AI MONBAN, Launch of an AI application vulnerability assessment service, Expansion of services into the ongoing management and operation of AI environments and defense capabilities, Strengthening collaboration with AWS and sales partners |
Items this document does not state (23)
Net SalesOperating profitOrdinary incomeNet incomeGross Profit MarginOperating profit marginSelling, general and administrative expensesResults for the three months of the current quarterFull-year earnings forecastProgress against full-year forecastSegment resultsBreakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeUnit price and quantity metricsNumber of stores and locationsNumber of employeesAssumptions Underlying the Business OutlookRisk amount incorporated into the outlookFinancial targetsAnnual DividendPayout ratioCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogMarket Size / Share
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The company cited lower-than-expected acquisition of new customers, a temporary increase in churn during the first half, and the time required to review role assignments and transition work following organizational changes at the beginning of the fiscal year as the main reasons ARR accumulation fell short of expectations. It attributed the increase in communications expenses to the rise in AI service fees accompanying the expanded use of AI, which exceeded the savings in server costs.
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