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Earnings presentation2025年3月期 第2四半期(中間期)8 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Net Sales¥2,342 million+4.3%
Operating profit¥628 million-3.8%
Ordinary income¥597 million-16.2%
Net income¥452 million-3.2%
Gross Profit Margin66.7 %
Operating profit margin26.8 %
Selling, general and administrative expenses¥933 million
Results for the three months of the current quarter
Net Sales
¥1,174 million
Year on year against the same period last year+3.7%
Quarter-on-quarter change0.5
Operating profit
¥326 million
Year on year against the same period last year+0.6%
Quarter-on-quarter change8.1
Gross profit margin
67.2 %
Year-on-year change (points)-0.2
前四半期比増減ポイント1
Operating profit margin
27.8 %
Year-on-year change (points)-0.9
前四半期比増減ポイント1.9
Full-year earnings forecast
Net Sales
¥5,200 million
Operating profit
¥1,720 million
Ordinary income
¥1,710 million
Profit attributable to owners of the parent
¥1,170 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 Sales45.1 %
Operating profit36.5 %
Ordinary income35 %
Profit attributable to owners of the parent38.7 %
What the company explained in this material
Breakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeReasons cited by the Company for the change in the figures.
- Increase in cost of sales¥54 million
- Increase in selling, general and administrative expenses¥66 million
- CS調査事業の商標利用等による増加¥135 million
- ニュース配信・PV事業の減少¥-19 million
- モバイル事業の減少¥-24 million
- SEO強化コスト・人的投資Amount not disclosed
- 為替差損等Amount not disclosed
Assumptions Underlying the Business OutlookThe assumptions used by the company in preparing its forecast.
- Changes in the business portfolio
- SEO強化コスト一巡
- 収益の下期偏重
New initiatives
- モバイル事業の会社分割・譲渡
- 株式会社新旭の連結子会社化
- 生成AIを活用した実証実験
- Azure OpenAI導入等
- Microsoft 365 Copilot導入準備
- Z世代向けメディア展開
- ショート動画・多言語・FAST・海外動画配信プラットフォームとの連携検討
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
- ORICON NEWS公式YouTubeチャンネル登録者数215 More than 10,000 people
- CS調査ランキング数184 RankingYear on year against the same period last year-6.0%
- 商標利用契約率36.1 %Year on year against the same period last year+1.0%
- ORICON NEWSセッション数Year on year against the same period last year上期約2%減、Q2約6%減
- セッション単価Year on year against the same period last year上期約3%増、Q2約11%増
Unit price and quantity metricsThese figures show sales broken down by price and volume.
- ORICON NEWSセッション数Year on year against the same period last year上期約2%減、Q2約6%減
- ORICON NEWSセッション単価Year on year against the same period last year上期約3%増、Q2約11%増
Segment results
Communication business
Net Sales
¥1,848 million+6.8%
Operating profit
¥1,079 million+0.8%
顧客満足度(CS)調査
Net Sales
¥1,079 million+14.4%
ニュース配信・PV
Net Sales
¥769 million-2.4%
Data Services business
Net Sales
¥341 million+1.1%
Operating profit
¥128 million+1.9%
Mobile business
Net Sales
¥152 million-13.8%
Operating profit
¥43 million-14.1%
Financial targets
ROE20%超の水準
DOE7%を目安
Market Size / Share
主要ポータルサイトのエンタメ系カテゴリ10年以上トップシェア
No.1表示は事実に基づくべきと考える人80%弱
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Earnings presentation |
| Fiscal Period Covered | 2025年3月期 第2四半期(中間期) |
| Net Sales | ¥2,342 million (YoY +4.3%) |
| Operating profit | ¥628 million (YoY -3.8%) |
| Ordinary income | ¥597 million (YoY -16.2%) |
| Net income | ¥452 million (YoY -3.2%) |
| Gross Profit Margin | 66.7 % |
| Operating profit margin | 26.8 % |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | ¥933 million |
| Results for the three months of the current quarter | Net Sales ¥1,174 million / Operating profit ¥326 million / Gross profit margin 67.2 % / Operating profit margin 27.8 % |
| Full-year earnings forecast | Net Sales ¥5,200 million / Operating profit ¥1,720 million / Ordinary income ¥1,710 million / Profit attributable to owners of the parent ¥1,170 million |
| Progress against full-year forecast | Net Sales 45.1 % / Operating profit 36.5 % / Ordinary income 35 % / Profit attributable to owners of the parent 38.7 % |
| Segment results | Communication business Net Sales ¥1,848 million (YoY +6.8%) / Operating profit ¥1,079 million (YoY +0.8%) / 顧客満足度(CS)調査 Net Sales ¥1,079 million (YoY +14.4%) / ニュース配信・PV Net Sales ¥769 million (YoY -2.4%) / Data Services business Net Sales ¥341 million (YoY +1.1%) / Operating profit ¥128 million (YoY +1.9%) / Mobile business Net Sales ¥152 million (YoY -13.8%) / Operating profit ¥43 million (YoY -14.1%) |
| Breakdown of Factors Affecting the Change | Factors Increase in cost of sales / Amount ¥54 million, Factors Increase in selling, general and administrative expenses / Amount ¥66 million, Factors CS調査事業の商標利用等による増加 / Amount ¥135 million, Factors ニュース配信・PV事業の減少 / Amount ¥-19 million, Factors モバイル事業の減少 / Amount ¥-24 million, Factors SEO強化コスト・人的投資 / Amount Amount not disclosed, Factors 為替差損等 / Amount Amount not disclosed |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name ORICON NEWS公式YouTubeチャンネル登録者数 / Value 215 More than 10,000 people / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name CS調査ランキング数 / Value 184 Ranking / Year on year against the same period last year -6 Ranking, Indicator name 商標利用契約率 / Value 36.1 % / Year on year against the same period last year 1 %, Indicator name ORICON NEWSセッション数 / Value Not disclosed / Year on year against the same period last year 上期約2%減、Q2約6%減, Indicator name セッション単価 / Value Not disclosed / Year on year against the same period last year 上期約3%増、Q2約11%増 |
| Unit price and quantity metrics | Indicator name ORICON NEWSセッション数 / Value Not disclosed / Year on year against the same period last year 上期約2%減、Q2約6%減, Indicator name ORICON NEWSセッション単価 / Value Not disclosed / Year on year against the same period last year 上期約3%増、Q2約11%増 |
| Assumptions Underlying the Business Outlook | Changes in the business portfolio, SEO強化コスト一巡, 収益の下期偏重 |
| Financial targets | ROE 20%超の水準 / DOE 7%を目安 |
| Market Size / Share | 主要ポータルサイトのエンタメ系カテゴリ 10年以上トップシェア / No.1表示は事実に基づくべきと考える人 80%弱 |
| New initiatives | モバイル事業の会社分割・譲渡, 株式会社新旭の連結子会社化, 生成AIを活用した実証実験, Azure OpenAI導入等, Microsoft 365 Copilot導入準備, Z世代向けメディア展開, ショート動画・多言語・FAST・海外動画配信プラットフォームとの連携検討 |
Items this document does not state (11)
Self-assessment against the planNumber of stores and locationsNumber of employeesRisk amount incorporated into the outlookMedium-term management plan targetsAnnual DividendPayout ratioAcquisition of treasury sharesCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogKey points of the Q&A
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.売上高は顧客満足度(CS)調査事業の商標利用、デジタルプロモーション、データ販売の増加などで伸びました。一方、営業利益はSEO強化コストと人的投資により減少し、経常利益は為替差損等の影響を受けました。モバイル事業は音楽ダウンロード市場の縮小により減収減益となりました。
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