Declining Selling Prices and Intensifying Price Competition
First written in FY2016. 3 of 5 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 8 of 16 companies on the "Worse" side.
22 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「The Company will work to improve gross margins through higher productivity in systems development and maintenance and by reviewing prices to reflect the value provided.」
The company indicated that it would review pricing to reflect the value provided in response to the decline in its gross margin. The risks of price competition and difficulty maintaining sales prices remain. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「In general, in the systems development industry, it has become more difficult to raise prices for conventional systems development work and services due to customers' cautious stance toward systems investment and competition among providers seeking orders, as well as the emergence of efficient new technologies that replace existing technologies.」
In addition to customers' cautious investment stance and competition among providers, the company explicitly identifies the emergence of efficient new technologies that replace existing technologies as a factor behind price competition, broadening the scope of the risk factors. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Customers' selective and cautious stance toward systems investment has become entrenched. At the same time, it has become more difficult to raise or maintain sales prices for systems and services, while price competition among providers to win orders has intensified, potentially affecting the company's performance going forward.」
The company continues to cite customers' cautious investment stance, difficulty maintaining sales prices, and price competition among providers as risks. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Customers' selective and cautious stance toward systems investment has become entrenched. At the same time, it has become more difficult to raise or maintain sales prices for systems and services, while price competition among providers to win orders has intensified, potentially affecting the company's performance going forward.」
The company continues to identify customers' cautious investment stance, difficulty maintaining sales prices, and price competition among providers as risks. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「As it has become more difficult to raise or maintain sales prices for systems and services, while price competition among providers to win orders has also intensified, the group's performance could continue to be affected.」
The company identifies customers' selective and cautious investment stance and competition among providers as factors that could continue to affect performance.