Emphasis on Gross Profit Margin and Increasing the Sales Mix of Cloud Services and Products
First written in FY2022. 6 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2023-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 1 of 11 companies on the "Worse" side.
7 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The domestic IT business is operated by the Company, アイード株式会社 and OmniXuttle株式会社. Sales fell 4.3% to ¥2,046.908 million, but operating profit was ¥29.945 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥30.360 million in the previous interim period, due partly to an improved gross profit margin.」
Despite lower domestic IT sales, improved gross profit margin and other factors turned operating results from a ¥30.360 million loss into ¥29.945 million of profit. - 2026-03-30AdvancedManagement plan
「Set the following 3 items as key management indicators」
The domestic IT business set gross margin, the number of software engineers and research and development expenses as key management indicators. The overseas IT business set revenue growth, gross margin and research and development expenses. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, Group-wide sales for the interim period increased by ¥44.497 million, or 1.9%, year on year to ¥2,397.481 million, while gross profit increased by ¥82.684 million, or 12.4%, to ¥749.740 million.」
Gross profit was ¥749.740 million, up 12.4% year on year, and gross profit margin improved to approximately 31.3% from approximately 28.3%. - FY2024-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Gross profit also increased by ¥667.056 million, up ¥82.003 million, or 14.0%, year on year.」
Interim gross profit margin was approximately 28.3%, up from approximately 26.6% in the previous interim period, indicating quantitative improvement under the policy of emphasizing gross profit margin. - FY2024-Q1Update to gross profit margin figuresAnnual report
「Sales were ¥1,258.041 million, cost of sales was ¥909.273 million and gross profit was ¥348.767 million.」
First-quarter gross profit was ¥348.767 million. Gross profit margin declined to approximately 27.7% from approximately 28.3% in the previous year. - FY2023-Q3Update to gross profit figuresAnnual report
「As sales increased, cost of sales rose by ¥321.363 million, or 14.7%, year on year, while gross profit increased by ¥83.580 million, or 10.4%.」
Gross profit increased 10.4% year on year to ¥885.999 million. No change in the policy of emphasizing gross profit margin or in the cloud and product sales mix was described. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Gross profit increased by ¥82.714 million, or 16.5%, year on year.」
Gross profit margin calculated from sales of ¥2,198.322 million and gross profit of ¥585.052 million improved from approximately 25.6% to 26.6%, indicating quantitative progress under the policy of emphasizing gross profit margin. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Cost of sales increased by ¥38.773 million, or 5.1%, year on year, while gross profit increased by ¥49.108 million, or 18.5%.」
Gross profit margin calculated from sales and gross profit improved from approximately 25.9% to 28.3%. No link to a higher cloud-service or product sales mix was disclosed. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「The Group considers gross profit margin its most important management metric. Going forward, we will improve gross profit margin by increasing the sales mix of cloud services and products that can be provided to customers on a general-purpose basis, which require initial development costs but incur relatively little additional cost thereafter and therefore generate higher gross profit margins.」
Gross profit margin was positioned as the most important metric, with a policy of improving it by increasing the sales mix of cloud services and products. Consolidated gross profit margin for the fiscal year ended December 2022 was 27.1%, slightly up from 26.8% the previous year, while the non-consolidated margin deteriorated to 23.0%.