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Financial Results Presentation5134POPER Co.,Ltd.Information and Communications, Services and Others

Earnings Presentation Materials for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending October 2026

Revenue increased 2.0% year on year, while operating profit fell 58.1% as the company invested in systems and personnel for future growth and advanced its transition to recurring revenue.

Worth reading
45Recurring
0–100. This measures how worthwhile something is to read, not how good or bad the company is.
Direction
Mixed performance
Direction inferred from the company’s description.
Scale
-58.1
% (year-on-year change in operating income)
Wording
Definitive
How definitive the wording is.

Contents of this document

Financial Results PresentationThird quarter of the fiscal year ending October 20265 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Net Sales1,053 Millions of yen+2.0%
Operating profit68 Millions of yen-58.1%
Ordinary income67 Millions of yen-58.1%
Net income54 Millions of yen-68.7%
Gross Profit Margin70.9
Operating profit margin6.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses678 Millions of yen
Results for the three months of the current quarter
Net Sales
1,053 Millions of yen
Gross profit
746 Millions of yen
Operating profit
68 Millions of yen
Ordinary income
67 Millions of yen
Net income
54 Millions of yen
Full-year earnings forecast
Net Sales
1,425 Millions of yen
Gross profit
1,019 Millions of yen
Operating profit
85 Millions of yen
Ordinary income
83 Millions of yen
Net income
55 Millions of yen
Gross Profit Margin
71.5 %
Operating profit margin
6 %
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 Sales73.9
Gross profit73.2
Selling, general and administrative expenses72.6
Operating profit80.1
Ordinary income81.4
Net income97.1
What the company explained in this material
Self-assessment against the planThe company's self-assessment against its own plan.
Revenue and profit at each stage were generally in line with the initial assumptions
Breakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeReasons cited by the Company for the change in the figures.
  • Investment in strengthening the systems infrastructure and developing new features
  • Enhancement of marketing initiatives
  • Hiring specialized personnel and expanding staffing capabilities
  • Restraint of labor-intensive contracted development
  • Structural shift toward recurring revenue
New initiatives
  • Support for convenience-store and credit-card payments through ComiruPay
  • Appointment as School DX Director in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, and support for municipal DX
  • Enhanced proposals for ComiruERP and semi-customized development for upper mid-sized and mid-sized customers
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
  • Number of companies with paid contracts2,184 companies
    Year on year against the same period last year+15.6%
  • Customer churn rate0.6 %
  • Billable student IDs517 Thousand IDs
    Year on year against the same period last year+6.6%
  • ARPU47,242 Yen/company/month
    Year on year against the same period last year-9.3%
  • ARR1,238 Millions of yen
    Year on year against the same period last year+4.9%
Unit price and quantity metricsThese figures show sales broken down by price and volume.
  • Number of companies with paid contracts2,184 companies
  • ARPU47,242 Yen/company/month
  • Billable student IDs517 Thousand IDs
Contents of this document
ItemDetails
Document typeFinancial Results Presentation
Fiscal Period CoveredThird quarter of the fiscal year ending October 2026
Net Sales1,053 Millions of yen (YoY +2.0%)
Operating profit68 Millions of yen (YoY -58.1%)
Ordinary income67 Millions of yen (YoY -58.1%)
Net income54 Millions of yen (YoY -68.7%)
Gross Profit Margin70.9
Operating profit margin6.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses678 Millions of yen
Results for the three months of the current quarterNet Sales 1,053 Millions of yen / Gross profit 746 Millions of yen / Operating profit 68 Millions of yen / Ordinary income 67 Millions of yen / Net income 54 Millions of yen
Full-year earnings forecastNet Sales 1,425 Millions of yen / Gross profit 1,019 Millions of yen / Operating profit 85 Millions of yen / Ordinary income 83 Millions of yen / Net income 55 Millions of yen / Gross Profit Margin 71.5 % / Operating profit margin 6 %
Progress against full-year forecastNet Sales 73.9 / Gross profit 73.2 / Selling, general and administrative expenses 72.6 / Operating profit 80.1 / Ordinary income 81.4 / Net income 97.1
Self-assessment against the planRevenue and profit at each stage were generally in line with the initial assumptions
Breakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeInvestment in strengthening the systems infrastructure and developing new features, Enhancement of marketing initiatives, Hiring specialized personnel and expanding staffing capabilities, Restraint of labor-intensive contracted development, Structural shift toward recurring revenue
Key KPIsIndicator name Number of companies with paid contracts / Value 2,184 companies / Year on year against the same period last year 15.6 companies, Indicator name Customer churn rate / Value 0.6 % / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator name Billable student IDs / Value 517 Thousand IDs / Year on year against the same period last year 6.6 Thousand IDs, Indicator name ARPU / Value 47,242 Yen/company/month / Year on year against the same period last year -9.3 Yen/company/month, Indicator name ARR / Value 1,238 Millions of yen / Year on year against the same period last year 4.9 Millions of yen
Unit price and quantity metricsIndicator name Number of companies with paid contracts / Value 2,184 companies, Indicator name ARPU / Value 47,242 Yen/company/month, Indicator name Billable student IDs / Value 517 Thousand IDs
New initiativesSupport for convenience-store and credit-card payments through ComiruPay, Appointment as School DX Director in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, and support for municipal DX, Enhanced proposals for ComiruERP and semi-customized development for upper mid-sized and mid-sized customers
Items this document does not state (14)
Segment resultsNumber of stores and locationsNumber of employeesAssumptions Underlying the Business OutlookRisk amount incorporated into the outlookMedium-term management plan targetsFinancial targetsAnnual DividendPayout ratioAcquisition of treasury sharesCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogMarket Size / ShareKey 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.

The company attributed the decline to the allocation of resources to building systems and personnel capabilities to maximize future profit margins, strengthening the systems infrastructure, developing new features, enhancing marketing initiatives and hiring specialized personnel. It also said that it restrained labor-intensive contracted development and prioritized a structural shift toward recurring revenue.

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