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Profit pressure from increased goodwill amortization

First written in FY2017-Q2. 14 of 24 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2017-Q3. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseMitigatedFY2019-Q1 – FY2019-Q3WorsenedFY2021-Q2 – FY2023-Q3MitigatedFY2024-Q1 – FY2024-Q32016: 12017: 420172018: 320182019: 120192020: 120202021: 420212022: 420222023: 320232024: 220242025: 12025
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Goodwill Amortization Burden from AcquisitionsA theme 19 companies write about · 19 as a headwind · 0 as a tailwind

Sun moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2020, the same year as the typical company in this theme.

The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 4 of 12 companies on the "Worse" side.

4 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".

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  1. FY2026-H1MitigatedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥34.623 million ¥28.983 million」

    Goodwill amortization decreased from ¥34.623 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥28.983 million, reducing the amortization burden.
  2. FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥26.315 million ¥34.623 million」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥26.315 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥34.623 million, increasing the amortization burden.
  3. FY2024-Q3MitigatedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥416.259 million ¥40.582 million」

    Goodwill amortization decreased from ¥416.259 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥40.582 million. This includes changes in the reporting scope associated with the change in the scope of consolidation of Cellebrite.
  4. FY2024-Q2MitigatedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥261.926 million ¥26.315 million」

    Goodwill amortization decreased from ¥261.926 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥26.315 million, reducing the reported pressure on profit from amortization.
  5. FY2024-Q1MitigatedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥117.270 million ¥12.796 million」

    Goodwill amortization decreased from ¥117.27 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥12.796 million. This includes changes in the reporting scope associated with the change in the scope of consolidation of Cellebrite.
  6. FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥113.476 million ¥416.259 million」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥113.476 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥416.259 million, increasing the amortization burden.
  7. FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥74.745 million ¥261.926 million」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥74.745 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥261.926 million, increasing the pressure on profit from amortization.
  8. FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥37.416 million ¥117.270 million」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥37.416 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥117.27 million, increasing the amortization burden.
  9. FY2022WorsenedAnnual report

    「At the end of the current consolidated fiscal year, ¥1,979.029 million in goodwill was recognized in the Mobile Data Solutions Business in connection with the acquisition of the business of Digital Clues AG.」

    The ¥1,979 million of goodwill arising from the acquisition of the Digital Clues business was finalized, and goodwill amortization increased from ¥116 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥203 million in the current fiscal year.
  10. FY2022-Q3WorsenedAnnual report

    「Depreciation and amortization for the nine-month period of the third quarter, including amortization of intangible assets excluding goodwill, and goodwill amortization are as follows. Goodwill amortization ¥83.433 million ¥113.476 million」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥83.433 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥113.476 million. In addition, provisional goodwill of ¥2,380.624 million arose from the acquisition of the business of Digital Clues, adding to the future amortization burden.
  11. FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥48.550 million ¥74.745 million」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥48.55 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥74.745 million, increasing the amortization burden.
  12. FY2022-Q1WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥12.260 million ¥37.416 million」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥12.26 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥37.416 million, increasing the amortization burden.
  13. FY2021WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥116.599 million」

    Goodwill amortization of ¥116.599 million was recognized for goodwill and other assets associated with the acquisition of BlackBag. The amortization burden, which had been zero through the previous fiscal year, arose for the full fiscal year.
  14. FY2021-Q3WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization — ¥83.433 million」

    Goodwill amortization increased from zero in the same period of the previous year to ¥83.433 million, increasing the amortization burden associated with the acquisition of BlackBag and other factors.
  15. FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization — ¥77.316 million」

    Goodwill amortization of ¥77.316 million was recognized for the six-month period of the second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, mainly due to goodwill and other assets associated with the acquisition of BlackBag, resulting in the amortization burden arising again.
  16. FY2019-Q3MitigatedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥116.613 million —」

    Goodwill amortization decreased from ¥116.61 million in the same period of the previous year to zero, eliminating the amortization burden.
  17. FY2019-Q1MitigatedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization」

    Goodwill amortization was zero in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, eliminating the amortization burden of ¥41.93 million recorded in the same period of the previous year.
  18. FY2018WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill arising from the acquisition of shares in Bacsoft, Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary of the company, was affected by delays relative to the initially formulated plan. Following careful consideration of the future business plan and the recoverable amount during the remaining amortization period of the goodwill, an impairment loss was recognized.」

    A ¥410 million impairment loss was recognized on Bacsoft's goodwill, reducing the goodwill balance to zero at the end of the current consolidated fiscal year. Amortization itself decreased from ¥247 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥154 million, but the impairment burden associated with delays in the business plan increased.
  19. FY2018-Q3MitigatedAnnual report

    「Depreciation and amortization for the nine-month period of the third quarter, including amortization of intangible assets excluding goodwill, and goodwill amortization are as follows.」

    Goodwill amortization decreased from ¥161.61 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥116.61 million, reducing the amortization burden.
  20. FY2018-Q2MitigatedAnnual report

    「Goodwill amortization ¥109.648 million ¥78.858 million」

    Goodwill amortization decreased from ¥100.96 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥78.85 million, further reducing the amortization burden.
  21. FY2018-Q1MitigatedAnnual report

    「Depreciation and amortization for the nine-month period of the first quarter, including amortization of intangible assets excluding goodwill, and goodwill amortization are as follows.」

    Goodwill amortization decreased from ¥60.029 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥41.930 million, reducing the amortization burden in the current quarter after it had expanded through the previous fiscal year.
  22. FY2017WorsenedAnnual report

    「Goodwill arising from the acquisition of shares in Bacsoft, Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary of the company, was affected by delays relative to the initially formulated plan. Following careful consideration of the future business plan and the recoverable amount during the remaining amortization period of the goodwill, the carrying amount was reduced to the recoverable amount, and the reduction was recognized as an impairment loss.」

    In addition to goodwill amortization increasing to ¥247 million, a ¥274 million impairment loss on goodwill was recognized due to delays in Bacsoft's business plan, increasing the factors weighing on profit.
  23. FY2017-Q3WorsenedAnnual report

    「Profit was not secured due to the decline in revenue in the Entertainment-Related Business, as well as the increase in goodwill amortization and other factors in Other Business.」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥15 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥161 million, becoming a substantially greater factor weighing on profit in Other Business.
  24. FY2017-Q2First statedAnnual report

    「Profit was below the same period of the previous year, mainly due to the increase in goodwill amortization and other factors.」

    Goodwill amortization increased from ¥10 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥109 million, and has emerged as an actual factor depressing profit.
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