Worth reading
38Recurring
0–100. This measures how worthwhile something is to read, not how good or bad the company is.Direction
Deterioration
Direction inferred from the company’s description.Scale
20
¥10,000s / month-on-month decline in medical insurance per residentWording
Avoiding a definitive answer
How definitive the wording is.Contents of this document
Summary of Q&ASecond quarter of the fiscal year ending December 20266 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Full-year earnings forecastUndecided (figures not disclosed)
What the company explained in this material
Key points of the Q&AKey questions raised by investors at the briefing and the company's answers
- Impact of the revisions to medical service fees: Medical insurance reimbursement per resident declined by approximately ¥200,000, and the number of residents fell by more than 100. The ordinary profit margin declined from +10% in May to -9% in June.
- Achieving profitability in the hospice housing business: The company aims to achieve monthly profitability during 2026 by optimizing housing rents and other charges, improving productivity in home-visit nursing, providing higher-value-added services, and recovering the actual utilization rate relative to staffing levels.
- Withdrawal of the earnings and dividend forecasts: The company classified its earnings forecast and year-end dividend forecast as undecided because it was unable to reasonably calculate the impact of the new system.
- Business plan from 2027 onward: The plan will be prepared after the impact of the revisions to medical service fees has been examined in detail, so the timing of its release is undecided.
- Impact of interest-rate hikes: Most interest expense consists of amounts calculated under lease accounting, so the impact of interest-rate hikes on earnings is limited.
- Partnership with Sugi Holdings: The company is focusing on raising awareness, jointly developing facilities, and improving the quality of palliative care, and has achieved 7 jointly developed facilities.
- Capital increase policy: The company recognizes that equity financing is unnecessary in the short term and will make a decision over the medium to long term based on market conditions and other factors.
- Recruitment status: Applications exceeded the number of available positions, and there has been no instance of an opening being delayed because of recruitment.
- Facility ownership structure: New facilities are primarily operated under lease arrangements, with approximately 90% of all facilities using this structure.
Breakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeReasons cited by the Company for the change in the figures.
- Decline in sales per unit due to the revisions to medical service fees and the transition to bundled home-visit nursing care feesApproximately ¥200,000 decline per resident
- Temporary decline in price competitiveness following increases in housing rents and other chargesMore than 100 fewer residents than at the May peak
- Decline in the ordinary profit margin of the hospice housing businessFrom +10% in May to -9% in June
New initiatives
- Optimization of housing rents and other charges
- Improvement of productivity in home-visit nursing
- Provision of the Life Plan service
- Recovery in the operating rate relative to staffing levels
- Collaboration with Sugi Holdings on joint facility development and improving the quality of palliative care
Unit price and quantity metricsThese figures show sales broken down by price and volume.
- Medical insurance reimbursement per residentApproximately ¥200,000 decline
- Number of residentsMore than 100 fewer
Number of stores and locations
There are 7 jointly developed facilities in total, and approximately 10 facilities scheduled to open or currently under discussion from 2026 onward. Approximately 90% of all facilities are operated under lease arrangements. The number of facilities at period-end and the number of openings and closures were not disclosed.Annual Dividend
The year-end dividend forecast is undecided. The interim and annual dividend amounts were not disclosed.| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Summary of Q&A |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Second quarter of the fiscal year ending December 2026 |
| Full-year earnings forecast | Undecided (figures not disclosed) |
| Breakdown of Factors Affecting the Change | Factors Decline in sales per unit due to the revisions to medical service fees and the transition to bundled home-visit nursing care fees / Amount Approximately ¥200,000 decline per resident, Factors Temporary decline in price competitiveness following increases in housing rents and other charges / Amount More than 100 fewer residents than at the May peak, Factors Decline in the ordinary profit margin of the hospice housing business / Amount From +10% in May to -9% in June |
| Unit price and quantity metrics | Indicator Medical insurance reimbursement per resident / Value Approximately ¥200,000 decline, Indicator Number of residents / Value More than 100 fewer |
| Number of stores and locations | There are 7 jointly developed facilities in total, and approximately 10 facilities scheduled to open or currently under discussion from 2026 onward. Approximately 90% of all facilities are operated under lease arrangements. The number of facilities at period-end and the number of openings and closures were not disclosed. |
| Annual Dividend | The year-end dividend forecast is undecided. The interim and annual dividend amounts were not disclosed. |
| Key points of the Q&A | Impact of the revisions to medical service fees: Medical insurance reimbursement per resident declined by approximately ¥200,000, and the number of residents fell by more than 100. The ordinary profit margin declined from +10% in May to -9% in June., Achieving profitability in the hospice housing business: The company aims to achieve monthly profitability during 2026 by optimizing housing rents and other charges, improving productivity in home-visit nursing, providing higher-value-added services, and recovering the actual utilization rate relative to staffing levels., Withdrawal of the earnings and dividend forecasts: The company classified its earnings forecast and year-end dividend forecast as undecided because it was unable to reasonably calculate the impact of the new system., Business plan from 2027 onward: The plan will be prepared after the impact of the revisions to medical service fees has been examined in detail, so the timing of its release is undecided., Impact of interest-rate hikes: Most interest expense consists of amounts calculated under lease accounting, so the impact of interest-rate hikes on earnings is limited., Partnership with Sugi Holdings: The company is focusing on raising awareness, jointly developing facilities, and improving the quality of palliative care, and has achieved 7 jointly developed facilities., Capital increase policy: The company recognizes that equity financing is unnecessary in the short term and will make a decision over the medium to long term based on market conditions and other factors., Recruitment status: Applications exceeded the number of available positions, and there has been no instance of an opening being delayed because of recruitment., Facility ownership structure: New facilities are primarily operated under lease arrangements, with approximately 90% of all facilities using this structure. |
| New initiatives | Optimization of housing rents and other charges, Improvement of productivity in home-visit nursing, Provision of the Life Plan service, Recovery in the operating rate relative to staffing levels, Collaboration with Sugi Holdings on joint facility development and improving the quality of palliative care |
Items this document does not state (22)
Net SalesOperating profitOrdinary incomeNet incomeGross Profit MarginOperating profit marginSelling, general and administrative expensesResults for the three months of the current quarterProgress against full-year forecastSelf-assessment against the planSegment resultsKey KPIsNumber of employeesAssumptions Underlying the Business OutlookRisk amount incorporated into the outlookMedium-term management plan targetsFinancial targetsPayout ratioAcquisition of treasury sharesCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogMarket Size / Share
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Following the revisions to medical service fees in June, sales per unit declined as pronounced productivity issues emerged during the process of responding to the newly established bundled home-visit nursing care fee. Utilization also declined following a review of housing rents and other charges, making it necessary to examine the impact on full-year results. The company stated that it was difficult to calculate a reasonable earnings forecast immediately after the new system took effect.
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