Improving profit margins as a key management metric
First written in FY2022. 8 of 9 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「The group believes that increasing corporate value through stable business growth is important and uses the margin calculated as "(revenue − outsourcing costs) / revenue" as a key management metric. While seeking further revenue growth through business expansion, it will improve the metric by increasing project margins, tightening management of creator utilization, and improving the profitability of tours and events.」
The company has reaffirmed its policy of using margins as a key management metric and improving project margins, creator utilization management and tour and event profitability. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「The company will scrutinize each transaction, continue efforts to reduce costs and improve margins, and promote reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses to secure profits.」
The company continues to cite transaction reviews, cost reductions and reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses as means of improving margins and securing profits. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As described above, the company is pursuing new initiatives that take account of long-term profit generation, rather than focusing solely on short-term profit generation.」
The company has stated a policy of pursuing new initiatives that take account of long-term profit generation rather than limiting its focus to short-term profit generation. This filing does not present a new figure for the margin as a key metric. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the Marketing Transformation business (the “MX business”) continued its efforts from the previous fiscal year to systematically strengthen its ability to win engagements, improve the profitability of individual engagements, and increase employee productivity.」
Although the margin itself is not identified as a key metric, the company continues its existing initiative of improving project profitability. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the Marketing Transformation business (the “MX business”) continued its efforts from the previous fiscal year to systematically strengthen its ability to win engagements, improve the profitability of individual engagements, and increase employee productivity.」
The company continues initiatives to improve margins, including increasing project profitability. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「The group believes that increasing corporate value through stable business growth is important and uses the margin calculated as "(revenue − outsourcing costs) / revenue" as a key management metric. While seeking further revenue growth through business expansion, it will improve the metric by increasing project margins, tightening management of creator utilization, and improving the profitability of tours and events.」
The group has reaffirmed its policy of using the margin after deducting outsourcing costs from revenue as a key metric and improving project margins, creator utilization management and tour and event profitability. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the Marketing Transformation business (the "MX business"), the company worked to systematically strengthen its ability to win projects, improve the profitability of individual projects and increase employee productivity.」
The company continues its existing initiatives to improve margins, including increasing project profitability. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「While working to systematically strengthen its ability to win projects, improve the profitability of individual projects and increase employee productivity」
As part of its existing policy for improving margins, the company continues to pursue higher project profitability as an initiative. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「The company believes that increasing corporate value through stable business growth is important and uses the margin calculated as "(revenue − outsourcing costs) / revenue" as a key management metric. While seeking further revenue growth through business expansion, it will improve the metric by increasing project margins, tightening management of creator utilization, and improving the profitability of tours and events.」
The company has for the first time explicitly identified the margin after deducting outsourcing costs from revenue as a key metric and cited higher project margins, management of creator utilization and improved tour and event profitability as means of improving it.