Achieving Sustainable Profitability
First written in FY2018. 10 of 25 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-10-14.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 10 of 45 companies on the "Worse" side.
19 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-10-14RestatedEarnings
「当社グループは、収益力の向上と経営基盤の安定を最重要課題と位置付け、諸施策に取り組んでまいりました。」
収益力向上と経営基盤の安定を最重要課題とする方向性を継続している。 - FY2027-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the group identified improving profitability and stabilizing its management base as its most important challenges and undertook various measures.」
The company continues to pursue a policy of making improved profitability and a stable management base its most important challenges. It remained profitable in the interim period, but profit levels were below those of the same period of the previous year. - 2026-07-10RestatedEarnings
「Against this backdrop, the group has pursued the following initiatives, making the improvement of profitability and securing profits through greater operating efficiency its highest-priority issues.」
The company continues to prioritize improving profitability and securing profits through greater operating efficiency. Quarterly profit remained positive, but the document does not state that the target had been achieved. - FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the group has worked to establish a stable profitable operating structure and strengthen its financial base.」
The company continues to pursue the establishment of a stable profitable operating structure and the strengthening of its financial base. Although operating profit and ordinary profit remained positive, they declined year on year, and the company does not state that the targets have been fully achieved. - 2026-04-14RestatedFinancial results briefing materials
「Operating income 408 302 △ 106 74.0% Ordinary income 412 305 △ 107 74.0%」
Although operating income and ordinary income fell below the previous year, the company remained profitable, continuing to demonstrate a stable profitable operating structure. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the group has worked to establish a stable profitable operating structure and strengthen its financial base.」
The company continues to pursue the establishment of a stable profitable operating structure and the strengthening of its financial base. Operating profit and ordinary profit remained positive, but declined year on year. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「To strengthen its stable earnings structure and financial base, the group worked to achieve the profit targets set out in its medium-term business plan by rolling out small unmanned convenience stores, developing sales channels for boxed meals, prepared foods and other products manufactured at its own factories, expanding the manufacture and sale of frozen prepared foods and frozen boxed meals, and opening new Lawson-Poplar stores and promoting franchising.」
To strengthen its stable earnings structure and financial base, the company combined small unmanned stores, external sales of factory products, the frozen-food business, and store openings and franchising in the Lawson-Poplar business. It posted operating profit of ¥408 million and ordinary profit of ¥412 million. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the group worked to strengthen its stable earnings structure and financial base by rolling out small unmanned convenience stores, expanding the manufacture and sale of frozen prepared foods and boxed meals, reducing risk by promoting franchising, and expanding sales channels for products manufactured in-house. In terms of earnings, in addition to strong sales, progress in franchising directly operated stores reduced costs. Despite higher logistics and raw-material costs, the company exceeded its initial profit budget, posting operating profit of ¥261 million, up 13.2% year on year, and ordinary profit of ¥268 million, up 37.9%.」
The company advanced unmanned convenience stores, the frozen-food business, franchising and sales-channel expansion for products manufactured in-house, exceeding its initial profit budget. It posted operating profit of ¥261 million and ordinary profit of ¥268 million, demonstrating concrete progress toward building a stable earnings structure. - FY2025-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As in the previous consolidated fiscal year, the group worked to establish a stable profitable operating structure and strengthen its financial base by rolling out unmanned stores, expanding the manufacture and sale of frozen prepared foods and boxed meals, reducing risk by promoting franchising, and expanding sales channels for products manufactured in-house.」
While continuing to establish a stable profitable operating structure and strengthen its financial base, the company advanced unmanned stores, the frozen-food business, franchising and sales-channel expansion for in-house-manufactured products, and posted operating profit of ¥106 million and ordinary profit of ¥107 million. It does not state that stable profitability has been fully achieved. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to promoting new store openings, reducing risk through franchising and raising factory utilization by expanding sales of products manufactured in-house to external businesses, we worked on new businesses such as the rollout of unmanned stores and the manufacture and sale of frozen prepared foods and boxed meals, as well as the early establishment of a stable profitable operating structure and the strengthening of our financial base.」
To establish a stable profitable operating structure and strengthen its financial base, the company pursued a combination of new store openings, franchising, external sales, unmanned stores and frozen foods, and posted operating profit of ¥404 million, ordinary profit of ¥360 million and net profit of ¥462 million for the year. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the group has been working to establish a stable earnings structure.」
While continuing to pursue the establishment of a stable earnings structure, the nine-month period ended November 30 produced operating profit of ¥319 million, ordinary profit of ¥281 million and profit attributable to owners of the parent of ¥364 million. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the group has been working to establish an earnings structure aimed at an early return to profitability.」
While continuing efforts toward an early return to profitability, the six-month period ended November 30 produced operating profit of ¥231 million, ordinary profit of ¥194 million and profit attributable to owners of the parent of ¥306 million. The company does not state that stable profitability has been achieved. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「To address these circumstances, on 31 May 2023 we carried out a capital increase through the issuance of class shares by way of a third-party allotment and raised ¥700 million. On the earnings side, existing-store sales, which rose from the easing of restrictions on activities related to COVID-19 in the second half of the previous consolidated fiscal year and the impact of demand for outings and leisure activities generated by the government's nationwide travel assistance program, remained strong during the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year. In addition to posting operating profit and ordinary profit, as in the previous consolidated fiscal year, the company posted profit attributable to owners of the parent for the first quarter, thereby eliminating excess liabilities. Similar progress is also expected by the end of the current consolidated fiscal year.」
The company eliminated excess liabilities through a ¥700 million capital increase and the recognition of operating profit, ordinary profit and quarterly net profit, and reached the stage where similar progress is expected through the end of the consolidated fiscal year. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, the consolidated fiscal year did not lead to profitability or the recognition of profit attributable to owners of the parent. However, the company achieved operating profit and ordinary profit, a first step toward its goal of generating stable profits, and has steadily implemented its business plans.」
Although the company did not achieve profit attributable to owners of the parent or stable profitability overall, it posted operating profit of ¥55 million and ordinary profit of ¥73 million for the year, stating that it had achieved a first step toward profitability. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Under the revised medium-term business plan, the group is steadily generating earnings from the core Lawson-Poplar business while reorganizing the Smart Store business and building an earnings structure aimed at group-wide profitability.」
While continuing its policy under the revised medium-term business plan of making the Lawson-Poplar business the core source of earnings and reorganizing the Smart Store business, the company posted operating profit and ordinary profit for the nine months ended November 30. However, it does not state that the overall plan for stable profitability and the elimination of excess liabilities has been achieved. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Centered on these two businesses, in May 2022 we formulated a revised medium-term business plan covering the fiscal years ending February 2023 through February 2024, with plans for an early return to profitability and the elimination of excess liabilities. Both businesses are currently progressing with solid operating performance. In terms of earnings, the business structure reforms are beginning to produce results. As costs were reduced and gross profit improved, operating profit was ¥2 million (operating loss of ¥892 million in the same period of the previous year) and ordinary profit was ¥10 million (ordinary loss of ¥841 million).」
While continuing the revised medium-term business plan's target period and its goals of an early return to profitability and eliminating excess liabilities, the company improved operating profit to ¥2 million and ordinary profit to ¥10 million. Although the overall targets were not achieved, the company demonstrated concrete progress toward profitability. - FY2023-Q1RaisedAnnual report
「In response to these circumstances, we planned and implemented business structure reforms and transitioned to a two-business structure comprising the Smart Store business and the Lawson-Poplar business. Based on these two businesses, in May 2022 we formulated a revised medium-term business plan covering the fiscal years ending February 2023 through February 2024, with plans for an early return to profitability and the elimination of excess liabilities. Both businesses are progressing with solid operating performance.」
In addition to an early return to profitability, the company added the elimination of excess liabilities as an explicit plan objective and formulated a revised medium-term business plan covering the fiscal years ending February 2023 through February 2024. While the scope and timeframe of the targets have been made more specific, as of the quarter under review the company had not achieved group-wide profitability or eliminated excess liabilities. - FY2022Failure to achieve profitability; next-period challenges continueAnnual report
「Although the consolidated fiscal year was conducted amid business reorganization and did not result in the group's targets of returning ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent to profitability or generating stable profits, the results exceeded the initial plan, and we believe we were able to lay the groundwork for the next fiscal year and beyond. From the next fiscal year onward, we will proceed with the business by focusing on recovering existing sales while building new sales as well.」
Although the company explicitly stated that the targets of returning ordinary profit and net profit to profitability and generating stable profits were not achieved, results exceeded the initial plan, and the challenges from the next fiscal year onward are recovery of existing sales and the buildup of new sales. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In July of the same year, we announced the medium-term business plan (2022–2024), accelerated our strategic shift in anticipation of new lifestyles in the “With COVID-19” and “Post-COVID-19” eras, and are working to establish an earnings structure aimed at an early return to profitability.」
The company continues to work toward establishing an earnings structure aimed at an early return to profitability. It newly reported the announcement of the medium-term business plan (2022–2024) and a strategic shift in anticipation of the With COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 eras. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「During the six-month period ended September 30, we completed the brand conversion work undertaken since the previous fiscal year and are working to establish an earnings structure aimed at an early return to profitability.」
The company continues to pursue a policy of establishing an earnings structure aimed at an early return to profitability after completing the brand conversion work. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We are aiming for an early return to business profitability by thoroughly managing operations with a focus on store-level profit.」
For the Lawson-Poplar business, the company continues to target an early return to profitability through operations focused on store-level profit. During the quarter, brand conversion and reopening investments came first, resulting in an operating loss of ¥225 million. - FY2021Failure to achieve a return to profitability; continuing into the next fiscal yearAnnual report
「As a result, the company posted substantial losses in operating profit, ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent, and was unable to achieve its target. Under these circumstances, rather than simply waiting for the coronavirus pandemic to end, we decided to undertake business reorganization in response to changes in the operating environment. The sequential closure of many stores as part of this reorganization also contributed to the deterioration in performance for the consolidated fiscal year, but we will carry out the reorganization as planned so that we can return to profitability firmly from the next fiscal year onward.」
While the targets of returning ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent to profitability were not achieved, the company has indicated its policy of proceeding with the business reorganization as planned to return to profitability from the next fiscal year onward. - FY2020Failure to achieve a return to profitabilityAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, the group pursued its business with the goal of returning both ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent to profitability.」
Although the company had targeted a return to profitability for ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent, it posted an ordinary loss of ¥219 million and a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥330 million for the year, stating that it had been unable to return to profitability. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「In light of the group's recent circumstances, we will build each business with the achievement of stable profitability as our primary objective.」
The company has reiterated its policy of making the achievement of stable profitability its primary objective. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「In light of the group's recent circumstances, we will build each business with the achievement of stable profitability as our primary objective.」
In light of recent business performance, the company has for the first time explicitly identified the achievement of stable profitability as its top management objective.