Worth reading
60In focus
0–100. This measures how worthwhile something is to read, not how good or bad the company is.Direction
Improvement
Direction inferred from the company’s description.Scale
8.2
% (year-on-year change in total sales; growth rate)Wording
Conditional
How definitive the wording is.Sales for this month
April 2026Fiscal year ending February 2027Net Sales
+8.2%
Total-store sales
+8.2%
Same-Store Sales
+5.3%
Number of Customers / All Stores
+1.9%
Number of Customers / Existing stores
-1.7%
Average Spend per Customer / All Stores
+6.2%
Average Spend per Customer / Existing stores
+7.0%
Year-on-year change by componentThe bars use a logarithmic scale. This allows the relative sizes of the other items to be read even when one item is much larger than the others.
Dispensing pharmacy business: total-store sales
+10.4%
Dispensing pharmacy business: same-store sales
+9.3%
Drugstore business (retail merchandise): total-store sales
+7.3%
Drugstore business (retail merchandise): same-store sales
+3.6%
Number of Stores at Period-EndTotal number of locations 2,339
Number of stores opened during the monthNumber of Cases 13 / Store name and location Sugi Pharmacy Blue Front Shibaura store (Minato-ku, Tokyo), Sugi Pharmacy Kamiikedai Dispensing Pharmacy (Ota-ku, Tokyo), Hanshin Dispensing Pharmacy Takanawa Gateway store (Minato-ku, Tokyo), Miracle Pharmacy Nopporo Station Front store and Oasa store (Ebetsu, Hokkaido), among others
Number of stores closed during the monthNumber of Cases 4 / Store name and location Sugi Pharmacy Meiwa store (Taki-gun, Mie), Sugi Pharmacy Taketoyo-kita store (Chita-gun, Aichi), Sugi Pharmacy Fushimi Sanzou store (Nagoya, Aichi), and Japan Kawachinagano store (Kawachinagano, Osaka)
Monthly Commentary
In April, same-store sales increased 5.3% for Sugi Pharmacy overall, 3.6% in the drugstore business, and 9.3% in the dispensing pharmacy business. Total sales increased 8.2% for Sugi Pharmacy overall, 7.3% in the drugstore business, and 10.4% in the dispensing pharmacy business.
Monthly trend for the same period last year
Monthly year-on-year changes are provided for the corresponding prior-year period, from March through February of fiscal 2025.
Scope of aggregation: Sugi Pharmacy Group (excluding subsidiaries, although the locations count includes subsidiaries)
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Month Covered | April 2026 |
| Fiscal Year Covered | Fiscal year ending February 2027 |
| Scope of aggregation | Sugi Pharmacy Group (excluding subsidiaries, although the locations count includes subsidiaries) |
| Year-on-year change in monthly net sales | 108.2 |
| Total-store sales, year on year | 108.2 |
| Same-Store Sales, Year on Year | Rate 105.3 / Definition Stores that have been open for more than 13 months |
| Year-on-Year Change in Customer Count | All Stores 101.9 / Existing stores 98.3 |
| Year-on-Year Change in Average Spend per Customer | All Stores 106.2 / Existing stores 107 |
| Year-on-year change by category | Name Drugstore business (retail merchandise): total-store sales / Year on year 107.3, Name Dispensing pharmacy business: total-store sales / Year on year 110.4, Name Drugstore business (retail merchandise): same-store sales / Year on year 103.6, Name Dispensing pharmacy business: same-store sales / Year on year 109.3 |
| Number of Stores at Period-End | Total number of locations 2,339 |
| Number of stores opened during the month | Number of Cases 13 / Store name and location Sugi Pharmacy Blue Front Shibaura store (Minato-ku, Tokyo), Sugi Pharmacy Kamiikedai Dispensing Pharmacy (Ota-ku, Tokyo), Hanshin Dispensing Pharmacy Takanawa Gateway store (Minato-ku, Tokyo), Miracle Pharmacy Nopporo Station Front store and Oasa store (Ebetsu, Hokkaido), among others |
| Number of stores closed during the month | Number of Cases 4 / Store name and location Sugi Pharmacy Meiwa store (Taki-gun, Mie), Sugi Pharmacy Taketoyo-kita store (Chita-gun, Aichi), Sugi Pharmacy Fushimi Sanzou store (Nagoya, Aichi), and Japan Kawachinagano store (Kawachinagano, Osaka) |
| Monthly Commentary | In April, same-store sales increased 5.3% for Sugi Pharmacy overall, 3.6% in the drugstore business, and 9.3% in the dispensing pharmacy business. Total sales increased 8.2% for Sugi Pharmacy overall, 7.3% in the drugstore business, and 10.4% in the dispensing pharmacy business. |
| Monthly trend for the same period last year | Monthly year-on-year changes are provided for the corresponding prior-year period, from March through February of fiscal 2025. |
Items this document does not state (8)
Net sales for the monthCumulative Sales from Start of PeriodCumulative Year-on-Year Change from Start of PeriodSales by categoryKey KPIsFactors Affecting the ChangeMeasures from the following month onwardNext Scheduled Disclosure
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 reports increases in total and same-store sales for both the drugstore and dispensing pharmacy businesses, but does not explain the reasons for the increases.
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