Worth reading
63In 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
5.5
Year-on-year change in total store sales (%)Wording
Conditional
How definitive the wording is.Sales for this month
September 2026Fiscal year ending February 2027Net Sales
-94.5%
Total-store sales
-94.5%
Same-Store Sales
-96.6%
Number of Customers / All Stores
-1.1%
Number of Customers / Existing stores
-4.2%
Average Spend per Customer / All Stores
+6.6%
Average Spend per Customer / Existing stores
+7.9%
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.
Drugstore operations - same-store sales
-98.4%
Drugstore operations - total sales across all stores
-95.6%
Dispensing pharmacy business: same-store sales
-92.4%
Dispensing pharmacy business: total-store sales
-91.7%
Number of Stores at Period-EndTotal number of locations 2,617 Location
Number of stores opened during the monthNumber of Cases 12 / Store name and location Sugi Pharmacy Trial Iizuka Dispensing Pharmacy (Iizuka, Fukuoka), Sugi Pharmacy Trial Sue Dispensing Pharmacy (Sue, Kasuya District, Fukuoka), Miracle Pharmacy Toyohira Store (Sapporo, Hokkaido), Sugi Pharmacy Akanabe-Minami Store (Gifu, Gifu), Sugi Pharmacy Sakai Kuramae Store (Sakai, Osaka), Nihondo Kampo Boutique Jiyugaoka Muse Square Store (Meguro, Tokyo), Sugi Pharmacy Home-Visit Dispensing Center Nagase Station Front Store (Higashiosaka, Osaka), Sugi Pharmacy Kawaguchi Saiwaicho Store (Kawaguchi, Saitama), Sugi Pharmacy Uji Kohata Store (Uji, Kyoto), Sugi Pharmacy Gokiso-Nishi Dispensing Pharmacy (Nagoya, Aichi), Karugamo Pharmacy Tanabe Store (Tanabe, Wakayama), Drugstore Seki Higashi-Urawa Store (Saitama, Saitama)
Number of stores closed during the monthNumber of Cases 3 / Store name and location Japan Nagase Station Front Store (Higashiosaka, Osaka), Karugamo Pharmacy Tanabe Store (Tanabe, Wakayama), Sugi Pharmacy Koto Sengoku Store (Koto, Tokyo)
Monthly Commentary
In September, Sugi Pharmacy's same-store sales increased 3.4% and total store sales rose 5.5%. Both the drugstore and dispensing pharmacy businesses reported higher sales.
Monthly trend for the same period last year
Month September 2025 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 109.3, Month October 2025 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 108.3, Month November 2025 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 108.4, Month December 2025 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 102.3, Month January 2026 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 106, Month February 2026 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 107.8
Scope of aggregation: Sugi Pharmacy Group (excluding subsidiaries)
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Month Covered | September 2026 |
| Fiscal Year Covered | Fiscal year ending February 2027 |
| Scope of aggregation | Sugi Pharmacy Group (excluding subsidiaries) |
| Year-on-year change in monthly net sales | 5.5 % (all-store sales) |
| Total-store sales, year on year | 5.5 |
| Same-Store Sales, Year on Year | 3.4 % |
| Year-on-Year Change in Customer Count | All Stores 98.9 % / Existing stores 95.8 % |
| Year-on-Year Change in Average Spend per Customer | All Stores 106.6 % / Existing stores 107.9 % |
| Year-on-year change by category | Name Drugstore operations - total sales across all stores / Year on year 4.4, Name Dispensing pharmacy business: total-store sales / Year on year 8.3, Name Drugstore operations - same-store sales / Year on year 1.6, Name Dispensing pharmacy business: same-store sales / Year on year 7.6 |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name All-store customer traffic / Value 98.9 Year-on-year (%), Indicator name All-store spend per customer / Value 106.6 Year-on-year (%), Indicator name Same-store customer traffic / Value 95.8 Year-on-year (%), Indicator name Same-store spend per customer / Value 107.9 Year-on-year (%) |
| Number of Stores at Period-End | Total number of locations 2,617 Location |
| Number of stores opened during the month | Number of Cases 12 / Store name and location Sugi Pharmacy Trial Iizuka Dispensing Pharmacy (Iizuka, Fukuoka), Sugi Pharmacy Trial Sue Dispensing Pharmacy (Sue, Kasuya District, Fukuoka), Miracle Pharmacy Toyohira Store (Sapporo, Hokkaido), Sugi Pharmacy Akanabe-Minami Store (Gifu, Gifu), Sugi Pharmacy Sakai Kuramae Store (Sakai, Osaka), Nihondo Kampo Boutique Jiyugaoka Muse Square Store (Meguro, Tokyo), Sugi Pharmacy Home-Visit Dispensing Center Nagase Station Front Store (Higashiosaka, Osaka), Sugi Pharmacy Kawaguchi Saiwaicho Store (Kawaguchi, Saitama), Sugi Pharmacy Uji Kohata Store (Uji, Kyoto), Sugi Pharmacy Gokiso-Nishi Dispensing Pharmacy (Nagoya, Aichi), Karugamo Pharmacy Tanabe Store (Tanabe, Wakayama), Drugstore Seki Higashi-Urawa Store (Saitama, Saitama) |
| Number of stores closed during the month | Number of Cases 3 / Store name and location Japan Nagase Station Front Store (Higashiosaka, Osaka), Karugamo Pharmacy Tanabe Store (Tanabe, Wakayama), Sugi Pharmacy Koto Sengoku Store (Koto, Tokyo) |
| Monthly Commentary | In September, Sugi Pharmacy's same-store sales increased 3.4% and total store sales rose 5.5%. Both the drugstore and dispensing pharmacy businesses reported higher sales. |
| Monthly trend for the same period last year | Month September 2025 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 109.3, Month October 2025 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 108.3, Month November 2025 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 108.4, Month December 2025 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 102.3, Month January 2026 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 106, Month February 2026 / Sugi Pharmacy: All-Store Sales YoY 107.8 |
Items this document does not state (7)
Net sales for the monthCumulative Sales from Start of PeriodCumulative Year-on-Year Change from Start of PeriodSales by categoryFactors 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 reported sales growth for total and same-store sales in both the drugstore and dispensing pharmacy businesses, but did not explain the specific reasons for the increase in sales. Regarding store count, it cited 12 new store openings, 3 store closures and the acquisition of 248 stores through M&A.
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