Managing Profitability Through the Ordinary Profit Margin on Sales
First written in FY2019. 3 of 9 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 13 of 48 companies on the "Worse" side.
2 other companies' latest entry also says "Reframed".
- FY2026ReframedAnnual report
「We have adopted the year-on-year sales ratio, gross profit margin, total personnel costs-to-sales ratio, sales and ordinary profit as management metrics.」
In addition to the existing profitability metrics, sales and ordinary profit are now explicitly identified as management metrics. No specific profit-margin target is stated. - 2026-03-11AdvancedResults
「Revenue ordinary profit margin 5.2」
The revenue ordinary profit margin for the fiscal year ended January 2026 was 5.2%, up from 2.2% in the previous fiscal year. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「We have adopted the year-on-year sales ratio, gross profit margin, total personnel costs-to-sales ratio and ordinary profit margin as management metrics, through which we can measure the results of business activities by reducing the cost ratio and managing costs.」
The company continues to manage profitability using multiple metrics and through cost-ratio reduction and cost management. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「We have adopted the year-on-year sales ratio, gross profit margin, total personnel costs-to-sales ratio and ordinary profit margin as management metrics, through which we can measure the results of business activities by reducing the cost ratio and managing costs.」
The company continues to manage profitability using multiple metrics and through cost-ratio reduction and cost management. - FY2022SoftenedAnnual report
「To maintain high profitability and enhance corporate value, the Group has adopted the year-on-year sales ratio, gross profit margin, total personnel costs-to-sales ratio and ordinary profit margin as management metrics, through which it can measure the results of business activities by reducing the cost ratio and managing costs.」
The multiple management metrics and efforts to reduce the cost ratio and manage costs continue, but the specific medium- to long-term target of 15% ordinary profit disclosed in the previous quarter is not mentioned in this filing. - FY2022-Q3Specific profitability target of 15% ordinary profit disclosedAnnual report
「This fiscal year, the entire company is working every day toward the medium- to long-term goal of 'creating formats that generate 15% ordinary profit.'」
In addition to the previous explanation of management metrics, the company disclosed for the first time a specific medium- to long-term target of creating formats that generate 15% ordinary profit. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「To maintain high profitability and enhance corporate value, the Group has adopted the year-on-year sales ratio, gross profit margin, total personnel costs-to-sales ratio and ordinary profit margin as management metrics, through which it can measure the results of business activities by reducing the cost ratio and managing costs.」
The company continues to identify multiple profitability metrics and explains that reducing the cost ratio and managing costs are the means of achieving this. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「We have adopted the year-on-year sales ratio, gross profit margin, total personnel costs-to-sales ratio and ordinary profit margin as management metrics, through which we can measure the results of business activities by reducing the cost ratio and managing costs.」
The explanation has expanded from a focus on the ordinary profit margin on sales to multiple metrics, including the year-on-year sales ratio, gross profit margin and total personnel costs-to-sales ratio. No specific numerical targets are stated. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「We have adopted the ordinary profit margin on sales as a management metric because it measures the results of business activities through efforts to reduce the cost ratio and manage costs.」
No specific numerical target is stated, but the ordinary profit margin on sales is identified as a management metric.