Slight Revenue Growth and Declining Profit
First written in FY2019. 18 of 21 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-06-09.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 15 of 56 companies on the "Worse" side.
14 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The primary factor was that the company on a standalone basis also achieved record-high revenue and operating profit for the interim period.」
The company stated that, following a period of lower revenue and profits, it achieved record-high interim revenue and operating profit on a standalone basis. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, net sales increased 4.5% year on year to ¥1,629.808 million, operating income increased 15.9% to ¥255.033 million, ordinary income increased 15.8% to ¥255.600 million, and net income for the quarter increased 16.4% to ¥173.914 million.」
For the cumulative second quarter, revenue increased 4.5% year on year and operating profit increased 15.9%, resulting in higher revenue and profits even compared with the previous fiscal year’s record revenue. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, net sales increased 23.0% year on year to ¥749.103 million, operating income increased 182.7% to ¥97.971 million, ordinary income increased 178.5% to ¥98.388 million, and net income for the quarter increased 180.3% to ¥66.754 million.」
Revenue increased 23.0% year on year, while operating profit, ordinary profit and quarterly net income also increased substantially. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue reached a record high of ¥3,174.318 million, up 8.9% year on year. Operating profit was ¥452.213 million, up 20.2%, ordinary profit was ¥453.347 million, up 20.1%, and net income was ¥300.001 million, up 24.8%.」
In the full year of the 38th fiscal year, revenue set a new record, and operating profit, ordinary profit and net income also exceeded the previous year. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, net sales reached a record high of ¥2,215.047 million, up 8.8% year on year, while operating income increased 19.6% to ¥255.759 million, ordinary income increased 19.7% to ¥256.536 million, and net income for the quarter increased 33.0% to ¥175.191 million.」
Cumulative third-quarter revenue reached a record high, and each profit measure increased year on year as the company advanced initiatives involving fixed-asset investment and its sales and production structures. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, net sales reached a record high of ¥1,558.880 million, up 11.2% year on year. Meanwhile, due to the control of fixed costs, operating income increased 30.8% year on year to ¥220.027 million, ordinary income increased 30.9% to ¥220.741 million, and net income for the quarter increased 49.8% to ¥149.385 million.」
Cumulative second-quarter revenue reached a record high, while operating profit, ordinary profit and net income increased, aided by the control of fixed costs. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, net sales were ¥609.055 million, up 2.6% year on year, operating income was ¥34.659 million, up 11.2%, ordinary income was ¥35.329 million, up 13.2%, and quarterly net income was ¥23.816 million, up 351.1%.」
In the first quarter of the 38th fiscal year, revenue, operating profit, ordinary profit and quarterly net income exceeded the previous year, resulting in higher revenue and profits. The substantial increase in quarterly net income partly reflected the absence of the ¥23.550 million extraordinary loss recognized in the previous year for directors’ retirement allowances. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, net sales were ¥2,036.533 million, up 6.8% year on year, operating income was ¥213.798 million, up 15.0%, and ordinary income was ¥214.309 million, up 10.5%.」
During the cumulative third quarter of the 37th fiscal year, revenue and operating and ordinary profit exceeded the previous year, resulting in higher revenue and profits. Quarterly net income was ¥131.728 million, including special factors, up 0.2% year on year. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue was ¥1,401.705 million, up 8.4% year on year, operating profit was ¥168.174 million, up 11.6%, and ordinary profit was ¥168.620 million, up 6.4%.」
During the cumulative second quarter of the 37th fiscal year, revenue, operating profit and ordinary profit increased year on year. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue was ¥593.632 million, up 23.7% year on year. Operating profit was ¥31.173 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥14.644 million in the previous year, and ordinary profit was ¥31.213 million, compared with an ordinary loss of ¥6.692 million in the previous year.」
Revenue increased 23.7% year on year, while operating profit and ordinary profit moved from losses in the previous year into the black. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, revenue was ¥2,549.241 million, up 4.4% year on year. Although operating profit included temporary expenses related to the market change, the establishment of cost awareness and efforts to reduce expenses resulted in operating profit of ¥222.122 million, up 6.9%. Ordinary profit was ¥271.291 million, up 28.2%, due to the recording of ¥41.250 million in compensation related to the relocation of the Tokyo head office and subsidies related to COVID-19 countermeasures as non-operating income. Net income was ¥189.604 million, up 35.0%.」
In the full year of the 36th fiscal year, revenue, operating profit, ordinary profit and net income all exceeded the previous year, resulting in higher revenue and profits. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue declined sharply by 27.2% in the first quarter but began to recover from the second quarter onward. Cumulative revenue for the six months covering the second and third quarters increased 12.5% year on year and was broadly unchanged from the corresponding period of the fiscal year ended October 2019, when it declined 0.3% and was not affected by COVID-19. Operating profit was in the red in the first quarter due to the decline in revenue, but from the second quarter onward, revenue recovered and cost awareness, including controls on overtime, became established. As a result, operating profit for the six months covering the second and third quarters increased 67.3% year on year and 9.3% compared with the corresponding period of the fiscal year ended October 2019.」
Revenue and operating profit recovered from the sharp decline in revenue and loss in the first quarter. For the six months covering the second and third quarters, revenue increased 12.5% year on year and operating profit increased 67.3%. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue declined sharply by 27.2% in the first quarter compared with the previous year, when the impact of COVID-19 was limited. However, revenue began to recover in the second quarter, increasing 7.9% from the previous year, when the company benefited from a large advertising project despite the impact of COVID-19, and increasing 9.4% compared with the second quarter of the fiscal year ended October 2019.」
Following a sharp revenue decline in the first quarter, revenue began to recover in the second quarter, increasing 7.9% year on year and 9.4% compared with the second quarter of the fiscal year ended October 2019, before the impact of the pandemic. However, cumulative second-quarter revenue was down 8.5% and operating profit was down 17.2%. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, net sales were ¥479.977 million, down 27.2% year on year. Although cost reductions were implemented by limiting overtime, cancelling nonessential business travel, and reducing or postponing various training programs, cost reductions were insufficient to offset the decline in net sales. The Company recorded an operating loss of ¥14.644 million, compared with operating income of ¥65.306 million in the previous year; an ordinary loss of ¥6.692 million, compared with ordinary income of ¥65.425 million; and a quarterly net loss of ¥4.597 million, compared with quarterly net income of ¥44.947 million.」
Operating profit shifted from a profit in the previous year to an operating loss of ¥14.644 million, ordinary loss of ¥6.692 million and quarterly net loss of ¥4.597 million in the first quarter. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, full-year revenue was ¥2,441.353 million, down 18.9% year on year. Although the company implemented cost reductions by limiting overtime, cancelling nonessential business travel, and reducing or postponing various training programs, outsourcing expenses for shareholder administration and IR activities following the listing of its shares in the previous fiscal year meant that cost reductions were insufficient to offset the decline in revenue. Operating profit was ¥207.745 million, down 51.3% year on year」
Full-year revenue declined 18.9% and operating profit declined 51.3%, indicating a further shift toward lower revenue and profits than in the previous fiscal year. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Cumulative revenue for the third quarter was ¥1,928.369 million, down 12.1% year on year. Although the company implemented cost reductions by limiting overtime, cancelling nonessential business travel, and reducing or postponing various training programs, it recorded a provision for bonuses due to a change in the bonus payment timing and incurred outsourcing expenses for shareholder administration and IR activities following the listing of its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in the third quarter of the previous fiscal year. As a result, cost reductions were insufficient to offset the decline in revenue, and operating profit was ¥185.173 million, down 41.7% year on year」
Revenue declined 12.1% year on year and operating profit declined 41.7%, indicating a further deterioration in the trend of slightly lower revenue and declining profits. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Cumulative revenue for the second quarter was ¥1,413.206 million, down 6.1% year on year. Although the company implemented cost reductions by limiting overtime, cancelling nonessential business travel and postponing various training programs, it recorded a provision for bonuses due to a change in the bonus payment method, incurred outsourcing expenses for shareholder administration and IR activities following the listing of its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in the third quarter of the previous fiscal year, and incurred taxes and dues following the newly applicable size-based corporate taxation, resulting in operating profit of ¥181.884 million, down 29.3% year on year」
Following slight revenue growth in the previous fiscal year, revenue for the cumulative second quarter of the 35th fiscal year declined 6.1% year on year, and the decline in operating profit and other measures continued. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「Operating profit was ¥426.649 million, down 29.5% from the previous year’s reference amount, and ordinary profit was ¥426.218 million, down 29.3%. In addition, the company recorded a ¥12.999 million gain on the sale of fixed assets from the sale of machinery and equipment as extraordinary income, resulting in net income of ¥311.120 million, down 29.5% from the previous year’s reference amount.」
While revenue increased only 0.9% from the previous year’s reference amount, operating profit, ordinary profit and net income each declined by approximately 29%.