Cash Flow Generation
First written in FY2016. 14 of 34 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
Kimuratan moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2019.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow was an inflow of ¥1.067 billion, compared with an inflow of ¥330 million in the previous fiscal year.」
Operating cash flow increased from an inflow of ¥330 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥1.067 billion, an improvement of ¥737 million. The main factor was a ¥596 million decrease in inventories. - 2026-05-13AdvancedEarnings
「Cash flow from operating activities was an inflow of ¥1,067 million, compared with an inflow of ¥330 million in the previous consolidated fiscal year,」
Cash flow from operating activities increased from ¥330 million to ¥1,067 million. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow for the six-month interim period was an inflow of ¥792 million, compared with an inflow of ¥45 million in the previous interim period, an improvement of ¥746 million, or 1,631.7%. The main factors were a ¥124 million decrease in trade receivables and a ¥399 million decrease in inventories.」
Operating cash flow improved from an inflow of ¥45 million in the previous interim period to ¥792 million, mainly due to decreases in trade receivables and inventories. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow was an inflow of ¥330 million, compared with an inflow of ¥66 million in the previous fiscal year.」
Operating cash flow increased from an inflow of ¥66 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥330 million, reflecting progress in cash generation mainly from inventory reductions. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow for the six-month interim period was an inflow of ¥45 million, compared with an outflow of ¥84 million in the same interim period of the previous year, an improvement of ¥130 million, or 154.1%.」
Operating cash flow turned from an outflow of ¥84 million in the same period of the previous year to an inflow of ¥45 million, an improvement of ¥130 million, or 154.1%. - FY2024AchievedAnnual report
「As a result of the shift in its business portfolio implemented in the previous fiscal year, the Group recorded an operating profit of ¥37 million and a net profit attributable to owners of the parent of ¥40 million in the current fiscal year, and returned operating cash flow to positive territory.」
The company stated that operating cash flow turned from an outflow of ¥37 million in the previous fiscal year to an inflow of ¥66 million in the current fiscal year, returning to positive territory. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Following the shift in our business portfolio implemented in the previous fiscal year, we have eliminated overproduction and optimized purchases in the apparel business. We will continue these efforts, focus on cash-flow management and improve our financial position.」
The company continues its policy of establishing cash-flow management and improving its financial position through the elimination of overproduction and purchase optimization. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow for the six-month period ended the second quarter was an outflow of ¥84 million, compared with an outflow of ¥202 million in the same period of the previous year, an improvement of ¥117 million, or 58.1%, year on year.」
Operating cash flow remained an outflow of ¥84 million, but improved by ¥117 million, or 58.1%, from the ¥202 million outflow in the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Following the shift in our business portfolio implemented in the previous fiscal year, we have eliminated overproduction and optimized purchases in the apparel business. We will continue these efforts, focus on cash-flow management and improve our financial position.」
The company continues its policy of establishing cash-flow management and improving its financial position through the elimination of overproduction, purchase optimization and earnings from the real estate business. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow was an outflow of ¥37 million, compared with an outflow of ¥272 million in the previous fiscal year. Although the pretax loss widened to ¥1.140 billion, operating cash flow improved by ¥234 million from the previous fiscal year, mainly due to depreciation and amortization of ¥225 million, a ¥411 million decrease in trade receivables, and an ¥821 million decrease in inventories.」
Operating cash flow remained negative, with an outflow of ¥37 million, but improved by ¥234 million from the ¥272 million outflow in the previous fiscal year. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the apparel business, we will conduct sales in line with the plan to close 208 stores and dispose of existing inventory through e-commerce channels, while working to secure cash flow. Going forward, we will focus on cash-flow management by eliminating overproduction and optimizing purchases, among other measures, to improve our financial position.」
The company continues its policy of targeting positive operating cash flow through store-closing sales, inventory disposal through e-commerce, elimination of overproduction and purchase optimization. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow for the six-month period ended the second quarter was an outflow of ¥202 million, compared with an outflow of ¥124 million in the same period of the previous year. The outflow increased by ¥77 million, or 62.2%, year on year.」
The operating cash flow outflow increased from ¥124 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥202 million, worsening performance against the target of returning to positive territory. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow was an outflow of ¥272 million, compared with an outflow of ¥247 million in the previous fiscal year.」
The operating cash flow outflow increased from ¥247 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥272 million, worsening performance against the target of returning to positive territory. - FY2022-Q3RaisedAnnual report
「We will conduct sales in line with the plan to close approximately 210 stores and dispose of existing inventory through e-commerce channels, while working to secure cash flow. Going forward, we will focus on cash-flow management by eliminating overproduction and optimizing purchases, among other measures, to improve our financial position. In addition, the previously described shift in our business portfolio is expected to generate stable earnings from the real estate business. Together with the improvement of the apparel business, we will exit the situation of continuously recording negative operating cash flow and achieve positive operating cash flow.」
The company explicitly stated its aim of escaping persistent operating cash flow deficits and returning to positive territory by combining inventory reduction and purchase optimization with large-scale store closures and stable earnings from the real estate business. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow for the six-month period ended the second quarter was an outflow of ¥124 million, compared with an outflow of ¥295 million in the same period of the previous year. The outflow decreased by ¥170 million, or 57.8%, year on year.」
The operating cash flow outflow decreased from ¥295 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥124 million. It nevertheless remained negative and had not returned to positive territory. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As in the previous fiscal year, we will continue optimizing purchases. As stated above, we will also improve inventory sell-through by strengthening distribution and bringing logistics in-house, with the aim of reducing inventories and returning operating cash flow to positive territory.」
The company continues to target inventory reduction and positive operating cash flow through purchase optimization, stronger distribution and in-house logistics. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow was an outflow of ¥247 million, compared with an outflow of ¥375 million in the previous fiscal year.」
Operating cash flow remained negative, but the outflow decreased from ¥375 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥247 million. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Through measures including a substantial reduction in the breakeven point, we will improve the accuracy of our sales initiatives and increase the feasibility of our sales targets. We will eliminate the situation in which gaps between targets and actual results have caused inventory increases, and aim to return operating cash flow to positive territory.」
The company continues its policy of eliminating inventory increases caused by gaps between sales targets and actual results, and aiming to return operating cash flow to positive territory through measures including a lower breakeven point. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「The Group recorded negative operating cash flow for the seventh consecutive fiscal year. It also recorded an operating loss of ¥457 million and a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥580 million for the fiscal year.」
Operating cash flow was negative for the seventh consecutive period, compared with six consecutive periods previously, making conditions for achieving the cash-flow generation target even more challenging. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Operating cash flow for the six-month period ended the second quarter was an outflow of ¥297 million, an increase of ¥42 million, or 16.6%, from the same period of the previous year.」
While the company continues to target cash-flow generation through inventory reduction and other measures, the operating cash flow outflow increased 16.6% year on year. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「From fiscal 2019 onward, we will continue strengthening sales of carried-over inventory and further tightening purchasing controls to secure cash flow.」
The company continues its policy of securing cash flow by strengthening sales of carried-over inventory and controlling purchases. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「The Group recorded negative operating cash flow for the sixth consecutive fiscal year. It also recorded an operating loss of ¥622 million and a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥654 million for the fiscal year.」
Operating cash flow was negative for the sixth consecutive period, with an operating loss of ¥622 million and a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥654 million. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「From fiscal 2019 onward, we will continue strengthening sales of carried-over inventory and further tightening purchasing controls to secure cash flow.」
The company continues its policy, from fiscal 2019 onward, of reducing inventories and securing cash flow by strengthening sales of carried-over inventory and controlling purchases. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「However, inventories decreased by ¥81 million from the same period of the previous year as a result of aggressive sales of carried-over inventory. Accordingly, the outflow decreased by ¥85 million, or 25.0%, to ¥255 million.」
Inventories decreased through sales of carried-over inventory, and the operating cash flow outflow declined 25.0% year on year. Operating cash flow itself, however, remained negative. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to continuing efforts to dispose of carried-over inventory, we worked to reduce inventories and improve cash flow by curbing and optimizing purchases.」
The company continues its policy of reducing inventories and improving cash flow by disposing of carried-over inventory and curbing and optimizing purchases. - FY2018WorsenedAnnual report
「The Group recorded negative operating cash flow for the fifth consecutive fiscal year. It also recorded an operating loss of ¥387 million and a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥469 million for the fiscal year.」
Operating cash flow was negative for the fifth consecutive period, while the operating and net losses widened. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As stated above, we recognize eliminating the inventory accumulation cycle as our top priority. During the quarter, we strengthened sales of carried-over inventory at each Baby Plaza and BOBSON store. Going forward, we will continue working to sell this inventory, while substantially reducing inventories and securing cash flow through appropriate control of product purchasing.」
The company continues its policy of securing cash flow by selling carried-over inventory and reducing inventories through purchasing controls. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We will continue working to reduce inventory and secure cash flow.」
The company continues to pursue cash-flow generation through inventory reduction. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We will continue working to reduce inventory and secure cash flow.」
The company continues to pursue cash-flow generation through inventory reduction. - FY2017WorsenedAnnual report
「In the consolidated fiscal year, the group recorded negative operating cash flow for 4 consecutive periods, as well as a significant operating loss and net loss attributable to owners of the parent.」
Operating cash flow was negative for the fourth consecutive period, with operating activities generating an outflow of ¥368 million in the current period. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Our inventory has increased for the past 2 periods, and we recognize that reducing and monetizing this inventory is our highest priority. Since October 2016, we have been conducting intensified sales of carried-over inventory at Baby Plaza and BOBSON stores, and will continue working to reduce inventory and secure cash flow.」
The company considers inventory reduction and monetization its highest priority and continues to secure cash flow through intensified sales of carried-over inventory. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We will steadily implement the above measures, work to restore earnings, and reduce inventories by strengthening sales of carried-over inventory, thereby generating cash flow.」
The company continues to target cash-flow generation through earnings recovery and the reduction of carried-over inventory. Operating cash flow for the cumulative second quarter period was an outflow of ¥356 million. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to steadily advancing the above measures, the company raised total funds of ¥800 million through a third-party allotment with a payment date of 9 November 2015, significantly strengthening its financial base,」
Although the company continues to pursue measures to generate cash flow through earnings recovery and inventory reduction, it recorded an operating loss in the current quarter. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We will steadily implement the above measures, work to restore earnings, and reduce inventories by strengthening sales of carried-over inventory, thereby generating cash flow.」
The company identifies generating operating cash flow through earnings recovery and inventory reduction as a key issue.