Short-term earnings pressure from hiring and sales investment
First written in FY2025. 6 of 6 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2025. Latest entry: 2026-09-11.
Nareru Group moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026, 6 years after the typical company in this theme (2020).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2017: 6 of 20 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Materialised".
- FY2026-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Costs increased as the company continued to invest in human resources to strengthen its sales and recruitment capabilities in the first year of the medium-term management plan, as well as make upfront investments in growth areas. Operating profit was ¥1,354.668 million, down 11.8%.」
Higher costs from efforts to strengthen recruitment and sales capabilities and upfront investment in growth areas continued to materialize as an 11.8% decline in operating profit for the current interim period. - FY2025MaterialisedAnnual report
「Although revenue is expected to increase year on year in the first half, operating profit and each subsequent profit level are expected to decline as the company increases staff in its sales and recruitment divisions to strengthen engineer recruitment going forward.」
In FY2025, operating profit declined 9.1% due to higher recruitment costs and increased staffing in the sales and recruitment divisions. Operating profit is also expected to decline in the first half of the fiscal year ending October 2026 as recruitment is strengthened.