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Results9476CHUOKEIZAI-SHA HOLDINGS,INC.Information and Communications, Services and Others

Summary of Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ending September 2026 [Japanese GAAP] (Consolidated)

For the fiscal year ended September 2026, net sales decreased 1.5% year on year, while operating profit increased 16.7% and net income attributable to owners of the parent increased 14.3%. For the next fiscal year, the company expects lower net sales and profits due to the contraction of the publishing market, rising costs, and the absence of gains on sales of investment securities recorded through the current fiscal year.

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Mixed performance
Direction inferred from the company’s description.
Scale
16.7
% (year-on-year increase in operating income)
Wording
Conditional
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Results for this period

Full year1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026ConsolidatedJapanese GAAP
Net Sales3,207.69¥ millionYear on year -1.5%
Operating profit273.68¥ millionYear on year +16.7%
Ordinary income290.82¥ millionYear on year +14.2%
Net income attributable to owners of the parent280.37¥ millionYear on year +14.3%

The width of the band at each stage is based on revenue. The narrower it becomes toward the bottom, the smaller the proportion of revenue that remains as profit.

Net income per share¥72.40
Financial position at period-end
Total assets5,810,142Thousand yen
of which net assets 4,504,427 Thousand yenEquity ratio 77.5%vs. prior year-end +6.0pt

塗りつぶした部分が自己資本比率です。総資産のうち、返済のいらない自前の資金がどれだけかを表します。The thin vertical line indicates the level at the end of the previous fiscal year.

Cash inflows and outflows
Operating+172,125
Investment+115,646
Financials-483,179
Net change-195,408

Stacked from zero: upward is an increase in cash, downward a decrease (in Thousand yen).The net change represented by the dotted line is the total of three items, calculated from figures provided by the company.

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period1,914,785 Thousand yen
Factors Behind Changes in Business Performance

Net sales remained sluggish because the number of titles published was lower than in the same period of the previous year and there were fewer high-selling books. Meanwhile, the company worked to reduce the cost ratio through pricing, initiatives to reduce returns and online initiatives.

Disclosure regarding the going concern assumption

No applicable items

Material subsequent eventsNot applicable
Breakdown of extraordinary income (loss)Extraordinary income Gain on sale of investment securities 99,190 Thousand yen / Extraordinary loss Not disclosed
Depreciation and amortization45,804 Thousand yen
Treasury Shares at Period-End286,681
Results for this period
ItemDetails
Fiscal Period ClassificationFull year
Accounting standardsJapanese GAAP
Consolidated / non-consolidatedConsolidated
Period Covered1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026
Net Sales¥3,207.69 million (YoY -1.5%)
Operating profit¥273.68 million (YoY +16.7%)
Ordinary income¥290.82 million (YoY +14.2%)
Profit attributable to owners of the parent¥280.37 million (YoY +14.3%)
Net income per share¥72.40
Equity ratioEnd of the current fiscal period 77.5 / End of previous period 71.5
Total assets5,810,142 Thousand yen
Net assets4,504,427 Thousand yen
Cash flows from operating activities172,125 Thousand yen
Cash flows from investing activities115,646 Thousand yen
Cash flows from financing activities-483,179 Thousand yen
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period1,914,785 Thousand yen
Depreciation and amortization45,804 Thousand yen
Breakdown of extraordinary income (loss)Extraordinary income Gain on sale of investment securities 99,190 Thousand yen / Extraordinary loss Not disclosed
Disclosure regarding the going concern assumptionNo applicable items
Material subsequent eventsNot applicable
Treasury Shares at Period-End286,681
Factors Behind Changes in Business PerformanceNet sales remained sluggish because the number of titles published was lower than in the same period of the previous year and there were fewer high-selling books. Meanwhile, the company worked to reduce the cost ratio through pricing, initiatives to reduce returns and online initiatives.
Items this document does not state (16)
Operating MarginFull-year earnings forecastRevision to Earnings ForecastAnnual Dividend ForecastPayout ratioShareholder Return PolicySegment revenueSegment profitRegional salesOrders received and order backlogImpairment lossChange in accounting policyChanges in the scope of consolidationAvailability of Supplementary Financial Results MaterialsAvailability of Financial Results BriefingIssued Shares at Period-End

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.

Net sales remained sluggish because the number of titles published was lower than in the same period of the previous year and there were fewer high-selling books. Meanwhile, the company worked to reduce the cost ratio through pricing, initiatives to reduce returns and online initiatives. It also recorded an extraordinary gain from the sale of one investment security.

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