Revised forecast
Fiscal year ending March 2027 · Six months and full yearThe bar length represents the relative magnitude of change, based on the item that changed the most in this document.
The forecast incorporates the uncertain outlook, including the risk of a renewed rise in inflation resulting from persistently high prices for energy, including crude oil, mainly due to concerns that the situation in the Middle East may be prolonged.
Loss on disposal of fixed assets: ¥0 million; impairment losses: none; total extraordinary losses: ¥0 million
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Net Sales | Not disclosed → Cumulative second-quarter results 3,200 / Full year 6,500 |
| Operating profit | Not disclosed → Cumulative second-quarter results 420 / Full year 850 |
| Ordinary income | Not disclosed → Cumulative second-quarter results 360 / Full year 730 |
| Profit attributable to owners of the parent | Not disclosed → Cumulative second-quarter results 250 / Full year 500 |
| Net income per share | Not disclosed → Cumulative second-quarter results 16.61 / Full year 33.76 |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Fiscal year ending March 2027 |
| Period Covered | Six months and full year |
| Previous-period results | Net sales: ¥7,026 million; operating income: ¥955 million; ordinary income: ¥803 million; net income attributable to owners of the parent: ¥633 million; net income per share: ¥39.90 (fiscal year ended March 2026) |
| Reason for the revision | The forecast incorporates the uncertain outlook, including the risk of a renewed rise in inflation resulting from persistently high prices for energy, including crude oil, mainly due to concerns that the situation in the Middle East may be prolonged. |
| Details and amount of extraordinary loss | Loss on disposal of fixed assets: ¥0 million; impairment losses: none; total extraordinary losses: ¥0 million |
| Dividend forecast revision | The annual dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 is stated as ¥4.00 (year-end dividend: ¥4.00), but it is not explicitly identified as a revision. |
| Consolidated / non-consolidated | Consolidated |
Items this document does not state (1)
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.For the fiscal year, the company cited the recovery in event revenue and online advertising revenue in its publishing business, progress in streamlining its print book business and reducing inventories, cost reductions in its software and network business, and increased dividend income and gains on the sale of equity holdings in its investment management business. For the next fiscal year, it cited concerns over persistently high prices for energy, including crude oil, mainly due to concerns that the situation in the Middle East may be prolonged, as well as concerns about a renewed rise in inflation.