Improving the Ordinary Profit Margin on Sales
First written in FY2017. 5 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020. Latest entry: FY2026.
Nagase Brothers moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2024, 2 years after the typical company in this theme (2022).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2018: 6 of 52 companies on the "Worse" side.
10 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The ordinary profit margin for the consolidated fiscal year was 9.1% (7.0% in the same period of the previous year).」
The key metric, the ordinary profit margin, improved from 7.0% in the previous year to 9.1%. - 2026-04-30AdvancedEarnings
「2026年３月期 64,183 16.2 5,979 22.9 5,825 50.2 3,983 103.6」
売上高経常利益率が前期の4.3％から6.2％へ、売上高営業利益率が8.8％から9.3％へ改善した。 - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「The ordinary profit margin for the consolidated fiscal year was 7.0% (8.2% in the same period of the previous year).」
The key metric, the ordinary profit margin, declined from 8.2% in the previous year to 7.0%. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「The ordinary profit margin on net sales for the fiscal year was 8.2%, compared with 9.7% in the previous fiscal year.」
The key metric, the ordinary profit margin, declined from 9.7% in the previous year to 8.2%. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The ordinary profit margin on net sales for the fiscal year was 10.4%, compared with 9.8% in the previous fiscal year.」
The ordinary profit margin on net sales, an important indicator, rose 0.6 percentage points from 9.8% in the previous fiscal year to 10.4%. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The ordinary profit margin on net sales for the fiscal year was 9.8%, compared with 9.4% in the previous fiscal year.」
The ordinary profit margin on net sales, an important indicator, rose to 9.8%, up 0.4 percentage points from 9.4% in the previous fiscal year. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「The ordinary profit margin on net sales for the fiscal year was 9.4%, up 4.2% year on year, representing a substantial improvement from the previous year.」
The company disclosed that the ordinary profit margin on net sales, an important indicator, was 9.4%, an improvement of 4.2 percentage points year on year. - FY2019Specified actual results for and progress toward profitability targets.Annual report
「The ordinary profit margin on net sales for the fiscal year was 5.2%, down 5.0% year on year. This was due to the continued acceleration of initiatives, as a matter of policy, including advertising activities such as television commercials associated with the additional June administration of the National Unified Test for junior high and high school students, and course development in preparation for the 2020 university admissions system reforms. These initiatives were implemented as necessary measures to secure future earnings.」
The company disclosed an ordinary profit margin on net sales of 5.2% for the fiscal year, down 5.0 percentage points year on year, and explained advertising activities and course development as measures to secure future earnings. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「From a shareholder-focused standpoint, our group will work to improve profitability, use the ordinary profit margin on net sales as an important indicator and achieve improvement in that indicator. By strengthening retained earnings and returning profits to shareholders in line with performance, we intend to fulfill our management responsibilities.」
The company identifies the ordinary profit margin on net sales as an important indicator and explicitly states that improving it is a profitability target.