Consolidated results for the fiscal year ending August 2026
BUNKYODO GROUP HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (consolidated)
Retailing, real estate leasing, and education platform businesses. The closure of 12 stores is reported.
Closure of unprofitable stores, strong performance in the books, stationery, general merchandise, and trading card divisions, and business structure reforms. Regarding the going concern assumption, the net loss attributable to owners of the parent in the previous consolidated fiscal year and the lack of a long-term agreement with the lending financial institutions
Net sales of ¥14,546 million, operating profit of ¥78 million, ordinary profit of ¥6 million, and net income attributable to owners of the parent of ¥41 million. Extraordinary losses were ¥1.969 million.
Fiscal year ending August 2026 (1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026)
The consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending August 2027 is provided. For the full year, net sales are forecast at ¥14,000 million, operating profit at ¥170 million, ordinary profit at ¥100 million, and net income attributable to owners of the parent at ¥100 million. Whether the forecast was revised: Not disclosed
Related procedures
Business Revitalization ADR proceedings (concluded on 27 September 2019)
Company response
From September 2025 through July 2026, 12 stores were closed: Sugita, Miyanomori, Hoshigaoka, Hasuda, Ohito, Tsukushino Tokyu, Tachibana, Suminodo, CA Bunkyodo Aoyama-itchome, Tachiba, Mobara, and Nakano-sakaue.
Under the three-year medium-term plan beginning with the fiscal year ending August 2026, the company will proceed with closing unprofitable stores, introducing self-checkout registers, expanding dedicated trading card sales areas and the “Bookstore Gashapon Department,” converting some stores to unmanned operations, expanding, relocating, and renovating existing stores, expanding its range of incentive products, and joining a recycle shop franchise.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Event name | Consolidated results for the fiscal year ending August 2026 |
| Date of occurrence | 31 August 2026 (end of the consolidated fiscal year ending August 2026) |
| Subject Entity | BUNKYODO GROUP HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (consolidated) |
| Target Locations / Products | Retailing, real estate leasing, and education platform businesses. The closure of 12 stores is reported. |
| Cause | Closure of unprofitable stores, strong performance in the books, stationery, general merchandise, and trading card divisions, and business structure reforms. Regarding the going concern assumption, the net loss attributable to owners of the parent in the previous consolidated fiscal year and the lack of a long-term agreement with the lending financial institutions |
| Amount of Impact on Business Performance | Net sales of ¥14,546 million, operating profit of ¥78 million, ordinary profit of ¥6 million, and net income attributable to owners of the parent of ¥41 million. Extraordinary losses were ¥1.969 million. |
| Accounting period in which recognized | Fiscal year ending August 2026 (1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026) |
| Impact on Earnings Forecast | The consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending August 2027 is provided. For the full year, net sales are forecast at ¥14,000 million, operating profit at ¥170 million, ordinary profit at ¥100 million, and net income attributable to owners of the parent at ¥100 million. Whether the forecast was revised: Not disclosed |
| Type of litigation or proceeding | Business Revitalization ADR proceedings (concluded on 27 September 2019) |
| Date of filing / date of action | 28 June 2019 (application to use the business revitalization ADR proceedings); 27 September 2019 (business revitalization ADR proceedings concluded) |
| Suspended operations | From September 2025 through July 2026, 12 stores were closed: Sugita, Miyanomori, Hoshigaoka, Hasuda, Ohito, Tsukushino Tokyu, Tachibana, Suminodo, CA Bunkyodo Aoyama-itchome, Tachiba, Mobara, and Nakano-sakaue. |
| Outlook | Under the three-year medium-term plan beginning with the fiscal year ending August 2026, the company will proceed with closing unprofitable stores, introducing self-checkout registers, expanding dedicated trading card sales areas and the “Bookstore Gashapon Department,” converting some stores to unmanned operations, expanding, relocating, and renovating existing stores, expanding its range of incentive products, and joining a recycle shop franchise. |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Performance improved through the closure of unprofitable stores, strong performance in the books, stationery, general merchandise, and trading card divisions, and business structure reforms. However, the previous consolidated fiscal year's net loss and the lack of a long-term agreement with the lending financial institutions have raised concerns about the impact on cash management.