Freakout Holdings upwardly revised its ordinary profit forecast for the previous fiscal year. It raised consolidated ordinary profit for the fiscal year ending September 2026 to ¥1.87 billion and indicated that second-half ordinary income is expected to move into the black.
Freakout Holdings upwardly revised its consolidated ordinary profit forecast for the fiscal year ending September 2026 from the previous ¥1.6 billion to ¥1.87 billion. The profit growth rate is expected to expand from 2.8 times to 3.3 times year on year, with higher revenue and the impact of factors pushing down operating profit cited as reasons for the revision to the full-year plan.
At the same time, it indicated that second-half consolidated ordinary income is expected to improve from the previous forecast of a ¥250 million loss to a ¥10 million profit. The same period a year earlier recorded a ¥220 million profit, and the extent of improvement in the second half will depend on subsequent earnings trends.
The background to the revision included smaller-than-planned improvement in profitability in the fourth quarter of the Asia business, while a decline in the gross margin of the product business restrained profit growth. The company also explained that increased equity-method investment income from IRIS is expected to contribute to upward revisions of EBITDA and ordinary profit.