Reports Fisco's estimates regarding Wellness Communications Corporation's earnings growth outlook and dividend expansion. Shareholder returns are scheduled to be strengthened in 2026 through the introduction of a progressive dividend policy, a stock split and a resolution in May to permit share repurchases. The dividend is expected to be ¥34.4 for the fiscal year ending March 2026 and ¥40 for the fiscal year ending March 2027.
Wellness Communications Corporation provides corporate health management and employee healthcare support services, and is targeting discontinuous growth by planning to offer AI-powered predictive analytics centered on Growbase. For large enterprises, it plans to pursue growth through price revisions and upselling, while for small and medium-sized enterprises it plans to expand through partnerships involving new services. It also plans to improve the efficiency of converting health-check data into digital data using AI-OCR and reduce outsourcing costs over three years.
For shareholder returns, the company introduced a progressive dividend policy in February 2026, signaling a long-term, stable approach to dividends. The dividend per share was ¥34.4 for the fiscal year ending March 2026 and is scheduled to be ¥40.0 for the fiscal year ending March 2027. A 2-for-1 stock split was carried out in February 2026, and in May of the same year the company resolved to amend its Articles of Incorporation to permit share repurchases, which was approved at the shareholders' meeting in June.