スタートライン announced an earnings revision after the close of trading on 9 November. It revised its first-half net income forecast from a loss to a profit, while leaving its full-year outlook unchanged.
スタートライン (stock code 477A) announced after the close of trading on 9 November that it had revised its non-consolidated net income forecast for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2027 (April to September) upward, from a forecast loss of ¥6 million to a profit of ¥30 million. It recorded a profit of ¥62 million in the same period of the previous year.
The full-year net profit forecast was left unchanged at ¥310 million. The revision reflects the interim-period return to profitability, while the full-year forecast remains a profit of ¥310 million.
The company said the reasons for the revision included broadly on-plan progress in revenue from its core satellite-based employment-support service for people with disabilities, delays in launching new services and the disability-welfare business, and the consulting service's failure to meet plan despite growth.
For the first half, revenue is expected to be affected by the shortfall against plan, but operating profit, ordinary profit and interim net profit are expected to exceed the previous forecast because some site-opening costs were not incurred and certain costs shifted into the second half.