Afternoon reports covered moves in several stocks, including インターファクトリー's loss-making results, EXEO Group,Inc.'s alliance and ティアフォー's selection for an automated driving demonstration project. Reports also covered Recruit Holdings' plans to sell Study Sapuri.
インターファクトリー announced an operating loss of ¥71 million for the first quarter of fiscal 27.5, compared with an operating profit in the same period of the previous year. Utilization in commissioned development of its cloud commerce platform fell short of expectations, and it significantly revised down revenue estimates because of an increase in estimated work hours. Upfront investment in its data utilization platform also affected results.
EXEO Group,Inc. agreed to a comprehensive business alliance with a US company to expand its mobile infrastructure sharing business in Japan. The companies aim to improve implementation and operating efficiency and achieve a high-quality communications environment by providing solutions using ANDREW ERA DAS that reduce installation space and power consumption and simplify equipment configurations.
ティアフォー turned higher in the afternoon. It was selected jointly with Taisei Corporation and others for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's automated logistics road demonstration project, in which the driving performance of 3 autonomous vehicles will be tested, including following and lane changes. The demonstration is scheduled to run for 8 days from late October to early November 2026.
岡山製紙 turned higher in the afternoon. First-quarter operating profit for fiscal 27.5 was ¥260 million, up 17.9% year on year, resulting in higher revenue and profit due to the effect of product price revisions.
Recruit Holdings rose for a sixth straight day. The electronic edition of The Nikkei reported that the company plans to sell the online learning service Study Sapuri, with the transfer price reportedly likely to be at least ¥50 billion.
テラドローン rebounded. The company announced that it had participated in a tender conducted by DP A, an entity under Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, and delivered interceptor drones. It is building production capacity of 12,000 units per year for products including KT-1 and KT-2.