Metaplanet substantially revised its full-year earnings outlook downward, lowering its previous forecast of ¥11.4 billion to ¥3.0 billion. 3Q is expected to show a substantial year-on-year decline in profit, with the second-half outlook changing from a profit to a loss.
In its results announced after the market close on 13 November, Metaplanet disclosed that revenue for the cumulative third quarter (January–September) of the fiscal year ending December 2026 rose 26.5% year on year to ¥3.47 billion and that operating profit turned positive. Along with this, it substantially revised its full-year operating profit forecast downward from the previous ¥11.4 billion to ¥3.0 billion, resulting in an expected 52.3% decline in profit.
As part of its second-half plan, consolidated operating profit for the July–December period is expected to change from the previous forecast of ¥8.06 billion in profit to a loss of ¥330 million. This would change from the ¥4.87 billion profit recorded in the same period a year earlier to a loss.
3Q operating profit was ¥140 million, down 89.2% year on year, while the operating margin on sales fell sharply from 55.8% to 15.2%.