Care 21 has raised its full-year sales, operating profit and ordinary profit guidance for the year to October 2026, but cut its net-income forecast by 80%, to ¥50 million from ¥250 million, after booking a ¥527 million extraordinary loss tied to the planned closure of Pleasant Luxe Minami-Aoyama.
| Metric | First-half previous forecast | First-half actual | Full-year previous guide | Full-year revised guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 24,000 | 24,802 | 49,000 | 49,500 |
| Operating profit | 20 | 331 | 700 | 1,050 |
| Ordinary profit | -200 | 209 | 350 | 750 |
| Net income attributable to owners of parent | -250 | -313 | 250 | 50 |
Core operations improved
The first-half figures explain the split. Sales came in at ¥24.8 billion against a prior forecast of ¥24.0 billion. Operating profit was ¥331 million, far above the ¥20 million previously guided, and ordinary profit reached ¥209 million versus a forecast ¥200 million loss. Even so, Care 21 reported a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥313 million, worse than the ¥250 million loss it had forecast.
Those results were also better than a year earlier at the operating level. In the first half, consolidated sales rose 5.0%, operating profit swung from a ¥10 million loss to a ¥331 million profit, and ordinary profit moved from a ¥155 million loss to a ¥209 million profit. Care 21 said the improvement came from tighter sales and operating management in its care business, especially better-than-expected occupancy in facility operations, plus strict cost control.
The earnings release gives that claim some texture. The facility care segment lifted sales 9.1% to ¥13.6 billion and segment profit 86.9% to ¥1.14 billion, while home-care sales rose 3.4% and segment profit 8.8%. In other words, the operating improvement looks broader than a single-site effect.
The hit comes from one closure
The damage sits below operating profit. Care 21 booked the extraordinary loss after reasonably estimating costs linked to closing Pleasant Luxe Minami-Aoyama on September 30, including lease-termination expenses and support costs for residents relocating. The company also said the full-year sales forecast now reflects the expected revenue loss from that closure.
That is why the guidance change looks lopsided. Full-year sales rose only modestly, to ¥49.5 billion from ¥49.0 billion, even as operating profit was lifted to ¥1.05 billion from ¥700 million and ordinary profit to ¥750 million from ¥350 million. Net income, however, was cut to ¥50 million. For readers trying to judge day-to-day trading, the cleaner signal this time is above the extraordinary-loss line.
What to watch
The closure bill is still an estimate, and Care 21 says actual results could differ from current forecasts for various reasons. Separately, the board kept the interim dividend at ¥7 per share, unchanged from the prior forecast and the previous year's interim payout, with payment due on July 7.