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Higashimatsuyama Country Club turns a sales rise into a profit jump

Net sales rose to ¥954.2mn, but the sharper move was below the line: net income climbed to ¥75.2mn from ¥8.6mn, while operating cash flow was little changed.

Jun 26, 20262 min read
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Higashimatsuyama Country Club Co., Ltd. reported a much bigger jump in profit than in revenue in the year to March 2026. Net sales rose to ¥954.2mn from ¥905.3mn, while ordinary income increased to ¥52.0mn from ¥19.1mn and net income to ¥75.2mn from ¥8.6mn.

Revenue growth itself was incremental rather than dramatic. Over the five years shown in the filing, sales moved in a relatively tight band between ¥858.2mn and ¥954.2mn. The bigger movement was in profitability: ordinary income was ¥11.0mn in the year to March 2023, ¥15.9mn in 2024 and ¥19.1mn in 2025 before reaching ¥52.0mn this year. Current net income is also above the other four years presented, after a ¥0.8mn loss in the year to March 2024 and net income of ¥1.7mn in the year to March 2023.

Five-year summary
Summary business-results figures from the filing, rounded for display.
PeriodNet salesOrdinary incomeNet income
Year to Mar 2022¥858.2mn¥19.9mn¥13.9mn
Year to Mar 2023¥881.3mn¥11.0mn¥1.7mn
Year to Mar 2024¥907.6mn¥15.9mn-¥0.8mn
Year to Mar 2025¥905.3mn¥19.1mn¥8.6mn
Year to Mar 2026¥954.2mn¥52.0mn¥75.2mn

On the balance sheet, the changes were quieter but still notable. Net assets stood at ¥5.54bn on total assets of ¥7.51bn at March 31. Against the prior year's summary figures, net assets rose while total assets edged lower, and the equity-to-asset ratio moved up to 73.8% from 72.6%. The filing's five-year summary also shows return on equity at 1.4%, up from 0.1% a year earlier and above the near-zero readings in the earlier years shown. Basic earnings per share was ¥43,414.94.

Cash flow adds the main complication. Net cash from operating activities was ¥126.8mn, close to the prior year's ¥128.4mn, while investing cash flow swung to a ¥260.8mn outflow from a ¥80.1mn inflow. In other words, the sharp improvement in reported earnings did not translate into a matching jump in cash from day-to-day operations. The five-year cash-flow lines do not move neatly with the income statement, which is exactly why the profit surge needs context.

The packet does not include management explanation for the earnings jump or the shift in investing cash flow, and the filing excerpt does not break out the mix behind the result. That limits how far readers should push the story. For an outside reader, the useful signal is simpler: a company with ¥954.2mn in revenue can show only modest top-line movement, a much larger profit swing, and a cash-flow profile that looks far less dramatic than the net-income headline. Without that context, the cleanest takeaway is the shape of the numbers, not their cause.