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Jun 15, 2026 · 1 min read
Revenue rose 25.1% to ¥11.8 billion and operating profit 72.7% to ¥1.98 billion in the year ended April. It also proposed a ¥76 first post-listing dividend, though next year's profit guide cools.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
After sales of ¥10,828 million and operating profit of ¥1,088 million beat the company's prior forecast, the board authorized repurchases of up to 50,000 shares, or 3.84% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, with a ¥400 million cap. Next year's guide drops back to ¥720 million of operating profit, which makes the buyback read more like balance-sheet confidence than exuberance.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
The three months to April 30 produced no revenue and an ¥836 million net loss, yet AKUGO was added to Japan's reimbursement list in May at ¥72 million and commercial sales began. SanBio also said it agreed Phase 3 trial design with the FDA for traumatic brain injury, though the company did not disclose early sales volume or hospital uptake.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
The company raised revenue guidance to ¥6,950 million from ¥6,620 million and business profit to ¥820 million from ¥560 million on stronger electronics orders and smooth production. But the larger jump in profit attributable to owners, to ¥1,835 million from ¥730 million, also reflects April-end valuation gains on a Singapore-listed holding that will be remeasured each quarter.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue for the half year ended April rose 15.3% to ¥22.35 billion and total DPU reached ¥3,407, but guidance falls to ¥1,908 next period because the latest payout included much larger excess distributions and reserve add-backs. Management's recurring EPU still edges higher and the REIT is adding Prime Maison Kinshicho for ¥4.27 billion, so the awkward-looking headline says more about mix than occupancy panic.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter sales rose 6.6% to ¥1,010 million, but operating loss widened to ¥434 million as the group pushed deeper into defense, UTM and overseas build-out. It kept full-year guidance unchanged, formed an Estonia defense hub and set out a staged warrant financing plan with estimated net proceeds of about ¥14.5 billion.
Jun 15, 2026 · 3 min read
The hotel REIT reported a distribution of ¥6,832 per unit for the period ended April 30, ¥332 above its earlier forecast, as variable rent from roadside assets and the five the b hotels ran ahead of assumptions. Guidance slips to ¥6,700 for the next period before recovering to ¥6,850, with higher rates, repairs and a cooler Osaka market after Expo strength offsetting new lease terms at three Comfort hotels.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
The company raised its annual dividend forecast to ¥50 a share from ¥40 after moving to the TSE Prime market on June 15. The extra ¥10 is a commemorative payout, not a rewrite of the ordinary dividend line.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Full-year revenue guidance rose by just ¥8 million to ¥3,501 million, while operating profit was lifted to ¥822 million and ordinary profit to ¥927 million as tripla Book volume and take rate stayed on plan, costs came down and cash from advance payments earned more interest. Management says the rest-of-year assumptions on interest income and foreign exchange remain conservative.
Jun 15, 2026 · 1 min read
The group plans an October 1 merger in which GMO TECH absorbs GMO Trihatch, the MEO provider it bought in February. Management says combining the two should improve efficiency and decision-making, while the effect on consolidated earnings will be minor.
Jun 15, 2026 · 3 min read
After agreeing to buy GMO Digital Lab for ¥700 million, plus a potential earn-out of up to ¥100 million, the company moved its dividend rule to consolidated accounts and nudged its year-end payout forecast to ¥50.56 from ¥48.24. The revised group outlook adds far more revenue than net profit, because a matching ¥700 million bank loan helps fund the deal and drags interest costs into the picture.
Jun 15, 2026 · 3 min read
First-half revenue rose 17.5% to ¥2,989 million and operating profit more than doubled to ¥52 million, helped by steady IT-services demand and NEX's first-half IoT contribution. The Zenko acquisition has so far changed the balance sheet faster than earnings, though: goodwill stood at ¥2,289 million after a ¥207 million impairment, while Zenko's profit and loss only starts flowing through from the third quarter and full-year guidance stayed unchanged.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue in the year to April rose 20.6% to ¥13.3 billion, but operating profit climbed 35.2% to ¥3.2 billion as monthly fees grew 31.7% and advertising and hiring costs were managed more tightly. Cash and equivalents ended April at ¥8.1 billion, the annual dividend rose to ¥24 a share, and the company plans ¥29 for the coming year.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
First-half sales fell 24.8% to ¥1,152 million and the operating loss widened to ¥539 million, even after ¥39 million of subsidy income helped below the operating line. The company now expects a full-year operating loss of ¥350 million and a net loss of ¥520 million, after also booking ¥183 million of reform-related special losses.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Sales rose 5.1% to ¥286,172 million and operating profit increased 10.2% to ¥21,037 million in the six months to April, while net profit attributable to owners rose 15.7% to ¥16,501 million. Management nevertheless left full-year earnings guidance and its ¥32.00 dividend forecast unchanged.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Nine-month net profit rose 14.6% to ¥834 million even as sales fell 5.4%, and full-year guidance was left unchanged. The board also approved a buyback of up to 106,700 shares worth ¥300.1 million via ToSTNeT-3.
Jun 12, 2026 · 1 min read
Fidelity and four joint holders disclosed 5,319,726 shares, or 9.43%, up from 8.46% in the previous report. The trigger date was December 15, 2023, so this is an ownership update, not evidence of same-day buying.
Jun 12, 2026 · 1 min read
It now expects ¥5.428 billion of sales, ¥78 million of operating profit and ¥70 million of ordinary profit for the year to July, and raised its planned year-end dividend to ¥0.63 a share from ¥0.35. Domestic proposal-based selling and bullion-related demand did the lifting, while overseas orders stayed softer.
Jun 12, 2026 · 1 min read
The restaurant operator authorized market purchases of up to 150,000 shares, or 1.46% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, with a ¥500 million ceiling through March 31, 2027. Separately, May same-store sales rose 5.6% and all-store sales climbed 12.8%.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
It plans to sell the business to Cyber Record for ¥220 million in cash, though the price remains provisional until the definitive agreement is signed. The unit generated ¥281 million of revenue in the year to April 2026, and NE said bigger entrants and municipality contract losses had made the market harder to defend.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
First-half sales rose to ¥193.132 billion from ¥181.313 billion a year earlier, but ordinary income slipped to ¥6.197 billion and operating cash flow swung to a ¥3.428 billion outflow from a ¥1.367 billion inflow. A separate disclosure also points to about ¥6 billion of extraordinary loss in the third quarter tied to a Guam land purchase and lease cancellation.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
The company lowered full-year sales guidance to ¥15,700 million from ¥16,300 million and cut operating profit to ¥210 million from ¥355 million after saying demand for New Year's greeting-card printing is shrinking faster than expected. Promotional work held up, but earlier security investment and heavier spending on people pushed costs above plan.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue for the six months to April rose 53.2% to ¥29,390 million and operating profit climbed 61.0% to ¥2,573 million, helped by fund formation and Livenup Group. Even so, management left its full-year targets unchanged and kept the annual dividend forecast at ¥46.00 a share.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
The fitness operator lifted full-year revenue and profit guidance after saying member growth at existing clubs and new in-club services ran ahead of plan, while operating costs came in lighter. It also raised its year-end dividend forecast to ¥25 from ¥20, taking the annual dividend view to ¥51.