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Timee's quarterly revenue rose 24.8% and worker utilization hit 86.3%, but operating profit grew only 5.8% as margins narrowed, and the board has only begun preparing a Prime Market application with no filing date yet.
Timee will launch a bank-agent service with SBI Sumishin Net Bank and push into elder-care staffing through Benesse Carioc, but ventures outside spot work are set to run at a ¥1.8bn deficit next year.
After changing its year-end, Timee reported a six-month transition period with ¥21.0 billion in revenue and ¥3.81 billion in operating profit, while warning that direct comparison with the prior year is not meaningful. The platform still looks large, with more than 14.2 million registered workers, over 465,000 client locations and ¥69.5 billion in gross transaction value. New disclosures show where management wants the next leg of growth to come from: a summer rollout for long-term part-time hiring support, an expanded direct-recruiting model, a renamed logistics subsidiary and a planned finance arm.