HOKUTO CORPORATION, First Half Ordinary Profit Loss Narrows, Financial results for changed to Undetermined

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Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:00 pm JST Earnings

1379 HOKUTO CORPORATION 【J-GAAP】

Earnings Report

HOKUTO CORPORATION <1379> [TSE-P] announced its financial results in the afternoon session on November 14th (15:00). The consolidated ordinary loss for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2025 (April to September) was a reduced loss of 639 million yen (compared to a loss of 668 million yen in the same period last year), a reduction in the deficit from the previous forecast of a loss of 1.29 billion yen.

In addition, the company has withdrawn its previous forecast of 3.54 billion yen in consolidated ordinary profit for and has changed it to undetermined.

At the same time, the annual dividend remains undecided.

In the most recent three-month period, from July to September (2Q), the consolidated ordinary loss expanded to a loss of 1.56 billion yen (compared to a loss of 364 million yen in the same period last year). However, the operating profit/loss margin improved from -4.0% in the same period last year to -1.6%.

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Actual Results

Accumulated Results 2nd Quarter

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Progress Rate vs. First Half	Announce	Accounting Standards
Apr - Sep, 2022	31,617	-4,397	-2,769	-2,208	-69.9	ー	Nov 11, 2022	J-GAAP
Apr - Sep, 2023	34,862	-1,975	-668	-617	-19.5	ー	Nov 10, 2023	J-GAAP
Apr - Sep, 2024	35,998	-282	-639	-499	-15.7	ー	Nov 14, 2024	J-GAAP
YoY	+3.3%	+85.7%	+4.3%	+19.1%	+19.2%

First Half Results vs. Previous Guidance

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Apr - Sep, 2024 Guidance	36,200	-1,420	-1,290	-1,030	-32.5	10	May 10, 2024	J-GAAP
Apr - Sep, 2024 Results	35,998	-282	-639	-499	-15.7	10	Nov 14, 2024	J-GAAP
Revision Rate	-0.6%	+80.1%	+50.5%	+51.6%	+51.5%

Guidance Update

Full Year Update

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Mar, 2025 Prev	81,200	3,310	3,540	2,440	76.9	－	May 10, 2024	J-GAAP
Mar, 2025 New	ー	ー	ー	ー	－	－	Nov 14, 2024	J-GAAP
Revision Rate	－	－	－	－	－

Current Period Guidance

Second Half Results

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Oct - Mar, 2023	44,564	5,155	5,383	4,142	130.7	40	May 10, 2024	J-GAAP
Oct - Mar, 2024 Guidance	ー	ー	ー	ー	－	－	Nov 14, 2024	J-GAAP
YoY	－	－	－	－	－

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Mar, 2023	72,980	-2,948	-1,854	-2,037	-64.4	40	May 12, 2023	J-GAAP
Mar, 2024	79,426	3,180	4,715	3,525	111.2	50	May 10, 2024	J-GAAP
Mar, 2025 Guidance	ー	ー	ー	ー	－	－	Nov 14, 2024	J-GAAP
YoY	－	－	－	－	－

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Operating Profit Margin	Announce	Accounting Standards
Jul - Sep, 2023	18,013	-727	-364	-285	-9.0	-4.0	Nov 10, 2023	J-GAAP
Oct - Dec, 2023	23,717	3,411	2,931	2,090	66.0	14.4	Feb 9, 2024	J-GAAP
Jan - Mar, 2024	20,847	1,744	2,452	2,052	64.7	8.4	May 10, 2024	J-GAAP
Apr - Jun, 2024	17,825	3	923	602	19.0	0.0	Aug 9, 2024	J-GAAP
Jul - Sep, 2024	18,173	-285	-1,562	-1,101	-34.7	-1.6	Nov 14, 2024	J-GAAP
YoY	+0.9%	+60.8%	-329.1%	-286.3%	-285.9%