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Digital Media Professionals, The Current Fiscal Year Ordinary Profit Revised Downward to an Unexpected 23% Decrease

Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:30 pm JST Earnings

3652 Digital Media Professionals Inc. 【J-GAAP】

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Digital Media Professionals Inc. <3652> [TSE Growth] announced its financial results after the market closed on February 13th (15:30). The consolidated ordinary profit for the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2025 (April to December) significantly dropped 54.2% from the same period last year to 121 million yen.

In addition, the full-year consolidated ordinary profit has decreased 27.1%, from the previous forecast of 350 million yen to 255 million yen (compared to 330 million yen in the previous period). This changes the outlook from an anticipated profit increase to a projection of a 22.7% decrease in profit.

Based on the full-year plan announced by the company after the downward revision, our estimate of the consolidated ordinary profit for the October to March period (2H) has decreased 45.9%, from the previous forecast of 207 million yen to 112 million yen (compared to 190 million yen in the same period of the previous year). This changes the outlook from an anticipated profit increase to a projection of a 41.1% decrease in profit.

In the most recent three-month period, from October to December (3Q), the consolidated ordinary profit/loss turned to a loss of 22 million yen (compared to a profit of 124 million yen in the same period last year). The operating profit/loss margin drastically worsened from 14.9% in the same period last year to -3.4%.

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Actual Results

Accumulated Results 3rd Quarter
Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Progress Rate vs. First Half Announce Accounting Standards
Apr - Dec, 2022 1,579 -60 -58 -60 -19.1 ー Feb 9, 2023 J-GAAP
Apr - Dec, 2023 2,292 261 264 221 70.6 80.0 Feb 14, 2024 J-GAAP
Apr - Dec, 2024 2,206 121 121 100 32.0 47.5 Feb 13, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -3.8% -53.6% -54.2% -54.8% -54.6%

Guidance Update

Second Half Update

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Oct - Mar, 2024 Prev 1,665 206 207 169 53.7 0 Nov 12, 2024 J-GAAP
Oct - Mar, 2024 New 1,540 111 112 89 28.3 0 Feb 13, 2025 J-GAAP
Revision Rate -7.5% -46.1% -45.9% -47.3% -47.3%

Full Year Update

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Mar, 2025 Prev 3,200 350 350 290 92.2 0 May 14, 2024 J-GAAP
Mar, 2025 New 3,075 255 255 210 66.8 0 Feb 13, 2025 J-GAAP
Revision Rate -3.9% -27.1% -27.1% -27.6% -27.6%

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 1,574 194 190 210 66.8 0 May 14, 2024 J-GAAP
Oct - Mar, 2024 Guidance 1,540 111 112 89 28.3 0 Feb 13, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -2.2% -42.8% -41.1% -57.6% -57.7%

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Mar, 2023 2,322 27 28 22 7.2 0 May 12, 2023 J-GAAP
Mar, 2024 3,016 328 330 331 105.3 0 May 14, 2024 J-GAAP
Mar, 2025 Guidance 3,075 255 255 210 66.8 0 Feb 13, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +2.0% -22.3% -22.7% -36.6% -36.6%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Operating Profit Margin Announce Accounting Standards
Oct - Dec, 2023 850 127 124 100 31.9 14.9 Feb 14, 2024 J-GAAP
Jan - Mar, 2024 724 67 66 110 35.0 9.3 May 14, 2024 J-GAAP
Apr - Jun, 2024 740 64 63 59 18.8 8.6 Aug 8, 2024 J-GAAP
Jul - Sep, 2024 795 80 80 62 19.8 10.1 Nov 12, 2024 J-GAAP
Oct - Dec, 2024 671 -23 -22 -21 -6.7 -3.4 Feb 13, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -21.1% － － － －

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