inspec, The Current Fiscal Year Net Income Revised Downward to a Loss, Dividend Continues No Dividend Policy

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Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:30 pm JST Earnings

6656 inspec Inc. 【J-GAAP】

Earnings Report

inspec Inc. <6656> [TSE Std] announced its financial results after the market closed on March 14th (15:30). The net loss (non-consolidated) for the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year ending April 2025 (May 2024 to January 2025) was a reduced loss of 322 million yen (compared to a loss of 460 million yen in the same period last year).

However, the full-year net income/loss has been revised downward from an expected profit of 80 million yen to a loss of 150 million yen (compared to a loss of 353 million yen in the previous period), turning to a loss outlook.

Based on the full-year plan announced by the company after the downward revision, our estimate of the net income/loss for the November to April period (2H) has been revised downward from an expected profit of 70 million yen to a loss of 160 million yen (compared to a profit of 10 million yen in the same period of the previous year), turning to a loss outlook.

At the same time, the plan to pay a year-end lump-sum dividend of 3 yen has been abandoned, and the policy has been set to continue with no dividends.

In the most recent three-month period, from November to January (3Q), the net loss expanded to a loss of 332 million yen (compared to a loss of 97 million yen in the same period last year). However, the operating profit/loss margin drastically improved from -23.8% in the same period last year to -16.0%.

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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
May - Jan, 2022	1,039	-198	-246	-244	-62.1	ー	Mar 10, 2023	J-GAAP
May - Jan, 2023	459	-412	-435	-460	-115.0	ー	Mar 8, 2024	J-GAAP
May - Jan, 2024	1,368	-57	-71	-322	-80.5	ー	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	+198.0%	+86.2%	+83.7%	+30.0%	+30.1%

Guidance Update

Second Half Update

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Nov - Apr, 2024 Prev	1,345	99	87	70	17.5	3	Dec 6, 2024	J-GAAP
Nov - Apr, 2024 New	1,195	99	87	-160	-39.9	0	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
Revision Rate	-11.2%	0.0%	0.0%	－	－

Full Year Update

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Apr, 2025 Prev	2,350	100	100	80	20.0	3	Jun 14, 2024	J-GAAP
Apr, 2025 New	2,200	100	100	-150	-37.4	0	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
Revision Rate	-6.4%	0.0%	0.0%	－	－

Current Period Guidance

Second Half Results

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Nov - Apr, 2023	1,512	107	91	10	2.5	0	Jun 14, 2024	J-GAAP
Nov - Apr, 2024 Guidance	1,195	99	87	-160	-39.9	0	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	-21.0%	-7.5%	-4.4%	－	－

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Apr, 2023	2,290	106	81	78	20.0	3	Jun 9, 2023	J-GAAP
Apr, 2024	1,668	-233	-263	-353	-88.3	0	Jun 14, 2024	J-GAAP
Apr, 2025 Guidance	2,200	100	100	-150	-37.4	0	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	+31.9%	－	－	+57.5%	+57.6%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Operating Profit Margin	Announce	Accounting Standards
Nov - Jan, 2023	303	-72	-81	-97	-24.3	-23.8	Mar 8, 2024	J-GAAP
Feb - Apr, 2024	1,209	179	172	107	26.8	14.8	Jun 14, 2024	J-GAAP
May - Jul, 2024	225	-115	-124	-127	-31.8	-51.1	Sep 11, 2024	J-GAAP
Aug - Oct, 2024	780	116	137	137	34.4	14.9	Dec 6, 2024	J-GAAP
Nov - Jan, 2024	363	-58	-84	-332	-83.0	-16.0	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	+19.8%	+19.4%	-3.7%	-242.3%	-242.1%