SOUGOU SHOUKEN, First Half Ordinary Profit Increases by 14%, Exceeds Full-Year Plan

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Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:00 pm JST Earnings

7850 SOUGOU SHOUKEN CO., LTD. 【J-GAAP】

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SOUGOU SHOUKEN CO., LTD. <7850> [TSE Std] announced its financial results after the market closed on March 14th (16:00). The consolidated ordinary profit for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending July 2025 (August 2024 to January 2025) increased 13.8% from the same period last year, reaching 1.14 billion yen. The progress rate toward the full-year plan of 0.35 billion yen is 326.0%, already exceeding the target and also exceeding the same period of the previous year of 289.9%.

Based on the first-half performance announced by the company and the unchanged full-year plan, our calculation indicates that the consolidated ordinary loss for the February to July period (2H) is expected to expand to a loss of 0.79 billion yen (compared to a loss of 0.65 billion yen in the same period last year).

In the most recent three-month period, from November to January (2Q), the consolidated ordinary profit grew 3.2% from the same period last year, reaching 1.03 billion yen. The operating profit margin rose from 15.1% in the same period last year to 16.2%.

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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
Aug - Jan, 2022	11,375	854	906	633	211.3	307.1	Mar 15, 2023	J-GAAP
Aug - Jan, 2023	11,340	964	1,003	694	231.5	289.9	Mar 14, 2024	J-GAAP
Aug - Jan, 2024	11,256	1,115	1,141	799	266.5	326.0	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	-0.7%	+15.7%	+13.8%	+15.1%	+15.1%

First Half Results vs. Previous Guidance

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Aug - Jan, 2024 Guidance	ー	ー	ー	ー	－	10	Sep 13, 2024	J-GAAP
Aug - Jan, 2024 Results	11,256	1,115	1,141	799	266.5	10	Mar 14, 2025	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
Feb - Jul, 2024	4,456	-711	-657	-420	-140.3	10	Sep 13, 2024	J-GAAP
Feb - Jul, 2025 Guidance	4,544	-855	-791	-519	-173.0	10	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	+2.0%	-20.3%	-20.4%	-23.6%	-23.3%

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Jul, 2023	15,863	200	295	207	69.2	20	Sep 13, 2023	J-GAAP
Jul, 2024	15,796	253	346	274	91.5	20	Sep 13, 2024	J-GAAP
Jul, 2025 Guidance	15,800	260	350	280	93.4	20	Sep 13, 2024	J-GAAP
YoY	+0.0%	+2.8%	+1.2%	+2.2%	+2.0%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Operating Profit Margin	Announce	Accounting Standards
Nov - Jan, 2023	6,527	984	1,003	694	231.5	15.1	Mar 14, 2024	J-GAAP
Feb - Apr, 2024	2,303	-285	-256	-182	-60.8	-12.4	Jun 14, 2024	J-GAAP
May - Jul, 2024	2,153	-426	-401	-238	-79.5	-19.8	Sep 13, 2024	J-GAAP
Aug - Oct, 2024	4,895	87	106	76	25.4	1.8	Dec 13, 2024	J-GAAP
Nov - Jan, 2024	6,361	1,028	1,035	723	241.1	16.2	Mar 14, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	-2.5%	+4.5%	+3.2%	+4.2%	+4.1%