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Media Kobo, First Half Ordinary Profit Loss Widens, Dec-Feb Ordinary Profit Loss Widens

Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:00 pm JST Earnings

3815 Media Kobo,Inc. 【J-GAAP】

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Media Kobo,Inc. <3815> [TSE Growth] announced its financial results in the afternoon session on April 11th (15:00). The consolidated ordinary loss for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending August 2025 (September 2024 to February 2025) expanded to a loss of 75 million yen (compared to a loss of 3 million yen in the same period last year).

Based on the first-half performance announced by the company and the unchanged full-year plan, our calculation indicates that the consolidated ordinary profit/loss for the March to August period (2H) is expected to turn into a profit of 6 million yen (compared to a loss of 145 million yen in the same period last year).

In the most recent three-month period, from December to February (2Q), the consolidated ordinary loss expanded to a loss of 36 million yen (compared to a loss of 4 million yen in the same period last year). The operating profit/loss margin drastically worsened from -0.8% in the same period last year to -7.3%.

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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
Sep - Feb, 2022 1,028 30 25 18 1.8 51.0 Apr 7, 2023 J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2023 1,038 -1 -3 -8 -0.9 ー Apr 12, 2024 J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2024 956 -72 -75 -69 -6.9 ー Apr 11, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -7.9% -7,100.0% -2,400.0% -762.5% -687.5%

First Half Results vs. Previous Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Sep - Feb, 2024 Guidance ー ー ー ー － 0 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2024 Results 956 -72 -75 -69 -6.9 0 Apr 11, 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
Mar - Aug, 2024 974 -140 -145 -262 -26.1 0 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2025 Guidance 1,230 11 6 -6 -0.6 0 Apr 11, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +26.3% － － +97.7% +97.7%

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Aug, 2023 2,073 58 49 35 3.5 3 Oct 6, 2023 J-GAAP
Aug, 2024 2,012 -141 -148 -270 -26.9 0 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
Aug, 2025 Guidance 2,186 -61 -69 -75 -7.4 0 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
YoY +8.6% +56.7% +53.4% +72.2% +72.3%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Operating Profit Margin Announce Accounting Standards
Dec - Feb, 2023 514 -4 -4 -4 -0.4 -0.8 Apr 12, 2024 J-GAAP
Mar - May, 2024 481 -17 -20 -129 -12.8 -3.5 Jul 5, 2024 J-GAAP
Jun - Aug, 2024 493 -123 -125 -133 -13.3 -24.9 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
Sep - Nov, 2024 476 -37 -39 -39 -3.9 -7.8 Jan 10, 2025 J-GAAP
Dec - Feb, 2024 480 -35 -36 -30 -3.0 -7.3 Apr 11, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -6.6% -775.0% -800.0% -650.0% -584.1%

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