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

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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%