Caster Co, First Half Net Income Loss Widens, Dec-Feb Net Income Turns to Loss

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Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:00 pm JST Earnings

9331 Caster Co.Ltd. 【J-GAAP】

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Caster Co.Ltd. <9331> [TSE Growth] announced its financial results after the market closed on April 11th (16:00). The consolidated net loss for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending August 2025 (September 2024 to February 2025) expanded to a loss of 279 million yen (compared to a loss of 14 million yen in the previous period non-consolidated).

Based on the first-half performance announced by the company and the unchanged full-year plan, our calculation indicates that the consolidated net income/loss for the March to August period (2H) is expected to turn into a profit of 266 million yen (compared to a loss of 203 million yen in the same period last year).

In the most recent three-month period, from December to February (2Q), the consolidated net income/loss turned to a loss of 132 million yen (compared to a profit of 4 million yen in the previous period non-consolidated). The operating profit/loss margin drastically worsened from 0.1% in the same period last year to -11.5%.

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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, 2023	2,193	-8	-4	-14	-7.5	ー	Apr 12, 2024	J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2024	2,290	-273	-274	-279	-142.5	ー	Apr 11, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	+4.4%	-3,312.5%	-6,750.0%	-1,892.9%	-1,813.0%

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	2,290	-273	-274	-279	-142.5	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	2,247	-143	-154	-203	-106.2	0	Oct 11, 2024	J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2025 Guidance	2,747	283	256	266	135.7	0	Apr 11, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	+22.3%	－	－	－	－

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Adj. Dividend	Announce	Accounting Standards
Aug, 2023	4,179	2	18	29	18.8	0	Oct 12, 2023	J-GAAP
Aug, 2024	4,440	-151	-158	-217	-113.5	0	Oct 11, 2024	J-GAAP
Aug, 2025 Guidance	5,037	10	-18	-13	-6.6	0	Oct 11, 2024	J-GAAP
YoY	+13.4%	－	+88.6%	+94.0%	+94.2%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Operating Profit	Ordinary Profit	Net Profit	Adj. EPS	Operating Profit Margin	Announce	Accounting Standards
Dec - Feb, 2023	1,107	1	11	4	2.1	0.1	Apr 12, 2024	J-GAAP
Mar - May, 2024	1,123	-48	-46	-59	-31.0	-4.3	Jul 12, 2024	J-GAAP
Jun - Aug, 2024	1,124	-95	-108	-144	-75.3	-8.5	Oct 11, 2024	J-GAAP
Sep - Nov, 2024	1,164	-143	-145	-147	-75.3	-12.3	Jan 14, 2025	J-GAAP
Dec - Feb, 2024	1,126	-130	-129	-132	-67.4	-11.5	Apr 11, 2025	J-GAAP
YoY	+1.7%	－	－	－	－