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Asterisk, The Current Fiscal Year Ordinary Profit Revised Downward by 82%

Mon Apr 14, 2025 3:30 pm JST Earnings

6522 Asterisk Inc. 【J-GAAP】

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Asterisk Inc. <6522> [TSE Growth] announced its financial results after the market closed on April 14th (15:30). The consolidated ordinary loss for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending August 2025 (September 2024 to February 2025) was a reduced loss of 18 million yen (compared to a loss of 121 million yen in the same period last year), reversing from the forecast of a 17 million yen to a loss.

In addition, the full-year consolidated ordinary profit has decreased 82.1%, from the previous forecast of 218 million yen to 39 million yen (compared to a loss of 176 million yen in the previous period).

Based on the first-half performance announced by the company and the 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 57 million yen (compared to a loss of 55 million yen in the same period last year).

In the most recent three-month period, from December to February (2Q), the consolidated ordinary profit/loss turned to a profit of 36 million yen (compared to a loss of 30 million yen in the same period last year). The operating profit/loss margin drastically improved from -11.2% in the same period last year to 6.0%.

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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 869 -38 -23 -12 -1.8 Apr 14, 2023 J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2023 658 -160 -121 -197 -27.8 Apr 12, 2024 J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2024 875 -15 -18 -23 -3.2 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +33.0% +90.6% +85.1% +88.3% +88.5%

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 1,160 19 17 2 0.3 0 Oct 15, 2024 J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2024 Results 875 -15 -18 -23 -3.2 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Revision Rate -24.6%

Guidance Update

Full Year Update

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Aug, 2025 Prev 2,719 223 218 99 12.7 0 Oct 15, 2024 J-GAAP
Aug, 2025 New 2,200 50 39 15 1.9 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Revision Rate -19.1% -77.6% -82.1% -84.8% -84.9%

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 920 -64 -55 -192 -27.1 0 Oct 15, 2024 J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2025 Guidance 1,325 65 57 38 4.9 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +44.0%

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Aug, 2023 1,759 -192 -179 -170 -24.0 0 Oct 13, 2023 J-GAAP
Aug, 2024 1,578 -224 -176 -389 -54.8 0 Oct 15, 2024 J-GAAP
Aug, 2025 Guidance 2,200 50 39 15 1.9 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +39.4%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Operating Profit Margin Announce Accounting Standards
Dec - Feb, 2023 365 -41 -30 -119 -16.8 -11.2 Apr 12, 2024 J-GAAP
Mar - May, 2024 449 -78 -71 -174 -24.5 -17.4 Jul 12, 2024 J-GAAP
Jun - Aug, 2024 471 14 16 -18 -2.5 3.0 Oct 15, 2024 J-GAAP
Sep - Nov, 2024 391 -44 -54 -59 -8.3 -11.3 Jan 10, 2025 J-GAAP
Dec - Feb, 2024 484 29 36 36 5.0 6.0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +32.6%

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