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Signpost, First Half Ordinary Profit Turns to Loss, Jun-Aug Ordinary Profit Turns to Loss

Tue Oct 14, 2025 3:30 pm JST Earnings

3996 Signpost Corporation 【J-GAAP】

Earnings Report

Signpost Corporation <3996> [TSE Std] announced its financial results after the market closed on October 14th (15:30). The ordinary profit/loss (non-consolidated) for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending February 2026 (March to August) turned into a loss of 25 million yen (compared to a profit of 81 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 ordinary profit for the September to February period (second half) is expected to surge 2.0 times that of the same period last year, reaching 237 million yen.

In the most recent three-month period, from June to August (2Q), the ordinary profit/loss turned to a loss of 2 million yen (compared to a profit of 53 million yen in the same period last year). The operating profit/loss margin drastically worsened from 7.2% in the same period last year to -0.1%.

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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
Mar - Aug, 2023 1,385 -29 -30 -41 -3.3 ー Oct 13, 2023 J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2024 1,485 82 81 78 6.2 41.1 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2025 1,453 -20 -25 -26 -2.1 ー Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -2.2% － － － －

First Half Results vs. Previous Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Mar - Aug, 2025 Guidance ー ー ー ー － 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Mar - Aug, 2025 Results 1,453 -20 -25 -26 -2.1 0 Oct 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
Sep - Feb, 2024 1,538 118 116 179 14.0 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Sep - Feb, 2025 Guidance 1,947 240 237 275 21.5 0 Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +26.6% +103.4% +104.3% +53.6% +53.4%

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Feb, 2024 2,929 101 94 128 10.1 0 Apr 12, 2024 J-GAAP
Feb, 2025 3,023 200 197 257 20.1 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Feb, 2026 Guidance 3,400 220 212 249 19.5 0 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +12.5% +10.0% +7.6% -3.1% -3.2%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Operating Profit Margin Announce Accounting Standards
Jun - Aug, 2024 740 53 53 52 4.1 7.2 Oct 11, 2024 J-GAAP
Sep - Nov, 2024 775 85 84 84 6.6 11.0 Jan 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Dec - Feb, 2024 763 33 32 95 7.4 4.3 Apr 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Mar - May, 2025 702 -19 -23 -24 -1.9 -2.7 Jul 14, 2025 J-GAAP
Jun - Aug, 2025 751 -1 -2 -2 -0.2 -0.1 Oct 14, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY +1.5% － － － －

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