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People Co, The Current Fiscal Year's Undisclosed Ordinary Loss to Widen, Decides to Continue No Dividend Policy

Mon Dec 1, 2025 4:30 pm JST Earnings

7865 People Co., Ltd. 【J-GAAP】

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People Co., Ltd. <7865> [TSE Std] announced its financial results after the market closed on December 1st (16:30). The ordinary loss (non-consolidated) for the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year ending January 2026 (February to October) expanded to a loss of 211 million yen (compared to a loss of 112 million yen in the same period last year).

In addition, the full-year forecast, which was not disclosed, shows that ordinary loss expected to be loss of 189 million yen (compared to a loss of 45 million yen in the previous period).

Based on the cumulative third-quarter performance announced by the company and the full-year plan, our calculation indicates that the ordinary profit for the November to January period (4Q) is expected to significant drop 67.2% from the same period last year to 22 million yen.

At the same time, the company has decided to forego the year-end lump-sum dividend for the current fiscal year, which had previously been undecided (compared to no dividend in the prior term), and the policy has been set to continue with no dividends.

In the most recent three-month period, from August to October (3Q), the ordinary profit/loss turned to a loss of 34 million yen (compared to a profit of 32 million yen in the same period last year). The operating profit/loss margin drastically worsened from 6.3% in the same period last year to -8.3%.

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Actual Results

Accumulated Results 3rd Quarter
Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Progress Rate vs. First Half Announce Accounting Standards
Feb - Oct, 2023 4,392 393 411 287 65.5 91.5 Dec 1, 2023 J-GAAP
Feb - Oct, 2024 1,244 -114 -112 -120 -27.5 ー Dec 2, 2024 J-GAAP
Feb - Oct, 2025 1,048 -210 -211 -27 -6.9 ー Dec 1, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -15.8% -84.2% -88.4% +77.5% +75.0%

Guidance Update

Second Half Update

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Aug - Jan, 2025 Prev ー ー ー ー － － Mar 3, 2025 J-GAAP
Aug - Jan, 2025 New 992 -13 -12 -12 -3.2 0 Dec 1, 2025 J-GAAP
Revision Rate － － － － －

Full Year Update

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Jan, 2026 Prev ー ー ー ー － － Mar 3, 2025 J-GAAP
Jan, 2026 New 1,630 -189 -189 -4 -1.1 0 Dec 1, 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
Aug - Jan, 2024 1,198 97 99 78 17.8 0 Mar 3, 2025 J-GAAP
Aug - Jan, 2025 Guidance 992 -13 -12 -12 -3.2 0 Dec 1, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -17.2% － － － －

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Jan, 2024 5,353 431 449 313 71.5 48 Mar 1, 2024 J-GAAP
Jan, 2025 1,916 -50 -45 -72 -16.5 0 Mar 3, 2025 J-GAAP
Jan, 2026 Guidance 1,630 -189 -189 -4 -1.1 0 Dec 1, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -14.9% -278.0% -320.0% +94.4% +93.6%

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Operating Profit Margin Announce Accounting Standards
Aug - Oct, 2024 526 33 32 30 6.9 6.3 Dec 2, 2024 J-GAAP
Nov - Jan, 2024 672 64 67 48 11.0 9.5 Mar 3, 2025 J-GAAP
Feb - Apr, 2025 289 -82 -83 85 20.5 -28.4 Jun 2, 2025 J-GAAP
May - Jul, 2025 349 -94 -94 -77 -18.9 -26.9 Aug 29, 2025 J-GAAP
Aug - Oct, 2025 410 -34 -34 -35 -8.9 -8.3 Dec 1, 2025 J-GAAP
YoY -22.1% － － － －

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