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ASKUL, First Half Ordinary Profit Turns to Loss, Dividend Revised from 38 Yen to Undecided

Wed Jan 28, 2026 3:30 pm JST Earnings

2678 ASKUL Corporation 【J-GAAP】

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ASKUL Corporation <2678> [TSE Prime] announced its financial results after the market closed on January 28th (15:30). The consolidated ordinary profit/loss for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year ending May 2026 (June to November) turned into a loss of 3.81 billion yen (compared to a profit of 5.92 billion yen in the same period last year).

In addition, the company has withdrawn its previous full-year forecast of consolidated ordinary profit of 10.5 billion yen and has changed it to undetermined.

At the same time, the plan for a annual dividend of 38 yen has been changed to undecided.

In the most recent three-month period, from September to November (2Q), the consolidated ordinary profit/loss turned to a loss of 4.75 billion yen (compared to a profit of 3.41 billion yen in the same period last year). The operating profit/loss margin drastically worsened from 2.9% in the same period last year to -4.7%.

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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
Jun - Nov, 2023 231,288 7,242 7,104 4,637 47.6 42.6 Dec 15, 2023 J-GAAP
Jun - Nov, 2024 237,932 6,028 5,920 3,739 39.1 42.8 Dec 13, 2024 J-GAAP
Jun - Nov, 2025 208,725 -2,995 -3,814 -6,612 -72.7 ー Jan 28, 2026 J-GAAP
YoY -12.3% － － － －

First Half Results vs. Previous Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
Jun - Nov, 2025 Guidance ー ー ー ー － 19 Jul 4, 2025 J-GAAP
Jun - Nov, 2025 Results 208,725 -2,995 -3,814 -6,612 -72.7 0 Jan 28, 2026 J-GAAP
Revision Rate － － － － －

Guidance Update

Full Year Update

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
May, 2026 Prev 500,000 11,000 10,500 6,600 73.7 38 Jul 4, 2025 J-GAAP
May, 2026 New ー ー ー ー － － Jan 28, 2026 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
Dec - May, 2024 243,169 7,976 7,896 5,329 56.1 19 Jul 4, 2025 J-GAAP
Dec - May, 2025 Guidance ー ー ー ー － － Jan 28, 2026 J-GAAP
YoY － － － － －

Current Period Guidance

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Adj. Dividend Announce Accounting Standards
May, 2024 471,682 16,953 16,677 19,139 196.5 36 Jul 3, 2024 J-GAAP
May, 2025 481,101 14,004 13,816 9,068 95.5 38 Jul 4, 2025 J-GAAP
May, 2026 Guidance ー ー ー ー － － Jan 28, 2026 J-GAAP
YoY － － － － －

Quarterly Results

Fiscal Year Revenue Operating Profit Ordinary Profit Net Profit Adj. EPS Operating Profit Margin Announce Accounting Standards
Sep - Nov, 2024 119,548 3,454 3,410 2,195 23.0 2.9 Dec 13, 2024 J-GAAP
Dec - Feb, 2024 120,901 3,773 3,736 2,371 24.9 3.1 Mar 18, 2025 J-GAAP
Mar - May, 2025 122,268 4,203 4,160 2,958 31.1 3.4 Jul 4, 2025 J-GAAP
Jun - Aug, 2025 122,324 1,053 938 344 3.7 0.9 Sep 16, 2025 J-GAAP
Sep - Nov, 2025 86,401 -4,048 -4,752 -6,956 -76.5 -4.7 Jan 28, 2026 J-GAAP
YoY -27.7% － － － －

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