Konami Group (9766) investor relations material

Executive summary

• First-half revenue and all profit categories reached records: revenue rose 37.0% YoY to ¥307,975 million and profit attributable to owners rose 70.5% to ¥79,238 million.

• Strength in Digital Entertainment, including eFootball and Yu-Gi-Oh!, drove upward revisions to FY2027 earnings and dividend forecasts.

Financial highlights

• Revenue was ¥307,975 million, up 37.0% YoY; business profit was ¥112,088 million, up 72.2%; operating profit was ¥111,264 million, up 73.1%.

• Profit before income taxes increased 73.1% to ¥112,896 million; profit attributable to owners rose 70.5% to ¥79,238 million.

• Basic and diluted EPS were ¥584.54, versus ¥342.92 a year earlier; gross profit was ¥168,900 million versus ¥111,038 million.

• Cost of revenue was 45.2% of revenue versus 50.6% a year earlier; SG&A was 18.4% versus 20.4%.

• Total comprehensive income increased 64.7% to ¥77,361 million, including ¥1,877 million of other comprehensive loss, principally from foreign-exchange differences.

Outlook and guidance

• FY2027 forecast revised to revenue ¥583,000 million, business profit ¥200,000 million, operating profit ¥193,000 million and parent-attributable profit ¥135,000 million; EPS forecast is ¥995.90.

• Revised guidance versus FY2026 actual implies growth of 18.1% in revenue, 39.3% in business profit, 42.0% in operating profit and 35.0% in parent-attributable profit.

• Digital Entertainment FY2027 revenue guidance rose to ¥450.0bn from ¥372.0bn and business profit guidance to ¥188.0bn from ¥138.0bn; other segment guidance was unchanged.

• FY2027 annual dividend forecast increased to ¥299 per share, comprising ¥112 interim and ¥187 year-end; payout policy targets 30% or more.

• Planned releases include Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and Yu-Gi-Oh! TAG FORCE GX; eFootball Championship 2027 follows a tournament with 45.21 million participants.