PRONEXUS (7893) Q2 2025 earnings summary

Executive summary

• Revenue for the first six months ended September 30, 2024, was ¥17,887 million, up 1.0% year-over-year, driven by increased orders for web, translation, and finance-related services.

• Operating profit rose 8.9% to ¥3,163 million, and profit attributable to owners of parent surged 57.1% to ¥3,132 million, mainly due to a ¥1,411 million gain on sale of investments.

• The business benefited from robust stock markets, increased demand for IR services, and gradual adoption of electronic shareholder convocation notices.

Financial highlights

• Gross profit increased 1.9% year-over-year to ¥7,322 million, with a cost-to-sales ratio improvement of 0.3 percentage points.

• Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 2.2% to ¥4,217 million, improving the expense ratio by 0.7 percentage points.

• Total assets as of September 30, 2024, were ¥41,643 million, up ¥3,059 million from March 31, 2024.

• Equity attributable to owners of parent increased to ¥27,849 million, with an equity ratio of 66.9%.

Outlook and guidance

• Full-year revenue is forecast at ¥31,000 million (+2.9% year-over-year), with profit attributable to owners of parent projected at ¥2,650 million (+48.9%).

• No changes have been made to the previously announced full-year consolidated earnings forecasts.

• Dividend forecast for FY2025 is ¥52.00 per share, including a special dividend of ¥16.00.