On the eighth day, Tanabe Consulting Group <9644> announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending in March 2025 (April-June 2024). Revenue increased by 5.5% to 3.079 billion yen from the same period last year. Operating profit increased by 2.4% to 0.28 billion yen, ordinary profit increased by 5.5% to 0.289 billion yen, and net income attributable to the parent company's shareholders for the quarter increased by 24.4% to 0.192 billion yen.

The Strategy & Domain segment's revenue was 0.571 billion yen, a 9.1% increase compared to the same period last year. As the management environment has normalized with rising prices, consulting themes such as the development and promotion of long-term vision and medium-term management plans and the formation of a business portfolio strategy were doing well.

The Digital/DX segment's revenue was 0.692 billion yen, a 0.9% increase compared to the same period last year. In companies with strong performance, there is a high willingness to invest in digital technology as a future investment. Therefore, consulting themes such as the formulation of IT strategy, DX vision, introduction and implementation of ERP systems, and branding DX (website and SNS) were doing well. On the other hand, with the recovery of real marketing needs, the demand for marketing DX (digital marketing, etc.) has diversified, resulting in a slight decrease in revenue.

The HR segment's revenue was 0.624 billion yen, a 6.5% increase compared to the same period last year. As the management environment has normalized with rising prices and the management of human capital has expanded, consulting themes such as the restructuring of personnel and salary systems, the establishment of academy (corporate universities), the development of the next-generation management team (junior board), and strategic recruitment were doing well.

The Finance/M&A segment's revenue was 0.564 billion yen, a 10.5% increase compared to the same period last year. Against the background of a shortage of successors, demand for business succession that also considers third-party succession is robust. Therefore, consulting themes such as holding company and group management, M&A including cross-border (from strategy planning to FA, due diligence, and PMI), and succession plans were doing well.

The Brand & PR segment's revenue was 0.587 billion yen, a 0.3% increase compared to the same period last year. Due to the recovery in demand for real events, exhibitions, and in-store initiatives, consulting themes such as creative design, content marketing, media PR (Global PR Wire, etc.), and hybrid (real x digital) promotion remained stable compared to the previous year.

The revenue from other sources increased by 48.5% compared to the same period last year to 0.039 billion yen.

Regarding the consolidated financial forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2025, Tanabe Consulting Group is maintaining its initial plan with expected revenue of 13.5 billion yen, a 6.0% increase from the previous year, operating profit of 1.485 billion yen, a 47.0% increase from the previous year, ordinary profit of 1.485 billion yen, a 46.6% increase from the previous year, and net income attributable to the parent company's shareholders of 0.785 billion yen, a 22.5% increase from the previous year.