同社は、連結総還元性向100％を目安とし、安定的な配当を実施すること、ＤＯＥ（株主資本配当率）6％以上の配当とすること、機動的な自己株式の取得も実施することを株主還元方針として掲げている。第2四半期末の配当予想は、前回予想の1株当たり19円から１円増配して１株当たり20円に修正する。期末配当金の予想は27円であり、年間配当金は47円となる予定である。Tanabe Consulting Group ＜9644＞ announced on the 11th that it will revise consolidated earnings forecasts for the 2nd quarter cumulative period (2024/4/9) of the fiscal year ending 2025/3 (2024/4/9) and the full fiscal year ending 2025/3 announced in August, as well as the dividend forecast for the end of the 2nd quarter.
In the second quarter (cumulative total), contracts are expected to grow in response to heightened needs from medium-sized enterprises, large enterprises, and medium-sized enterprises that are major customers in each management consulting area of “strategy & domain,” “digital DX,” “HR,” “finance/M&A,” and “brand & PR.” The consolidated earnings forecast will be revised to sales of 6.6 billion yen (6.5% increase from the previous forecast), operating income of 0.71 billion yen (same increase of 17.4%), ordinary profit of 0.77 billion yen (same increase of 27.3%), and intermediate net income attributable to parent company shareholders of 0.46 billion yen (same increase of 29.6%).
For the full year, while we anticipate performance contributions from Surpass Co., Ltd., which was newly incorporated into the group in August 2024, we plan to continue aggressive upfront investments such as human capital investments such as human resource recruitment/development/activity/retention, new business development investments, digital investments, etc. The earnings forecast will be revised to sales of 14 billion yen (up 3.7% from the previous forecast), operating income of 1.485 billion yen (same increase of 0.0%), ordinary income of 1.5 billion yen (same increase of 1.0%), and net income attributable to parent company shareholders of 0.8 billion yen (same increase of 1.9%).
The company has set a shareholder return policy of implementing stable dividends using a consolidated total return ratio of 100% as a guide, making dividends of DOE (shareholders' equity dividend ratio) of 6% or more, and implementing flexible share repurchases. The dividend forecast for the end of the second quarter will be revised to 20 yen per share by increasing 1 yen from the previous forecast of 19 yen per share. The forecast year-end dividend is 27 yen, and the annual dividend is expected to be 47 yen.
