Ichinen HD - Acquisition of treasury stock through off-auction trading (ToSTNeT-3)
Ichinen Holdings (9619) announced on the 9th that it has acquired its common stock as previously announced on August 8, 2024, in order to improve shareholder returns and capital efficiency, as well as to pursue a flexible capital policy in response to changing business environments. The total number of shares to be acquired is 500,000 shares (limit) (0.92% of the total number of issued shares), and the total acquisition price of the shares is up to 317,158,800 yen. The type of stock to be acquired is the company's common stock, and the acquisition method is via the Tokyo
Dentsu Group - significant rebound, confirmed improvement of business momentum despite downward revision of performance.
Significant rebound. The company announced its second-quarter earnings the day before, and its operating profit in the April-June period turned from a loss of 4.3 billion yen in the same period last year to a profit of 11.2 billion yen. However, due to the write-down, the consensus of about 19 billion yen was lower than expected. The full-year forecast has been downwardly revised from the previous 135.4 billion yen to 107.1 billion yen, which is 2.4 times less than the previous year, due to write-downs and related costs associated with business transfers. However, the organic growth rate of sales gross profit has become positive for the first time in six quarters in the April-June period, indicating an improvement in business momentum.
CareerLink - Although there was a decrease in revenue in the first quarter, the manufacturing-related personnel service business achieved double-digit revenue and profit growth.
CareerLink <6070> announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2025 (April-June 24). Revenue decreased 10.6% YoY to 10.201 billion yen, operating profit increased 0.0% YoY to 0.826 billion yen, ordinary profit decreased 0.5% YoY to 0.827 billion yen, and net profit attributable to the parent company's shareholders for the quarter increased 6.7% YoY to 0.564 billion yen. Sales of office staff services decreased 14.9% YoY to 8.392 billion yen, while operating profit decreased 2.8% YoY to 7.5 billion yen.
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ProHD---Despite a decrease in revenue in 1Q, DXxHR business saw an increase in revenue.
Project Holdings <9246> announced its consolidated financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 (January-June 24), with revenue of 2.689 billion yen, down 14.1% from the same period last year. Operating loss was 0.151 billion yen (compared to a profit of 0.42 billion yen in the same period last year), ordinary loss was 0.183 billion yen (compared to a profit of 0.422 billion yen in the same period last year), and the net loss attributable to parent company shareholders was 0.064 billion yen (compared to a profit of 0.244 billion yen in the same period last year). Revenue from the digital transformation business was 19.
MicroAd's third quarter revenue increased, but the delayed revenue from the new signboard service and the withdrawal of Cookie abandonment affected the annual financial estimates and led to a downward revision.
MicroAd <9553> announced its consolidated financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year ending September 2024 (October 23-June 24) on the 13th. Revenue increased by 2.5% from the same period of the previous year to 10.324 billion yen, operating profit decreased by 56.6% to 0.353 billion yen, ordinary profit decreased by 59.5% to 0.302 billion yen, and quarterly net profit attributable to the parent company's shareholders decreased by 48.3% to 0.286 billion yen. The data product service is a main business, and revenue is 4.994 billion yen due to the growth of UNIVERSE.