Research Coverage of Japanese Listed Companies, Shared Research Inc

Shared Research

Research Coverage of Japanese Listed Companies

Shared Research Inc

Pioneering research coverage of Japanese listed companies. Now customizable and interactive for global institutional investors. Corporate access reimagined.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Cumulative Q3 FY03/25 revenue was JPY9.4bn (-12.7% YoY), with operating profit at JPY3.1bn (-37.0% YoY).</li><li>Investment segment revenue fell 24.3% YoY; Education segment revenue declined 36.4% YoY with increased losses.</li><li>Personnel Matching segment revenue rose 33.7% YoY; AdTech/Content segment revenue increased 20.7% YoY, profit declined 4.2% YoY.</li></ul>

Cumulative Q3 FY03/25 revenue was JPY9.4bn (-12.7% YoY), with operating profit at JPY3.1bn (-37.0% YoY).Investment segment revenue fell 24.3% YoY; Education segment revenue declined 36.4% YoY with increased losses.Personnel Matching segment revenue rose 33.7% YoY; AdTech/Content segment revenue increased 20.7% YoY, profit declined 4.2% YoY.

United Inc (2497 JP): Q3 FY03/25 flash update

<ul><li>Revenue decreased by 31.0% YoY to JPY6.3bn, with operating profit down 52.1% YoY to JPY2.6bn. </li><li>Investment segment revenue fell 45.8% YoY, with operating profit decreasing 47.4% YoY due to reduced stock sales. </li><li>Personnel Matching segment revenue rose 36.3% YoY, narrowing operating loss to JPY91mn from JPY273mn YoY.</li></ul>

Revenue decreased by 31.0% YoY to JPY6.3bn, with operating profit down 52.1% YoY to JPY2.6bn. Investment segment revenue fell 45.8% YoY, with operating profit decreasing 47.4% YoY due to reduced stock sales. Personnel Matching segment revenue rose 36.3% YoY, narrowing operating loss to JPY91mn from JPY273mn YoY.

United Inc (2497 JP): 1H FY03/25 flash update

<ul><li>Revenue decreased by 34.8% YoY to JPY4.7bn, operating profit fell 45.5% YoY to JPY2.9bn, and net income dropped 47.6% YoY to JPY1.9bn.</li><li>Investment segment revenue decreased 43.0% YoY to JPY3.3bn, with an operating profit decline of 44.0% YoY to JPY3.2bn.</li><li>Personnel Matching segment revenue increased 52.7% YoY to JPY173mn, with a reduced operating loss of JPY32mn (loss of JPY138mn in Q1 FY03/23).</li></ul>

Revenue decreased by 34.8% YoY to JPY4.7bn, operating profit fell 45.5% YoY to JPY2.9bn, and net income dropped 47.6% YoY to JPY1.9bn.Investment segment revenue decreased 43.0% YoY to JPY3.3bn, with an operating profit decline of 44.0% YoY to JPY3.2bn.Personnel Matching segment revenue increased 52.7% YoY to JPY173mn, with a reduced operating loss of JPY32mn (loss of JPY138mn in Q1 FY03/23).

United Inc (2497 JP): Q1 FY03/25 flash update

Japanese news, equities, and trends, Teddy Letter

Teddy Okuyama

Japanese news, equities, and trends

Teddy Letter

We aim to fill the information gap on the Japan market, especially on small cap companies with little or no analyst coverage. While brokerages and sponsored research provide useful information, there is still an information divide between domestic and foreign investors. We aim to fill that gap by providing access to insights that are lost in translation.

This is installment #6 of my 200-day challenge to do write-ups on 200 Japanese small caps, at the end of which I plan to publish a book (tentative title: Japan Small Caps Handbook). I’m writing these unedited versions in a stream of consciousness style, and they will be refined before being finalized later on.

This is installment #6 of my 200-day challenge to do write-ups on 200 Japanese small caps, at the end of which I plan to publish a book (tentative title: Japan Small Caps Handbook). I’m writing these unedited versions in a stream of consciousness style, and they will be refined before being finalized later on.

'Quantamental' Japan Specialist, LightStream Research

Campbell Gunn

'Quantamental' Japan Specialist

ja research

ja research is an independent research platform focused exclusively on Japanese equities. Leveraging data and graphic analysis provided by Japan Analytics, we provide insights on small and medium-sized companies that have been ignored by the sell-side as well as challenging conventional wisdom on larger companies. We also offer analyst and corporate access, the latter with translation if required. 

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<div class="content-caption">
<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/083/132/original/2019-03-25_18-58-11.png?1553507902" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="83132"></figure>Source: Japan Analytics
</div>There are currently 241 listed Japanese companies that can be categorised as Internet businesses. Our classification overlaps with the TOPIX-33 Information &amp; Communication sub-Sector but is broader in that it encompasses all companies listed on all sections and exchanges but is also narrower in that we have excluded Telecommunications (including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/315" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1">S</a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/315" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1">oftbank Group (9984 JP)</a>) and Information Technology companies. We have adopted a 'quantamental' approach which covers the long-term and current trends for Japan's Internet Sector as a whole, as well as eight sub-Sectors or Peer Groups and the Sectors' leading companies by market capitalisation.  Our focus is exclusively on the locally-listed universe and is based on disclosed financial and market data. We do not provide any forecasts, other than the companies' own forecasts and we do not attempt to make any business model or strategic judgments. Our focus is purely on financial and market performance. We do not cover unlisted and defunct companies such as Livedoor and, therefore, there is implicit survivor bias in the data. The broad themes that are developed in DETAIL below are grouped into six topics as follows: - • SUMMARY •  • FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW •  • SCORING - RESULTS &amp; REVISIONS / RELATIVE PRICE •  • RESULTS TRENDS •  • VALUATION • • RECOMMENDATIONS •<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/083/206/original/2019-03-25_17-46-58.png?1553565764" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="83206"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Japan Analytics</div>OVERVIEW - As will be covered in greater DETAIL below, Japan has failed to evolve a substantial Internet Sector and, in many business models, has been passed by global competitors including in the home market. Although Internet Sector revenues have grown steadily and now account for close to 1% of the total for all listed companies, operating margins have declined by half in the last seven years and are now only four percentage points higher than the market average. Accordingly, as measured by our Results &amp; Revision Score, the Sector is close to a twelve-year low. The market's response is an unchanged Sector weight in the market composite despite the addition of 111 new companies in the last six years, and a Relative Price Score that has moved in a narrow range over that period. The Sector averages disguise the weak business and market performance of a handful of Sector leaders as well as the overvaluation of the Sector's more successful business models, which is partly a result of a lack of alternatives. Despite the world's most significant Internet investor - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/315" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a>'s Vision Fund - being based in Japan, this fund and other global investors in Internet business have been right to give Japan a 'pass'.


Source: Japan Analytics
There are currently 241 listed Japanese companies that can be categorised as Internet businesses. Our classification overlaps with the TOPIX-33 Information &amp; Communication sub-Sector but is broader in that it encompasses all companies listed on all sections and exchanges but is also narrower in that we have excluded Telecommunications (including Softbank Group (9984 JP)) and Information Technology companies. We have adopted a 'quantamental' approach which covers the long-term and current trends for Japan's Internet Sector as a whole, as well as eight sub-Sectors or Peer Groups and the Sectors' leading companies by market capitalisation.  Our focus is exclusively on the locally-listed universe and is based on disclosed financial and market data. We do not provide any forecasts, other than the companies' own forecasts and we do not attempt to make any business model or strategic judgments. Our focus is purely on financial and market performance. We do not cover unlisted and defunct companies such as Livedoor and, therefore, there is implicit survivor bias in the data. The broad themes that are developed in DETAIL below are grouped into six topics as follows: - • SUMMARY •  • FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW •  • SCORING - RESULTS &amp; REVISIONS / RELATIVE PRICE •  • RESULTS TRENDS •  • VALUATION • • RECOMMENDATIONS •Source: Japan AnalyticsOVERVIEW - As will be covered in greater DETAIL below, Japan has failed to evolve a substantial Internet Sector and, in many business models, has been passed by global competitors including in the home market. Although Internet Sector revenues have grown steadily and now account for close to 1% of the total for all listed companies, operating margins have declined by half in the last seven years and are now only four percentage points higher than the market average. Accordingly, as measured by our Results &amp; Revision Score, the Sector is close to a twelve-year low. The market's response is an unchanged Sector weight in the market composite despite the addition of 111 new companies in the last six years, and a Relative Price Score that has moved in a narrow range over that period. The Sector averages disguise the weak business and market performance of a handful of Sector leaders as well as the overvaluation of the Sector's more successful business models, which is partly a result of a lack of alternatives. Despite the world's most significant Internet investor - Softbank Group (9984 JP)'s Vision Fund - being based in Japan, this fund and other global investors in Internet business have been right to give Japan a 'pass'. 

🇯🇵 Japan • Internet Sector Review - 'Japan Passing'

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UNITED Inc operates Internet related businesses, such as advertising services, e-mail marketing services, and e-commerce services.  The Company also invests in Internet venture companies and provides support and consulting services.

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