GDO announced 1H FY24/12 consolidated financial results at 15:00 on Thursday 8/8, and it held a results briefing at 16:00 via Zoom webinar, hosted by CEO Ishizaka, COO Yoshikawa and CFO Nakamura.
Headline figures were net sales +10.2% YoY, EBITDA -26.9%, the operating loss expanding and profit attributable to owners of parent dropping into loss.
While headline numbers on the surface appear to indicate an extremely challenging environment, it is worth noting that the trend for 2Q-only profit improved sequentially at all levels (see red circles in the table below), and management is confident that profit will return to profitability in the 2H as measures to improve GPM and control costs contribute going forward.