circlace Inc Q3 FY2025 earnings call

• Overall Financial Performance

  • Cumulative 9-month consolidated revenue: 2.701 billion yen, up 30.9% year-over-year, the highest revenue growth rate since listing, driven by expanded serviceable technology areas.
  • Consolidated operating income: 52 million yen, turning profitable from a -90 million yen loss year-over-year, achieved while continuing growth investment in the Aoranow ServiceNow business.
  • Consolidated net income: 70 million yen, turned profitable year-over-year; all top and bottom line metrics are progressing in line with full-year plan.
  • Selling, general and administrative expenses have been effectively controlled, decreasing sequentially from the prior quarter alongside rising revenue.
  • Total consolidated headcount increased by 62 from the end of prior fiscal year to 358 employees.
  • Balance sheet health: Equity ratio remains a strong 56.9%, with no issues to financial stability.

• Service Area Expansion

  • Expanded from the original core Salesforce and Anaplan platforms to add ServiceNow and AWS in Q4 FY2024, then added Microsoft-related services in Q3 FY2025, building out a multi-platform service strategy.
  • New initiatives launched in the quarter: 1) Full support services for Salesforce's Agentforce autonomous AI agent implementation and development; 2) New business integrating generative AI and Microsoft Power Platform for comprehensive enterprise DX support, focused on enterprise architecture optimization; 3) Partnership with Benic Solution to drive DX and solve social issues using Agentforce; 4) Aoranow launched AoraConcierge generative AI agent to improve employee experience and operational efficiency.

• Long-Term Strategic Direction

  • Core mission: Leverage cutting-edge global technology to help clients achieve data-driven management and full digital transformation, moving beyond basic operational efficiency to deliver fundamental business reform.
  • Value creation strategy: Use global standard solutions to seamlessly connect stakeholders and automate end-to-end business processes, with the goal of helping clients become AI-native standardized enterprises.
  • End-to-end one-stop service model: Covers consulting through implementation and adoption, and will continue expanding service coverage aligned with global IT and AI trends.

1. Consulting Services: Grew revenue 16.9% year-over-year, with improved utilization and margin from weekly consultant utilization monitoring; Osaka office opening expanded Kansai region new orders, and multiple new AI-related services contributed to revenue growth. No explicit absolute revenue figure is provided in the transcript.
2. SaaS Service (AGAVE): Revenue grew 56.4% year-over-year; contracted user IDs exceeded 10,000 and continue increasing. AGAVE is a stock-type cloud service specialized for global HR, with growth driven by ongoing new customer acquisition and associated implementation support revenue.
3. Aoranow (アオラナウ) ServiceNow Segment (consolidated subsidiary): Generated 337 million yen in revenue (12.5% of total cumulative consolidated revenue) for the 9-month cumulative period; revenue grew 76.7% quarter-over-quarter, outpacing full-year plan targets for both revenue and hiring. Operating income remains negative but improved significantly sequentially, with the first monthly profit achieved in December 2024.
4. Circlace Parent Company Standalone: Revenue reached 841 million yen, up 18.3% year-over-year; operating income hit 230 million yen, improved from a -45 million yen loss year-over-year, with ongoing consecutive quarterly profits since Q4 FY2024.

• The full-year FY2025 consolidated revenue target of 3.65 billion yen (25.8% year-over-year growth) is maintained, with 74% of the target achieved through the first three quarters. This progress is considered very strong, as the company typically generates the majority of annual revenue in the second half (Q3 and Q4).
• The full-year target of achieving a 5% consolidated operating profit margin is maintained, even as the company continues to invest for long-term growth. No upward or downward revisions were made to the original full-year guidance released in May 2024.

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