HURXLEY CORPORATION Q4 FY2025 earnings call

Overall Group Performance

• Overall 2025 March term reported year-over-year decrease in revenue and profit, but performance remains solid. 4-year CAGR for consolidated revenue is +12.5% and for consolidated operating profit is +20.8%, demonstrating steady improvement in core profitability.
• Logistics & Food Processing, the company's core strategic growth segment, has delivered very strong outperformance, driven by acquisitions and operational momentum.

Key Strategic Moves & Operational Milestones

• M&A Integration: Added Hosoya Corporation, the leading player in chilled steamed shumai in the Kanto region and nationwide, to the group in December 2024. Management expects to leverage existing group distribution channels to expand market share and capture group synergy gains.
• Market Initiatives: The Prepared Meals segment sponsored and exhibited at the Osaka Health Pavilion at the Osaka-Kansai World Expo, selling a special World Expo version of its signature Hokka-Hokka Tei nori bento.
• Partnership: Entered into a business alliance with TKP, a major conference room operator, in April 2025. Both parties plan to explore cross-selling of Harkslay's products and services to TKP's customer base for mutual growth.
• Product Recognition: Inaba Peanuts products won first place in the Nikkei MJ Buyer Survey, earning high marks for both taste and packaging. Products from Tanigai Foods are featured as a gift option for the hometown tax donation program in Chikusei, Ibaraki, and are gaining attention as outdoor nutrition products. OEM outsourcing of side dish processing remains strong as a solution for industry labor shortages.

Dividend Policy

• Full year dividend is maintained at the previously announced 26 yen per share, 2 yen higher than the prior year, marking consecutive dividend increases since the 2022 March term. The company targets continued dividend increases that do not fall below the prior year's level aligned with growth in earnings per share.

1. Prepared Meals (Chushoku) Segment: Revenue: 17.32 billion yen, +2.6% year-over-year. Operating profit: a net loss of 0.07 billion yen. Revenue contribution: 36.4% of total consolidated segment revenue.

2. Store Asset & Solutions Segment: Revenue: 12.19 billion yen, -22.7% year-over-year. Operating profit: 1.73 billion yen, -11.3% year-over-year. Revenue contribution: 25.6% of total consolidated segment revenue. Active operating stores for lease and property management increased by 45 stores year-over-year to 1,015 stores, growing stable recurring stock revenue.

3. Logistics & Food Processing Segment (core growth pillar): Revenue: 18.09 billion yen, +9.6% year-over-year, with a 55.0% 4-year CAGR (2022-2025 March terms). Operating profit: 0.88 billion yen, +31.9% year-over-year, with a 157.5% 4-year CAGR (2022-2025 March terms). Revenue contribution: 38.0% of total consolidated segment revenue. Results include only the 3 months of Q4 from newly acquired Hosoya Corporation (joined December 2024).

• The company sets FY2026 March term guidance at: 52.7 billion yen total revenue, 1.9 billion yen operating profit, 1.6 billion yen ordinary profit, and 1.0 billion yen net income attributable to parent shareholders.
• For the Prepared Meals segment, management expects profit improvement for FY2026, building on the return to profitability in Q3 and Q4 of FY2025, despite ongoing cost pressure from rice and other input costs.
• For the Store Asset & Solutions segment, one-time revenue from property sales is not included in the guidance; any property sales will be disclosed per regulatory requirements if completed. Active operating stores are expected to continue growing steadily with a focus on high-quality locations, increasing opportunities for client solutions and driving performance improvement.
• For the Logistics & Food Processing segment, full-year consolidation of Hosoya Corporation is included in guidance, but management has also built in expectations for rising raw material costs.

• Rising input costs including rice, raw materials, and energy costs have created profit pressure for the Prepared Meals segment and are expected to continue impacting the Logistics & Food Processing segment in FY2026.
• Rising market interest rates have negatively impacted property sales in the Store Asset & Solutions segment, resulting in zero property sales during FY2025, which drove the segment's year-over-year revenue and profit decline.
• Actual FY2025 net income attributable to parent shareholders came in below the original forecast, driven by impairment losses, compensation payments in the Store Asset & Solutions segment, and increased corporate tax expense from higher taxable income.

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