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Ceres 3696.T · JPY

Communication Services · Tokyo Stock Exchange · 🇯🇵 Japan

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FY2025

Revenue

¥29.66bn

FY2016FY2025

Net income

¥2.50bn

FY2016FY2025

Free cash flow

¥1.77bn

FY2016FY2025

Shareholders' equity

¥13.30bn

FY2016FY2025

Income statement

Fiscal years

FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue¥29.66bn¥27.71bn¥24.07bn¥20.54bn¥23.40bn¥20.21bn¥16.51bn¥10.71bn¥5.40bn¥3.73bn
Gross profit¥12.78bn¥13.13bn¥10.38bn¥7.88bn¥7.66bn¥6.12bn¥4.94bn¥4.16bn¥2.06bn¥1.25bn
Operating income¥2.33bn¥2.23bn¥1.17bn¥1.24bn¥2.30bn¥1.50bn¥880.5m¥1.22bn¥955.6m¥557.1m
Net income¥2.50bn¥1.48bn¥451.1m¥46.6m¥2.78bn¥744.6m¥74.9m−¥313.8m¥650.4m¥275.5m
Diluted earnings per share215.09128.6539.534.09250.2564.636.77-28.4762.1130.59

Balance sheet

At each fiscal year end

FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Total assets¥37.50bn¥33.09bn¥25.99bn¥22.67bn¥20.28bn¥16.36bn¥13.00bn¥11.95bn¥7.99bn¥5.83bn
Cash and short-term investments¥15.69bn¥14.13bn¥11.11bn¥9.32bn¥9.26bn¥7.94bn¥5.27bn¥5.24bn¥4.00bn¥3.63bn
Total liabilities¥23.54bn¥20.37bn¥15.94bn¥12.98bn¥10.46bn¥9.27bn¥6.42bn¥5.51bn¥2.41bn¥1.53bn
Debt¥9.42bn¥9.54bn¥7.36bn¥5.89bn¥4.22bn¥3.82bn¥3.00bn¥2.99bn¥773.8m¥505.4m
Shareholders' equity¥13.30bn¥11.15bn¥9.19bn¥8.88bn¥9.08bn¥6.52bn¥6.11bn¥6.02bn¥5.58bn¥4.31bn
Shares outstanding12m12m11m11m11m12m11m11m10m9m

Cash flow

Fiscal years

FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash from operations¥1.99bn¥379.6m¥1.23bn¥101.8m¥1.16bn¥2.26bn¥770.9m¥906.7m¥708.4m¥370.4m
Capital spending−¥217.3m−¥324.8m−¥269.3m−¥416.0m−¥178.7m−¥401.5m−¥329.4m−¥25.6m−¥51.9m−¥10.7m
Free cash flow¥1.77bn¥54.8m¥963.0m−¥314.2m¥983.8m¥1.86bn¥441.5m¥881.1m¥656.5m¥359.7m
Dividends paid−¥690.1m−¥228.1m−¥227.6m−¥448.8m−¥197.8m−¥155.0m−¥154.1m−¥130.2m−¥82.4m−¥82.0m

Latest quarters

By quarter end

Jun 2026Mar 2026Dec 2025Sept 2025Jun 2025Mar 2025Dec 2024Sept 2024
Revenue¥9.24bn¥9.52bn¥7.39bn¥6.41bn¥8.17bn¥7.69bn¥7.49bn¥7.07bn
Gross profit¥3.70bn¥4.36bn¥3.09bn¥2.94bn¥3.50bn¥3.24bn¥3.56bn¥3.44bn
Operating income¥571.2m¥1.73bn¥390.3m¥482.0m¥601.2m¥860.5m¥798.1m¥618.5m
Net income¥122.9m¥993.1m¥105.8m¥839.2m¥1.61bn−¥57.2m¥635.1m¥172.5m
Diluted earnings per share10.6486.029.1172.28138.63-4.9355.1814.99
Cash from operations————¥659.0m¥659.0m——
Capital spending————−¥31.0m−¥31.0m——
Free cash flow————¥628.0m¥628.0m——
Total assets¥39.87bn¥39.77bn¥37.50bn¥37.34bn¥32.28bn¥32.69bn¥33.09bn¥29.93bn
Cash and short-term investments¥13.90bn¥16.38bn¥15.69bn¥15.35bn¥13.20bn¥13.77bn¥14.13bn¥13.38bn
Debt¥10.86bn¥9.12bn¥9.42bn¥6.45bn¥7.56bn¥7.36bn¥6.45bn¥6.40bn
Shareholders' equity¥13.32bn¥13.21bn¥13.30bn¥13.20bn¥12.05bn¥10.37bn¥11.15bn¥9.78bn

Financial ratios

Data as of 28 Sept 2026

FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Gross margin43.1%47.4%43.1%38.4%32.7%30.3%
Operating margin7.9%8.0%4.9%6.1%9.8%7.4%
Net margin8.4%5.3%1.9%0.2%11.9%3.7%
Return on equity18.8%13.3%4.9%0.5%30.6%11.4%
Return on assets6.7%4.5%1.7%0.2%13.7%4.6%
Free cash flow yield8.6%2.8%6.0%2.1%5.5%10.5%
Revenue growth7.1%15.1%17.2%-12.2%15.8%22.4%
Earnings growth68.6%228.2%868.0%-98.3%272.7%893.9%
Current ratio1.26x1.42x1.31x1.37x1.47x1.54x
Debt to equity0.71x0.86x0.80x0.66x0.46x0.59x
Equity ratio35.5%33.7%35.3%39.2%44.7%39.8%
Interest coverage35.24x54.87x46.66x59.54x153.87x115.70x
Buybacks as a share of market value-0.9%-0.9%-0.2%-2.7%3.7%-4.1%

Growth per year

Compound annual rate

3 years5 years10 years
Revenue13.0%8.0%25.1%
Operating income23.4%9.3%17.5%
Net income277.0%27.4%25.0%

Average margins

Over each period

1 year3 years5 years10 years
Gross margin45.2%43.3%39.8%38.6%
Operating margin8.0%6.8%7.4%8.0%
Net margin6.9%4.4%5.5%4.8%

Valuation history

At each fiscal year end

FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Price to earnings9.024.130.9213.69.842.1184.5-59.437.355.0
Price to sales0.81.30.60.51.21.60.81.74.54.1

Dividends and splits

Per share, in the currency the company pays

Paid for 10 years. Last went ex-dividend on 29 Dec 2025.

FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018
Paid in the year100.0020.0020.0040.0018.0014.0014.0012.00
  • 2-for-1 split · 26 Dec 2014

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