In August 2023, the company announced a new medium-term management plan, a five-year plan (five-year targets to be achieved by the end of the year 2028). In FY2025, the second year of the plan, the Group will continue to promote measures to realize the Avant Group's materiality (‘to become a software company that helps increase corporate value’), with a focus on strengthening the software business. In the early stages of the new medium-term management plan period, the Group is not yet at a stage where it will reap the full benefits of the Group's reorganization, and it is expected that the effects will gradually become apparent over the five-year period. In addition, although the organization of the Group's restructuring has been completed, the Group intends to continue to make growth investments necessary to realize materiality in a continuous and flexible manner, particularly in the Group's operating companies.
Although external factors such as exchange rate fluctuations and the risk of a downturn in overseas economies may affect the Group's performance, we believe that the needs of the Group's businesses, such as the increasing number of companies wishing to utilize data for management and strengthen group governance, will continue to increase over the medium to long term. The Group's business needs are expected to continue to increase in the medium to long term.
As a result, the Group expects to achieve sales of 28,800 million yen and operating profit of 4,900 million yen in the next financial year.
In accordance with the existing dividend policy, the ratio of dividends to net assets will be increased. We intend to always exceed the average dividend for all listed companies, while as well as keeping in mind stable dividends (in principle, dividends per share should not fall below the level of the previous year). The dividend for the year under review will remain unchanged from the forecast at 19 yen per share and will be proposed to the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on 25 September 2024.
For the next fiscal year, the dividend policy will remain unchanged and the dividend forecast is 25 yen per share. The aim is to achieve an 8% ratio of dividends to net assets, which is the target set out in the new medium-term management plan.
（Disclosed on August 2, 2024）
- For the fiscal year ending June 2025, sales are expected to increase by 17.9% year-on-year to 28,800 million yen.
- Operating profit and net profit are expected to increase due to the effect of higher sales.
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