In August 2023, the Company announced a new medium-term management plan, a five-year plan through the fiscal year ending June 2028, with targets to be achieved in five years. In the fiscal year ending June 2026, the third year of the plan, the Group will continue to promote measures to realize the Avant Group's materiality (“Becoming a software company that contributes to enhancing corporate value”), with a focus on strengthening the software business. We expect that the growth investments necessary to realize our materiality will continue to be implemented continuously and flexibly, primarily centered on our group operating companies, and additionally, we anticipate that R&D expenses for new product development and investment costs for launching new businesses will also be incurred at the holding company level, and expect these effects to gradually emerge over the five-year period.
Although unstable factors such as continued inflation due to soaring raw materials prices and concerns of an economic recession due to the impact of U.S. policy trends may affect the Group's performance, we believe that demand for the Group's businesses, such as an increase in the number of companies that want to utilize data for management and strengthen group governance, will continue to increase in the medium to long term.
As a result, the Company forecasts net sales of ¥33,300 million and operating profit of ¥5,100 million in the next consolidated fiscal year.
In accordance with our existing dividend policy, we will raise the ratio of total amount of dividends to net assets, always being conscious of exceeding the average of all listed companies, while at the same time striving to maintain stable dividends (in principle, dividends per share should not fall below the level of the previous fiscal year). The dividend for the current fiscal year will remain unchanged from the forecast at ¥25 per share, which will be submitted to the Company's general meeting of shareholders to be held on September 24, 2025.
For the next fiscal year, the above policy itself remains unchanged, and we forecast dividends of ¥32 per share, aiming to achieve the ratio of total amount of dividends to net assets (consolidated) of 8%, which is our target to be achieved within the period of our new medium-term management plan.
（Disclosed on August 5, 2025）
- For the fiscal year ending June 2026, sales are expected to increase by 18.0% year-on-year to 33,300 million yen.
- Operating profit and net profit are expected to increase due to the effect of higher sales.
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