j-Group Holdings Corp.

J-Group Holdings announced its earnings after the close on October 9, reporting cumulative consolidated ordinary profit for the second quarter of the fiscal year ending February 2027 fell 60.4% year on year to 90 million yen. Progress against the full-year plan of 370 million yen reached only 24.3%, below the three-year average of 58.2%. Based on calculations using the company's unchanged full-year plan, consolidated ordinary profit for the second half, covering September through February, is expected to surge 2.2 times year on year to 280 million yen. In the most recent three months, from June through August, consolidated ordinary profit plunged 98.1% year on year to 1 million yen, while the operating profit margin on sales deteriorated to 0.6% from 2.3% a year earlier.