Fields Corporation today announces financial information and business results for the Q2 of the year ending March 31, 2012.
The Company's core business, pachinko and pachislot sales are heavily concentrated in the second half of the fiscal year. The Company is therefore aiming for its highest ever profit.
In Q2, the Company released a big pachinko title, deploying Japanese superstar, Ayumi Hamasaki, and made hit sales of 70,000 units. As for the market, the pachinko halls sales made a steady progress despite beliefs that the sales figure would show a slight decline due to emphasis on reducing power consumption etc. this summer.
As for the group business, a monthly comic magazine "Hero's", recognized as the core of the Company's contents development will be issued in November 2011. And the film, "BERSERK", produced by the Company's subsidiary Lucent Pictures will be premiered in February 2012.
*"BERSERK" is a manga series and has sold 24 million volumes in Japan and 7 million overseas.
Financial Results and Forecast (Consolidated) (Japan GAAP)
(Unit: Billion yen) 3.2011 3.2012 E YoY H1 YTD
Net Sales 103.5 100.0 96.5% 33.3 33.3%
PS(Pachinko/Pachislot) 94.1 -- -- 29.5 --
Mobile 2.0 -- -- 1.1 --
Sports Entertainment 2.1 -- -- 1.0 --
Other 5.8 -- -- 2.2 --
(Adjustments) (0.6) -- -- (0.6) --
SG&A Expenses 21.9 24.0 109.1% 10.4 43.3%
Operating Income 13.1 14.0 106.6% 1.5 10.7%
PS(Pachinko/Pachislot) 12.8 -- -- 1.7 --
Mobile 0.2 -- -- 0.06 --
Sports Entertainment (0.2) -- -- (0.03) --
Other 0.3 -- -- (0.1) --
(Adjustments) 0.008 -- -- (0.01) --
Ordinary Income 13.6 14.0 102.3% 1.7 12.1%
Net Income 7.5 8.0 106.4% 2.4 30.0%
Total Asset 78.9 -- -- 63.1 --
Net Asset 47.0 -- -- 48.6 --
Net Income per share (Yen) 22,643 -- -- 7,313 --
CF from Operating Activities 8.0 -- -- 5.3 --
CF from Investing Activities (4.3) -- -- (1.9) --
CF from Financing Activities (3.9) -- -- (1.2) --
Cash and Cash Equivalents 15.6 -- -- 17.7 --
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
ROE 9.2% 12.4% -3.5% 8.2% 17.1%
ROA 12.0% 17.3% 1.6% 11.6% 17.1%
Shareholder' Equity(Billion yen) 41.1 44.4 39.4 41.0 46.7
Shareholder' Equity ratio 62.2% 64.3% 75.8% 50.5% 59.2%
Annual Dividend per share(Yen) 4,000 4,500 4,500 4,500 5,000
Payout ratio 37.4% 29.5% -- 45.9% 22.1%
Operating Income(Billion yen) 8.9 13.1 1.9 8.1 13.1
Net Income(Billion yen) 3.7 5.2 -1.4 3.2 7.5
Pachinko Machine Sold 345 273 202 330 262
Pachislot Machine Sold(Thousand machine) 165 210 128 119 217
About Fields
Fields Corporation and the Fields Group have a mission to provide "The Greatest Leisure for All People" in the form of products and services to meet the needs of a society with increasing leisure time. We are also identifying business opportunities through research, analysis and forecasting of lifestyle and environmental changes, and developing our business in a wide range of entertainment fields including the pachinko/pachislot field as well as video, mobile content, animation, publishing and sports.