TOPPAN Holdings Inc. (7911) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript

My name is Kurobe, CFO. Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend our fiscal 2026 first quarter results briefing today. I will now begin with an overview of our financial results. Please turn to page 2. Thank you. As for per-share indicators, EPS increased year-on-year. Please turn to page 3. Here we show the results by segment. In information solutions, net sales increased 0.5 percentage point year-on-year to 211.2 billion yen, and non-GAAP operating profit increased 11.8% to 7.6 billion yen. In living and industry, net sales increased 57.3% to 214.2 billion yen, and non-GAAP operating profit increased 85.5% to 18.5 billion yen. In electronics, net sales decreased 33.4% to 37.6 billion yen, while non-GAAP operating profit increased 2.4% to 9.3 billion yen. Excluding the financial contribution of TechSend Photomass Corporation, or TPC, in the previous year, the electronics segment recorded increases in sales and a significant increase in profit. All segments recorded profit growth in the first quarter. Relative to our profit plan, Information Solutions was largely in line with plan, while Living and Industry and Electronics came in a VAP plan. I will explain each segment in more detail later. Next, please turn to page 4. I will explain the year-on-year changes in non-GAAP operating profit. As TPC transitioned to an equity method associate, we used 9.9 billion yen as the starting point after excluding 6.2 billion yen attributable to TPC. Foreign exchange had a positive impact of 2.6 billion yen. Excluding foreign exchange effects, information solutions contributed a positive 300 million yen. Living and industry suffered a negative impact of 1.9 billion yen due to one-time costs in a packaging business in the Americas. Excluding these one-time costs, living and industry contributed a positive 10 billion yen driven by strong performance in packaging and deco materials. Electronics contributed a positive 4.6 billion yen, mainly due to growth in a semiconductor-related business. As a result of these factors, non-gap operating profit for the first quarter was 25.4 billion yen. Next, I will explain the results of each segment. Please turn to page 5. Information Solutions recorded increases in both sales and profit driven by strong performance in a security business. Looking at the results by sub-segment, security recorded higher sales due to the new consolidation of DZ card. Profit also increased due to factors such as DPS price increase in Japan. IoT solutions recorded higher sales due to acquisition of public sector projects. In marketing, sales remained flat as project wins from private sector companies offset the post-demand decline from World Expo-related projects in the previous year. The first quarter tends to have a relatively small number of projects, but we have been steadily expanding orders for high-value-added projects through integrated proposals based on customer challenges. In BPO, sales remained flat as project wins from the public sector offset the decline in private sector projects. BPO tends to be weighted toward the latter half of the fiscal year. Meantime, we will continue to reduce costs and scale back low profitability projects with the aim of improving the profit margin from the second quarter onward. In securities and business printing, capturing demand for election solutions overseas contributed to increases in both sales and profit. Domestically, we withdrew from the supplies business as part of structural reform. Information printing recorded decreases in both sales and profit due to continued market contraction. As we explained at IR Day, we will continue to implement structural reforms in information printing, including the closure of the Sakata plant and consolidation of pre-pressed sites to maintain and improve profitability. Please turn to page 6. Living an industry recorded increases in both sales and profit, driven by strong performance in both overseas packaging and deco materials. In packaging, sales increased due to the new consolidation of the packaging business in the Americas and strong demand in the Asian region. Profit increased due to sales growth as well as contributions from cost synergies achieved through global procurement and other initiatives. The market environment in North America has been improving since the previous fiscal year. Please turn to page 7. In electronics, sales decreased due to the impact of TPC's deconsolidation. However, growth in FCBGAs and the positive impact of foreign exchange more than offset the decrease in profit from TPC, resulting in higher profit. In a semiconductor-related business, FCBGAs recorded increases in both sales and profit due to the Niigata line's contribution to production and an increasing proportion of AI-related products. Improvements in tact time were also completed ahead of our expectations. For advanced packaging, expenses came in below plan due to factors such as a review of the accounting treatment method for development expenses. In this place, sales of anti-reflective films increased due to strong performance in products for OLEDs. Next, please turn to page 8. I will explain the key points of the consolidated statements of income for the first quarter. The gross margin improved by 0.2 percentage points year on year to 24.2%. While there was an impact from the removal of TPC from the scope of consolidation in electronics, Thank you. Please turn to page 9. I will explain the progress of the priority initiatives under our medium-term plan. To execute the three priority initiatives set out in the medium-term plan announced in May, business portfolio transformation, corporate reform, and balance sheet reform, we have established an integrated project structure bringing together the holding company and business units with the COO as project owner and are driving these initiatives top-down. We have established sub-projects for each of the items under the priority initiatives. Through close collaboration, we are currently analyzing the current situation, identifying target opportunities, and examining their expected impact in detail. We will disclose and explain the progress and results of each project as appropriate going forward. Please turn to page 10. Although our first quarter results came in a VAP plan, given factors including the continued uncertainty over when the situation in the Middle East will stabilize, we have made no changes to our full year forecast for this current fiscal year, including the segment forecast shown on page 11. That concludes my overview of our financial results. Thank you.