Consolidated Results for the 6 months

(from April 1 to September 30, 2023)

November 15, 2023

  1. Key Points of Actual Results and Forecast
  2. Consolidated Results
  3. Financial Forecast for FY2023

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  1. Key Points of Actual Results and Forecast
  2. Consolidated Results
  3. Financial Forecast for FY2023

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Key Points of Actual Results and Forecast

Actual results for 1H FY2023 (Apr. - Sep. 2023)

Net Sales 131.2 billion yen (year-on-year+1.1%) Operating Profit 8.1 billion yen (year-on-year -7.8%)

  • Consolidated net sales as a whole increased due to steady growth in the EVS and SS domains, despite lower sales in the DS domain.
  • Operating profit declined as slowdown in DS domain was not covered by EVS and SS domains.

Financial Forecast for FY2023

Net Sales 268.0 billion yen (no change) Operating Profit 12.0 billion yen (no change)

  • Consolidated financial forecast remains unchanged, but forecasted results by segment have been revised.

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  1. Key Points of Actual Results and Forecast
  2. Consolidated Results
  3. Financial Forecast for FY2023

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Consolidated P/L for 1H FY2023 (Apr. - Sep. 2023)

(Billions of yen)

FY22

FY23

Variance

1H

1H

Amt.

%

Net Sales

129.9

131.2

+1.3

+1.1%

Gross Profit

55.6

58.5

+2.8

+5.2%

%

42.8%

44.6%

+1.8pt

Operating Profit

8.8

8.1

-0.6

-7.8%

%

6.8%

6.2%

-0.6pt

Ordinary Profit

9.5

9.2

-0.3

-3.3%

%

7.4%

7.0%

-0.4pt

Income before

9.4

9.1

-0.3

-3.4%

income taxes

Profit attributable

5.2

6.2

+0.9

+18.7%

to owners of parent

%

4.1%

4.8%

+0.7pt

Exchange Rates

USD

134.0

141.1

+7.1

+5.3%

(JPY)

EUR

138.8

153.5

+14.7

+10.6%

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Breakdown of Year-on-Year Change

*Extraordinary income/losses are the amounts recorded for the current period.

Net Sales : y/y

+ 1.3

(Exchange rate fluctuations

c. + 3.5)

Operating Profit : y/y

- 0.6

(Exchange rate fluctuations

c. + 1.0)

Impact of increase in Net sales

+ 1.9

Impact of improved GP%

+ 0.9

Increase in SG&A expenses

- 3.5

Ordinary Profit : y/y

- 0.3

Decrease in Operating profit

- 0.6

Increase in Dividend income

+ 0.1

Others

+ 0.2

Extraordinary Income/Losses :

- 0.1

Extraordinary Income

0.0

Reversal of provision for business restructuring

0.0

Extraordinary Losses

0.2

Information security expenses

0.2

Analyses of Changes in Operating Profit for 1H FY2023

Operating profit decreased due to deteriorated performance of DS Domain and increased SG&A expenses in line with business expansion of EVS Domain.

(Billions of yen)

Impact of

improved GP%

Increase in

Impact of

etc.*

labor expenses

Increase in

increase

advertising

Increase in

in Net sales

expenses

other

1H FY22

SG&A expenses

Operating Profit

Exchange rate fluctuations

c. - 0.7

Exchange rate fluctuations

c. + 1.0

1H FY23

Operating Profit

*The impact of improved GP% is an aggregation of the impact of improved GP% for each business segment, and does not factor in the impact of GP% changes due to changes in the business structure.

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Net Sales & Operating Profit by Segment for 1H FY2023 (Apr. - Sep. 2023)

Net Sales

(Billions of yen)

(Composition ratio)

FY22

FY23

Variance

1H

1H

Watches

71.8

77.7

+5.9

(55%)

(59%)

Emotional

11.3

12.2

+0.9

Value

Others/adj.

(9%)

(9%)

Solutions

Sub Total

83.1

89.9

+6.8

Devices Solutions

34.3

27.6

-6.7

(26%)

(21%)

Systems Solutions

18.0

18.9

+0.8

(14%)

(14%)

Sub Total

135.5

136.5

+0.9

Others

0.5

0.5

+0.0

(0%)

(0%)

Cons. adj.

-6.1

-5.7

+0.3

(-5%)

(-4%)

Cons. Total

129.9

131.2

+1.3

Operating Profit

FY22

FY23

Variance

1H

1H

7.2

9.4

+2.1

-0.3

0.1

+0.4

6.9

9.5

+2.6

4.1

0.2

-3.8

2.0

2.2

+0.2

13.1

12.0

-1.0

0.0

0.1

+0.0

-4.3

-4.0

+0.3

8.8

8.1

-0.6

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EVS Domain

Achieved an increase in net sales and profit due to significant net sales growth in the Watches Business and WAKO Business for the Japanese market.

(Billions of yen)

(Billions of yen)

4Q

3Q

41.2

40.2

46.3

42.3

90.0 2H forecast

0.5

4.0

5.4

1Q

2Q

3Q

4Q

Total

1H

2H

forecast

FY23

8.2%

12.7%

10.6%

FY22

6.2%

10.3%

8.7%

1.4%

6.8%

8.4%

2Q

1Q

44.1

35.4

68.283.1

32.839.0

47.6

4Q

89.9

3Q

42.3

2Q

1Q

2.1

3.34.5

1.6

2.7

2.4

1.0

6.9

6.0

3.4

FY21

3.3%

4.7%

7.9%

5.4%

5.5%

4.0%

9.5

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

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Watches Business in EVS Domain

Completed

Watches

  • In Japan, GB performed favorably against the background of personal consumption and demand from inbound tourists, which showed a recovery trend.
  • Overseas, net sales increased year on year as GB grew in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, especially for Seiko Presage and Seiko 5 Sports, despite a delayed recovery in China.

Movements Net sales decreased year on year due to the sluggish Chinese economy.

(Billions of yen)

(Billions of yen)

4Q

3Q

2Q

1Q

33.9

33.3

38.4

34.8

37.8

29.871.8

57.5

27.733.9

74.2

41.1

36.5

2H

forecast0.3

3.4

4Q

1.7

77.7

3Q

2.4

4.5

7.2

2Q

1.9

3.3

2.6

1.4

1Q

4.0

5.9

3.5

2H

1Q

2Q

3Q

4Q

Total

1H

forecast

FY23

9.6%

14.4%

12.1%

FY22

7.9%

12.1%

9.0%

1.2%

7.7%

10.1%

9.4

FY21

5.1%

6.6%

7.2%

5.3%

6.1%

5.9%

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

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