Insource Nine-Month Revenue Climbs 8.9% to ¥11.58 Billion; Lifts Annual Dividend 40% to ¥35

Insource Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6200), Japan's largest provider of corporate training, reported consolidated results for the nine months to June 30, 2026 — the first three quarters of its fiscal year ending September 2026 — under Japanese GAAP. Revenue rose 8.9% to ¥11,582 million, operating profit gained 3.7% to ¥4,448 million, ordinary profit advanced 4.6% to ¥4,502 million, and net profit attributable to owners of the parent climbed 6.2% to ¥3,077 million. Basic earnings per share were ¥36.63, up from ¥34.51. Alongside the numbers, the company raised its full-year dividend forecast by 40%.

Training demand holds firm

The adult-education market stayed firm through the period, supported by the corporate push to raise enterprise value through human-capital management and by persistent labour shortages that make hiring harder and retraining more attractive. The DX and digital-education segment expanded faster still as data utilisation spread and AI implementation broadened across Japanese society.

Instructor-dispatch training — the in-house programmes that remain Insource's largest business — grew 10.8% to ¥5,576.7 million. Digital-skills sessions delivered were up 16.7% year on year, well ahead of the 5.1% rise in total sessions delivered, underlining where the growth is concentrated. Public open seminars added 8.4% to ¥2,813.0 million: DX-related attendees jumped 25.8% against a 3.9% rise in total attendees, while the average unit price rose 4.3% even as attendees per session slipped by one.

Insource leaned into that demand by building generative-AI and DX-promotion course content, adding functions to its "AI-OJT" service, and launching generative-AI consulting plus an executive-level community. It also began on-demand delivery of public seminars and developed new course material.

Leaf keeps compounding

The IT services business, built around the "Leaf" learning management system (LMS — the software organisations use to administer and track training), grew a more measured 4.8% to ¥1,519.6 million, but the underlying subscriber metrics remained strong. Active users topped 5.46 million at the end of June, up 19.3% year on year, and paying organisations reached 919, an increase of 85 or 10.2%. Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) rose over the period and annual recurring revenue (ARR — end-month MRR multiplied by twelve) reached ¥1,475 million, up 4.3%. The "Other" line, which includes video and e-learning content, rose 7.4% to ¥1,673.4 million; packaged video and e-learning units sold slipped 3.6%, but output from the video-production solution surged 61.0%.

Margins give a little ground

Profit grew more slowly than revenue. The nine-month operating margin was about 38.4%, down from 40.3% a year earlier, as Insource spent to expand its sales organisation and ran transit advertising to lift brand awareness and inquiry volumes. The comparison base was also demanding: operating profit in the same nine months of FY9/2025 had risen 21.2%. Management said it worked to contain the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses through selective hiring, internal use of generative AI, and optimised staffing across the group. Comprehensive income was ¥3,069 million, up 4.6%.

The balance sheet strengthened. Total assets stood at ¥16,606 million at June 30, up from ¥16,149 million at the September 2025 year-end, while net assets rose to ¥13,505 million from ¥12,487 million. The equity ratio improved to 81.3% from 77.3%.

A bigger dividend

The clearest piece of news was the payout. Insource lifted its FY9/2026 dividend forecast to an annual ¥35.00 per share from the previously announced level, against ¥25.00 actually paid for FY9/2025 — a 40% increase. As before, there is no interim dividend; the whole amount falls at the year-end and breaks down into an ordinary dividend of ¥29.50 plus a commemorative dividend of ¥5.50.

Full-year guidance unchanged

Guidance for the year to September 2026 was left as it stood: revenue of ¥16,000 million (+10.3%), operating profit of ¥6,380 million (+6.7%), ordinary profit of ¥6,430 million (+7.2%) and net profit of ¥4,400 million (+6.5%), for EPS of ¥52.39. Nine months in, revenue is running at roughly 72% of the full-year target and operating profit at about 70%, implying the usual heavier fourth quarter for the company's fiscal calendar.

The quarterly financial statements are unreviewed; Insource plans to disclose a reviewed version around August 3, 2026. Shares issued totalled 85,243,000 with 1,210,371 held in treasury, giving an average of 83,996,078 shares for the period.

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