Kimuratan Q1: Property Is Now 86% of Revenue as Apparel Shrinks 36%; Interest Costs Widen the Net Loss

A children's-clothing name that now earns its keep from property

Kimuratan Corporation (TSE: 8107) published consolidated results for the three months to June 30, 2026 on August 5, 2026 under Japanese GAAP. Revenue fell 16.5% to ¥395 million, of which ¥338 million — 86% — came from real estate, ¥47 million from apparel and ¥9 million from wearables. Real estate was also the only segment in profit.

Two things drove the revenue decline: store closures and brand consolidation in apparel, and a pause in property sales after a year in which they had grown sharply. Gross profit fell 5.8% to ¥158 million — far less than revenue — because the gross margin improved 4.6 points on better real estate economics. Selling, general and administrative expenses fell 7.0% to ¥150 million as the apparel restructuring worked through, leaving operating profit up 25.8% to ¥7 million.

Below the operating line the picture reverses. Higher interest expense on borrowings took the ordinary loss to ¥36 million from ¥30 million, and the net loss attributable to owners of the parent to ¥40 million from ¥33 million, for a loss per share of ¥0.15 against ¥0.13. On a company of this size the whole gap between operating profit and the net loss is financing cost.

Real estate: a deliberate inventory rebuild

Real estate revenue fell 13.6% to ¥338 million and segment profit 8.5% to ¥25 million. The company attributes the decline to reduced inventory following the sharp growth in property sales last fiscal year, which temporarily curtailed sales this quarter. Leasing occupancy was stable and completed construction revenue from renovation work held up. Property held for sale, including work in progress, rose against the March year-end as the company deliberately restocked, which it intends to convert into higher sales from the second quarter.

Apparel: smaller, and shrinking on purpose

Apparel revenue fell 35.9% to ¥47 million and the segment loss narrowed only slightly, to ¥15 million from ¥18 million. Store closures and brand consolidation carried out last fiscal year cut the revenue base, but fixed-cost reduction followed: apparel SG&A fell 42.6% year on year. The company also pushed aggressive inventory clearance ahead of a future profit recovery, which brought stock levels steadily down but depressed the gross margin — which is why the loss improvement was small.

The surviving brand is Coeur à Coeur, behind which the company is concentrating branding and new-customer acquisition, accelerating a shift to an e-commerce-centred operating model with the aim of narrowing losses early and overhauling the profit structure.

Wearables: small but growing

Wearables revenue rose 19.4% to ¥9 million and the segment loss narrowed to ¥2 million from ¥3 million. The installed base of cocolin, a monitoring service for nursery-age children, grew from 173 facilities at the start of the year to 194 at the end of the quarter, and the company worked on expanding sales of the hamon band series with Mitsufuji Corporation, a capital and business alliance partner. As disclosed on June 17, 2026, development is also progressing on products for physical-condition monitoring and heatstroke prevention aimed at users from infants to the elderly.

Guidance unchanged, and it asks a great deal of the rest of the year

Guidance for FY3/2027 is unchanged: revenue of ¥2,950 million (+16.5%), operating profit of ¥260 million (+184.9%), ordinary profit of ¥100 million and net profit of ¥25 million, for earnings per share of ¥0.09. Both the ordinary and net lines are guided to swing back into profit for the year.

First-quarter operating profit of ¥7 million represents 2.7% of that ¥260 million target, so essentially the entire year's profit is expected in the remaining nine months — which is consistent with a property business that has just restocked and intends to sell from the second quarter, but leaves little margin for slippage. Total assets were roughly unchanged at ¥9,825 million while net assets fell 2.5% to ¥1,605 million, taking the equity ratio to 16.3% from 16.7% and net assets per share to ¥5.83 from ¥5.98. No dividend is forecast, as in FY3/2026.

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