A missing software sale takes 17.5% off the top line
SecuAvail Inc. (TSE: 3042), a Japanese security-operations specialist listed on both the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Sapporo Securities Exchange, published consolidated results for the three months to June 30, 2026 on August 14, 2026 under Japanese GAAP. Revenue fell 17.5% to ¥260 million, and every profit line beneath it turned negative: an operating loss of ¥52 million against a ¥39 million profit a year earlier, an ordinary loss of ¥51 million against ¥39 million of ordinary profit, and a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥53 million against ¥28 million of profit. Comprehensive income was a loss of ¥50 million against ¥30 million of income, and the loss per share was ¥6.99 against earnings of ¥3.72.
The company's account of the top line is narrow and specific. Subscription-style recurring services tracked the year-earlier level, it says, but the prior first quarter had carried a large software sale that did not repeat, leaving revenue at ¥260,532 thousand. What that did to the mix shows up one line down. Cost of sales rose to ¥171 million from ¥152 million even as revenue fell, so gross profit came in at ¥89 million against ¥163 million — a 45.3% fall on a 17.5% revenue decline — and selling, general and administrative expenses rose to ¥142 million from ¥123 million. Both halves of the operating line moved the wrong way at once.
The filing itemises the loss rather than describing it
Three cost movements are quantified. SecuAvail booked ¥20,020 thousand of front-loaded costs on existing software in preparation for future order wins, advertising expense rose ¥4,865 thousand and personnel costs ¥12,789 thousand — together about ¥37.7 million of additional spending set against a year-earlier operating profit of ¥39.7 million. Management characterises the software costs and the advertising increase as up-front investment aimed at medium- and long-term expansion, and says it expects them to contribute to future earnings; it puts no figure on that contribution. Below the operating line the quarter is almost inert: non-operating income of ¥604 thousand, of which ¥169 thousand was interest income, against ¥37 thousand of non-operating expense, giving an ordinary loss of ¥51,979 thousand. A ¥708 thousand gain on the sale of investment securities took the pre-tax loss to ¥51,270 thousand. Tax expense of ¥2,480 thousand was charged even on that loss, which is why the ¥53,751 thousand net loss is larger than the pre-tax figure.
Two segments moving in opposite directions
SecuAvail reports two segments, and only one of them produced the quarter. Information Security — recurring-service contract renewals, new project wins and the advertising push behind the AI-SOC line the company released from late last year — saw revenue fall 23.9% to ¥194.8 million and swing to a segment loss of ¥22.1 million from ¥75.0 million of segment profit. It is still 74.8% of group revenue. Human Resource Services, the staffing business, grew revenue 10.2% to ¥65.8 million on steady order flow from client placements, but segment profit fell 13.3% to ¥7.6 million. The two together produced a ¥14.4 million loss; unallocated corporate costs and intersegment eliminations of ¥38.1 million, down from ¥44.0 million a year earlier, bridge that to the reported ¥52.5 million operating loss. Corporate overhead the segments do not carry is therefore larger than either segment's result.
A balance sheet that is four-fifths cash
Total assets fell ¥74.0 million to ¥1,505 million, but the composition matters more than the total. Trade receivables dropped ¥114.1 million while cash and deposits rose ¥42.4 million to ¥1,173.4 million — 77.9% of the balance sheet. Liabilities rose ¥15.3 million to ¥312.7 million, with advances received climbing to ¥135.4 million from ¥111.6 million, the billing pattern of a recurring-service book, and income taxes payable falling to ¥3.7 million from ¥26.7 million. Interest-bearing debt is lease liabilities alone: ¥2.3 million current and ¥5.0 million non-current. Net assets fell ¥89.3 million to ¥1,192 million, almost all of it the ¥92.2 million drawdown of retained earnings, and the equity ratio slipped to 79.2% from 81.1%. No quarterly cash flow statement was prepared; the filing discloses only that depreciation was ¥1,012 thousand against ¥516 thousand.
Guidance untouched, and the arithmetic that leaves
The full-year forecast is unchanged from the one issued with the annual results on May 14, 2026: revenue of ¥1,438 million, up 12.4%, operating profit of ¥138 million, up 22.4%, ordinary profit of ¥138 million, up 19.9%, and net profit attributable to owners of the parent of ¥95 million, down 9.5%, for earnings per share of ¥12.45. The filing offers no quarterly bridge to that forecast — it states only that the May 14 figures have not been revised, and frames the quarter's software and advertising spending as front-loaded. The arithmetic it leaves is demanding: the ¥260.5 million of first-quarter revenue is 18.1% of the ¥1,438 million target, so ¥1,177 million has to arrive over the remaining nine months, and adding back the ¥52.5 million operating loss means ¥190.5 million of operating profit has to be earned in those nine months to reach a ¥138 million full-year figure. Worth noting separately: operating profit is guided up 22.4% while net profit is guided down 9.5%, and the filing does not explain the divergence.
The dividend headline falls, but the ordinary payout does not. SecuAvail plans a year-end dividend of ¥3.00 for FY3/2027 with nothing at the first three quarter-ends, against ¥5.00 paid for FY3/2026. The filing notes that the FY3/2026 year-end payment consisted of an ordinary dividend of ¥3.00 plus a listing-commemorative dividend of ¥2.00, so the ordinary component is flat year on year and the ¥2.00 difference is a one-off falling away rather than a cut. The dividend forecast is unrevised from the previous announcement, and no payment start date has been set. With 7,690,000 shares issued and 448 held in treasury, the ¥3.00 payout costs roughly ¥23 million against ¥1,173 million of cash.
| Metric | Q1 FY3/2027 | Q1 FY3/2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (¥ million) | 260 | 315 | −17.5% |
| Gross profit (¥ million) | 89 | 163 | −45.3% |
| SG&A expenses (¥ million) | 142 | 123 | +14.8% |
| Operating profit (¥ million) | −52 | 39 | profit to loss |
| Ordinary profit (¥ million) | −51 | 39 | profit to loss |
| Net profit attrib. to owners of parent (¥ million) | −53 | 28 | profit to loss |
| Comprehensive income (¥ million) | −50 | 30 | profit to loss |
| EPS (¥) | −6.99 | 3.72 | profit to loss |
| Information Security — revenue (¥ million) | 194 | 256 | −23.9% |
| Information Security — segment profit (¥ million) | −22 | 74 | profit to loss |
| Human Resource Services — revenue (¥ million) | 65 | 59 | +10.2% |
| Human Resource Services — segment profit (¥ million) | 7 | 8 | −13.3% |
| Total assets (¥ million) | 1,505 | 1,579 | −4.7% |
| Net assets (¥ million) | 1,192 | 1,281 | −7.0% |
| Equity ratio | 79.2% | 81.1% | −1.9 pt |
| FY3/2027 guidance — revenue (¥ million) | 1,438 | — | +12.4% |
| FY3/2027 guidance — operating profit (¥ million) | 138 | — | +22.4% |
| FY3/2027 guidance — ordinary profit (¥ million) | 138 | — | +19.9% |
| FY3/2027 guidance — net profit (¥ million) | 95 | — | −9.5% |
| FY3/2027 guidance — EPS (¥) | 12.45 | — | n.m. |
| Annual dividend per share (¥) | 3.00 | 5.00 | −40.0% |
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