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FY23 Q3 Financial Results: Open Up Group Inc. May 12, 2023
FY23 Q3 Financial Results: Open Up Group Inc. May 12, 2023
FY23 Q3 Financial Results: Open Up Group Inc. May 12, 2023
Financial Results
Open Up Group Inc.
May 12, 2023
Revenue 36.6 37.9 36.2 37.9 148.6 39.0 41.3 39.6 +9.2% 119.9 164.0 73.1%
Gross profit 8.3 8.8 8.6 8.7 34.4 9.2 10.2 9.9 +14.8% 29.3 39.0 75.1%
Margin 22.8% 23.2% 23.8% 22.9% 23.2% 23.7% 24.6% 25.0% +24.4% 23.8%
SGA cost 5.7 5.1 5.7 7.8 24.3 5.9 5.9 6.2 +9.3% 18.0 27.4 65.7%
SGA cost ratio 15.6% 14.8% 15.8% 20.7% 16.7% 16.0% 14.2% 15.8% +15.0% 16.7%
Operating profit 2.6 3.7 2.9 0.9 10.1 3.3 4.3 3.6 +25.7% 11.3 11.6 97.3%
Margin 7.1% 9.9% 8.0% 2.3% 6.8% 8.6% 10.4% 9.2% +9.4% 7.1%
Net income 1.5 2.7 2.1 0.7 7.0 2.1 3.1 2.6 +22.5% 7.8 7.9 99.0%
Margin 4.2% 7.0% 5.8% 1.8% 4.7% 5.4% 7.6% 6.5% +6.5% 4.8%
Number of engineers 15,761 15,887 16,078 16,926 17,387 17,856 18,153 +297 +2,075 19,100
Number of technicains 2,278 2,319 2,386 2,522 2,561 2,682 2,766 +84 +380 3,100
Total 18,039 18,206 18,464 19,448 19,948 20,538 20,919 +381 +2,455 22,200
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Segment Quarterly Results(IFRS)
ME&IT and Manufacturing segments: Double-digit revenue and profit growth YoY.
Subtotal of engineer dispatch businesses: Favorable Q3 performance with double-digit revenue
and profit growth.
FY22 FY23 FY22 FY23
Unit:billion yen Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q3 YoY Q3 Total Q3 total YoY
Revenue 16.8 17.5 17.6 18.6 19.0 19.9 20.3 +14.7% 52.1 59.3 13.7%
ME&IT
ME&IT
Gross profit 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.2 +18.9% 12.7 15.2 19.0%
Margin 23.3% 25.0% 25.0% 23.9% 24.8% 26.0% 25.9% 24.4% 25.6%
Operating profit 1.6 2.1 1.8 1.4 2.0 2.5 2.3 +25.4% 5.7 6.9 22.1%
Margin 9.7% 12.3% 10.5% 7.8% 10.7% 12.8% 11.5% 10.9% 11.7%
Revenue 9.0 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.5 10.1 10.2 +10.1% 27.7 29.9 8.1%
Construction
Construction
Gross profit 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.1 +12.6% 8.2 9.0 10.0%
Margin 29.6% 29.3% 30.1% 30.0% 30.3% 29.5% 30.7% 29.7% 30.2%
Operating profit 0.9 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.7 +18.8% 4.0 5.1 26.0%
Margin 10.3% 17.9% 15.4% 13.9% 16.7% 17.7% 16.6% 14.6% 17.0%
Revenue 25.8 26.9 26.9 27.9 28.5 30.1 30.5 +13.1% 79.8 89.2 11.8%
Subtotal
Subtotal
Gross profit 6.5 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.6 8.1 8.4 +16.5% 20.9 24.2 15.5%
(Engineer) Margin 25.5% 26.5% 26.7% 25.9% 26.6% 27.2% 27.5% 26.2% 27.1%
(Engineer)
Operating profit 2.5 3.8 3.2 2.7 3.6 4.3 4.0 +22.5% 9.7 12.0 23.8%
Margin 9.9% 14.3% 12.2% 9.8% 12.7% 14.5% 13.2% 12.2% 13.5%
Revenue 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 +15.9% 7.1 8.2 +15.3%
Manufacturing
Gross profit 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 +17.8% 1.3 1.5 +17.0%
Manufacturing Margin 16.9% 19.2% 17.5% 18.1% 17.5% 19.1% 17.8% +0.0% 17.9% 18.2%
Operating profit 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ▲22.5% 0.4 0.4 +1.7%
Margin 4.8% 7.1% 5.6% 5.6% 5.6% 6.2% 3.8% +0.0% 5.9% 5.2%
Revenue 8.1 8.2 6.6 7.1 7.5 8.1 6.1 ▲9.1% 23.0 21.8 ▲5.3%
Overseas
Overseas
Gross profit 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.8 ▲2.1% 2.9 3.0 +4.7%
Margin 13.3% 11.8% 12.3% 12.0% 13.0% 15.0% 13.3% +0.0% 12.5% 13.8%
Operating profit 0.4 0.2 0.0 ▲1.1 0.1 0.3 ▲0.0 ▲120.5% 0.7 0.5 ▲26.7%
Margin 5.2% 2.8% 1.4% ▲16.2% 2.3% 4.8% -0.3% +0.0% 3.2% 2.5%
Others/
Others/
Revenue 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 15.8% 0.8 0.8 ▲1.7%
adjustment
▲1.7
adjustment Operating profit ▲0.4 ▲0.5 ▲0.6 ▲0.8 ▲0.6 ▲0.6 ▲0.5 - ▲1.6 +4.9%
Margin ▲158.8% ▲200.3% ▲269.3% ▲473.8% ▲245.2% ▲232.2% ▲177.6% +0.0% ▲204.2% ▲217.7%
Revenue 36.5 37.9 36.2 37.8 38.9 41.3 39.6 +9.2% 110.7 119.9 +8.3%
Total
Total
Gross profit 8.3 8.8 8.6 8.6 9.2 10.1 9.9 +14.8% 25.7 29.3 +13.8%
Margin 22.8% 23.2% 23.8% 22.9% 23.7% 24.6% 25.0% +0.0% 23.3% 24.4%
Operating profit 2.6 3.7 2.8 0.8 3.3 4.3 3.6 +25.7% 9.2 11.3 +22.0%
Margin 7.1% 9.9% 8.0% 2.3% 8.6% 10.4% 9.2% +0.0% 8.4% 9.4%
Domestic business performed well. Gross profit declined in the overseas business due to a decline in
revenue reflecting deteriorating business environment.
Other SG&A expenses: Mainly costs for expanding business capacity, including personnel expenses for
sales and training.
(Million yen)
Expense related to
Gross profit
sales growth
FY22 Q3 FY23 Q3
Operating profit Operating profit
(Million yen)
Domestic engineer dispatch business continued to perform well, while overseas business stagnated due to
deteriorating business environment.
To make upfront investments in Q4 aimed at growth from the next fiscal year onward.
Margin 5.0% 4.8% 6.5% 1.8% 5.3% ③ Final stage of management integration
・Temporary expenses incurred due to integration of IT infrastructures,
system-company, etc.
The medium-term plan will be revised together with the forecasts for the next financial year when the
annual results are announced.
162.0
25.0 6.0
25.0
148.5 Planned value
(Commitment)
20.0
12.6
16.0 4.0
15.0
10.1
10.0 2.0
5.0
0.0 0.0
(FY)
22 23 24 25 22 23 24 25 (FY)
Results Results
Strengthen hiring while maintaining high utilization rates. Approximately 650 new graduates joined the Company in
April (approximately 300 for Machinery, Electronics and 350 for IT).
Number of employees increased steadily (+1,543 YoY).
Number of engineers and utilization rate Number of recruits and retiree/Turnover rate
Unit: Person Management Management
Integration Integration Recruitment Retire Retirement rate
M&E engineers IT engineers Utilization rate
16,000
97.8% 1,500
100.0% 25.0%
96.1% 96.4% 96.3% 95.4% 21.3% 21.0%
94.7% 94.6% 95.1% 95.2% 95.9% 95.2%
20.0%
14,000 95.0% 17.3% 16.7% 20.0%
16.5%
12,387 15.5% 15.8% 15.7% 16.2% 16.1%
1,000
12,000 90.0%
15.0%
Decrease in 1,185 882 919
10,000 85.0% 855
recruitment by
776
6,145 6,310 738 10.0%
5,772 5,956 500 COVID-19
626
8,000 5,168 5,211 5,323 5,461 80.0%
543
5.0%
6,000 75.0% 45 52 243
2,333 2,231
2,267
0
4,000 70.0% 0.0%
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q
5,689 5,798 5,965 6,077
2,000 4,567 4,305 4,164 5,300 5,303 5,326 5,383 65.0% -5.0%
FY21 FY22 FY23
(500) -370
0 60.0% -447 -444 -448 -461
-522 -531 -506 -10.0%
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q
-619 -651
FY21 FY22 FY23 -739
(1,000) -15.0%
*Utilization rate = (number of active engineer + BP)/(number of employees + BP-number of non-active engineers) *Figures before integration are for reference only.
*Not including quarter-end retirement * Including year-end retirement
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Machinery,
Electronics Monthly Billing / Engineers by Unit Price
Steady increase in proportion of middle-class engineers (with a unit dispatch price of 3,000
yen or more).
Operating days: Decreased QoQ due to seasonal factors
Ratio by unit price (contract work excluded) Ratio by unit price (contract work excluded)
Unit: Thousand/month/person
3,600 Unit: Days, Hour
Number of operating days Overtime
7,000
3,542
3,550
3,522 3,526 0.77
6,000
3,514
80 0.72 0.74 0.72 0.74 0.80
3,487 3,494 3,495 0.69 0.69
3,500
About 5,300 people
70 0.70
5,000
3,450 57.6 56.3 55.5 56.9 55.2
19.8% 19.5% 19.5% 21.3% 60 54.7 55.0 0.60
18.2% 18.2% 18.4%
4,000 ¥4,000~
3,400 50 0.50
~¥4,000
3,000 40 0.40
3,350
67.9% ~¥3,000
65.2% 65.5% 65.9% 65.3% 66.6% 68.0% 30 0.30
2,000 3,300
Hourly unit price
20 0.20
1,000 3,250 10 0.10
16.7% 16.3% 16.5% 14.9% 13.9% 12.6% 10.7%
0 3,200 0 0.00
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q
FY22 FY23
FY22 FY23
* Number of working days = Total number of working days / Number of dispatched worker*
*As of the end of the quarter *Overtime hours = (overtime hours + late-night overtime hours x 0.25) / total number of days worked
Despite an increase in the number of employees due to the hiring of inexperienced employees, our personnel
development model was successful and monthly billing continued to increase.
Steady increase in proportion of middle-class engineers (with a unit dispatch price of 3,000 yen or more) through
training and OJT.
500
0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
FY21 FY22 FY23
FY22 FY23
• Billing amount = Net sales/Number of active engineers (active engineers excluding BP)
• Average number of active employees is the average over the past 6 months (average of
the previous quarter total and the current quarter total)
Steady growth in the number of employees (+532 YoY). HIred approx. 330 new graduates hired in April.
The number of retirements is seasonally highest in Q3 (especially in March), but the number of new hires exceeds the
number of retirees in this quarter.
Number of engineers and Utilization rate Number of recruits and retiree/Turnover rate
Unit: Person Unit: Person
Number of enrolled engineers Utirization rate
Number of recruits Number of retiree Turnover ratio
6,300 96.6% 96.5% 95.5% 95.7% 96.5% 95.9% 95.3% 100.0%
93.4% 93.2% 800 27.2%
6,100 91.3% 92.1% 95.0% 24.8% 23.8%
25.5%
22.0% 21.7% 21.6% 21.6%
5,900
5,746 5,766
90.0%
20.4% 20.5% 21.6% 21.4%
600
5,700
5,633 85.0%
5,465 80.0%
515 545
5,426 727 15.5%
5,500
5,327 400 470
5,240 5,239 5,247 5,238 5,234 75.0%
394 426
5,300
70.0% 331 312 341 325
5,100 200 5.5%
65.0%
213
4,900
60.0%
4,700 55.0%
0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 -4.5%
4,500 50.0%
-14.5%
FY21 FY22 FY23 -302 -292
-400 -337
-415 -397 -385 -387 -390
-429 -422 -421
*Utilization rate: Number of active engineers / (Number of enrolled engineers - Number of non- -600 -24.5%
*Retirement rate: Number of retiree during 1 year ÷ (Number of enrolled engineers at the end of
active engineers) period + Number of recruits during 1 year)
*Not including year-end retirement * Including year-end retirement
Fixed-term
80% 15.4% 17.1% 18.3% 19.8%
20.2% 19.7%
634 637 20.3% 20.6% 20.9%
6th year~
630
622 623 626 623 625 619 621 7.3%
8.0%
8.8%
606 8.6% 9.4% 8.3% 7.7%
60% 11.6% 8.0% 8.8% 5th year
11.3%
600 10.8%
11.9% 12.9% 13.2% 12.2% 11.2% 9.6%
16.8%
4th year
18.5% 18.2% 7.6% 7.5% 7.1%
40% 14.6% 9.4%
16.6% 3rd year
12.1% 11.1% 11.4%
20.3% 11.4%
14.5% 11.7% 11.3% 2nd year
11.1%
20%
500 26.0% 26.6% 27.5% New
20.5% 24.3%
Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. 17.9% 19.3% 18.8% 19.8%
recruits
FY21 FY22 FY23 0%
Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar.
FY21 FY22 FY23
• Billing amount = Net sales/Number of active engineers
• Average number of active employees is the average over the past 6 months (average of
the previous quarter total and the current quarter total)
Operating days: Requests for closure due to COVID-19 have largely ceased and the number of
operating days has returned to normal level.
Overtime: No change compared to the previous 2 years.
59.3 58.9 58.7 58.6 58.4 58.9 59.0 58.1 59.0 58.5 59.6
1.49 1.50
1.40
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
FY21 FY22 FY23 FY21 FY22 FY23
* Number of operating days = Total number of working days / Number of * Overtime = (overtime hours + late-night overtime hours x 0.25) / total number
dispatched workers of days worked
2,766
2,682
2,500
2,561
2,150
2,522
2,114
2,386
2,319
2,278
2,278
2,100
2,000
2,109
2,059
2,035
1,972
2,050
2,018
1,500
2,000
1,000 1,950
1,900
500
1,850
0 1,800
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
FY21 FY22 FY23 FY21 FY22 FY23
Negative growth forecast for the UK business this fiscal year. Sales in our UK business are expected to
decline year on year due to the impact of labor shortages.
Real GDP by Country Factors behind the deterioration in the business climate in the UK
2022 Estimate 2023 Forecast
4.1%
1 Impact of COVID-19
2.0% • Disruptions in the global supply chain
1.8%
1.4% 1.4% • Sharp recovery in demand after the lockdown
• Work style reform, increase in personnel costs due to
labor shortage
Japan US UK -0.6%
Source: Global Economic Outlook, January 2023,
revised (IMF)
2 Impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Rising crude oil and natural gas prices
Overseas Segment: Revenue Trends • Rising prices for wood, metals, semiconductors and
Unit: million yen foodstuffs
8,103 8,264 7,581 8,162 • Economic sanctions against Russia and the
6,654 7,187
6,052 withdrawal from the Russian market
3 Impact of Brexit
• Disruptions in procuring goods from EU
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q • Sharp decline in workers from Europe
FY22 FY23
• Drop in exports
* "Trade receivables and other current assets" is calculated by subtracting cash and deposits from current assets.
* "Trade and other current liabilities" is calculated by subtracting borrowings and lease liabilities included in current liabilities from current liabilities.
* "Other liabilities" is calculated by subtracting borrowings and lease liabilities included in non-current liabilities from non-current liabilities.
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Shareholder Return Shareholder Return Policy
Dividend: Plan to increase this fiscal year. Aiming for continuous dividend increases in line with profit
growth.
Acquisition of treasury stock: Conducted for 2 consecutive years to optimize BS. Considering further
acquisitions for the next financial year, given M&A status.
27.5
Acquisition cost About 4.0 billion yen About 4.0 billion yen
30.0
25.0 22.5
20
20.0
15 2nd round
15.0 12.5 1 st round
¥4 TBD
10.0 7 7 7.5 ¥4 billion
5.0 (completed) billion
5.0 (completed
0.0
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (FY) FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25
∎ To increase corporate value over the long term, we established optimal capital and financial
policies supporting sustainable growth.
Profit return (the figures shown are images) Use of cash flows
Profit before income
100 taxes before incentives
Employees
• Bonus/ incentives Investment in organic growth
Management
• Investment in training • Investment in recruitment
• Investment in training (reskilling)
Profit before income
75 taxes
Government
Local authority • Tax payment
Shareholder return
• Increase dividend every quarter (more than 4 billion yen
50 Profit after taxes in the present period)
• Acquisition of own shares (4 billion yen in the present
period)
• Dividend
Shareholders
• Acquisition of own shares
• Growth investment
Company
M&A investment
• M&A
• Domestic Engineering business
0 Internal reserve
❷
Contributing to society Job
Our values
opportunities Employee-centric
Expansion of job
❸ ❶
opportunities culture
Career Investment in
advancement engineers
Achieve ❼ Increase
“Purpose Attract business
Index” talented performance
targets*
Promotion of people
Purpose Increase corporate
value
❹ ❻
Increase unit
Helping
Improve
Solving price satisfaction employees
society’s problems ❺ realize their dreams
Achievement of
OPI Improvement of KPIs Mid-term plan
Number Labor
Engagement Satisfaction score: 1.2x of clients productivi
ty
Progress on the OPI, which represents the achievement of the Purpose by FY6/25.
Ref.
Retention rate Item Name
Engagement
82.6 %
1.2 times
Actual value
As of end-FY6/22 FY25 target
85%
• OPI: Open Up Purpose Index • Retention rate: Annual retention rate, including resignations due to
• Number of employees: A measure of the degree of penetration of our philosophy. Target by the end of FY6/25. transfer to customer companies in recognition of work performance.
Average for FY6/25.
• Encounters with work: Number of contracts started in our group. Cumulative from April 2022 to June 2025.
• Engagement: Percentage increase in the engagement survey score of
• Career advancement: Number of employees reaching the mid-level skill. Cumulative from April 2022 to June
2025. FY6/22 compared to FY6/25.
* Cumulative total for 24 months after integration (April 2021 to March 2023)
* Intra-group assignments: A separate company within the Group supports the assignment of engineers.
Intra-group transfers: Transfer engineers to another company within the Group to expand the scope of their job opportunities.
Transfer to customer companies: Transfer to the customer company to which they are assigned.
• When discussing his future career with a colleague who is a Hitachi employee, he was offered a job as a direct hire.
• Working in the Defense Systems Division of Hitachi, Ltd. on the design of mass production of defense products.
• The long-standing business relationship between us and Hitachi has enabled him to gain experience in several group companies and to
understand complex systems.
Construction Construction
Construction Construction
managing engineer managing engineer
salesforce Azure AWS managing engineer
First-class assistant
managing engineer
Second-class
First-class Second-class
engineer assistant engineer
355 423 1,419 29 104
(QoQ +50) (QoQ +58) (QoQ +206)
55 303
(QoQ +10) (QoQ ±0) (QoQ +52) (QoQ +122)
Ratio of non-
Ratio of female Ratio of employees
Japanese
employees with disabilities
employees
26.4 %
2.9 %
2.3 %
(QoQ +0.5pt.)
(QoQ ▲0.2pt.)
*At end-June 2022.
This material is intended to provide explanations of our business and is not intended to solicit
investment in securities issued by us.
The forecasts described in this document are our judgments at the time of preparation of this
document, and the accuracy of information is not guaranteed.
It is also subject to change without notice in the future.
In the unlikely event that we or our providers of information were to suffer any damages
based on this information, we and our providers assume no liability.