M&A Consulting Holdings <9552> is an independent M&A brokerage company that deploys a transaction-oriented business model that receives compensation from both transferor and transferee companies. The company has successfully achieved thorough cost reduction through streamlining and has introduced a success fee system, the only complete success-based compensation system for listed companies with zero engagement fees and interim fees for transferor companies. Recent cases have shown a high demand for M&A needs related to business succession issues. Quantz Consulting, launched in October last year, ended with sales of 42 million yen in the first half of 2024.

The company operates a business with the only complete success-based compensation system for listed companies, and has a short period until the conclusion of the transaction, averaging 6.7 months, and has the highest matching power in the industry. Factors supporting these include the development of an in-house system utilizing data-driven and rational management, and efficiency through AI and DX. Specifically, M&A is divided into three phases: sourcing, matching, and execution. The company is able to provide high-quality services by using DX and AI to streamline the sourcing and matching phases, allowing advisors to spend more time on execution. In addition, the entire company is thoroughly cost-conscious, maintaining a high level of operating profit margin compared to other competitors.

In terms of performance, sales in the first half of the fiscal year were 85.2 billion yen, 2.2 times higher than the same period of the previous year, and operating profit was 49.3 billion yen, 2.1 times higher than the same period of the previous year, showing high progress towards the first-half plan. The number of transactions increased by 96% compared to the same period of the previous year to 57, and the number of large-scale transactions reached 14. Currently, there is no announcement of upward revision of the full-year performance forecast, and sales for the full year ending September 2024 are expected to increase by 77% compared to the previous year to 153 billion yen, with operating profit increasing by 57% to 72 billion yen. While top-line and operating profit are expected to continue to expand in the future, it is important to pay attention to the stock price movement.

As top-line and operating profit are expected to continue to expand in the future, it is important to pay attention to the stock price movement.