NSW <9739> announced consolidated financial results for the 2nd quarter (24/4/9) of the fiscal year ending 2025/3 on the 11th. Sales increased 1.8% from the same period last year to 24.208 billion yen, operating profit increased 1.6% to 2.756 billion yen, ordinary profit increased 1.0% to 2.777 billion yen, and interim net profit attributable to parent company shareholders decreased 1.8% to 1.905 billion yen.
The volume of orders received for enterprise solutions decreased 2.7% from the same period last year to 7.923 billion yen, sales decreased 8.1% to 7.522 billion yen, and operating profit increased 2.3% to 1.084 billion yen. As for sales, although ERP and related system development for the manufacturing industry showed a strong trend, sales declined due to a negative decline in system equipment sales, which had been strong in the previous fiscal year. Profits increased in line with the increase in high-profit projects.
The volume of orders received for service solutions was 6.878 billion yen, up 7.1% from the same period last year, sales increased 12.0% to 6.808 billion yen, and operating profit increased 11.1% to 0.24 billion yen. Sales increased due to an increase in IoT system construction-related and cloud infrastructure services. Profits were affected by unprofitable projects, but increased due to strengthened project management for other projects.
The volume of orders received for embedded solutions was 5.426 billion yen, up 1.4% from the same period last year, sales increased 6.0% to 5.368 billion yen, and operating profit increased 11.7% to 0.818 billion yen. Sales increased due to strong sales in the automotive mobility sector. Profit increased due to an increase in gross profit.
The volume of orders received for device solutions was 4.598 billion yen, up 0.6% from the same period last year, sales increased 1.2% to 4.508 billion yen, and operating profit decreased 12.9% to 0.613 billion yen.
Regarding the full-year consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, the initial plan for sales is 52 billion yen, up 3.4% from the previous fiscal year, operating income is 6 billion yen, up 2.3% from the same period, ordinary profit is 6.05 billion yen, up 1.8%, and net income attributable to parent company shareholders is 4.175 billion yen, down 2.6% from the same period.