Alps Giken <4641> announced consolidated financial results for the 3rd quarter (24/1/9) of the fiscal year ending 2024/12 on the 12th. Sales increased 5.2% from the same period last year to 35.954 billion yen, operating profit increased 1.2% to 3.586 billion yen, ordinary profit increased 3.3% to 3.716 billion yen, and quarterly net profit attributable to parent company shareholders decreased 6.9% to 2.362 billion yen.
Sales of the outsourcing service business increased 6.9% from the same period last year to 33.616 billion yen, and operating profit increased 7.2% to 3.3 billion yen. In order to secure excellent human resources even as competition for human resources is intensifying, efforts were focused on measures such as referral recruitment. Furthermore, technical education in advanced technology fields and environmental fields where growth can be expected was strengthened, and due to efforts linked to sales policies such as team dispatch, etc., the operating rate continued to be at a high level and contract unit prices also rose.
Global business sales were 2.278 billion yen, down 17.1% from the same period last year, and operating profit was 0.332 billion yen, down 28.0% from the same period last year. Large-scale projects, which continued from the year before last, were completed last year.
Regarding the full-year consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending 2024/12, the initial plan for sales is 49.5 billion yen, up 7.1% from the previous fiscal year; operating income is 5.2 billion yen, up 4.4%; ordinary profit is 5.3 billion yen, up 4.9%; and net income attributable to parent company shareholders is 3.5 billion yen, down 5.3% from the same period.