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- starts corporation inc.
starts corporation inc.JP:8850
Market cap
¥185.2B
P/E ratio
11.5x
| Mar 31, 2013 | Mar 31, 2014 | Mar 31, 2015 | Mar 31, 2016 | Mar 31, 2017 | Mar 31, 2018 | Mar 31, 2019 | Mar 31, 2020 | Mar 31, 2021 | Mar 31, 2022 | Mar 31, 2023 | Mar 31, 2024 | |
| Profit (loss) before income taxes | 11,675 | 15,634 | 17,028 | 17,222 | 19,681 | 20,504 | 23,709 | 22,358 | 23,025 | 25,611 | 30,227 | 33,280 |
| Depreciation | 2,656 | 2,761 | 3,012 | 3,116 | 3,343 | 3,367 | 4,166 | 4,616 | 4,734 | 5,122 | 5,484 | 6,096 |
| Impairment losses | 333 | 629 | 1,117 | 30 | 335 | 22 | - | - | 128 | 1 | 224 | - |
| Loss (gain) on sale and retirement of property, plant and equipment | 423 | 172 | 180 | 270 | 330 | 226 | 177 | 576 | 145 | 245 | -352 | 136 |
| Increase (decrease) in allowance for doubtful accounts | 45 | -22 | 55 | -64 | -144 | -34 | 134 | -5 | 94 | -7 | 37 | -40 |
| Increase (decrease) in provision for bonuses | 63 | 411 | -242 | 285 | 240 | -5 | 373 | -188 | 114 | 51 | 211 | 74 |
| Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit asset and liability | - | 754 | -232 | -407 | -305 | -278 | -242 | -220 | -199 | -459 | -365 | -3,764 |
| Increase (decrease) in provision for retirement benefits for directors (and other officers) | 9 | 21 | 320 | 192 | 78 | 57 | -67 | -67 | 27 | 82 | 62 | 75 |
| Interest and dividend income | -296 | -422 | -316 | -307 | -285 | -356 | -398 | -441 | -482 | -406 | -509 | -680 |
| Subsidy income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -40 | -530 | -372 | -285 | -223 |
| Interest expenses | 1,074 | 891 | 1,020 | 662 | 377 | 363 | 332 | 297 | 266 | 265 | 254 | 233 |
| Foreign exchange losses (gains) | -237 | -436 | -558 | 272 | 80 | 485 | -405 | 191 | -239 | -870 | -1,057 | -1,741 |
| Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable - trade, and contract assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -2,911 | -4,235 |
| Decrease (increase) in inventories | -4,998 | 5,797 | -6,016 | 3,650 | -264 | -22,656 | 5,520 | 10,310 | 5,771 | 2,999 | 6,405 | -3,786 |
| Increase (decrease) in trade payables | 2,449 | 370 | 3,002 | -4,396 | 1,505 | -58 | 3,486 | -947 | -1,384 | 161 | 1,883 | 3,306 |
| Increase (decrease) in contract liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 926 | 499 |
| Increase (decrease) in accrued consumption taxes | -19 | 387 | 616 | 127 | -344 | 88 | -158 | 293 | 2,287 | -2,572 | 951 | -458 |
| Decrease (increase) in other current assets | -2,025 | -580 | -1,669 | 1,747 | -2,580 | -2,231 | 2,443 | -813 | 717 | -658 | -3,182 | -3,172 |
| Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities | 502 | 1,230 | 666 | 2,589 | 3,880 | 2,601 | -3,096 | 315 | 430 | 1,260 | 2,361 | 1,886 |
| Other, net | -337 | 495 | 1,331 | 300 | 805 | 855 | 1,180 | 2,179 | 300 | 99 | 2,275 | 7,454 |
| Subtotal | 12,495 | 28,505 | 12,809 | 27,542 | 26,834 | 2,366 | 35,547 | 40,326 | 34,743 | 32,187 | 42,640 | 34,939 |
| Interest and dividends received | 295 | 434 | 340 | 310 | 286 | 356 | 398 | 443 | 484 | 408 | 513 | 674 |
| Interest paid | -1,076 | -909 | -1,009 | -634 | -376 | -362 | -329 | -299 | -270 | -267 | -255 | -237 |
| Consumption taxes for prior periods,OpeCF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -947 | - | -159 | -50 | - |
| Subsidies received | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 486 | 435 | 283 | 219 |
| Income taxes paid | -5,041 | -5,758 | -7,790 | -5,295 | -6,031 | -7,029 | -7,442 | -8,975 | -8,320 | -7,653 | -8,983 | -9,866 |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 6,816 | 22,273 | 4,356 | 21,372 | 20,713 | -4,668 | 28,174 | 30,667 | 27,248 | 24,951 | 34,148 | 25,730 |
| Payments into time deposits | -820 | -954 | -33 | -30 | -510 | -335 | -161 | -386 | -2,035 | -509 | -701 | -1,250 |
| Proceeds from withdrawal of time deposits | 592 | 13 | 700 | - | 152 | 127 | 544 | 187 | 1,392 | 239 | 745 | 887 |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | -4,741 | -24,403 | -3,034 | -3,115 | -6,833 | -25,820 | -8,567 | -7,161 | -8,823 | -16,821 | -9,021 | -16,019 |
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 386 | 2,190 | 1,156 | 120 | 114 | 329 | 57 | 87 | 66 | 250 | 2,035 | 79 |
| Purchase of intangible assets | -389 | -510 | -526 | -478 | -590 | -678 | -405 | -651 | -588 | -1,042 | -1,645 | -1,856 |
| Purchase of investment securities | -28 | -1,074 | -1,130 | -207 | -2,249 | -226 | -1,681 | -604 | -2 | -3 | -2,997 | -3,600 |
| Proceeds from sale of investment securities | 111 | 971 | 2,586 | 313 | 1,585 | 177 | 515 | 724 | 18 | 317 | 2,000 | 1,398 |
| Purchase of shares of subsidiaries resulting in change in scope of consolidation | -1,017 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -51 | - |
| Loan advances | -2 | -39 | -100 | -838 | -34 | -197 | -13 | -47 | -53 | -40 | -24 | -31 |
| Proceeds from collection of loans receivable | 46 | 25 | 67 | 32 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 73 | 62 | 36 |
| Purchase of insurance funds | - | - | -237 | -199 | -312 | -346 | -310 | -314 | -311 | -312 | -321 | -313 |
| Other, net | 34 | -108 | -137 | -74 | -289 | -50 | -57 | -94 | -85 | 29 | -783 | -101 |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | -5,825 | -21,013 | -3,402 | -4,823 | -8,971 | -27,318 | -10,092 | -8,315 | -10,360 | -17,819 | -10,701 | -20,772 |
| Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings | -546 | -1,118 | -2,780 | -400 | 900 | 12,200 | -1,500 | 2,180 | -1,247 | 340 | 2,500 | 405 |
| Proceeds from long-term borrowings | 20,292 | 32,753 | 20,410 | 21,765 | 12,800 | 33,227 | 15,812 | 17,526 | 17,340 | 22,266 | 17,996 | 24,300 |
| Repayments of long-term borrowings | -18,772 | -19,954 | -22,070 | -28,013 | -18,421 | -18,533 | -26,785 | -25,229 | -17,684 | -17,586 | -29,629 | -16,921 |
| Dividends paid | -956 | -1,433 | -2,018 | -2,312 | -2,626 | -3,152 | -3,257 | -3,782 | -3,155 | -3,314 | -4,114 | -4,952 |
| Dividends paid to non-controlling interests | - | - | -87 | -18 | -20 | -24 | -24 | -30 | -117 | -50 | -53 | -62 |
| Purchase of treasury shares | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -7,740 | - | - |
| Other, net | -10 | -107 | -7 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -4 | -1 | - | 122 | 352 | 259 |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | -78 | 10,053 | -2,378 | -8,986 | -7,375 | 23,709 | -15,759 | -9,336 | -4,865 | -5,963 | -12,949 | 3,027 |
| Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents | 397 | 186 | 370 | -76 | -32 | -122 | 405 | -50 | 22 | 286 | 350 | 569 |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 1,310 | 11,499 | -1,054 | 7,486 | 4,333 | -8,400 | 2,727 | 12,964 | 12,044 | 1,454 | 10,847 | 8,555 |
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents resulting from change in scope of consolidation | - | - | - | - | 398 | - | - | - | - | - | - | -162 |