Company profile

CERES INC.

EDINET
E30919
Securities
3696
Industry
Information & Communication
Latest annual securities report
2026-03-27 Annual Securities Report PDF HTML
Latest financial report
2026-08-14 Semiannual Securities Report PDF HTML
Latest filing
2026-09-07 Treasury Share Repurchase Status Report PDF HTML
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Industry position

Information & Communication

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Profitability Strong Current Top 25% 5-year trend Broadly stable
Financial strength Weak Based on Equity ratio Current Bottom 19% 5-year trend Broadly stable
Growth Strong Current Top 24% 5-year trend Broadly stable
Cash generation Above average Current Top 40% 5-year trend Improving

Latest half-year results

H1 FY2026

2026/01/01 - 2026/06/30

Standalone · Japanese GAAP · Cumulative YTD

For H1 FY2026, revenue was ¥18.76 billion, up 18.4% year over year. Operating income was ¥2.3 billion, up 57.5% year over year. Net income was ¥1.31 billion, down 24.2% year over year.

Revenue ¥18.76B up 18.4% year over year
Operating income ¥2.3B up 57.5% year over year
Net income ¥1.31B down 24.2% year over year
Operating cash flow ¥78.47M
Free cash flow -¥2.4B
Total assets ¥39.87B

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Half-year financial trend

H1 values are cumulative year-to-date.

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Standalone · Japanese GAAP · Cumulative YTD

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FY2025

Standalone Japanese GAAP

Revenue reached ¥19.71 billion, up 40.2% year over year. Operating income was ¥2.84 billion, up 51.3% year over year. Operating margin was 14.4%. Net income was ¥2.5 billion, up 68.6% year over year. ROE was 22.4%; equity ratio was 36.4%; free cash flow was ¥2.41 billion.

Revenue ¥19.71B up 40.2% year over year
Operating income ¥2.84B up 51.3% year over year
Net income ¥2.5B up 68.6% year over year
Total assets¥30.63B
Total equity—
Operating cash flow¥1.67B
Free cash flow¥2.41B

Industry position details

Information & Communication

Annual data for the same fiscal year and industry

Comparison sample varies by metric

Profitability Strong

Operating margin Top 32% / ROE Top 18%

Financial strength Weak
Based on Equity ratio

Equity ratio Bottom 83%

Growth Strong

Revenue growth Top 7% / 3-year revenue CAGR Top 41%

Cash generation Above average

Operating cash flow margin Bottom 54% / Free cash flow margin Top 28%

Profitability Industry position history Broadly stable
2025 Top 22% 2024 Top 25% 2023 Bottom 48% 2022 Bottom 45% 2021 Top 17%
Financial strength Industry position history Broadly stable
2025 Bottom 16% 2024 Bottom 11% 2023 Bottom 13% 2022 Bottom 14% 2021 Bottom 16%
Growth Industry position history Broadly stable
2025 Top 19% 2024 Bottom 20% 2023 Bottom 13% 2022 Bottom 17% 2021 Top 18%
Cash generation Industry position history Improving
2025 Top 37% 2024 Bottom 37% 2023 Bottom 48% 2022 Bottom 19% 2021 Bottom 36%
Profitability Operating margin 14.4% Industry median 8.5% Top 32% Comparison sample 262
Profitability ROE 22.4% Industry median 11.1% Top 18% Comparison sample 262
Financial strength Equity ratio 36.4% Industry median 60.4% Bottom 83% Comparison sample 262
Growth Revenue growth +40.2% Industry median +10.0% Top 7% Comparison sample 245
Growth 3-year revenue CAGR +12.3% Industry median +9.3% Top 41% Comparison sample 196
Cash generation Operating cash flow margin 8.5% Industry median 9.2% Bottom 54% Comparison sample 262
Cash generation Free cash flow margin 12.2% Industry median 3.8% Top 28% Comparison sample 262

Annual financial data

Fiscal year Scope Accounting standard Revenue Operating income Ordinary income Profit before tax Net income Profit attributable to owners of parent Comprehensive income Total assets Total liabilities Net assets Shareholders' equity Equity Equity attributable to owners of parent Equity for ratio Operating cash flow Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Free cash flow Cash and cash equivalents Basic EPS P/E Share price Market cap Book value per share Dividend per share Shares issued Equity ratio Official equity ratio ROE ROA Operating margin Ordinary income margin Net margin Operating cash flow margin Free cash flow margin Dividend payout ratio Revenue YoY Operating income YoY Ordinary income YoY Profit before tax YoY Net income YoY Total assets YoY Equity YoY Operating cash flow YoY Investing cash flow YoY Financing cash flow YoY Free cash flow YoY Cash and cash equivalents YoY EPS YoY Dividend per share YoY Shares issued YoY Employees YoY Average salary YoY Employees Average salary
FY2025 Standalone Japanese GAAP 19710305000 2843336000 2817770000 2497250000 2497250000 2762771000 30630182000 19470040000 11160142000 10940485000 11160142000 1670237000 743541000 -820352000 2413778000 13114220000 318.54 6.1 1943.094 23543498451.000 967.17 80.0 12116500 0.3643511488 0.364 0.223765074 0.0815290618 0.1442563167 0.1429592287 0.1266976843 0.0847392772 0.1224627422 0.251145853 0.4019008229 0.5129567866 0.4587584942 0.6863420642 0.2757424492 0.3995910888 1.3133316251 2.4328873352 -1.2511746562 10.8850286074 0.1383087952 3.7635711081 0.3333333333 0.0026397233 0.2763157895 0.0544747082 291 5962000
FY2024 Standalone Japanese GAAP 14059700000 1879324000 1931622000 1480868000 1480868000 1463911000 24009691000 16035832000 7973859000 7891189000 7973859000 722005000 -518911000 3266062000 203094000 11520793000 66.87 46.4 3102.768 37495710172.800 692.75 60.0 12084600 0.3321100217 0.332 0.1857153481 0.0616779283 0.1336674324 0.137387142 0.1053271407 0.0513528027 0.0144451162 0.8972633468 0.0351736846 0.4316924654 0.3327045674 2.2824438987 0.1654907485 0.0847821045 -0.3198052132 0.2977345008 1.6479658641 -0.3703643996 0.4308632604 2.6145945946 2.0 0.0083524553 0.0704225352 0.0163580802 228 5654000
FY2023 Standalone Japanese GAAP 13581972000 1312659000 1449400000 451148000 451148000 536140000 20600499000 13249844000 7350655000 7194317000 7350655000 1061468000 -738910000 1233423000 322558000 8051638000 18.5 66.0 1221.00 14633074500.00 643.93 20.0 11984500 0.3568192693 0.357 0.0613752108 0.0218998579 0.0966471585 0.1067149895 0.0332166787 0.078152716 0.0237489814 1.0810810811 -0.0229191469 -0.3407139316 -0.282349481 8.6800411964 0.0859428629 0.0086448945 9.428633184 0.5615264063 0.0350921067 1.2037118788 0.240310677 -0.6698786581 0.0 0.0024005085 0.1639344262 -0.0353736778 213 5563000
FY2022 Standalone Japanese GAAP 13900561000 1991031000 2019646000 46606000 46606000 165273000 18970150000 11682495000 7287654000 7169812000 7287654000 101784000 -1685187000 1191607000 -1583403000 6491630000 56.04 15.6 874.224 10452047299.200 639.79 20.0 11955800 0.3841642791 0.384 0.0063951993 0.0024568071 0.1432338594 0.1452924094 0.0033528143 0.0073222944 -0.1139092875 0.3568879372 -0.2811803866 -0.2198927771 -0.1943574393 -0.9832072599 0.1782267164 0.0566219983 -0.9124437957 -1.1406648154 1.9195606474 -5.2193363232 -0.0569186125 0.1307506053 -0.5 0.0129458612 0.1090909091 -0.048349835 183 5767000
FY2021 Standalone Japanese GAAP 19338038000 2552253000 2506876000 2775366000 2775366000 2753581000 16100594000 9203468000 6897125000 6823691000 6897125000 1162499000 -787226000 408146000 375273000 6883425000 49.56 49.3 2443.308 28838364324.000 613.47 40.0 11803000 0.4283770524 0.428 0.4023946209 0.1723766216 0.1319809693 0.1296344541 0.1435184893 0.06011463 0.0194059501 0.807102502 0.1279691887 0.7215163491 0.6046440324 2.7273497673 0.1150307034 0.0504142489 -0.4852087619 -0.6314753256 0.1231037206 -0.7886584846 0.1289748269 -0.294017094 1.2222222222 0.0208441446 0.0576923077 0.1180811808 165 6060000
FY2020 Standalone Japanese GAAP 17144119000 1482561000 1562263000 744595000 744595000 941488000 14439597000 7873496000 6566100000 6301316000 6566100000 2258195000 -482524000 363409000 1775671000 6097058000 70.2 38.8 2723.76 31492113120.00 596.7 18.0 11562000 0.4547287573 0.454 0.1133998873 0.0515661898 0.0864763596 0.0911253008 0.0434315114 0.1317183461 0.1035731845 0.2564102564 0.2640974198 0.6889315456 0.8193053799 8.9390650862 0.2764445995 0.0780121863 1.92948693 0.5683954142 5.3435165597 6.1153353096 0.5449592289 107.0 0.2857142857 0.0064765486 0.1386861314 -0.039347749 156 5420000
FY2019 Standalone Japanese GAAP 13562340000 877810000 858714000 74916000 74916000 280376000 11312357000 5221423000 6090933000 5916604000 6090933000 770850000 -1117977000 -83667000 -347127000 3946420000 0.65 1934.1 1257.165 14441808654.000 549.64 14.0 11487600 0.5384318228 0.538 0.0122995935 0.0066224926 0.0647240815 0.0633160649 0.0055238255 0.0568375369 -0.0255949195 21.5384615385 0.4156227728 -0.2007899143 -0.2107132418 -0.8067372136 0.0573510733 0.0063599143 0.5559305407 0.2355362605 -1.0492849102 0.6410291146 -0.0880634526 -0.9850711989 0.0 0.2454545455 137 5642000
FY2018 Standalone Japanese GAAP 9580476000 1098347000 1087962000 387638000 387638000 486967000 10698771000 4646330000 6052440000 6014868000 6052440000 495427000 -1462433000 1697619000 -967006000 4327516000 43.54 38.9 1693.706 548.29 14.0 0.5657135759 0.565 0.0640465663 0.0362320121 0.1146443037 0.1135603283 0.0404612464 0.0517121487 -0.1009350684 0.3215434084 0.7741273968 0.1493650143 0.133200497 -0.4040216905 0.3388175682 0.0838910436 0.0550899887 -0.009711627 0.8479718366 0.012057523 0.2125656927 -0.305027933 0.1666666667 0.2359550562 110
FY2017 Standalone Japanese GAAP 5400106000 955612000 960079000 650423000 7991209000 2407215000 5583993000 5567231000 5583993000 469559000 -1448367000 918639000 -978808000 3568892000 62.65 37.0 2318.050 512.74 12.0 0.6987669826 0.698 0.1164799096 0.081392315 0.1769617115 0.1777889175 0.1204463394 0.0869536635 -0.1812571827 0.1915403033 0.449150184 0.7152282934 0.9290703048 1.3607620665 0.36990119 0.2964804135 0.2675744185 -3.8990403967 -0.566830509 -14.086368255 -0.0165794999 1.0514079895 0.5 0.328358209 89
FY2016 Standalone Japanese GAAP 3726395000 557134000 497690000 275514000 5833420000 1526379000 4307040000 4260826000 4307040000 370439000 -295643000 2120738000 74796000 3629060000 30.54 55.08 1682.1432 416.23 8.0 0.7383387447 0.738 0.0639682938 0.0472302697 0.1495101834 0.1335580367 0.0739358012 0.0994094829 0.0200719462 0.261951539 67

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Source data: Financial Services Agency EDINET / Data organization, aggregation, and metric calculations: bestforever.jp