Fortunately, in the fourth quarter and the previous quarter, HR Technology is enjoying a net increase in headcount, so we hope to continue this trend and think of the ideal form of our organization in the future. And the second question is related to labor cost on a full-year basis in the SG&A. Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (RCRRF) Management on Q2 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript SA Transcripts Mon, Nov. 15, 2021 Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (RCRRF) Management on Q1 2022. In Japan, revenue growth continued, but at a slower pace than most of the markets in which HR Technology operates as economic activity recovered after COVID-19 related restrictions were lifted at the end of September. Yes, this is Nagao speaking from Nomura Securities. First, regarding the Marketing Solutions. Well, it's overall for Overseas operations, but there are certain countries in which situation continues to be very challenging. The second half revenue guidance compared to your previous expectation, I think you have more cautious outlook. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 has disrupted the Company's ordinary operations to finalize its financial consolidation process. In HR Technology, we continue to significantly increase our investments to grow headcount and plan to continue such initiatives in Q4 in order to support future revenue growth through product and technology innovation. We will talk about the revenue breakdown for 2020 in May, so I would like to refrain from doing that right now. In Air business tools, the number of AirPAY accounts increased by 39.1% year-over-year as of December 31, 2021. And with that, your profit growth, the way of thinking on profit growth and investment will change going forward or not under this new management structure? This upgrade primarily reflects an upward trend in earnings. Yoshiyuki Kinoshita -. So of course, that will be a factor affecting the margin. Recruit Holdings: Recruit : Conference Call Transcript (160 KB) (marketscreener.com) Recruit Holdings FY2020 Earnings Call May 17, 2021 Shen: Welcome to the Recruit Holdings FY2020 earnings conference call. However, compared to Q2 of this fiscal year, revenue in both travel and dining increased due to the rebound of demand after COVID-19 related restrictions were lifted in travel, in particular. So, this is not a one-off expense, in short answer. Revenue in Europe, US and Australia increased by 16.2% or 9.1% excluding the positive impact of foreign exchange rate movements, mainly due to increased demand for temporary staff, as businesses continued to seek flexible labor to reopen and expand in an uncertain environment. Abist Co. Tokyo Stock Exchange. Yes, this is Kishimoto from Mizuho Securities. This firm, which is in the Business - Information Services industry, saw EPS growth . For the second half revenue guidance, even though the part-time job boards have seen recent signs of recovery, hiring demand, especially in dining clients, is expected to decrease in Q4, mainly because of the state of emergency in Japan. I understand. | March 18, 2022 By changing reservation management from paper-based to the cloud, availability can be checked at a glance. From Mizuho Securities, Mr. Kishimoto, please. So this is where we are. Revenue in Q3 decreased 1.2% year-on-year, a 1.7% decrease, excluding the positive impacts of foreign exchange. It operates through the following business segments: Human Resources (HR) Technology, Media and. Thank you for your participation today. Revenue also increased compared to Q2, driven by continued strong global hiring demand, although the quarter-on-quarter growth moderated due to the typical holiday seasonality seen in the US and Europe. Please understand. Nomura Securities, Mr. Nagao, please. And 51job, as Tsuruo-san just said, the conditions and the schedule changed. So to a certain extent, we think. In HR Solutions, revenue in Q3 decreased by 30.1% year-on-year. Sep 22, 2022 | Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. As I've been explaining, online job advertisement business is the main source of income today. We want to hear from you. So once the COVID is contained to a certain extent and consumers' behavior comes back, then they can spend longer hours in restaurants, will travel and get married. In Housing & Real Estate and in Beauty, revenue continued to increase year-on-year from Q2. In addition, as for Study Sapuri, there has been an increase in adoption by local governments and schools with the promotion of information and communication technology utilization in schools as part of the GIGA Program initiated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology. Masumi Minegishi, currently President and CEO and Representative Director of the Board, will become Chairperson and Representative Director of the Board effective April 1. And so how we can be cross-functional and make quick decisions and execute them will be the key. But you don't expect the business to be completely stable. Share Repurchase, GLASSDOOR LAUNCHES ADVANCED FILTERS TO FIND COMPANIES HIGHLY RATED FOR WORK/LIFE BALANCE, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AND MORE, Recruit In-Store Payment Service AirPAY will Start Accepting Rakuten Pay and Rakuten Point Card, Webcast of the Q2 FY2022 Earnings Call on November 14, 2022, Recruit Group Joins UN Women's HeForShe Alliance as First East Asia-based Corporate Champion to Promote Gender Equality. But my rough image is the return to us, the revenue recovery, we think, is quicker than others. Compared to Q2, adjusted EBITDA in Q3 increased by 10.5%. To reiterate, even in such an uncertain business environment, we are executing on our mid to long-term business strategies without hesitation, aim to become the global leader in HR matching, which spans the large online job advertising placement in search and temporary staffing markets with the HR Technology segment at the core and improved productivity of clients' business through SaaS solutions with a focus on Air Business Tools in Japan. Under our guidance announced in November 2021, revenue in marketing solutions for the second half of FY 2021 was expected to be in the range of approximately a decrease of 8% to an increase of 3% year-over-year, excluding the impact of the Rent Assistance Program in FY 2020 as revenue in Q3 FY 2020 had been positively impacted by the temporary government travel and dining programs. 6098 Recruit Holdings Co Ltd Q1 2023 Earnings Call. On a US dollar basis, revenue in the US increased by 78.9%, supported by both small and medium sized businesses and large enterprises. I have one question. But we can say that, overall, it is increasing. My Research and Language Selection Sign into My Research Create My Research Account English; Help and support. Revenue increased by 13% or 9.1% excluding the positive impact of foreign exchange rate movements, primarily driven by the increase in Europe, US and Australia, with the additional growth from Japan. Therefore, we are planning to significantly reduce adjusted EBITDA margin for Q4 compared to Q3 and we expect adjusted EBITDA margin for the second half to be approximately 12% as we announced in November 15, 2021. Housing & Real Estate has performed steadily in Q2 and Q3. And I understand your question is what will determine our margin to be in the 17% to 19% range? Such activity will not be sustainable. But overall, third-party stats, we don't have the latest numbers from the third-party stats. So regarding the results, I would like to ask something. The tender price represents a 10% discount from the closing price of 5,090 on the day before the announcement, which was agreed upon in advance with three Japanese business shareholders that signed the tender offer agreement. Shares of Recruit Holdings Co. fell as much as 13% Tuesday morning after the owner of Indeed job search engine and Glassdoor employer review site posted slower earnings growth for the quarter . Next is Overseas operations. Through a long history of our media businesses, we have developed a deep understanding of our Japanese clients' businesses and the issues that they face, and we have cultivated the ability to create solutions to resolve these issues. Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. 2023 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Aug. 12, 2022 10:05 PM ET Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (RCRRF), RCRUY SA Transcripts 130.86K Follower s The. And as was written here, in Housing, you are expecting the trends to change, which were not previously expected. Due to Covid-19, a decrease in recruitment demand occurred. Revenue growth continued to outpace investments, resulting in adjusted EBITDA margin of 31.9% for Q3, an increase of 8.5 percentage points from 23.4% for the same period in the previous year. Despite the challenging business environment, we continue to see strong demand for Air Business Tools. We think they will come back. At the same time, as we have been saying since 2 years ago before the emergence of COVID-19 situation, we had seen operations in overseas, particularly in Europe. And we are assuming that the performance will continue to improve with increasing headcount. aligned with our business strategy, we did not revise our consolidated financial guidance for the second half of the year. And then as they come back, especially the SMEs are like that, and so the clients who left us temporarily are coming back. Just one additional question. And so this may be a temporary thing. So when we consider this, that would certainly affect the results. Thank you for your participation today. Today, we have Junichi Arai, Executive Officer of Capital Market Strategies; and Yasushi Hashimoto, Senior Manager, Disclosure and Individual Investor Relations Department. And to the extent possible, would you give us an update by region? In the remainder of Q4, we anticipate that the limited supply of job seekers looking for work, combined with significant hiring demand, will continue to create competition for talent on Indeed and Glassdoor. That is what I can say for now. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA decreased by 5.0% in Q3 year-on-year and adjusted EPS decreased by 4.9%. In the next fiscal year, we plan to continue recruiting top talent aggressively as an upfront investment in order to realize our long-term strategy simplify hiring. The relatively limited supply of jobseekers looking for work, combined with significant hiring demand, continued to create competition for talent on Indeed and Glassdoor. Rather, we are hiring talent for the future. In this era of search, where information has become available anytime anywhere, we need to focus more on proposing the optimal choice. So the management structure will change greatly. We seek to provide Opportunities for Life much faster, surprisingly simpler and closer than ever before. In addition, compared to other players, because it's unclear to what extent the market has expanded or the market has recovered, there are no statistics available. So #5 of FAQ is my first question. Recruit Holdings's headquarters are in 1-9-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6640, Japan What is Recruit Holdings's phone number? So, HR Technology, I have two questions. So new demands and new product development will be pursued going forward. As the business model, they use our service and acquire customers. Citigroup Securities, Mr. Tsuruo, please. The placement service has also seen recent signs of gradual recovery, but revenue from recovered demand is expected to be recognized some time in next fiscal year. Play Earnings Call Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. ( OTCPK:RCRRF) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call August 12, 2022 4:00 AM ET Company Participants Mizuho Shen - Group Manager, Investor. Of the approximately 260,000 AirPAY registered accounts as of December 31, 2021, approximately 165,000 accounts also subscribed to other Air business tools solutions. But that said, it seems like we are recovering faster earlier, but we cannot directly say we increased our market share and this will be sustainable. The purpose of the offering was to address the concerns regarding the impact on our stock price from potential uncoordinated sales of shares by multiple shareholders. 1:03:28. If you have an ad-blocker enabled you may be blocked from proceeding. So roughly speaking, we usually do not disclose the breakdown. So I think that is a tailwind for us. Although billing prices increased following the implementation of the equal pay for equal work regulations beginning April 1, 2020, the number of temporary staff in Q3 decreased year-on-year due to persistently lower demand for new orders amid the economic uncertainty caused by the spread of COVID-19. So do you think you need to make some transformation? Consolidated adjusted EBITDA for the second half of fiscal year 2020 is expected to be 108.5 billion yen, a decrease of 26.4% year-on-year and is expected to be 231.9 billion yen, a decrease of 28.7% year-on-year for fiscal year 2020. We have made changes from the systems perspective as well, and we believe our initiatives then have driven effective for the current results. But as I said before, there are essential workers in which demand was low previously, but now we are seeing higher demand, which contributed positively. This is mainly due to the expected decline in revenue, an increase in the expense to improve remote work environment and an increase in advertising expenses to attract temporary staff and business clients, mainly in Japan. Next, I will talk about the consolidated results of operations for Q3 of FY 2021. Earnings for Recruit are expected to grow by 8.97% in the coming year, from $1.56 to $1.70 per share. Yes, I understand. A Wi-Fi environment is recommended for comfortable viewing on smartphones or tablets. If the number is decreased, unless we see recovery in the number of workers working on site, we do not expect our revenue to recover. Along with continued demand for logistics role to support ecommerce, revenue growth was supported by temporary demand for healthcare roles to support COVID-19 mitigation efforts, particularly in Europe, as new variants emerged, which is not expected to be sustainable as COVID-19 recedes. So let's wait for Mr. Idekoba's speech in May. Investor Relations | Recruit Holdings Investor Relations Financial Results for Q2 FY2022 will be announced on November 14, 2022 15:00 JST and the Webcast of the Q2 FY2022 Earnings Call will be held on November 14, 2022 at 17:00 JST. But as I mentioned earlier, the hiring and HR mobility is by far the largest in the U.S. Next, I will talk about the results of Media & Solutions. This is a somewhat of a weird question, but do you think you can hire as many talents as you want? James Montier Short Screen . That is why you're looking at the numbers in a cautious manner. [Operator Instructions]. In Europe, US and Australia, the spread of COVID-19 appears to have peaked, with cases currently in the declining trend. We will not be overly optimistic or pessimistic. However, compared to Q2, we continued to ramp up advertising across all our businesses to drive future growth. Ever since our foundation, Recruit Group has sought to act as a meeting place that brings together individual users and business clients, with a focus on services in the fields of life events and lifestyle, ranging from education to employment, and beauty to dining out. Now we would like to proceed to the Q&A session. I believe that led to this result. 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