TOKYO, Aug. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Focus on creating structure for acquiring, developing and promoting IP
Developing and promoting IP
The company carries out planning and development for monthly comic HERO'S and pursue new projects.
We take measures to promote new movie development and multi-media expansion with the BERSERK series and others.
Social media
We deploy IP on a wide range of platforms so that they begin to contribute to earnings.
Consumer products
In addition to running a contents shop, the company carries out ongoing investigative research on an approach to shops that will contribute to IP acquisition and on development and distinctive product planning.
Sales of Monster Hunter, launched in Q4 of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, reached 40,000
One new pachinko and one new pachislot machine were released in Q1.
Part of the sales of Monster Hunter, launched in Q4 of the previous fiscal year, were recorded in Q1 and were generally in line with forecasts.
| Number of Pachinko/Pachislot machines sold | ||||
| Pachinko | 20,928 machines | (+ 13,821 machines YoY) | ||
| Pachislot | 43,862 machines | (+ 7,612 machines YoY) | ||
| Total | 64,790 machines | (+21,433 machines YoY) | ||
| Financial Results and Forecast (Consolidated) | （Japan GAAP） | ||||
| (Unit: Billion yen) |
Q1 3.2012 |
Q1 3.2013 |
YoY | 3.2013 E | YTD |
| Net Sales | 17.6 | 21.1 | 119.9% | 115.0 | 18.3% |
| SG&A Expenses | 5.3 | 5.2 | 98.1% | 24.0 | 21.7% |
| Operating Income | (0.2) | 0.2 | -- | 14.0 | 1.4% |
| Ordinary Income | (0.2) | 0.5 | -- | 14.5 | 3.4% |
| Net Income | (0.2) | 0.3 | -- | 7.3 | 4.1% |
| Total Asset | 69.6 | 67.5 | 97.0% | ||
| Net Asset | 45.8 | 50.8 | 110.9% | ||
| Net Income per share (Yen) | (856) | 1,030 | -- | ||
| CF from Operating Activities | 8.1 | (7.7) | (95.1%) | ||
| CF from Investing Activities | (0.9) | (1.4) | 155.6% | ||
| CF from Financing Activities | (1.0) | (1.0) | 100.0% | ||
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | 21.7 | 8.0 | 36.9% |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| ROE | 12.4% | -3.5% | 8.2% | 17.1% | 12.2% |
| ROA | 17.3% | 1.6% | 11.6% | 17.1% | 10.0% |
| Shareholder' Equity(Billion yen) | 44.4 | 39.4 | 41.0 | 46.7 | 51.0 |
| Shareholder' Equity ratio | 64.3% | 75.8% | 50.5% | 59.2% | 54.6% |
| Annual Dividend per share(Yen) | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Payout ratio | 29.5% | -- | 45.9% | 22.1% | 22.7% |
| Operating Income(Billion yen) | 13.1 | 1.9 | 8.1 | 13.1 | 8.5 |
| Net Income(Billion yen) | 5.2 | -1.4 | 3.2 | 7.5 | 5.9 |
| Pachinko Machine Sold | 273 | 202 | 330 | 262 | 233 |
| Pachislot Machine Sold(Thousand machine) | 210 | 128 | 119 | 217 | 179 |
About Fields
Fields Corporation and the Fields Group have a mission to provide "The Greatest Leisure for All People" in the form of products and services to meet the needs of a society with increasing leisure time. We are also identifying business opportunities through research, analysis and forecasting of lifestyle and environmental changes, and developing our business in a wide range of entertainment fields including the pachinko/pachislot field as well as video, mobile content, animation, publishing and sports.