TOKYO, Nov. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Social games contribute to profits
In the merchandising field, the social games business was a strong performer this fiscal period in the fast-growing area of social media, contributing to earnings since the third quarter of the previous fiscal year. Earnings in the social games business have increased compared to the same period in the previous year.
Pachinko/Pachislot sales that the major titles concentrated on in the latter half of the year
As for the Pachinko/Pachislot field, sales schedules of some products were reconsidered. This decreased the numbers of sales from the same period of the previous year.
Outlook Review
In the merchandising field, Fields plans to introduce several social games in the growing social media area. Fields also plans to launch several major titles and series of pachinko and pachislot machines, including products that have already been delivered and launched in the market.
| Number of Pachinko/Pachislot machines sold (H1) | ||||
| Pachinko | 46,823 machines | (- 42,441 machines YoY) | ||
| Pachislot | 54,280 machines | (- 7,710 machines YoY) | ||
| Total | 101,103 machines | (- 50,151 machines YoY) | ||
| Financial Results and Forecast (Consolidated) （Japan GAAP） | ||||||||||
| (Unit: Billion yen) | H1 3.2012 | H1 3.2013 | YoY | 3.2013E | YTD | |||||
| Net Sales | 33.3 | 29.1 | 87.4% | 115.0 | 25.3% | |||||
| SG&A Expenses | 10.4 | 10.6 | 101.9% | 24.0 | 44.2% | |||||
| Operating Income | 1.5 | (1.8) | -- | 14.0 | -- | |||||
| Ordinary Income | 1.7 | (1.7) | -- | 14.5 | -- | |||||
| Net Income | 2.4 | (0.9) | -- | 7.3 | -- | |||||
| Total Asset | 63.1 | 63.9 | 101.3% | -- | -- | |||||
| Net Asset | 48.6 | 49.3 | 101.4% | -- | -- | |||||
| Net Income per share (Yen) | 73.1 | (0.3) | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| CF from Operating Activities | 5.3 | 1.0 | 18.9% | -- | -- | |||||
| CF from Investing Activities | (1.9) | (2.6) | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| CF from Financing Activities | (1.2) | (1.1) | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | 17.7 | 15.6 | 88.1% | -- | -- | |||||
| 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.