Micware Co., Ltd. Announces First Half Of Fiscal Year 2027 Financial Results
| English-language Earnings Call | ||
| Date: | November 10, 2026 | |
| Time: | 5:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time (Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time) | |
| Pre-registration Link: |
| Japanese-language Earnings Call | ||
| Date: | November 11, 2026 | |
| Time: | 2:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (4:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time) | |
| Pre-registration Link: |
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For those unable to participate, video replays will be available approximately one hour after the end of each live call. The replay of the English-language earnings call will be available until November 10, 2027 U.S. Eastern Time, while the replay of the Japanese-language earnings call will be available until November 11, 2027 U.S. Eastern Time.
An archived webcast of the earnings calls will also be available at the Company's investor relations website at .
Exchange Rate Information
This announcement contains translations of certain Japanese yen amounts into U.S. dollars for the convenience of the reader. Translations of amounts from JPY into U.S. dollars have been made at the exchange rate of JPY159.74 to US$1.00, which was the foreign exchange rate on August 31, 2026, the last business day of that period, as reported by the United States Federal Reserve Board. No representation is made that JPY amounts have been, could have been, or could be converted into U.S. dollars at that rate or any other rate.
About Micware Co., Ltd.
Micware Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: MWC) is a Japan-based provider of in-vehicle infotainment, navigation, and location-based software for automakers including Honda and Toyota. These capabilities also form the foundation of its spatial intelligence business.
Headquartered in Kobe and led by Founder and CEO Mr. Kenji Narushima since 2003, Micware operates 13 offices in Japan, with overseas subsidiaries in the United States, Thailand, and Germany.
Through a platform-based growth strategy, Micware aims to extend its software into advanced driver assistance and connected services with micAuto-PF, and to link real-world and virtual 3D spaces with DynaPlanet-PF.
For more information, visit Micware's IR website at and its LinkedIn page at .
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
The Company discusses a key financial measure that is not calculated in accordance with the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) to supplement its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis. This non-GAAP financial measure is reconciled from its most directly comparable financial measure determined in accordance with GAAP as follows:
| For the Six Months Ended August 31, | ||||||||||||
| Amounts are in thousands | 2025 | 2026 | 2026 | |||||||||
| JPY | JPY | US$ | ||||||||||
| Operating profit | 784,893 | 788,724 | 4,937 | |||||||||
| Plus: listing-related and transformational expenses(a) | 39,954 | 19,485 | 122 | |||||||||
| Plus: IPO-related share-based compensation expense(b) | - | 292,284 | 1,830 | |||||||||
| Adjusted operating profit | 824,847 | 1,100,493 | 6,889 |
| (a) | Represents listing-related and other transformational expenses incurred in connection with the Company's IPO and corporate transformation initiatives for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and 2026. These costs were recognized as expenses in the statement of operations and were not recorded as direct deductions from equity. |
| (b) | Represents non-cash share-based compensation expense recognized upon the consummation of the Company's IPO in connection with share option awards that vested upon completion of the IPO. The Company excludes this expense because it resulted from an IPO-specific vesting condition and is not indicative of the Company's ongoing operating performance. |
Adjusted operating profit is a financial measure that is not calculated in accordance with GAAP (referred to as the“non-GAAP financial measure”), and the use of the term adjusted operating profit may differ from similar measures reported by other companies and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures. The Company believes the non-GAAP financial measure provides investors with useful information with respect to the Company's historical operations. The Company presents the non-GAAP financial measure as a supplemental performance measure because the Company believes it facilitates a comparative assessment of the Company's operating performance relative to the Company's performance based on the Company's results under GAAP, while isolating the effects of some items that vary from period to period. Specifically, adjusted operating profit allows the Company to assess the Company's performance without the impact of the specifically identified items that the Company believes do not directly reflect the Company's core operations, including non-recurring costs, such as listing-related and transformational expenses, other non-recurring income. The non-GAAP financial measure also functions as key performance indicator used to evaluate the Company's operating performance internally, and it is used in connection with the determination of incentive compensation for management, including executive officers.
Adjusted operating profit is not a measurement of the Company's financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to income from operations or any other financial statement data presented as indicators of financial performance or liquidity, each as presented in accordance with GAAP. Consequently, the Company's non-GAAP financial measure should be considered together with the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company understands that although adjusted operating profit is frequently used by securities analysts, lenders and others in their evaluation of companies, it has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are: adjusted operating profit does not fully reflect the Company's cash expenditures, future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments; adjusted operating profit does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the Company's working capital needs; and adjusted operating profit does not reflect the interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on debt.
Because of these limitations, adjusted operating profit should not be considered as discretionary cash available to the Company to reinvest in the growth of the Company's business or as a measure of cash that will be available to the Company to meet the Company's obligations.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company's current expectations and projections about future events that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. Investors can find many (but not all) of these statements by the use of words such as“approximates,”“believes,”“hopes,”“expects,”“anticipates,”“estimates,”“projects,”“intends,”“plans,”“will,”“would,”“should,”“could,”“may,” or other similar expressions in this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks, including, but not limited to, the uncertainties related to market conditions, and other factors discussed in the“Risk Factors” section of the annual report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the“SEC”). Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the annual report on Form 20-F and other filings with the SEC. Additional factors are discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available for review at .
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| MICWARE CO., LTD. UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS Amounts in thousands of JPY and in thousands of US dollars except for shares and per-share data | ||||||||||||
| As of February 28, 2026 | As of August 31, 2026 | As of August 31, 2026 | ||||||||||
| JPY | JPY | US$ | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||
| Current Assets | ||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 8,259,660 | 10,586,282 | 66,272 | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 1,758,584 | 853,758 | 5,345 | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable due from related parties, net | 86,934 | 21,704 | 136 | |||||||||
| Contract assets | 223,490 | 618,031 | 3,869 | |||||||||
| Contract assets due from related parties | 3,126,224 | 2,101,404 | 13,155 | |||||||||
| Inventories | 18,902 | 258,157 | 1,616 | |||||||||
| Tax receivable | 4,929 | 3,422 | 21 | |||||||||
| Prepayments and other current assets | 1,026,648 | 1,018,385 | 6,375 | |||||||||
| Prepayments and other current assets due from related parties | 13,074 | 31,670 | 198 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 14,518,445 | 15,492,813 | 96,987 | |||||||||
| Non-current Assets | ||||||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 1,849,599 | 1,701,737 | 10,653 | |||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 3,834,503 | 3,241,960 | 20,295 | |||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 206,920 | 221,394 | 1,386 | |||||||||
| Long-term investments | 317,000 | 351,771 | 2,202 | |||||||||
| Goodwill | 239,228 | 239,228 | 1,498 | |||||||||
| Deferred offering costs | 231,986 | - | - | |||||||||
| Deferred tax assets, net | 1,028,394 | 1,345,878 | 8,425 | |||||||||
| Long-term prepayments and other non-current assets | 2,213,137 | 2,203,537 | 13,795 | |||||||||
| Total non-current assets | 9,920,767 | 9,305,505 | 58,254 | |||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 24,439,212 | 24,798,318 | 155,241 | |||||||||
| LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY, AND EQUITY | ||||||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 800,000 | - | - | |||||||||
| Current portion of long-term borrowings | 2,021,924 | 1,428,138 | 8,940 | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | 1,217,573 | 784,234 | 4,909 | |||||||||
| Accounts payable due to a related party | 188,264 | 157,101 | 983 | |||||||||
| Current portion of contract liabilities | 763,650 | 935,938 | 5,859 | |||||||||
| Current portion of contract liabilities due to a related party | 646,603 | 257,838 | 1,614 | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current | 1,206,136 | 1,132,254 | 7,088 | |||||||||
| Taxes payable | 530,424 | 496,858 | 3,110 | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 1,388,559 | 1,420,843 | 8,894 | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities due to related parties | 873 | - | - | |||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 8,764,006 | 6,613,204 | 41,397 | |||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||||||||
| Long-term borrowings | 2,565,203 | 1,809,679 | 11,329 | |||||||||
| Contract liabilities, non-current | 877,430 | 833,146 | 5,216 | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 2,880,319 | 2,341,277 | 14,657 | |||||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities, net | 61,513 | 68,001 | 426 | |||||||||
| Other non-current liabilities | 678,073 | 600,246 | 3,758 | |||||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 7,062,538 | 5,652,349 | 35,386 | |||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 15,826,544 | 12,265,553 | 76,783 | |||||||||
| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | ||||||||||||
| Mezzanine equity | ||||||||||||
| Redeemable ordinary shares (313,300 and nil shares issued and outstanding as of February 28, 2026 and August 31, 2026, respectively)* | 391,124 | - | - | |||||||||
| TOTAL MEZZANINE EQUITY | 391,124 | - | - | |||||||||
| Equity | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares, 125,320,000 shares authorized; 58,054,490 shares issued and 55,828,614 shares outstanding as of February 28, 2026, and 61,331,990 shares issued and 59,419,414 shares outstanding as of August 31, 2026* | 480,000 | 4,200,000 | 26,293 | |||||||||
| Treasury shares, 1,912,576 shares as of February 28, 2026 and August 31, 2026* | (410,683 | ) | (352,877 | ) | (2,209 | ) | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 997,803 | 1,115,496 | 6,983 | |||||||||
| Retained earnings | 6,823,084 | 7,443,068 | 46,595 | |||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 118,474 | 127,078 | 796 | |||||||||
| Total equity attributable to shareholders of the Company | 8,008,678 | 12,532,765 | 78,458 | |||||||||
| Non-controlling interests | 212,866 | - | - | |||||||||
| TOTAL EQUITY | 8,221,544 | 12,532,765 | 78,458 | |||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY AND EQUITY | 24,439,212 | 24,798,318 | 155,241 |
| * | Share and per-share information is presented on a retroactive basis to reflect the share split from 1 to 130 effective March 1, 2024 and the share split from 1 to 241 effective March 31, 2026. |
| MICWARE CO., LTD. UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Amounts in thousands of JPY and in thousands of US dollars except for shares and per-share data | ||||||||||||
| For the Six Months Ended August 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2026 | 2026 | ||||||||||
| JPY | JPY | US$ | ||||||||||
| Revenue – third parties | 3,368,257 | 3,484,454 | 21,813 | |||||||||
| Revenue – related parties | 6,892,829 | 7,128,280 | 44,624 | |||||||||
| Total Revenue | 10,261,086 | 10,612,734 | 66,437 | |||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 7,040,540 | 6,764,846 | 42,349 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 3,220,546 | 3,847,888 | 24,088 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||
| Selling, general, and administrative expenses | 1,916,500 | 2,229,961 | 13,960 | |||||||||
| Research and development expenses | 519,153 | 829,203 | 5,191 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 2,435,653 | 3,059,164 | 19,151 | |||||||||
| Operating profit | 784,893 | 788,724 | 4,937 | |||||||||
| Other income (expense) | ||||||||||||
| Interest expenses, net | (18,977 | ) | (13,042 | ) | (82 | ) | ||||||
| Loss from disposal of long-lived assets | - | (1,410 | ) | (9 | ) | |||||||
| Loss from disposal of long-term investment | - | (820 | ) | (5 | ) | |||||||
| Gain from change in fair market value of equity securities | 4,407 | 35,591 | 223 | |||||||||
| (Loss) gain from foreign currency exchange | (971 | ) | 9,399 | 59 | ||||||||
| Gain on bargain purchase | 106,805 | - | - | |||||||||
| Other income (expenses), net | 20,287 | (30,468 | ) | (191 | ) | |||||||
| Total other income (expense), net | 111,551 | (750 | ) | (5 | ) | |||||||
| INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION | 896,444 | 787,974 | 4,932 | |||||||||
| PROVISION (BENEFIT) FOR INCOME TAXES | ||||||||||||
| Current | 514,044 | 486,068 | 3,043 | |||||||||
| Deferred | (326,400 | ) | (311,026 | ) | (1,947 | ) | ||||||
| Total provision for income taxes | 187,644 | 175,042 | 1,096 | |||||||||
| Net income | 708,800 | 612,932 | 3,836 | |||||||||
| Less: net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests | (5,867 | ) | 7,052 | 44 | ||||||||
| Net income attributable to the Company's ordinary shareholders | 702,933 | 619,984 | 3,880 | |||||||||
| Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax: | ||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments | (9,008 | ) | 11,532 | 72 | ||||||||
| Total comprehensive income | 699,792 | 624,464 | 3,908 | |||||||||
| Less: comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests | (4,246 | ) | 4,124 | 26 | ||||||||
| Comprehensive income attributable to the Company | 695,546 | 628,588 | 3,934 | |||||||||
| WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF ORDINARY SHARES | ||||||||||||
| Basic* | 56,000,976 | 58,055,596 | 58,055,596 | |||||||||
| Diluted* | 56,000,976 | 63,221,297 | 63,221,297 | |||||||||
| EARNINGS PER SHARE | ||||||||||||
| Basic* | 12.55 | 10.68 | 0.07 | |||||||||
| Diluted* | 12.55 | 9.81 | 0.06 |
| * | Share and per-share information is presented on a retroactive basis to reflect the share split from 1 to 130 effective March 1, 2024 and the share split from 1 to 241 effective March 31, 2026. |
| MICWARE CO., LTD. UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS Amounts in thousands of JPY and in thousands of US dollars | ||||||||||||
| For the Six Months Ended August 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2026 | 2026 | ||||||||||
| JPY | JPY | US$ | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||||||
| Net income | 708,800 | 612,932 | 3,836 | |||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | 207,205 | 207,177 | 1,297 | |||||||||
| Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets | 561,048 | 591,496 | 3,703 | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation | - | 292,284 | 1,830 | |||||||||
| Loss on disposal of property and equipment | - | 1,410 | 9 | |||||||||
| Loss on disposal of long-term investment | - | 820 | 5 | |||||||||
| Change in fair value of marketable securities | (4,407 | ) | (35,591 | ) | (223 | ) | ||||||
| Gain on bargain purchase | (106,805 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
| Deferred tax benefit | (326,400 | ) | (311,026 | ) | (1,947 | ) | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 968,211 | 904,826 | 5,664 | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable due from related parties | 949,237 | 65,230 | 408 | |||||||||
| Contract assets | (219,757 | ) | (394,541 | ) | (2,470 | ) | ||||||
| Contract assets due from related parties | (420,916 | ) | 1,024,820 | 6,416 | ||||||||
| Inventories | (34,014 | ) | (239,255 | ) | (1,498 | ) | ||||||
| Tax receivables | 333,822 | 1,507 | 9 | |||||||||
| Prepayments and other assets | 153,955 | 115,803 | 725 | |||||||||
| Prepayments and other assets due from related parties | (16,047 | ) | (18,596 | ) | (116 | ) | ||||||
| Accounts payable | (159,395 | ) | (433,339 | ) | (2,713 | ) | ||||||
| Accounts payable due to a related party | (4,220 | ) | (31,163 | ) | (195 | ) | ||||||
| Contract liabilities | 242,691 | 128,004 | 801 | |||||||||
| Contract liabilities due to a related party | 264,092 | (388,765 | ) | (2,434 | ) | |||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 150,496 | (59,237 | ) | (371 | ) | |||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities due to related parties | (96 | ) | (873 | ) | (5 | ) | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | (516,075 | ) | (611,871 | ) | (3,830 | ) | ||||||
| Taxes payable | (426,683 | ) | (33,566 | ) | (210 | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 2,304,742 | 1,388,486 | 8,691 | |||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||||||
| Payment for investment | (200,354 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | (33,485 | ) | (88,382 | ) | (553 | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | 464 | 107 | 1 | |||||||||
| Purchase of intangible assets | (277 | ) | (35,643 | ) | (223 | ) | ||||||
| Acquisitions | (205,000 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (438,652 | ) | (123,918 | ) | (775 | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||||||
| Proceeds from borrowings | 100,000 | 300,000 | 1,878 | |||||||||
| Repayment of borrowings | (999,810 | ) | (2,449,310 | ) | (15,333 | ) | ||||||
| Payments on deferred offering costs | (82,357 | ) | (192,225 | ) | (1,203 | ) | ||||||
| Repayments of finance lease obligation | (31,398 | ) | (35,611 | ) | (223 | ) | ||||||
| Net proceeds from IPO | - | 3,781,042 | 23,670 | |||||||||
| Reissuance of treasury shares | 149,940 | - | - | |||||||||
| Acquisition of noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries | - | (353,482 | ) | (2,213 | ) | |||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (863,625 | ) | 1,050,414 | 6,576 | ||||||||
| Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (9,263 | ) | 11,640 | 73 | ||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 993,202 | 2,326,622 | 14,565 | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 7,670,463 | 8,259,660 | 51,707 | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 8,663,665 | 10,586,282 | 66,272 | |||||||||
| Supplementary cash flow information | ||||||||||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | 80,715 | 605,670 | 3,792 | |||||||||
| Cash paid for interest expenses | 25,987 | 24,661 | 154 | |||||||||
| Non-cash financing and investing activities | ||||||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | 1,020,425 | 14,508 | 91 | |||||||||
| Finance lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities | 50,771 | 45,288 | 284 | |||||||||
| Remeasurement of operating lease liabilities and right-of-use assets due to modifications | - | 3,271 | 20 | |||||||||
| Adjustments to redeemable ordinary shares fair value measurement | 39,000 | - | - | |||||||||
| Conversion of redeemable ordinary shares into permanent equity upon IPO | - | 391,124 | 2,449 | |||||||||
| Offering cost incurred for IPO | - | 424,211 | 2,656 |
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