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Hottolink, Inc.

Hottolink, Inc.

3680.T
Hottolink, Inc.JP flagTokyo Stock Exchange
219.00
JPY
+1.00
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3.35BMarket Cap
Hottolink, Inc.
3680.T
(Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Recent

price

219.00

P/E

ratio

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2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
TTM
FRC
159.99
105.69
248.82
185.95
207.17
227.04
240.42
285.02
423.19
507.67
302.69
272.1
- -
306.32
Revenue per Share
11.74
7.91
1.93
-54.4
11.31
7.78
-106.35
1.21
49.22
116.77
14.47
-36
- -
18.92
Basic EPS, GAAP
24.78
9.11
-15.9
-4.48
6.39
-15.22
-54.49
11.74
26.01
30.71
20.13
-6.72
- -
0.74
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Dividend per Share
107.4
73.52
76.34
-39.53
89.94
150.46
21.46
23.01
76.45
192.98
207.13
172.1
- -
222.03
Book Value per Share
171.02
118.45
-227.15
-87
-22.42
134.89
83.34
64.39
127.25
255.27
241.18
247.33
- -
259.92
Tangible Book Value per Share
6
10
10
12
12
14
15
15
16
16
16
16
- -
16
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
944
1,028
2,439
2,187
2,583
3,241
3,696
4,385
6,571
7,907
4,740
4,268
3,651
4,805
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
16.75
11.04
5.19
-29.9
4.87
10.12
-45.98
-0.59
5.42
26.69
4.65
-16.53
-50.21
3.54
Operating Margin (%)
116
100
363
379
360
377
483
423
400
428
457
437
439
447
Depreciation Expense
69
77
19
-640
141
111
-1,635
19
764
1,819
227
-565
-1,787
297
Net Income, GAAP
51.9
45.3
68.66
- -
- -
73.06
- -
- -
23.68
1.19
21.17
- -
- -
28.93
Effective Tax Rate (%)
7.34
7.49
0.78
-29.26
5.46
3.43
-44.24
0.42
11.63
23
4.78
-13.23
-48.95
6.18
Profit Margin (%)
906
1,036
-1,767
-431
-30
1,822
1,537
1,778
2,321
3,416
3,221
3,061
2,266
3,297
Working Capital
4
2
342
580
364
328
1,259
1,428
1,487
1,177
970
782
747
873
LT Debt
1,271
1,383
1,462
1,890
2,611
4,638
3,053
2,972
4,131
5,948
6,137
5,856
4,034
6,738
Total Equity
- -
2.77
1.08
- -
- -
1.92
- -
- -
5.27
31.86
2.37
- -
- -
1.57
Return on Invested Capital (%)
- -
5.1
1.35
- -
- -
5.7
- -
- -
28.71
59.84
6.18
- -
- -
7.45
Return on Capital (%)
- -
11.41
2.58
- -
- -
6.8
-131.96
5.45
99.19
86.75
7.25
-19
- -
8.93
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

FRC

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in mil. unless spec.
Dec'23
Mar'24
Jun'24
ST Debt
213
197
194
LT Borrowings
640
602
566
LT Finance Leases
331
319
307
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
16
16
16
Market Capitalization
4,788
4,908
5,757

Working Capital

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'23
Mar'24
Jun'24
Total Current Assets
4,240
4,309
4,214
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
3,496
3,701
3,634
Accounts Receivable, Net
673
526
469
Inventories
- -
- -
- -
Total Current Liabilities
1,020
1,003
918
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
213
197
194
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
15.87%
10.09%
-31.12%
Free Cash Flow
-48.78%
7.65%
63.72%
Net Income, GAAP
-137.93%
784.23%
216.55%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
7.16%
1.14%
-14.45%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
1,172
1,119
- -
- -
4,268
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
3,651
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
5.56
8.37
- -
- -
-36
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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Business
Hottolink, Inc. (3680.T) provides social media marketing support services that collect, analyze, and utilize social big data primarily in Japan; core offerings include the SNS analysis tool kuchikomi@kakaricho (also branded as BuzzSpreader powered by kuchikomi@kakaricho) for real-time trend, attribute, and cross-media analysis covering approximately 90% of Japanese blogs and global X data; SNS marketing support encompassing advertising agency services on platforms such as Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Pinterest; management consulting with recurring services like account operations, content creation, UGC generation via the ULSSAS model, and non-recurring promotional campaigns including influencer marketing through the new HottoLink Creator Marke (Hokkuri) launched in February 2024; DaaS via U.S. subsidiary Effyis, Inc. (brand: Socialgist) selling global access rights to social media data from diverse providers excluding X to clients like Salesforce and Microsoft; operation of trend media fasme targeting Gen Z and Millennial women; and Web3-related investments and incubation through subsidiary Nonagon Capital LLC, including a collaboration with HAKUHODO KEY3 for overseas expansion support in December 2023. The company operates through three segments—SNS Marketing Support, DaaS, and Web3 related business—targeting B2C sectors such as food and beverages, cosmetics, apparel, and fintech across Japan, the U.S., and select Asian markets including China via historical ventures. Founded in 2000 and headquartered at Fujimi Duplexbiz Bldg. 5F, 1-3-11 Fujimi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0071, Japan, Hottolink employs around 140 people and maintains subsidiaries Effyis, Inc. and Nonagon Capital LLC. Recent developments encompass the February 2023 acquisition of wevnal Inc.'s SNS advertising and partial media (fasme) business to enable one-stop services from awareness to purchase; divestiture of TrendExpress (renamed NOVARCA Inc.) in November 2022 and Crossbound Business sale to optimize resources; establishment of Nonagon Capital in May 2022 for Web3 pilot funds and investments in seven companies in FY12/23; a June 2022 capital and business alliance with Masterpiece Group; and a December 2021 TikTok For Business agency contract, alongside scrapping of prior five-year targets in 2024 to pursue flexible ambidextrous management amid SNS market shifts.