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LIKE Co., Ltd.

2462.T

JPXIndustrialsStaffing & Employment Services

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¥1,550

+¥5.00 · +0.32%

Aug 24, 3:30 PM JST

2462.T company overview

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Company profile

Company website

LIKE Co., Ltd. is a Japanese enterprise that delivers a diverse array of human capital solutions. Its primary offerings encompass workforce services such as temporary placements, external contracting, talent acquisition, and educational assistance. Furthermore, the company manages both outsourced and public childcare facilities. It also operates residential care homes that provide comprehensive nursing services. Established in 1993, LIKE Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Osaka, Japan. The firm was formerly known as J-COM Holdings Co., Ltd. until it adopted its current name in December 2016.

Industry
Staffing & Employment Services
Sector
Industrials
Headquarters
JP
CEO
Yasuhiko Okamoto
Listed since
Dec 8, 2005
Employees
5,367

Market position

52-week range

Current ¥1,550

Open
¥1,550
Previous close
¥1,545
Volume
15.6K
0.31× average
Average volume
49.97K
Average daily volume
Market cap
29.74B JPY
Beta
0.21
Market reference 1
50-day average
¥1,492.8
+3.83% above average
200-day average
¥1,534.3
+1.02% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
29.67B JPY
P/E (TTM)
12.77×
P/B (TTM)
1.56×
P/S (TTM)
0.44×
EV / EBITDA
6.37×
Earnings yield
8.13%
Free cash flow yield
10.96%
Dividend yield
3.87%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
13.74%
Operating margin
6.36%
Net margin
3.46%
Return on equity
12.25%
Return on assets
5.65%
Return on invested capital
5.73%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0.58×
Current ratio
1.29×

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends18%13%7%2%Gross margin, FY2021: 16.83%Gross margin, FY2022: 15.36%Gross margin, FY2023: 15.17%Gross margin, FY2024: 14.11%Gross margin, FY2025: 13.74%Operating margin, FY2021: 7.34%Operating margin, FY2022: 5.97%Operating margin, FY2023: 5.51%Operating margin, FY2024: 4.73%Operating margin, FY2025: 4.43%Net margin, FY2021: 5.67%Net margin, FY2022: 4.28%Net margin, FY2023: 4.05%Net margin, FY2024: 3.36%Net margin, FY2025: 3.46%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 16.83%. Gross margin FY2022 15.36%. Gross margin FY2023 15.17%. Gross margin FY2024 14.11%. Gross margin FY2025 13.74%. Operating margin FY2021 7.34%. Operating margin FY2022 5.97%. Operating margin FY2023 5.51%. Operating margin FY2024 4.73%. Operating margin FY2025 4.43%. Net margin FY2021 5.67%. Net margin FY2022 4.28%. Net margin FY2023 4.05%. Net margin FY2024 3.36%. Net margin FY2025 3.46%.

Income trends

Revenue

67.32B JPY+7.99%

Operating income

2.98B JPY+1.03%

Net income

2.33B JPY+11.03%
Income trends across reported periods73.84B JPY47.75B JPY21.66B JPY−4.42B JPYRevenue, FY2021: 57.64B JPYRevenue, FY2022: 60.02B JPYRevenue, FY2023: 60.47B JPYRevenue, FY2024: 62.34B JPYRevenue, FY2025: 67.32B JPYOperating income, FY2021: 4.23B JPYOperating income, FY2022: 3.58B JPYOperating income, FY2023: 3.33B JPYOperating income, FY2024: 2.95B JPYOperating income, FY2025: 2.98B JPYNet income, FY2021: 3.27B JPYNet income, FY2022: 2.57B JPYNet income, FY2023: 2.45B JPYNet income, FY2024: 2.1B JPYNet income, FY2025: 2.33B JPYFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 57.64B JPY. Revenue FY2022 60.02B JPY. Revenue FY2023 60.47B JPY. Revenue FY2024 62.34B JPY. Revenue FY2025 67.32B JPY. Operating income FY2021 4.23B JPY. Operating income FY2022 3.58B JPY. Operating income FY2023 3.33B JPY. Operating income FY2024 2.95B JPY. Operating income FY2025 2.98B JPY. Net income FY2021 3.27B JPY. Net income FY2022 2.57B JPY. Net income FY2023 2.45B JPY. Net income FY2024 2.1B JPY. Net income FY2025 2.33B JPY.
Metric (JPY)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue67.32B JPY62.34B JPY60.47B JPY60.02B JPY57.64B JPY
Cost of goods sold58.07B JPY53.54B JPY51.3B JPY50.8B JPY47.94B JPY
Gross profit9.25B JPY8.8B JPY9.17B JPY9.22B JPY9.7B JPY
Selling, general, and administrative4.79B JPY4.56B JPY4.63B JPY4.62B JPY4.44B JPY
Operating expenses6.26B JPY5.85B JPY5.84B JPY5.64B JPY5.47B JPY
Interest income24.53M JPY10.73M JPY5.68M JPY6.05M JPY6.47M JPY
Interest expense166.84M JPY124.95M JPY103.47M JPY76.86M JPY70.76M JPY
Depreciation and amortization1.68B JPY1.52B JPY1.48B JPY1.8B JPY1.77B JPY
Operating income2.98B JPY2.95B JPY3.33B JPY3.58B JPY4.23B JPY
Net income2.33B JPY2.1B JPY2.45B JPY2.57B JPY3.27B JPY

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

Latest EPS result
69.83

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Estimates unavailable
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates74.7252.2729.827.37Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26Q3 '26
Q4 2024, reported Oct 11, 2024: actual 8.67, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2025, reported Jan 14, 2025: actual 14.26, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2025, reported Apr 11, 2025: actual 19.97, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2025, reported Jul 15, 2025: actual 66.39, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2025, reported Oct 14, 2025: actual 13.81, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2026, reported Jan 13, 2026: actual 20.62, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q2 2026, reported Apr 13, 2026: actual 17.08, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2026, reported Jul 13, 2026: actual 69.83, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates20.06B17.92B15.79B13.65BQ1 '25BeatQ2 '25MissQ3 '25BeatQ4 '25BeatQ1 '26BeatQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Jan 14, 2025: actual 14.71B JPY, estimate 14.43B JPY, surprise +1.99%, Beat. Q2 2025, reported Apr 11, 2025: actual 14.93B JPY, estimate 15.25B JPY, surprise -2.06%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 15, 2025: actual 18.35B JPY, estimate 17.79B JPY, surprise +3.13%, Beat. Q4 2025, reported Oct 14, 2025: actual 15.93B JPY, estimate 15.11B JPY, surprise +5.43%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Jan 13, 2026: actual 15.98B JPY, estimate 15.97B JPY, surprise +0.09%, Beat. Q2 2026, reported Apr 13, 2026: actual 16.11B JPY, estimate 16.02B JPY, surprise +0.57%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 13, 2026: actual 19.29B JPY, estimate 18.95B JPY, surprise +1.79%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Oct 9, 2026: actual —, estimate 16.27B JPY, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.

¥61.00

2025 complete year+48.8% since 2021

2026 partial: ¥30.00

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Nov 27, 2026

¥30.00

Semi-Annual

Record Nov 30, 2026 · Payment Nov 27, 2026

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend May 28, 2027

¥30.00

Semi-Annual

Record May 31, 2027 · Payment May 28, 2027

Dividend

Ex-dividend May 28, 2026

¥30.00

Semi-Annual

Record May 31, 2026 · Payment Aug 31, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Nov 27, 2025

¥30.00

Annual

Record Nov 30, 2025 · Payment Feb 10, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend May 29, 2025

¥31.00

Special

Record May 31, 2025 · Payment Aug 29, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Nov 28, 2024

¥29.00

Semi-Annual

Record Nov 30, 2024 · Payment Feb 10, 2025

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Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.

iShares Core TOPIX ETF logoiShares Core TOPIX ETF1475.T
Market value
38.78M
Weight
0.00%
AUM
2.89T JPY
Expense ratio
0.05%
Price / 1D
¥417.7-0.07%
WisdomTree Dynamic International Equity Fund logoWisdomTree Dynamic International Equity FundDDWM
Market value
173.75K
Weight
0.01%
AUM
1.49B USD
Expense ratio
0.40%
Price / 1D
$47.38-0.03%
WisdomTree International Equity Fund logoWisdomTree International Equity FundDWM
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97.68K
Weight
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AUM
686.84M USD
Expense ratio
0.48%
Price / 1D
$76.65+0.07%
Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF logoDimensional - International Small Cap ETFDFIS
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78.72K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
5.91B USD
Expense ratio
0.39%
Price / 1D
$37.45-0.25%
Dimensional - International Core Equity 2 ETF logoDimensional - International Core Equity 2 ETFDFIC
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64.15K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
15.43B USD
Expense ratio
0.22%
Price / 1D
$39.34-0.16%
Dimensional - International Core Equity Market ETF logoDimensional - International Core Equity Market ETFDFAI
Market value
63.17K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
18.23B USD
Expense ratio
0.18%
Price / 1D
$43.29-0.14%
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF logoDimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETFDFAX
Market value
60.26K
Weight
0.00%
AUM
12.57B USD
Expense ratio
0.28%
Price / 1D
$37.96-0.52%
State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF logoState Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETFSPDW
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