DTS Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

DTS' CEO is Tomoaki Kitamura, appointed in Apr 2021, has a tenure of 3.58 years. directly owns 0.019% of the company’s shares, worth €205.78K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.6 years and 4.4 years respectively.

Key information

Tomoaki Kitamura

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	3.6yrs
CEO ownership	0.02%
Management average tenure	less than a year
Board average tenure	4.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Tomoaki Kitamura (60 yo)

3.6yrs

Tenure

Mr. Tomoaki Kitamura serves as President & Representative Director at DTS Corporation since April 2021 and served as its General Manager of Digital Solution Sector since April 2021 until April 01, 2022 and...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Tomoaki Kitamura	President	3.6yrs	no data	0.019% € 205.8k
Akio Shiota	General Manager of Accounting & Finance Department	no data	no data	no data
Makoto Kondo	SEO, Head of Operation & Solutions Segment and Head of Public Systems & Social Infra. Sector	no data	no data	no data
Hiroyuki Norikane	Senior Exec. Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Sayaka Sakai	General Manager of Public Relations	2.7yrs	no data	no data
Ayano Kumagai	General Manager of Human Resources Department	no data	no data	no data
Isao Asami	Managing Executive Officer & Director	no data	no data	0.048% € 514.5k
Masakazu Takada	Exec. Officer	no data	no data	no data
Masanori Tamura	Executive Officer & GM of Financial Business Division	no data	no data	no data
Eiichi Takahama	Head of Social Infrastructure Department	less than a year	no data	no data
Koji Sato	Head of Financial Division 3	less than a year	no data	no data
Kaoru Moteki	Head of Cloud & Infrastructure Integration Division	no data	no data	no data

0.6yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: DA9's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Tomoaki Kitamura	President	4.4yrs	no data	0.019% € 205.8k
Isao Asami	Managing Executive Officer & Director	5.4yrs	no data	0.048% € 514.5k
Shinichi Yamada	Independent Outside Director	4.4yrs	no data	no data
Minoru Takeuchi	Director	14.4yrs	no data	0.045% € 488.7k
Takao Sakamoto	Director	15.4yrs	no data	0.045% € 488.7k
Shinya Shishido	Independent Outside Director	5.4yrs	no data	no data
Taeko Ishii	Independent Outside Director	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Yumiko Masuda	Independent Outside Director	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Nobuyasu Iimuro	Independent Outside Director	1.4yrs	no data	no data
Hiroshi Ohno	Independent Outside Director	less than a year	no data	no data

4.4yrs

Average Tenure

63yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: DA9's board of directors are considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).

DTS Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

DTS Corporation Announces Organizational Changes and Personnel Transfers, Effective July 1, 2024

DTS Corporation Approves Composition of the Special Investigation Committee

DTS Corporation Announces Personnel Transfers, Effective from June 1, 2024

DTS Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2024

DTS Corporation Announces Personnel Changes

Dts Corporation Announces Notice Concerning Changes of Directors/Officers

Recent updates

DTS Corporation (TSE:9682) announces an Equity Buyback for 1,600,000 shares, representing 3.82% for ¥5,000 million.

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: JP¥57.04 (vs JP¥53.10 in 2Q 2024)

Now 21% undervalued

DTS Corporation to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Oct 29, 2024

Upcoming dividend of JP¥50.00 per share

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: JP¥47.76 (vs JP¥42.19 in 1Q 2024)

Final dividend of JP¥50.00 announced

DTS Corporation Announces Organizational Changes and Personnel Transfers, Effective July 1, 2024

DTS Corporation Approves Composition of the Special Investigation Committee

DTS Corporation Announces Personnel Transfers, Effective from June 1, 2024

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥205 (vs JP¥181 in FY 2023)

DTS Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2024

DTS Corporation (TSE:9682) announces an Equity Buyback for 2,000,000 shares, representing 4.66% for ¥6,000 million.

DTS Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Apr 26, 2024

Upcoming dividend of JP¥50.00 per share

DTS Corporation (TSE:9682) agreed to acquire Tohoku Systems Support Co.,Ltd.

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥57.06 (vs JP¥48.47 in 3Q 2023)

DTS Corporation (TSE:9682) announces an Equity Buyback for 336,000 shares, representing 0.78% for ¥1,000 million.

DTS Corporation to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Feb 01, 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥53.10 (vs JP¥43.19 in 2Q 2023)

DTS Corporation Announces Personnel Changes

DTS Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Oct 30, 2023

Upcoming dividend of JP¥45.00 per share at 2.9% yield

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥42.19 (vs JP¥31.18 in 1Q 2023)

DTS Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Jul 31, 2023

Dts Corporation Announces Notice Concerning Changes of Directors/Officers

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥181 (vs JP¥173 in FY 2022)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥70.00 per share at 3.2% yield

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥48.47 (vs JP¥43.26 in 3Q 2022)

DTS Corporation Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2023

DTS Corporation to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Feb 01, 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥43.19 (vs JP¥40.93 in 2Q 2022)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥50.00 per share

Now 20% undervalued

DTS Corporation (TSE:9682) agreed to acquire 51% stake in Partners Information Technology, Inc from Calance Software Pvt. Ltd.

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥31.18 (vs JP¥30.35 in 1Q 2022)

DTS Corporation to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Jul 29, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: JP¥173 (vs JP¥165 in FY 2021)

Less than half of directors are independent

DTS Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Apr 28, 2022

DTS Corporation Announces Appointment of Sayaka Sakai as General Manager, Public Relations Department

Upcoming dividend of JP¥35.00 per share

DTS Corporation (TSE:9682) announces an Equity Buyback for 400,000 shares, representing 0.89% for ¥1,000 million.

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JP¥40.93 (vs JP¥43.09 in 2Q 2021)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥30.00 per share

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JP¥30.35 (vs JP¥28.07 in 1Q 2021)

DTS Corporation (TSE:9682) agreed to acquire I Net Rely Corporation.

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥165 (vs JP¥158 in FY 2020)

DTS Corporation (TSE:9682) announces an Equity Buyback for 395,000 shares, representing 0.86% for ¥1,000 million.

Upcoming dividend of JP¥30.00 per share

New 90-day high: €19.10

New 90-day high: €18.80

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥39.40 (vs JP¥33.90 in 3Q 2020)

New 90-day low: €16.00

DTS Corporation to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Feb 01, 2021

New 90-day high: €18.70

Revenue misses expectations

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥43.09

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥43.09

Revenue misses expectations

DTS Corporation to Report Q2, 2021 Results on Oct 30, 2020

First quarter earnings released

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