Gakken Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Gakken Holdings' CEO is Hiroaki Miyahara, appointed in Dec 2010, has a tenure of 13.42 years. total yearly compensation is ¥127.00M, comprised of 62.2% salary and 37.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.39% of the company’s shares, worth ¥152.66M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.3 years and 5.9 years respectively.

Key information

Hiroaki Miyahara

Chief executive officer

JP¥127.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	62.2%
CEO tenure	13.4yrs
CEO ownership	0.4%
Management average tenure	4.3yrs
Board average tenure	5.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Hiroaki Miyahara's remuneration changed compared to Gakken Holdings's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	JP¥4b
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	JP¥3b
Sep 30 2023	JP¥127m	JP¥79m	JP¥3b

Compensation vs Market: Hiroaki's total compensation ($USD815.21K) is about average for companies of similar size in the JP market ($USD812.00K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Hiroaki's compensation with company performance.

CEO

Hiroaki Miyahara (64 yo)

13.4yrs

Tenure

JP¥127,000,000

Compensation

Mr. Hiroaki Miyahara has been the President of Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. since December 2010. Mr. Hiroaki Joined Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd.in September 1986. Mr. Hiroaki served as General Manager and...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Hiroaki Miyahara	President & Representative Director	13.4yrs	JP¥127.00m	0.39% ¥ 152.7m
Hideki Furuoka	Executive Director	no data	no data	no data
Hitoshi Kobayakawa	MD & Director	3.4yrs	no data	0.094% ¥ 36.8m
Kazuhiko Fukuzumi	VP & Director	less than a year	no data	0.097% ¥ 38.1m
Hiroyuki Kageyama	Senior Officer	4.3yrs	no data	no data
Tetsuya Katsuno	Senior Officer	4.3yrs	no data	no data

4.3yrs

Average Tenure

64.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 9470's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Hiroaki Miyahara	President & Representative Director	13.4yrs	JP¥127.00m	0.39% ¥ 152.7m
Hideki Furuoka	Executive Director	21.3yrs	no data	no data
Hitoshi Kobayakawa	MD & Director	9.4yrs	no data	0.094% ¥ 36.8m
Kazuhiko Fukuzumi	VP & Director	less than a year	no data	0.097% ¥ 38.1m
Noriaki Yamada	Outside Independent Director	13.4yrs	no data	no data
Norio Yamamoto	Director	3.4yrs	no data	0.033% ¥ 12.9m
Maako Jodo	Outside Independent Director	11.4yrs	no data	no data
Toshiaki Yamada	Auditor	8.4yrs	no data	no data
Toru Goromaru	Director	3.4yrs	no data	0.038% ¥ 15.1m
Yoshinobu Adachi	Director	3.4yrs	no data	0.046% ¥ 18.1m
Kenji Momota	Director	3.4yrs	no data	0.028% ¥ 10.9m
Caroline F. Benton	Outside Independent Director	2.4yrs	no data	no data

5.9yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 9470's board of directors are considered experienced (5.9 years average tenure).

Gakken Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Dec 22, 2023

No independent directors

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Dec 23, 2022

No independent directors

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Dec 25, 2020

Recent updates

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JP¥42.61 (vs JP¥22.84 in 2Q 2023)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥12.50 per share

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on May 10, 2024

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2024

First quarter 2024 earnings released: JP¥0.87 loss per share (vs JP¥5.28 profit in 1Q 2023)

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Feb 09, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Gakken Holdings Co. Provides Dividend Guidance for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2024 and Full Year Ended September 30, 2024

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Announces Dividend for the Full Year Ended September 30, 2023, Payable on December 25, 2023

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Dec 22, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Nov 10, 2023

Upcoming dividend of JP¥12.50 per share at 2.9% yield

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 19%

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Revises Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2023

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Provides Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2023

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: JP¥1.93 loss per share (vs JP¥6.87 profit in 3Q 2022)

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Aug 10, 2023

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Announces Dividend for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023; Commences Dividend Payments on June 23, 2023; Provides Dividend Guidance for the Year Ending September 30, 2023

Price target increased by 8.3% to JP¥1,300

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥22.84 (vs JP¥42.22 in 2Q 2022)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥12.50 per share at 3.0% yield

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JP¥5.28 (vs JP¥16.12 in 1Q 2022)

Price target decreased by 14% to JP¥1,270

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Feb 10, 2023

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Announces Year-End Dividend for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2022, Payable on December 26, 2022; Provides Second Quarter-End and Year-End Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2023

No independent directors

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Dec 23, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of JP¥12.00 per share

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Nov 11, 2022

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Provides Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2022

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: JP¥6.87 (vs JP¥7.01 loss in 3Q 2021)

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Aug 10, 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Price target decreased to JP¥1,770

No independent directors

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on May 13, 2022

Upcoming dividend of JP¥12.00 per share

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending September 30, 2022

Price target decreased to JP¥1,770

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥64.54 (vs JP¥62.68 in FY 2020)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥11.00 per share

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: JP¥7.01 loss per share (vs JP¥9.69 profit in 3Q 2020)

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2021

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥35.90 (vs JP¥50.87 in 2Q 2020)

Upcoming dividend of JP¥11.00 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS JP¥25.49 (vs JP¥13.36 in 1Q 2020)

New 90-day high: JP¥1,893

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. (TSE:9470) acquired 30.72% stake in Jp-Holdings,Inc. (TSE:2749) from Mother Care Japan Co,.Ltd. and Jpi Management Co., Ltd. for ¥9.9 billion.

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Q1, 2021 Results on Feb 10, 2021

New 90-day high: JP¥1,657

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Dec 25, 2020

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Nov 13, 2020

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. to Report Q3, 2020 Results on Aug 07, 2020

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