The company’s revenue for the quarter fell to ¥1.67 billion, down from ¥2.08 billion in the corresponding period last year. Despite this contraction in business volume, Masaru successfully reduced its operating deficit to ¥102.00 million, an improvement from the ¥124.00 million loss recorded a year ago.

Margin Stabilization

According to the financial results released under Japanese accounting standards, the company's pretax loss narrowed to ¥99.00 million, compared with a ¥122.00 million loss in the previous year. This indicates a more disciplined cost structure or a shift in project mix that favored higher-margin work during the three-month period.

The bottom-line performance resulted in a loss per share of ¥92.37, which is a notable improvement from the ¥112.42 loss reported in the prior year's first quarter.

Key figures from the Q1 report: - Total group revenue: ¥1.67 billion - Operating loss: ¥102.00 million - Net loss: ¥82.00 million