Dentsu Group

Financial history

Revenue · FYE Dec 2025
¥1.44tn
Operating profit · FYE Dec 2025
-¥289bn
Net profit · FYE Dec 2025
-¥328bn
Total assets
¥3.21tn
Equity ratio
9.4%
Long-term series
2002–2025
Dentsu Group: long-term performance & turning pointsSales (revenue) and profit-margin ratio
Sales (¥ bn)Net margin (%)
Long-term results, every fiscal year on record (¥ bn). Scroll sideways for earlier years.
Fiscal year Unit 2002 *1 FYE Mar 2003 *1 FYE Mar 2004 *1 FYE Mar 2005 *1 FYE Mar 2006 *1 FYE Mar 2007 *1 FYE Mar 2008 *1 FYE Mar 2009 *1 FYE Mar 2010 *1 FYE Mar 2011 *1 FYE Mar 2012 *1 FYE Mar 2013 *1 FYE Mar 2014 *1 FYE Mar 2015 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Dec 2016 *1 FYE Dec 2017 *1 FYE Dec 2018 *1 FYE Dec 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Revenue JPY ¥1.79tn¥1.69tn¥1.75tn¥1.91tn¥1.96tn¥2.09tn¥2.06tn¥1.89tn¥1.68tn¥1.83tn¥1.89tn¥1.94tn¥2.31tn¥2.42tn¥706bn¥838bn¥929bn¥1.02tn¥1.05tn¥939bn¥1.09tn¥1.25tn¥1.30tn¥1.41tn¥1.44tn
YoY % -5.4%+3.3%+9.2%+2.8%+6.7%-1.7%-8.3%-11.1%+9.2%+3.3%+2.5%+19.0%+4.8%+18.7%+10.8%+9.7%+2.9%-10.4%+15.6%+14.8%+4.7%+8.2%+1.7%
Operating profit JPY ¥59bn¥63bn¥56bn¥43bn¥37bn¥51bn¥52bn¥59bn¥72bn¥132bn¥107bn¥138bn¥137bn¥112bn-¥3.4bn-¥141bn¥242bn¥118bn¥45bn-¥125bn-¥289bn
YoY % +6.8%-10.7%-23.0%-13.7%+36.5%+2.2%+12.5%+22.2%+85.0%+28.3%-0.2%-18.8%-103.0%-51.4%-61.5%-375.9%
Ordinary profit JPY ¥60bn¥45bn¥47bn¥59bn¥65bn¥70bn¥68bn¥53bn¥45bn¥54bn¥63bn
Net profit JPY ¥28bn¥23bn¥31bn¥28bn¥31bn¥31bn¥36bn-¥21bn¥31bn¥22bn¥30bn¥36bn¥39bn¥46bn¥73bn¥84bn¥105bn¥90bn-¥81bn-¥160bn¥108bn¥60bn-¥11bn-¥192bn-¥328bn
YoY % -16.4%+34.3%-11.0%+12.7%-1.0%+17.9%-156.6%-30.5%+37.0%+22.6%+6.9%+18.0%+15.0%+26.2%-14.3%-189.5%-44.8%-117.9%
Operating margin % 3.0%3.0%2.7%2.3%2.2%2.8%2.7%3.0%3.1%5.5%15.2%16.4%14.8%11.0%-0.3%-15.0%22.3%9.4%3.5%-8.9%-20.2%
Net margin % 1.5%1.4%1.8%1.4%1.6%1.5%1.8%-1.1%1.9%1.2%1.6%1.9%1.7%1.9%10.3%10.0%11.3%8.9%-7.7%-17.0%10.0%4.8%-0.8%-13.6%-22.8%
Cost structure Cost of sales SG&A Other operating costs Operating profit Operating margin

Where each yen of revenue goes — cost of sales, SG&A and what is left as operating profit (¥ bn, stacked)

Revenue and its cost lines, every year the breakdown was filed (¥ bn).
Fiscal year Unit 2006 *1 FYE Mar 2007 *1 FYE Mar 2008 *1 FYE Mar 2009 *1 FYE Mar 2010 *1 FYE Mar 2011 *1 FYE Mar 2012 *1 FYE Mar 2013 *1 FYE Mar 2014 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Dec 2016 *1 FYE Dec 2017 *1 FYE Dec 2018 *1 FYE Dec 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Revenue JPY ¥1.96tn¥2.09tn¥2.06tn¥1.89tn¥1.68tn¥1.83tn¥1.89tn¥1.94tn¥2.31tn¥729bn¥706bn¥838bn¥929bn¥1.02tn¥1.05tn¥939bn¥1.09tn¥1.25tn¥1.30tn¥1.41tn¥1.44tn
YoY % +6.7%-1.7%-8.3%-11.1%+9.2%+3.3%+2.5%+19.0%-68.4%+18.7%+10.8%+9.7%+2.9%-10.4%+15.6%+14.8%+4.7%+8.2%+1.7%
Cost of sales JPY ¥1.64tn¥1.75tn¥1.71tn¥1.57tn¥1.38tn¥1.52tn¥1.56tn¥1.60tn¥1.72tn¥52bn¥37bn¥49bn¥51bn¥86bn¥108bn¥104bn¥109bn¥127bn¥160bn¥209bn¥238bn
SG&A JPY ¥267bn¥286bn¥289bn¥271bn¥259bn¥267bn¥281bn¥287bn¥523bn¥572bn¥566bn¥660bn¥752bn¥820bn¥835bn¥740bn¥833bn¥951bn¥1.02tn¥1.07tn¥1.05tn
Other operating costs JPY -¥27bn¥108bn¥235bn-¥99bn¥51bn¥81bn¥261bn¥438bn
Operating profit JPY ¥59bn¥63bn¥56bn¥43bn¥37bn¥51bn¥52bn¥58bn¥71bn¥132bn¥107bn¥138bn¥137bn¥112bn-¥3.4bn-¥141bn¥242bn¥118bn¥45bn-¥125bn-¥289bn
YoY % +6.9%-10.7%-23.1%-13.6%+36.5%+2.0%+12.5%+22.3%+85.1%+28.4%-0.2%-18.7%-103.0%-51.4%-61.5%-375.8%
Operating margin % 3.0%3.0%2.7%2.3%2.2%2.8%2.7%3.0%3.1%18.2%15.2%16.4%14.8%11.0%-0.3%-15.0%22.3%9.4%3.5%-8.9%-20.2%
Change pp 0.0pp-0.3pp-0.4pp-0.1pp+0.6pp-0.1pp+0.3pp+0.1pp+15.1pp+1.2pp-1.6pp-3.8pp-11.3pp-14.7pp+37.3pp-12.9pp-5.9pp-12.4pp-11.3pp
Balance sheet Total assets Equity Interest-bearing debt Equity ratio

Total assets, equity and interest-bearing debt (¥ bn), with the equity ratio (%)

Balance-sheet totals, every year on record (¥ bn).
Fiscal year Unit 2002 *1 FYE Mar 2003 *1 FYE Mar 2004 *1 FYE Mar 2005 *1 FYE Mar 2006 *1 FYE Mar 2007 *1 FYE Mar 2008 *1 FYE Mar 2009 *1 FYE Mar 2010 *1 FYE Mar 2011 *1 FYE Mar 2012 *1 FYE Mar 2013 *1 FYE Mar 2014 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Dec 2016 *1 FYE Dec 2017 *1 FYE Dec 2018 *1 FYE Dec 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Total assets JPY ¥1.10tn¥1.19tn¥1.19tn¥1.24tn¥1.28tn¥1.27tn¥1.25tn¥1.09tn¥1.12tn¥1.13tn¥1.20tn¥2.21tn¥2.64tn¥3.08tn¥3.07tn¥3.16tn¥3.56tn¥3.64tn¥3.80tn¥3.36tn¥3.72tn¥3.74tn¥3.63tn¥3.51tn¥3.21tn
YoY % +8.2%+0.2%+4.3%+3.0%-0.8%-1.3%-12.7%+2.4%+1.3%+6.1%+83.5%+19.6%+16.6%+2.9%+12.9%+2.1%+4.3%-11.4%+10.6%+0.6%-2.9%-3.5%-8.6%
Equity JPY ¥441bn¥442bn¥470bn¥492bn¥521bn¥554bn¥567bn¥452bn¥484bn¥493bn¥536bn¥609bn¥908bn¥1.06tn¥1.07tn¥933bn¥1.09tn¥984bn¥897bn¥677bn¥781bn¥805bn¥771bn¥625bn¥302bn
YoY % +0.1%+6.3%+4.8%+5.9%+6.3%+2.4%-20.3%+7.1%+1.8%+8.8%+13.5%+49.3%+16.4%-12.7%+17.2%-9.9%-8.8%-24.5%+15.2%+3.2%-4.3%-18.9%-51.7%
Interest-bearing debt JPY ¥117bn¥116bn¥97bn¥125bn¥120bn¥82bn¥84bn¥212bn¥365bn¥410bn¥354bn¥404bn¥461bn¥539bn¥624bn¥585bn¥579bn¥532bn¥494bn¥547bn¥468bn
Equity ratio % 40.2%37.2%39.5%39.7%40.8%43.7%45.3%41.4%43.3%43.5%44.6%27.6%34.4%34.4%34.8%29.6%30.7%27.1%23.6%20.1%21.0%21.5%21.2%17.8%9.4%
Change pp -3.0pp+2.3pp+0.2pp+1.1pp+2.9pp+1.6pp-3.9pp+1.9pp+0.2pp+1.1pp-17.0pp+6.8pp0.0pp-5.2pp+1.1pp-3.6pp-3.5pp-3.5pp+0.9pp+0.5pp-0.3pp-3.4pp-8.4pp
Cash flow Operating CF Investing CF Financing CF

Cash generated by operations, spent on investment and raised or repaid in financing (¥ bn)

Cash flows as filed, every year on record (¥ bn). A negative figure is cash out.
Fiscal year Unit 2002 *1 FYE Mar 2003 *1 FYE Mar 2004 *1 FYE Mar 2005 *1 FYE Mar 2006 *1 FYE Mar 2007 *1 FYE Mar 2008 *1 FYE Mar 2009 *1 FYE Mar 2010 *1 FYE Mar 2011 *1 FYE Mar 2012 *1 FYE Mar 2013 *1 FYE Mar 2014 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Dec 2016 *1 FYE Dec 2017 *1 FYE Dec 2018 *1 FYE Dec 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Operating CF JPY ¥26bn-¥3.9bn¥36bn¥15bn¥81bn¥42bn¥56bn¥42bn¥75bn¥73bn¥26bn¥83bn¥98bn¥115bn¥70bn¥144bn¥142bn¥133bn¥80bn¥88bn¥140bn¥81bn¥75bn¥60bn¥118bn
YoY % -115.2%-59.0%+452.1%-48.2%+33.5%-24.4%+77.0%-2.8%-63.8%+215.5%+17.1%+17.6%+106.4%-1.4%-6.0%-39.9%+10.5%+58.2%-42.1%-7.0%-20.3%+96.7%
Investing CF JPY -¥37bn-¥80bn¥9.9bn-¥8.3bn-¥31bn-¥52bn-¥18bn-¥22bn-¥9.3bn-¥1.8bn¥46bn-¥51bn-¥318bn-¥28bn-¥61bn-¥156bn-¥86bn-¥61bn-¥76bn¥137bn¥262bn-¥24bn-¥146bn-¥31bn-¥2.9bn
Financing CF JPY -¥20bn¥82bn-¥52bn¥1.0bn-¥43bn-¥9.8bn-¥31bn-¥28bn-¥31bn-¥29bn-¥27bn-¥5.3bn¥227bn¥12bn-¥96bn¥2.5bn¥1.2bn¥58bn-¥7.8bn-¥97bn-¥232bn-¥188bn-¥154bn-¥66bn-¥180bn
Cash & equivalents JPY ¥68bn¥68bn¥62bn¥70bn¥78bn¥62bn¥70bn¥57bn¥93bn¥132bn¥176bn¥208bn¥234bn¥253bn¥263bn¥242bn¥306bn¥417bn¥414bn¥531bn¥724bn¥604bn¥391bn¥372bn¥295bn
YoY % +0.7%-8.4%+12.0%+12.2%-20.9%+13.3%-18.5%+62.1%+41.8%+33.6%+18.0%+13.0%+8.1%-7.9%+26.1%+36.3%-0.6%+28.2%+36.3%-16.6%-35.3%-4.8%-20.6%
Key ratios Operating margin Net margin ROE Equity ratio

Profitability and balance-sheet strength (%). ROE uses year-end equity.

Ratios by fiscal year (%), with the year-on-year move in percentage points. Derived from the filed figures above.
Fiscal year Unit 2002 *1 FYE Mar 2003 *1 FYE Mar 2004 *1 FYE Mar 2005 *1 FYE Mar 2006 *1 FYE Mar 2007 *1 FYE Mar 2008 *1 FYE Mar 2009 *1 FYE Mar 2010 *1 FYE Mar 2011 *1 FYE Mar 2012 *1 FYE Mar 2013 *1 FYE Mar 2014 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Dec 2016 *1 FYE Dec 2017 *1 FYE Dec 2018 *1 FYE Dec 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Operating margin % 3.0%3.0%2.7%2.3%2.2%2.8%2.7%3.0%3.1%15.2%16.4%14.8%11.0%-0.3%-15.0%22.3%9.4%3.5%-8.9%-20.2%
Change pp 0.0pp-0.3pp-0.4pp-0.1pp+0.6pp-0.1pp+0.3pp+0.1pp+12.1pp+1.2pp-1.6pp-3.8pp-11.3pp-14.7pp+37.3pp-12.9pp-5.9pp-12.4pp-11.3pp
Net margin % 1.5%1.4%1.8%1.4%1.6%1.5%1.8%-1.1%1.9%1.2%1.6%1.9%1.7%10.3%10.0%11.4%8.9%-7.7%-17.0%10.0%4.8%-0.8%-13.6%-22.8%
Change pp -0.1pp+0.4pp-0.4pp+0.2pp-0.1pp+0.3pp-2.9pp+3.0pp-0.7pp+0.4pp+0.3pp-0.2pp+8.6pp-0.3pp+1.4pp-2.5pp-16.6pp-9.3pp+27.0pp-5.2pp-5.6pp-12.8pp-9.2pp
ROE % 6.2%5.2%6.6%5.6%5.9%5.5%6.4%-4.5%6.4%4.4%5.5%6.0%4.3%6.8%9.0%9.6%9.2%-9.0%-23.6%13.9%7.4%-1.4%-30.8%-108.6%
Change pp -1.0pp+1.4pp-1.0pp+0.3pp-0.4pp+0.9pp-10.9pp+10.9pp-2.0pp+1.1pp+0.5pp-1.7pp+2.5pp+2.2pp+0.6pp-0.4pp-18.2pp-14.6pp+37.5pp-6.5pp-8.8pp-29.4pp-77.8pp
Equity ratio % 40.2%37.2%39.5%39.7%40.8%43.7%45.3%41.4%43.3%43.5%44.6%27.6%34.4%34.8%29.6%30.7%27.1%23.6%20.1%21.0%21.5%21.2%17.8%9.4%
Change pp -3.0pp+2.3pp+0.2pp+1.1pp+2.9pp+1.6pp-3.9pp+1.9pp+0.2pp+1.1pp-17.0pp+6.8pp+0.4pp-5.2pp+1.1pp-3.6pp-3.5pp-3.5pp+0.9pp+0.5pp-0.3pp-3.4pp-8.4pp
Reporting basis

Which accounting standard each fiscal year was filed under. Figures are not strictly comparable across a change of standard.

Accounting standard and reporting basis, by fiscal year.
Fiscal year Unit 2002 *1 FYE Mar 2003 *1 FYE Mar 2004 *1 FYE Mar 2005 *1 FYE Mar 2006 *1 FYE Mar 2007 *1 FYE Mar 2008 *1 FYE Mar 2009 *1 FYE Mar 2010 *1 FYE Mar 2011 *1 FYE Mar 2012 *1 FYE Mar 2013 *1 FYE Mar 2014 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Mar 2015 *1 FYE Dec 2016 *1 FYE Dec 2017 *1 FYE Dec 2018 *1 FYE Dec 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Standard JGAAPJGAAPJGAAPJGAAPJGAAPJGAAPJGAAPJGAAPJGAAPJGAAPJGAAPIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRSIFRS
Basis ConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidatedConsolidated
Yen–dollar exchange rate ¥ per US$1

Annual average, yen per one US dollar. Every figure above is in yen as filed — convert one using the rate of its own year, never today's. A higher line is a weaker yen.

Annual average ¥/US$ rate, 1949–2026. YoY above zero means the yen weakened.
Fiscal year Unit 1949 *1 Cal. year 1950 *1 Cal. year 1951 *1 Cal. year 1952 *1 Cal. year 1953 *1 Cal. year 1954 *1 Cal. year 1955 *1 Cal. year 1956 *1 Cal. year 1957 *1 Cal. year 1958 *1 Cal. year 1959 *1 Cal. year 1960 *1 Cal. year 1961 *1 Cal. year 1962 *1 Cal. year 1963 *1 Cal. year 1964 *1 Cal. year 1965 *1 Cal. year 1966 *1 Cal. year 1967 *1 Cal. year 1968 *1 Cal. year 1969 *1 Cal. year 1970 *1 Cal. year 1971 *1 Cal. year 1972 *2 Cal. year 1973 *3 Cal. year 1974 *3 Cal. year 1975 *3 Cal. year 1976 *3 Cal. year 1977 *3 Cal. year 1978 *3 Cal. year 1979 *3 Cal. year 1980 *4 Cal. year 1981 *4 Cal. year 1982 *4 Cal. year 1983 *4 Cal. year 1984 *4 Cal. year 1985 *4 Cal. year 1986 *4 Cal. year 1987 *4 Cal. year 1988 *4 Cal. year 1989 *4 Cal. year 1990 *4 Cal. year 1991 *4 Cal. year 1992 *4 Cal. year 1993 *4 Cal. year 1994 *4 Cal. year 1995 *4 Cal. year 1996 *4 Cal. year 1997 *4 Cal. year 1998 *4 Cal. year 1999 *4 Cal. year 2000 *4 Cal. year 2001 *4 Cal. year 2002 *4 Cal. year 2003 *4 Cal. year 2004 *4 Cal. year 2005 *4 Cal. year 2006 *4 Cal. year 2007 *4 Cal. year 2008 *4 Cal. year 2009 *4 Cal. year 2010 *4 Cal. year 2011 *4 Cal. year 2012 *4 Cal. year 2013 *4 Cal. year 2014 *4 Cal. year 2015 *4 Cal. year 2016 *4 Cal. year 2017 *4 Cal. year 2018 *4 Cal. year 2019 *4 Cal. year 2020 *4 Cal. year 2021 *4 Cal. year 2022 *4 Cal. year 2023 *4 Cal. year 2024 *4 Cal. year 2025 *4 Cal. year 2026 *4,5 Cal. year
Rate ¥/US$ ¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥360.00¥308.00¥274.00¥293.00¥299.00¥292.00¥257.00¥201.00¥230.00¥226.69¥220.55¥249.06¥237.48¥237.53¥238.53¥168.52¥144.60¥128.13¥137.98¥144.81¥134.51¥126.67¥111.18¥102.22¥94.05¥108.77¥121.02¥130.89¥113.84¥107.74¥121.52¥125.28¥115.92¥108.16¥110.15¥116.28¥117.77¥103.33¥93.53¥87.77¥79.78¥79.79¥97.60¥105.84¥121.02¥108.84¥112.16¥110.40¥109.01¥106.78¥109.78¥131.37¥140.51¥151.50¥149.65¥158.16
YoY % 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-14.4%-11.0%+6.9%+2.0%-2.3%-12.0%-21.8%+14.4%-1.4%-2.7%+12.9%-4.6%0.0%+0.4%-29.4%-14.2%-11.4%+7.7%+4.9%-7.1%-5.8%-12.2%-8.1%-8.0%+15.7%+11.3%+8.2%-13.0%-5.4%+12.8%+3.1%-7.5%-6.7%+1.8%+5.6%+1.3%-12.3%-9.5%-6.2%-9.1%0.0%+22.3%+8.4%+14.3%-10.1%+3.1%-1.6%-1.3%-2.0%+2.8%+19.7%+7.0%+7.8%-1.2%+5.7%

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GET /api/companies.json All companies
GET /api/4324/manifest.json Resource index
GET /api/4324/history.json History overview
GET /api/4324/timeline.json Chronology
GET /api/decisions.json All management decisions (index)
GET /api/4324/decisions.json Management decisions (index)
GET /api/4324/decisions/{slug}.json One decision (full dossier)
GET /api/4324/executives.json Executives
GET /api/4324/shareholders.json Major shareholders
GET /api/4324/financials.json Financial statements
GET /api/4324/financials-longterm.json Long-term results
GET /api/4324/segments.json Business segments
GET /api/4324/regions.json Sales by region
GET /api/4324/workforce.json Workforce