Sogo

Financial history

Revenue · FYE Feb 2000: ¥157bn
Net profit · FYE Feb 2000: -¥138bn
Long-term series: 1953–2000

Sogo: 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	1953 ^*1 FYE Feb	1954 ^*1 FYE Feb	1955 ^*1 FYE Feb	1956 ^*1 FYE Feb	1957 ^*1 FYE Feb	1958 ^*1 FYE Feb	1959 ^*1 FYE Feb	1960 ^*1 FYE Feb	1961 ^*1 FYE Feb	1962 ^*1 FYE Feb	1963 ^*1 FYE Feb	1964 ^*1 FYE Feb	1965 ^*1 FYE Feb	1966 ^*1 FYE Feb	1967 ^*1 FYE Feb	1968 ^*1 FYE Feb	1969 ^*1 FYE Feb	1970 ^*1 FYE Feb	1971 ^*1 FYE Feb	1972 ^*1 FYE Feb	1973 ^*1 FYE Feb	1974 ^*1 FYE Feb	1975 ^*1 FYE Feb	1976 ^*1 FYE Feb	1977 ^*1 FYE Feb	1978 ^*1 FYE Feb	1979 ^*1 FYE Feb	1980 ^*1 FYE Feb	1981 ^*1 FYE Feb	1982 ^*1 FYE Feb	1983 ^*1 FYE Feb	1984 ^*1 FYE Feb	1985 ^*1 FYE Feb	1986 ^*2 FYE Feb	1987 ^*2 FYE Feb	1988 ^*2 FYE Feb	1989 ^*2 FYE Feb	1990 ^*2 FYE Feb	1991 ^*2 FYE Feb	1992 ^*2 FYE Feb	1993 ^*2 FYE Feb	1994 ^*2 FYE Feb	1995 ^*2 FYE Feb	1996 ^*2 FYE Feb	1997 ^*2 FYE Feb	1998 ^*2 FYE Feb	1999 ^*2 FYE Feb	2000 ^*2 FYE Feb
Revenue	JPY	¥4.4bn	¥6.6bn	¥6.0bn	¥6.0bn	¥7.1bn	¥12bn	¥13bn	¥13bn	¥15bn	¥18bn	¥20bn	¥21bn	¥21bn	¥21bn	¥26bn	¥30bn	¥35bn	¥45bn	¥58bn	¥68bn	¥82bn	¥104bn	¥122bn	¥131bn	¥143bn	¥147bn	¥154bn	¥169bn	¥182bn	¥196bn	¥195bn	¥195bn	¥203bn	¥222bn	¥233bn	¥245bn	¥262bn	¥293bn	¥313bn	¥311bn	¥280bn	¥254bn	¥233bn	¥142bn	¥178bn	¥183bn	¥168bn	¥157bn
YoY	%	—	+49.5%	-8.1%	0.0%	+18.6%	+70.9%	+4.1%	+5.5%	+11.9%	+17.7%	+13.3%	+7.0%	-3.3%	0.0%	+25.1%	+15.8%	+16.3%	+27.8%	+29.1%	+18.2%	+20.6%	+26.7%	+17.7%	+6.7%	+9.5%	+2.9%	+4.7%	+9.6%	+7.5%	+7.8%	-0.4%	-0.1%	+4.4%	+9.3%	+4.9%	+5.4%	+6.8%	+11.7%	+7.1%	-0.9%	-9.8%	-9.2%	-8.5%	-38.8%	+25.0%	+2.8%	-8.2%	-6.4%
Ordinary profit	JPY	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	¥1.3bn	¥1.7bn	¥2.4bn	¥3.6bn	¥3.9bn	¥3.5bn	¥4.0bn	¥4.1bn	¥4.2bn	¥4.6bn	¥5.2bn	¥5.2bn	¥4.6bn	¥4.1bn	¥5.7bn	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Net profit	JPY	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	-¥0.2bn	-¥0.2bn	-¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.1bn	¥0.2bn	¥0.3bn	¥0.4bn	¥0.6bn	¥0.8bn	¥1.3bn	¥2.1bn	¥1.9bn	¥1.7bn	¥1.9bn	¥0.2bn	¥1.8bn	¥2.4bn	¥2.3bn	¥2.6bn	¥2.0bn	¥2.2bn	¥1.9bn	¥2.6bn	¥2.9bn	¥3.1bn	¥3.4bn	¥4.6bn	¥4.7bn	¥5.6bn	¥1.5bn	¥1.0bn	-¥37bn	¥5.0bn	¥0.0bn	¥0.6bn	-¥26bn	-¥138bn
YoY	%	—	+23.9%	-7.0%	+4.7%	+26.1%	-237.1%	—	—	—	+37.5%	+10.6%	-9.6%	-23.5%	+7.9%	+4.6%	+50.0%	+67.3%	+33.9%	+59.5%	+37.2%	+54.9%	+58.1%	-5.2%	-12.6%	+11.8%	-89.5%	+800.0%	+33.3%	-4.2%	+13.0%	-23.1%	+10.0%	-13.6%	+35.3%	+11.3%	+8.7%	+9.6%	+34.3%	+2.0%	+19.1%	-72.8%	-32.5%	-3717.6%	—	-99.2%	+1475.0%	-4163.5%	—
Net margin	%	2.1%	1.7%	1.8%	1.8%	2.0%	-1.6%	-1.7%	-0.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%	0.8%	0.9%	1.1%	1.2%	1.6%	2.0%	1.6%	1.3%	1.3%	0.1%	1.2%	1.4%	1.3%	1.3%	1.0%	1.1%	0.9%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.6%	1.5%	1.8%	0.5%	0.4%	-15.9%	3.5%	0.0%	0.3%	-15.2%	-87.6%

*1 Kaisha Nenkan (Company Yearbook)
*2 Kaisha Shikiho (Japan Company Handbook)

Key ratios Net margin

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	1981 ^*1 FYE Feb	1982 ^*1 FYE Feb	1983 ^*1 FYE Feb	1984 ^*1 FYE Feb	1985 ^*1 FYE Feb	1986 ^*1 FYE Feb	1987 ^*1 FYE Feb	1988 ^*1 FYE Feb	1989 ^*1 FYE Feb	1990 ^*1 FYE Feb	1991 ^*1 FYE Feb	1992 ^*1 FYE Feb	1993 ^*1 FYE Feb	1994 ^*1 FYE Feb	1995 ^*1 FYE Feb	1996 ^*1 FYE Feb	1997 ^*1 FYE Feb	1998 ^*1 FYE Feb	1999 ^*1 FYE Feb	2000 ^*1 FYE Feb
Net margin	%	1.3%	1.3%	1.0%	1.1%	0.9%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.6%	1.5%	1.8%	0.5%	0.4%	-15.9%	3.5%	0.0%	0.3%	-15.2%	-87.6%
Change	pp	—	0.0pp	-0.3pp	+0.1pp	-0.2pp	+0.3pp	0.0pp	+0.1pp	0.0pp	+0.3pp	-0.1pp	+0.3pp	-1.3pp	-0.1pp	-16.3pp	+19.4pp	-3.5pp	+0.3pp	-15.5pp	-72.4pp

*1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho), as filed

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	1981 ^*1 FYE Feb	1982 ^*1 FYE Feb	1983 ^*1 FYE Feb	1984 ^*1 FYE Feb	1985 ^*1 FYE Feb	1986 ^*1 FYE Feb	1987 ^*1 FYE Feb	1988 ^*1 FYE Feb	1989 ^*1 FYE Feb	1990 ^*1 FYE Feb	1991 ^*1 FYE Feb	1992 ^*1 FYE Feb	1993 ^*1 FYE Feb	1994 ^*1 FYE Feb	1995 ^*1 FYE Feb	1996 ^*1 FYE Feb	1997 ^*1 FYE Feb	1998 ^*1 FYE Feb	1999 ^*1 FYE Feb	2000 ^*1 FYE Feb
Standard		JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP	JGAAP
Basis		Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Parent only	Consolidated	Consolidated	Consolidated

*1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho), as filed

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%

*1 1949-1971: Fixed Bretton Woods peg ¥360/$ (Dodge Line 1949; Smithsonian ¥308 from Dec 1971).
*2 1972: Smithsonian peg ¥308/$ (held until Feb 1973 float).
*3 1973-1979: JIL (Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training) g0001.xlsx — fiscal-year (Apr–Mar) basis, integer-rounded. PROVISIONAL; upgrade to BOJ FXERM07 calendar-year later.
*4 1980-2026: Bank of Japan stat-search FM08'FXERM07 (Tokyo market, USD/JPY spot, 17:00 fixing, monthly average) — calendar-year average of monthly averages.
*5 Provisional — part-year average, not a full calendar year.

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Data API

Sogo’s history, financials, executives and shareholders are published as static JSON — no key, plain GET.

Method	Endpoint	Returns
GET	/api/companies.json	All companies
GET	/api/8243/manifest.json	Resource index
GET	/api/8243/history.json	History overview
GET	/api/8243/timeline.json	Chronology
GET	/api/decisions.json	All management decisions (index)
GET	/api/8243/decisions.json	Management decisions (index)
GET	/api/8243/decisions/{slug}.json	One decision (full dossier)
GET	/api/8243/executives.json	Executives
GET	/api/8243/shareholders.json	Major shareholders
GET	/api/8243/financials.json	Financial statements
GET	/api/8243/financials-longterm.json	Long-term results
GET	/api/8243/segments.json	Business segments
GET	/api/8243/regions.json	Sales by region
GET	/api/8243/workforce.json	Workforce