CrowdWorks Inc.
3900・Growth Market・Information & Communication
Governance
Company with a Board of Corporate Auditors (planning to transition to a Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in December 2025). The Board of Directors comprises 7 members (including 4 outside directors, an outside director ratio of approximately 57%). A voluntary Nomination and Compensation Committee (consisting of 3 members, a majority of whom are independent outside directors) has been established to ensure transparency regarding director nominations and compensation.
Risk Management
Established risk management regulations to comprehensively oversee and manage company-wide risks, including sustainability and ESG-related risks. A system is in place whereby monitoring and countermeasures are discussed at Management Meetings, with important matters reported to the Board of Directors. For FY2026 (ending September 2026), growth investments of up to ¥2.55 billion are planned, and the company intends to maintain financial discipline by flexibly considering withdrawal from unprofitable businesses whose returns fall below WACC (weighted average cost of capital).
Shareholder Returns
Continued no dividend. Dividend per share for the interim period (end of Q2) of FY2026 (ending September 2026) is ¥0. Full-year dividend forecast is undetermined (-). No change to the policy of positioning sustainable corporate growth and profit expansion as the greatest return to shareholders.
Dividend Policy
The company positions sustainable corporate growth and the accompanying profit expansion as the greatest return to shareholders, and prioritizes strengthening its corporate structure to enable continued revenue and profit growth. Once this structural strengthening is achieved, the company plans to resume shareholder returns, including dividends and share buybacks. For FY2025 (ending September 2025), no dividend was paid (¥0 at end of Q2, ¥0 at year-end, total ¥0). For FY2026 (ending September 2026) as well, the dividend as of the end of Q2 is ¥0, and the full-year dividend forecast is undetermined (-). There has been no revision from the most recently announced dividend forecast.
ESG
Under the mission of "becoming infrastructure for individuals," the company engages in ESG initiatives centered on achieving the SDGs and human capital management. In FY2025 results, it achieved a female manager ratio of 21.1%, a male childcare leave uptake rate of 100%, and an average annual salary of ¥6,425 thousand. It obtained the two-star "Eruboshi" certification from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. It launched the AX Strategy Office, achieving a reduction of 9,977 hours per year in workload through AI utilization. The materiality identification process is ongoing, and quantitative disclosure related to climate change has not yet been implemented at this time.
Last updated: December 22, 2025