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FRONTIER INTERNATIONAL INC.

7050・Growth Market・Services

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FRONTIER INTERNATIONAL INC.7050

Business

Frontier International Inc. is an integrated promotion company with "problem-solving capability through experience value (Experience Solution)" as its core competence, providing six functions in an integrated manner: Event Promotion, Digital Promotion, Campaign Promotion, PR, Space Produce, and In-Store Sales Support. Founded in 1990, the company is listed on the TSE Growth Market. The group is composed of the company along with 8 subsidiaries and 2 affiliated companies, and creates brand experiences and customer experiences leveraging direct touchpoints with consumers for clients across a wide range of industries, including games, information and communications, food, and retail, through both agency-mediated orders via major advertising agencies and direct orders. The company operates under a single segment, the Promotion Business.

Business Model

The company does not maintain a dedicated planning/production organization; instead, each sales organization handles everything from planning to operation under a one-stop system. While orders from major advertising agencies (such as Dentsu) remain the core business, direct orders from manufacturers, service companies, and others are also expanding. Net sales and gross profit are treated as key management indicators, and the company aims to improve per-project unit prices and profitability through diversification of solutions via M&A and investment in human capital. The gross profit margin for FY2025 (ending April 2025) was 19.1%.

Company Strengths

Built a one-stop system that completes all six functions—Event Promotion, Digital Promotion, Campaign Promotion, PR, Space Produce, and In-Store Sales Support Business—within a single group. Each sales organization handles everything from planning to execution, enabling rapid and comprehensive solutions for clients' integrated marketing needs, which serves as a differentiating factor versus competitors.

Over the past year, the company made Gaia Communications Inc., Cinebridge Inc., and Max Produce Inc. consolidated subsidiaries through M&A. Since establishing its CVC, it has also executed investments in 4 companies. Net sales for FY2025 (ending April 2025) increased 20.0% year on year to ¥20,335 million, with newly consolidated subsidiaries contributing to the revenue growth.

As of the end of FY2025 (ending April 2025), the equity ratio stood at 61.4%, with cash and cash equivalents of ¥6,113 million. Cash flow from operating activities secured a positive ¥1,673 million. The company maintains a near debt-free financial structure, in principle funding working capital from its own resources, and possesses the financial soundness to secure M&A investment capacity from retained earnings.

ENVALITH's Perspective

Revenue for FY2026 (ending April 2026) reached ¥29,948 million (up 47.3% year on year), achieving substantial growth, but the operating margin stood at 7.0% (versus 6.3% in the prior period), a limited improvement. The cost-of-sales ratio of 81.5% and SG&A ratio of 11.5% remain structurally unchanged, leaving the challenge that scale expansion does not readily translate into margin improvement for this business model. As an external factor, the elevated level of demand driven by the full-fledged return to real-world (offline) activity is providing a tailwind, but whether this environment persists will determine the sustainability of margin improvement. The operating margin forecast for FY2027 (ending April 2027) is flat at 7.0%, raising the question of a path toward structural margin improvement.

The M&A roll-up strategy, including the consolidation of NPU Corporation as a subsidiary, has contributed to expanding revenue scale, but net income attributable to non-controlling interests surged to ¥155 million (versus ¥-4 million in the prior period), making apparent a structure in which minority interest costs at subsidiaries weigh on profit attributable to owners of the parent. Goodwill amortization also doubled to ¥103 million (versus ¥55 million in the prior period), requiring ongoing verification of the payback period for M&A investments and the degree to which integration synergies are being realized. Whether synergy effects from joint proposals among group companies can be confirmed quantitatively will be key to the evaluation.

In February 2026, the company carried out a 1-for-2 stock split to improve liquidity. The payout ratio remains at a high level of 50.1% (FY2026, ending April 2026), with total dividends increasing to ¥627 million (versus ¥440 million in the prior period). At the same time, investment activities continue, including ¥230 million in acquisition of investment securities and ¥341 million in payments of leasehold and security deposits, indicating that the company is balancing shareholder returns and growth investment on the back of ample cash. The forecast dividend per share for FY2027 (ending April 2027) is ¥73 (payout ratio of 50.3%), continuing the policy of dividend increases, but close attention is needed regarding the sustainability of the return level should M&A investment accelerate.

Growth Strategy

Three-pronged strategy of M&A roll-up, group synergies, and direct order expansion

A strategy of expanding business scope and client base through active M&A. In FY2026 (ending April 2026), NPU Inc. was made a consolidated subsidiary, rapidly expanding high-brand projects. In the next fiscal period, full-year earnings contribution from NPU Inc. is expected, with profitability improvements anticipated at other subsidiaries as well.

Promoting joint proposals among consolidated group companies to build a framework for proposing higher-quality solutions than before. This has realized synergy effects through new client acquisition and joint development with existing clients, leading to order intake from almost all industries significantly exceeding the previous year's results.

Aiming to move away from dependence on major advertising agencies as intermediaries, promoting an increase in the direct order ratio and new client development. In addition to expanding large-scale continuing projects such as game-related, well-known IP, and major retail accounts, management has noted that new client development has progressed significantly through coordination with the M&A strategy.

Last updated: July 17, 2026