According to Bandai Namco Holdings latest Integrated Report, the Dragon Ball series is its largest sales contributor among its IPs in 2020. Sales for the IP grew 4.37% from 129 billion yen (~$1.169 billion) from 2019 to 134.9 billion yen (~$1.222 billion) in 2020. The Mobile Suit Gundam series comes in 2nd as sales maintained at 78.1 billion yen (~$708 million) for both 2019 and 2020 while ONE PIECE is its third biggest at 34.9 billion yen (~$316 million), growing 12.89% from 2019. Note that Sales of IPs are inclusive of both the local and overseas market.
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The company has noted that its Network Entertainment Business segment saw titles such as Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot and Code Vein gaining popularity in its home market in Japan, and the repeating sales of existing titles such as the Dragon Ball series, Tekken 7 and the Dark Souls series as among the major contributors.
In total the segment (Network Entertainment Business) has seen Net Sales amounting to 328,079 million yen (~$2.979 billion) and Profit of 43,879 million yen (~$398 million) recorded for 2020, which is a fall from the year before where the company recorded 340,927 million yen (~$3,095 million) and 47,534 million yen (~$431 million) worth of Net Sales and Profit.
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Its Toy and Hobby business on the other hand recorded a jump in Net Sales year-on-year from 242,865 million yen (~$2,204 million) to 253,714 million yen (~$2,303 million) with profit from the segment growing from 21,710 million yen (~$197 million) to 26,733 million yen (~$242 million). Note that this segment comprises of products for the mature fan base of plastic models such as the Mobile Suit Gundam series along with a slew of others.
Its Visual and Music Production Business had better Net Sales compared to the year 2019 improving from 45,518 million yen (~$413 million) it had in 2019 to 46,951 million yen (~$426 million) in 2020. Profit for the segment however fell year-on-year from 8,797 million yen (~$79 million) in 2019 to 8,032 million yen (~$72 million) in 2020. This segment includes sales of visual and music package software and the holding of live events of The iDOLM@STER series, LoveLive! Sunshine!! and IDOLiSH 7.
Its IP Creation Business involves the releasing of a new movie and various information for the 40th anniversary of the Mobile Suit Gundam series. Profits were up from 5,020 million yen (~$45 million) in 2019 to 5,758 million yen (~$52 million) in 2020 as a result of decline in Net Sales from 22,464 million yen (~$203 million) to 19,750 million yen (~$179 million) for the respective years.
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As a whole, Bandai Namco Holdings suffered only a minor setback for the year 2020 as profit fell 7.22% to $529 million from 2019’s $571 million (which is its best performing year to date). The year 2020 remains its 2nd best performer after 2018’s $509 million.
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Bandai Namco Holdings is incorporated in Japan with its head office in Minato-ku. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under ticket symbol: 7832.
Source: IR Library
Updated (August 2, 2021): To avoid confusion, I have decided to remove the ‘.3’ from the headings on the charts (FY2020.3).
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