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Company comparison · Job Media & HR Tech
Visional is the bigger company, with revenue of ¥99.3B — 1.5x SMS's ¥64.7B.
Visional earns more on each yen of sales, with an operating margin of 24.7% — 14.3 points above SMS (10.5%).
Revenue growth in the latest results: Visional +23.9%, SMS +6.2%. For next year, Visional guides for the fastest operating profit growth (+8.3%).
Visional pays more on average — ¥8.61M against ¥5.18M at SMS.
Over the past year the shares moved SMS +97.6%, Visional −6.0%.
Head-to-head wins14 metrics
One win per metric for the company with the best value. Metrics with no better or worse (P/E, average age, employees) are excluded.
ScaleInvestors
Visional aheadVisional 3 : SMS 0
Revenue: Visional ¥99.3B / SMS ¥64.7B
ProfitabilityInvestors
Visional aheadVisional 3 : SMS 0
Operating margin: Visional 24.7% / SMS 10.5%
GrowthInvestors
Visional aheadVisional 4 : SMS 0
Revenue growth (YoY): Visional +23.9% / SMS +6.2%
Stock & balance sheetInvestors
SMS aheadVisional 0 : SMS 2
Share price, 1 year: Visional −6.0% / SMS +97.6%
Pay & workforceJob seekers
Visional aheadVisional 2 : SMS 0
Average salary: Visional ¥8.61M / SMS ¥5.18M
| Metric | Visional | SMS | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ◎¥99.3B | ¥64.7B | 1.5x |
| Operating profit | ◎¥24.6B | ¥6.8B | 3.6x |
| Net income | ◎¥18.6B | −¥14.3B |
| Metric | Visional | SMS | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | ◎24.7% | 10.5% | 14.3pt |
| Net margin | ◎18.7% | −22.1% | 40.8pt |
| ROE | — | −38.9% | |
| Revenue per employee | ◎¥856M | ¥20M | 42.5x |
| Metric | Visional | SMS | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | ◎+23.9% | +6.2% | 17.7pt |
| Operating profit growth (YoY) | ◎+14.6% | +7.1% | 7.5pt |
| Revenue CAGRlast 5 years | +28.2% | — | |
| Guidance: revenue growthnext FY plan | ◎+20.7% | +11.0% | 9.7pt |
| Guidance: op. profit growthnext FY plan | ◎+8.3% | +0.2% | 8.1pt |
| Metric | Visional | SMS | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −6.0% | ◎+97.6% | 103.6pt |
| Share price, 3 months | +6.2% | ◎+19.4% | 13.2pt |
| Equity ratio | — | 50.6% | |
| Share price (close) | ¥9,560 | ¥2,588 |
◎ marks the best value for each metric. Revenue and profit are from the latest full-year earnings release; share prices are closing-price references; P/E = latest close ÷ trailing EPS. For banks and some other financials, revenue means ordinary income.
| Metric | Visional | SMS | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average salary | ◎¥8.61M | ¥5.18M | ¥3.43M |
| Starting salary (monthly) | — | ¥308,333 | |
| Average tenure | ◎5.2 yrs | 4.3 yrs | 0.9 |
| Average age | 38.6 | 32.8 | 5.8 |
| Employees | 116 | 3,214 | 27.7x |
Average salary is for the reporting (parent) company and is affected by average age and job mix. Holding companies with few employees are left out of the salary comparison.
Close (Oct 30, 2026)
¥9,560-6.0% (1Y)
Visional -6.0% over 1Y. Compared: SMS +97.6%.
Reference chart of daily closing prices, not real-time quotes (split-adjusted; weekly closes before the last year). Each line shows the % change from the start of the period. Updated Oct 30, 2026.
Visional2 segments
SMS4 segments
AAverage annual salary from the securities filings: Visional ¥8.61M, SMS ¥5.18M. Visional pays the most. Averages also depend on staff age and job mix, so check the average age too (Visional 38.6, SMS 32.8).
ARevenue in the latest results: Visional ¥99.3B, SMS ¥64.7B. Visional is the bigger company, with revenue of ¥99.3B — 1.5x SMS's ¥64.7B.
AOperating margins: Visional 24.7%, SMS 10.5%. Visional turns the highest share of sales into operating profit.
AShare price change over the past year (closing prices, for reference): SMS +97.6%, Visional −6.0%. SMS has risen the most.
Comparing 2 companies (up to 4)
Sources: earnings releases (kessan tanshin), annual securities reports and other public information. Share prices are closing-price references, not real-time. Our data may contain errors; investment decisions are your own responsibility.
