Visional's (TYO:4194) profit attributable to owners of the parent climbed 25% to nearly 9.4 billion yen for the fiscal first half from 7.55 billion yen a year earlier.

The job-seeking platform operator's earnings per share increased to 227.42 yen from 182.60 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Tuesday.

Net sales jumped 26% to 46.6 billion yen for the six months ended Jan. 31 from 36.9 billion yen in the prior year.

For the full year ending July 31, the company expects attributable profit of 16.1 billion yen, basic EPS of 401.05 yen, and net sales of 99.2 billion yen.

Visional does not plan to pay any dividends for the current fiscal year.