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PRECRUIT Recruit Holdings Co. , Ltd. ( TSE 6098 ) Consolidated Financial Results for FY2020 May 17 , 2021 Recruit Holdings Co. , Ltd. ( TSE 6098 ) Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ended March 31 , 2021 ( IFRS , Unaudited ) Tokyo , May 17 , 2021 - Recruit Holdings Co. , Ltd. announced today its consolidated financial results for the year ended March 31 , 2021 ( April 1 , 2020 to March 31 , 2021 ) . ( Amounts are rounded down to the nearest million yen ) Consolidated Operating Results ( In millions of yen , unless otherwise stated ) Revenue FY2019 FY2020 % change Adjusted EBITDA Operating income % to revenue Profit before tax 2,399,465 325,159 2,269,346 241,658 -5.4 % -25.7 % 206,011 162,823 -21.0 % 8.6 % 7.2 % 226,149 168,502 -25.5 % Return on assets ( % ) 12.1 % 8.0 % Profit attributable to owners of the parent 179,880 131,393 -27.0 % % to total equity attributable to owners of the 18.4 % 12.6 % parent Profit available for dividends 184,522 121,765 -34.0 % Total comprehensive income 152,970 209,011 36.6 % Basic EPS ( yen ) Diluted EPS ( yen ) 108.27 79.83 108.07 79.70 Adjusted EPS ( yen ) 121.03 82.56 -31.8 % Reference : Share of profit of associates and joint ventures was 3,617 million yen in FY2019 and 6,468 million yen in FY2020 . Consolidated Financial Position ( In millions of yen , unless otherwise stated ) Total assets Total equity Equity attributable to owners of the parent Ratio of equity attributable to owners of the parent ( % ) Equity attributable to owners of the parent per share ( yen ) Consolidated Cash Flows ( In millions of yen , unless otherwise stated ) Net cash flows from operating activities Net cash flows from investing activities Net cash flows from financing activities Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year Dividends ( In yen , unless otherwise stated ) At the end of Q1 At the end of Q2 At the end of Q3 At the end of Q4 Total Total amount of dividend payment ( in millions of yen ) Payout ratio - consolidated ( % ) Ratio of dividends to total equity attributable to owners of the parent ( % ) As of March 31 , 2020 As of March 31 , 2021 1,998,917 2,196,613 995,743 1,101,289 988,449 1,091,571 49.4 % 599.65 49.7 % 667.96 FY2019 FY2020 303,325 ( 88,993 ) 286,597 ( 40,373 ) ( 192,721 ) ( 172,713 ) 421,253 501,043 FY2019 15.00 FY2020 9.50 15.00 10.50 30.00 20.00 49,811 32,855 27.7 5.1 25.1 3.2 Reference : Payout ratio ( consolidated ) based on profit available for dividends was 27.0 % in FY2020 . The annual dividend for FY2021 is undecided . 1 FY2021 ( Forecast )