NSD was founded on April 8, 1969 when the term "IT" was yet to be coined. We have been operating under the philosophy of and have adopted the corporate charter of "Aiming to be the one-and-only company to relentlessly pursue both the practice of and research of real computer science." As a result of our efforts, NSD has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange while continuously being ranked high among the industry when it comes to profitability. This has been demonstrated for the past 40 consecutive terms with continuous and steadfast profits.
As one of the best IT companies, or "System Integrators" in Japan, NSD strives to provide high quality business solutions to customers in various industry sectors. Offering our customers overall system solutions ranging from system design, customized development of application systems, packaged software solutions, facilities operations and maintenance and staffing services all of which contribute to the solutions of our customers' business problems as well as enhancing the value of our customers' businesses.
About 90% of NSD's revenue comes from our Information Services Division (software development and more), 10% from our Software Product sales Division (packaged software products and more) and Staffing Services Division.
Online systems for financial institutions.
Transportation reservation systems and traffic control systems.
TV live telecast system such as early election reports and sporting events.
Securities trading systems.
Quality control systems for medical applications and data analysis support systems.
1. High profit-earning (Operating Income Ratio)
12.2% (as of FY Mar. 2010 Consolidated basis)
18.1% (as of FY Mar. 2009 Consolidated basis)
2. High ratio of management efficiency (Ordinary Income / Total assets)
9.6% (as of FY Mar. 2010 Consolidated basis)
16.5% (as of FY Mar. 2009 Consolidated basis)
3. Low ratio of Outsourcing (Outsourcing Cost / Sales Ratio )
9.1% （As of FY Mar. 2010 Non-Consolidated basis)
16.4% （As of FY Mar. 2009 Non-Consolidated basis)
4. High ratio of Tangible Net Worth
91.5% (as of FY Mar. 2010 Non-consolidated basis)
90.4% (as of FY Mar. 2009 Non-consolidated basis)
5. Established Customer Base
NSD has a long list of customers who have been long-term business partners since the founding of our company four decades ago.
NSD refers to these customers as "Lifelong Customers" and we continuously offer them new services.
6. Emphasizing payout ratio
FY March 2010: 38.9% (Dividend: 28 Jpy)
FY March 2009: 37.0% (Dividend: 30 Jpy)
FY March 2008: 24.4% (Dividend: 28 Jpy)
Note1: Amount per share basis
Note2: 2 for 1 share split was executed effective on April 1st, 2007.
Note3: Dividend of FY March 2009 Forecast includes 40th anniversary divided of 2 yen.
7. Unique hospitality programs for shareholders
NSD offers a unique hospitality program for shareholders via a system developed completely in-house.
NSD issues points based on a point system to shareholders depending on the number of shares owned and for length the holding period. Shareholders can receive gifts and choose from about 100 different types of products which appear on NSD's special Shareholder Relations Service web site.
