Don't look now, but Sega Sammy has been quietly booming...

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Don't look now, but Sega Sammy has been quietly booming...

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http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/ ... inal_e.pdf

All their divisions turned a profit last year, except the consumer business division, which basically broke even. Next year it is predicted to turn a profit for the first time in like... damn, almost 20 years. The entire company has been booming since their last major restructuring (the last time they posted a loss -- a loss incurred by the cost of restructuring, in fact).

http://segabits.com/blog/2013/05/14/seg ... year-high/
For much of the last 6 years, SEGA’s stock price has been known as a “penny stock”, or a stock traded below five dollars a share. In recent months, however, this has begun to change. The stock price has been soaring, finishing on a new fifty-two week high every week, if not every few days. Today, SEGA’s stock price has reached its highest point in six and a half years, closing at exactly $7.
Sega's stock has hit a 6 and a half year high since the 13th when the full year report came out. Looks like the move to limit the number of AAA titles they publish while also embracing digital distribution is paying off well for Sega. I think this DD embrace is really a smart thing for the company.
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