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Square Enix | Sustainability Performance

https://www.square-enix.com/
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Developer, publisher, and distributor of video games, entertainment content, and related IP.

1975

Japan

1,001 - 5,000 employees

Computer Games

$1B - 10B in revenue

$100M - 500M in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#9678
Overall
#439
in Japan
#14
in Computer Games

Sustainability Maturity

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Industry Rank

20 out of 21

Overview
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Female employees

31% 2024
Laggard

Externalities

1.3M $, 2025
Laggard

Market cap

163.9T $, 2026▼12.4% YoY

Revenue

2.0B $, 2026▼9% YoY

R&D intensity

0.85% 2026

Female employees

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  • Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd, Japanese major gaming (Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, NieR franchises), has faced sustained class actions over the historic 2022 USD 300 million Crystal Dynamics/Eidos divestiture to Embracer Group at firesale valuations affecting Japanese institutional shareholders, plus periodic Japanese FSA enforcement on inadequate disclosure of gaming customer demand changes.
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Climate risk

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Biodiversity loss in km²

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Biodiversity impact

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PDF: Potentially Disappeared Fraction (of species) due to corporate activities

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Pay gap breakdown

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Externalities

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Market cap

163.9T $, 2026▼12.4% YoY

Revenue

2.0B $, FY2026▼9% YoY

EBITDA

365.8M $, FY2026▼9.1% YoY

Operating margin

18% Industry: 16▲32% YoY

Revenue & EBITDA

$2.0BFY2026 revenue

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Free cashflow

205.2M 2025▼36.1% YoY

Capex

80.7M 2025▲13.5% YoY

R&D intensity

0.8%FY2026

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Return on invested capital

8.0%FY2026

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Analyst revenue estimates & actuals


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2.4

▲ 102758.9%

2024

2.2

▼ 1.2%

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2.0

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351.9

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60%
Independent Directors

9 out of 15 incl. management

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Overall score

43

Environment

11

Social

80

Governance

39

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