■ LSIS posts KRW 553.4 bn. in sales and KRW 39.8 bn. in operating profit, overcoming unfavorable market conditions and making
an upward turnaround
■ Growth led by both expanded business in overseas electric devices and improved profitability in the convergence business
■ Orders from the Middle East expected to continue to drive forward the current growth strength in H2
LSIS overcame a bad Q1 performance and successfully made an upward turnaround in Q2, exceeding market expectations
considerably.
LSIS announced on July 23 its Q2 performance of KRW 553.4 bn. in sales and KRW 39.8 bn. in operating profit.
Compared to the same period last year, sales declined by 5%, but operating profit grew by as much as 36%.
Q1 saw unfavorable market conditions in LSIS’s global businesses including Iraqi business, but the company’s Q2 sales
increased 14%, with operating profit surging by 129%.
For the past several years, LSIS had been redefining its business portfolio with the aim of realizing long-term growth. After
surviving the "growth pains" in Q1, the company has stabilized its business structure in Q2, making an upward turnaround
in its performance.
Under the strategy of choice and concentration, LSIS has continuously fostered its strongest area, which is electric devices;
thus bolstering its global competitiveness, allowing it to record a remarkable Q2 performance led by its overseas business.
LSIS’s convergence business, which has long been a burden in the company’s yearly performance but has been fostered
steadily as a long-term growth engine, also improved its profitability remarkably in Q2, leading the Q2 growth of LSIS
together with its conventional "cash cows."
More encouragingly, the company realized remarkable growth in Q2, although the IS incident -- a major bottleneck for its
poor Q1 performance -- delayed the completion of its Iraqi orders.
LSIS’s Iraqi orders for power infrastructures, which were won last year, will be reflected on sales beginning Q3. The Middle
East market environment has been stabilizing, offering the high possibility of the company normalizing the winning of
orders for power and convergence businesses in the second half and subsequent period. Thus, LSIS expects viable growth, coupled with the current solid growth sentiment.
In addition, in the second half, the company expects sales from its Iraqi projects and its frequency control energy storage
system business for KEPCO, predicting that its performance will continue to be led by both its power and convergence
businesses.
“Even compared with our operating profit, with foreign exchange-associated profits reflected on the same period last year,
the Q2 growth rate this time is significant, showing signs of overall business structure improvement. Initially, we cautiously
predicted a boost in our performance in the second half and thereafter. During the first half, however, we implemented an
emergency management system, and all employees made concerted efforts to overcome the crisis. These efforts brought
about such good result," an LSIS official said.
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