■ Company posts KRW 581.3 billion in sales, KRW 29.3 billion in operating profit, and KRW 31.3 billion in net profit.
■ Operating profits plunge 44.42% due to the fall in exchange rate while pre-tax profit surges, owing to exchange hedging.
■ While the business performance is poor compared to last year’s largest-ever quarterly performance, due to exchange fluctuations and economic recessions, the results are satisfactory.
LSIS reported a surge in Q2 pre-tax profit and net profit due to exchange fluctuations despite reduced operating profits. In spite of
economic recesses, the results were comparable to the largest-ever quarterly performance of last year.
On July 29, LSIS disclosed its Q2 performance with KRW 581.3 billion in sales, KRW 29.3 billion in operating profit and KRW 31.3
billion in net profit.
Compared to 2013’s Q2 results, the sales and operating profit declined 5.83% and 44.42%, respectively, while net profit increased
36.90%.
LSIS posted 5% down from the largest-ever quarterly sales of 2013, after a spin-off, because of a fall in exchange rates and an
overall sluggish construction economy, leading to a lowered interest by investors.
The operating profit declined by KRW 20 billion due to a fall in the exchange rate (a fall of KRW 91.77 compared to 2013’s Q2 results),
and this decrease was interpreted as a setback.
While the operating profit dropped due to a lowered exchange, thanks to exchange hedging, the pre-tax profit increased by 45%,
which was greater than the operating profit’s rate of decline.
The net profit had offset the fall in operating profit, and increased by KRW 8.5 billion from 2013.
An LSIS official commented, “It may look like export revenues have been plunging due to exchange fluctuations. However,
increased revenues and profits, exchange hedging, and lowered prices of raw materials made up for the loss, thereby increasing
both pre-tax profit and net profit. The operating profit increased to KRW 50 billion from the same period of 2013, the second-largest
quarterly figure after a spin-off. That said the size of the fall is insignificant.”
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