Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings Reports 11.8 Billion Won Operating Profit in First Half, Up 72% Year-on-Year

Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings's operating profit for the first half of this year reached 11.8 billion won, a 72% increase from the previous year.

According to Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings on August 13, the company's sales revenue for the first half fell by 3.3% year-on-year to 176.7 billion won, while net profit jumped by 254.4% to 15.6 billion won. The operating margin improved to 6.7%, up from 3.7% during the same period last year.

For the second quarter on a consolidated basis, revenue was 85.5 billion won, down 13.2% year-on-year, operating profit was up 3.5% to 6.3 billion won, and net profit soared by 252.8% to 10.6 billion won. The operating margin rose by 1.2 percentage points from 6.1% to 7.3% year-on-year, demonstrating robust profitability despite changes in scale.

The standout result in this performance was the growth and turnaround to profitability of the company's U.S. subsidiary. The U.S. subsidiary recorded sales of 9.5 billion won in the second quarter, a 33.3% increase from the same period last year. Operating profit turned to black at 2 billion won, compared to an operating loss of 400 million won a year earlier, and net profit swung to a 2.4 billion won surplus from a net loss of 800 million won in the same quarter last year.

Since last year, Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings has been expanding its production capacity in North America with the full-scale operation of its LaGrange plant in Georgia, U.S. The LaGrange facility is capable of producing approximately 300,000 units annually and is located near the U.S. manufacturing plants of Hyundai Motor and Kia, as well as major tier-1 suppliers, ensuring competitiveness in local logistics and customer responsiveness.

A representative of Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings stated, "In the second quarter of this year, our North American subsidiary achieved both sales growth and a return to profitability, marking the first quarter in which our continued investment in local production is delivering tangible results." The representative added, "By supplying more North America-focused strategic models, including the new Telluride, and improving production efficiency, we will continue to build a stable profit-generation structure for our North American subsidiary."

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