BHI Achieves Six Consecutive Quarters of Earnings Surprises... LNG and Nuclear Orders Expected Amid Soaring AI Power Demand

BHI, an energy infrastructure specialist, has continued its growth trajectory, posting financial results that exceeded market expectations for six consecutive quarters. Enhanced profitability from increased sales resulted in a record-high quarterly operating margin. There is also attention on whether growing power infrastructure investments, driven by the expansion of AI data centers and semiconductor clusters, will lead to additional orders.

BHI announced on August 14 that its consolidated sales for the second quarter of this year reached 296.3 billion won, and operating profit was 45.5 billion won. Sales rose by 75% compared to the same period last year, while operating profit surged by 123.1%. The operating margin was 15.4%, up 3.3 percentage points year-on-year, setting a new quarterly record. Net profit for the period stood at 20.3 billion won, maintaining its positive earnings streak.

This improvement in performance was due both to the increased recognition of revenue from high-margin projects and enhanced cost competitiveness across key business divisions. As the design, production, and delivery of ordered projects have ramped up, both overall sales and profitability have improved.

In particular, BHI has delivered results that have exceeded market expectations for six consecutive quarters since last year. The company explained that converting a large backlog of orders into revenue in stages, combined with profit-focused business operations, formed the backdrop for this performance improvement.

The outlook for the forward market is also favorable. With the rapid rise in the use of artificial intelligence, global investment in data centers is expanding, and demand for electricity is also increasing at a fast pace. As stable power supply is becoming a core competitive factor for countries and companies, further investments are expected in power generation infrastructure such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) combined-cycle plants, nuclear power, and small modular reactors (SMRs).

In Korea, efforts to expand power infrastructure are accelerating, especially around semiconductor clusters. Plans are being discussed to advance the schedule for electricity supply to the Yongin National Semiconductor Industrial Complex, while the need for additional nuclear plants is also being raised. The potential for expanding power infrastructure for the creation of a semiconductor cluster in the Honam region is also cited as a possible new order opportunity for BHI.

Overseas, the demand for power plant construction is growing amid an increase in AI data centers and advanced manufacturing facilities. Particularly in the United States, expectations are rising for large-scale LNG combined-cycle power plant projects, further boosting anticipated benefits for Korean power equipment companies.

BHI plans to actively pursue new orders both domestically and internationally, building on its established LNG and nuclear power businesses. As power demand structurally increases with the growth of AI and the semiconductor industry, the company is aiming to leverage investment expansion in power infrastructure as a new growth opportunity.

An official from BHI stated, “We achieved financial results that exceeded market expectations for six consecutive quarters, driven by the conversion of our large backlog of orders into revenue and profit-focused business management,” adding, “We will actively respond to the global expansion of power infrastructure investments fueled by AI data center and semiconductor industry growth, and will secure new orders at home and abroad to continue our growth momentum.”

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