KT&G's operating profit in 2025 is 1.3 trillion

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KT&G held a corporate briefing session on the 5th and announced its fourth quarter and annual management performance and 2026 management goals.

KT&G's consolidated sales in the fourth quarter of last year were KRW 1.7137 trillion and operating profit was KRW 248.8 billion, up 10.1% and 17.1%, respectively, from the same period last year. Annual sales rose 11.4 percent on-year to an all-time high of 6.5796 trillion won, while operating profit rose 13.5 percent to 1.3495 trillion won. One-time costs related to labor costs were about 70 billion won, and adjusted operating profit, excluding this, rose 19.4% year-on-year to 1.4198 trillion won.

KT&G also announced its 2026 guidance along with last year's performance. Through the large-scale facility investment (CAPEX) of 2.4 trillion won announced at the end of 2023, the Kazakh plant was completed last year to produce products, and the conversion of overseas base production is expected to accelerate as a new plant in Indonesia is set to operate in the first half of this year.

Based on the expansion of overseas production facilities, KT&G plans to strengthen profitability by continuously raising strategic unit prices, including a decrease in sales costs in 2026, and plans to achieve quantitative and qualitative growth in all of its quantities, sales, and operating profits in overseas companies by diversifying business models such as OEMs and licensing.

"As a result of strengthening local direct businesses, away from the export-oriented structure in the past, overseas sales have surpassed Korea for the first time," said a KT&G official who spoke to this newspaper by phone.

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