1. Hyundai Everdigm IR: What Happened?
Hyundai Everdigm held an IR session on August 28, 2025, during Hyundai Department Store Group’s Corporate Day, announcing its H1 2025 earnings and future strategies. They presented positive news, such as winning a contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power for high-flow mobile pumps and entering new business areas, alongside an analysis of the reasons for the sluggish first-half performance and future countermeasures.
2. Why the Sluggish Performance? And What are the Future Growth Drivers?
- Reasons for Sluggish Performance: A combination of external factors, such as the domestic and international construction downturn and rising raw material prices, and internal factors, like increased inventories, contributed to the decline.
- Future Growth Drivers: The company is securing future growth engines through business diversification and technology investment, including entering the ‘professional, scientific, and technical services’ industry and developing telematics systems. Expanding into overseas markets like Mongolia, the US, and Panama are also positive factors.
3. What Should Investors Pay Attention To?
Investors should pay attention to the specific implementation plans for the business diversification strategy presented at the IR and the plan to improve earnings. In particular, a thorough review of countermeasures against changes in the external environment and risk management plans is essential.
4. Investor Action Plan
- Carefully review IR materials and company disclosures to gather information necessary for investment decisions.
- Continuously monitor follow-up actions by management and earnings improvement.
- Develop investment strategies considering macroeconomic variables and market conditions.