Amorepacific Group’s net profit halved last year

On April 28, Amore Pacific Group announced key figures for Q1 FY2022, with the Korean beauty giant reporting sales of $997 million, down 9% year-on-year, operating profit of $136 million, down 13.4% year-on-year, and net profit of $104 million, down 25.2% year-on-year.

The earnings report noted that domestic sales in Korea continued to account for the largest share of sales at 62.9%, down 9.9% year-over-year, while overseas sales fell 6.1%. In addition, in its fiscal 2021 earnings report, it noted that the Korean beauty giant’s sales rose 8% to $4.26 billion in 2021, which ended on December 31 last year, while operating profit soared 136.4% to $286 million, with sales up 8% year-over-year to $4.2 billion and net profit of $240 million , a 1224% jump compared to 2020.

For the reason that its revenue decreased 10%, Amore Pacific Group said pure domestic (Korean) revenue increased from strong online sales growth (over 20%) but travel retail revenue declined by double digit (24% of total revenue).

In the first quarter of 2022, group revenue in Asia fell 10% to $300 million due to revenue decline from resurgence of COVID-19 and restructuring of offline stores.

Notably, in Asia, Amore Pacific’s premium brand Sulwhasoo contributed accounting 35% in its Luxury Subsidiary. Sulwhasoo strengthened representative anti-aging solution line of Sulwhasoo strengthened its representative anti-aging solution line of “Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Serum Ex, eye cream”.