The two companies earned a combined KRW 10.199tn in first-half operating profit, KRW 2.809tn less than a year earlier, while revenue rose at both. The less noticed fact: Kia earned 90.1% of Hyundai’s operating profit on 65.7% of its revenue — a gap that has held for five straight years.
LG Energy Solution’s H1 2026 revenue rose 10.5% to KRW 14.115tn, yet operating profit swung to a KRW 94.0bn loss and liabilities grew KRW 9.765tn. Q1 was a loss, Q2 a profit — what to check next quarter.
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix earned a combined KRW 244.88tn in operating profit in H1 2026, 8.7 times a year earlier. The less noticed fact: Q2 operating margins split 76.3% to 52.2% in Hynix’s favour.
The update hub for The Accidental Order’s nine tracked companies in the 2026 Q2 earnings season: each company’s core scenario, the numbers to check, and the filing calendar from last year’s dates.