{"id":777018093,"date":"2024-08-13T09:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018093"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:13:45","slug":"grand-korea-leisure-posts-net-profit-of-us8-3m-for-q2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-posts-net-profit-of-us8-3m-for-q2","title":{"rendered":"Grand Korea Leisure posts net profit of US$8.3m for Q2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Net profit was up 31.9 per cent in year-on-year terms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- <strong>Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)&nbsp;<\/strong>has shared its financial results for the&nbsp;second quarter of the year.&nbsp;It posted a net profit of KRW11.33bn (US$8.3m), up 31.9 per cent year-on-year and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-posts-net-profit-of-us7-4m-for-q1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">up 11 per cent sequentially<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales reached&nbsp;KRW98.83bn (US$72.45m), a decrease of 1.4 per cent year-on-year but a rise of 0.9 per cent from the previous quarter. Operating income was KRW13.21bn (US$9.63m), up 20 per cent year-on-year but down 4.6 per cent sequentially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casino net sales were KRW192.6bn (US$141.83m), a decrease of 7.4 per cent from a year earlier, while the casino drop increased by 16.8 per cent year-on-year to KRW1.86tn (US$1.36bn). Shareholder net income was down 28.7 per cent year-on-year, at KRW21.53bn (US$8.3m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand Korea Leisure runs three casinos in South Korea under the Seven Luck brand. Two are in Seoul, while the third is in Busan. Visitors numbers totalled 447,941 in the first half. That&#8217;s a 38.3 per cent increase compared to last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to another filing, the company will pay an interim cash dividend of KRW60.00 per share on September 10 for a total of KRW3.71bn (US$2.72m). It&#8217;s the first interim dividend in four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-posts-casino-sales-of-us14-07m-for-july\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the company posted casino sales of KRW19.22bn (US$14.07m)<\/a>, down 48.1 per cent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-up-25-7-in-june\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared to the previous month<\/a>&nbsp;and down 38.2 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gkl-eyes-overseas-expansion-amid-growing-regional-competition\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GKL eyes overseas expansion amid growing regional competition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Net profit was up 31.9 per cent in year-on-year terms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) reported a 31.9% year-on-year increase in Q2 net profit to KRW11.33bn, despite a 1.4% decline in overall sales and a 7.4% drop in casino net sales. The company announced its first interim dividend in four years, signaling a focus on shareholder returns amidst fluctuating operational performance. GKL is also strategically eyeing overseas expansion to counter growing regional competition.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure, GKL, Seven Luck","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Q3 Performance Outlook?","query":"What are the key drivers behind the sequential decline in operating income and July casino sales, and what is GKL's projected outlook for Q3 performance?"},{"label":"Dividend Strategy & Capital?","query":"Given the fluctuating sales performance, what is GKL's long-term strategy for dividend sustainability and capital allocation amidst its overseas expansion plans?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[17025],"class_list":["post-777018093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-grand-korea-leisure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777018093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018117,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018093\/revisions\/777018117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}