According to regulatory filings, operating profit came to 309 billion won ($229.6 million) in the July to September quarter on a consolidated basis that includes CJ Logistics.
Revenue rose 7.0 percent to 7.40 trillion won. Net profit, including minority interests, fell 48.3 percent to 61.6 billion won from the originally reported figure.
Excluding CJ Logistics, operating profit rose 6.9 percent to 203 billion won and revenue grew 5.7 percent to 4.23 trillion won.
CJ Logistics said separately on Tuesday that its operating profit fell 25.3 percent to 110.5 billion won.
It cited fewer working days because Chuseok, Korea's autumn harvest holiday, fell in the third quarter this year, as well as spending on service upgrades and higher costs from expanding its overseas hubs.
The lifestyle food division's operating profit was unchanged from a year earlier at 118.7 billion won, while revenue rose 3.8 percent to 2.57 trillion won.
The company said growth in sales and cost-cutting helped it hold profitability despite continued pressure from raw material and logistics costs.
Overseas food sales grew 3.7 percent to 1.51 trillion won, led by dumplings and Hetbahn instant rice, which the company counts among its "global strategic products." Sales jumped 26 percent in Europe and 14 percent in Vietnam.
They rose 8 percent in China and 3 percent in the Americas, where a weaker dollar reduced the value of overseas sales in won. Domestic food sales rose 3.9 percent to 1.07 trillion won.
The tech materials division, which makes seasoning ingredients and health products, posted an operating loss of 24.2 billion won even as revenue climbed 20.2 percent to 232.6 billion won.
The company blamed strategic pricing of nucleotides, a flavor enhancer, and heavier investment to open markets for new products.
The core materials division, which centers on amino acids for animal feed, raised operating profit 36.0 percent to 108.5 billion won on revenue up 7.0 percent at 1.42 trillion won.
Growth in specialty amino acids led by arginine and higher lysine sales in North America offset price cuts on food ingredients that the company made in line with the government's push to stabilize prices.
"We will speed up the expansion of K-food in key regions based on the growth of global strategic products such as dumplings and Hetbahn, and strengthen each division's competitiveness by meeting peak-season demand for nucleotides, expanding feed amino acid sales and improving the profitability of future growth products," a CJ CheilJedang official said in a statement.
The company plans to make Hetbahn more competitive in North America in the fourth quarter and to focus on improving profitability in lysine and arginine.
Shares of CJ CheilJedang traded at 179,300 won, up 0.45 percent than the day before as of 9:33 a.m.
AJP Takeaways
- CJ CheilJedang said Nov. 10, 2026, that its consolidated third-quarter operating profit fell 7.4 percent from a year earlier to 309 billion won on a restated basis, or 10.8 percent against originally reported figures.
- Excluding logistics subsidiary CJ Logistics, operating profit rose 6.9 percent to 203 billion won, while CJ Logistics' own operating profit fell 25.3 percent to 110.5 billion won.
- The core materials division raised operating profit 36.0 percent on amino acid sales, while the tech materials division posted a 24.2 billion won operating loss.
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