According to regulatory filings released Tuesday, consolidated revenue edged up 1.7 percent from a year earlier to 7.36 trillion won (about $5.19 billion) in the April-June quarter, while operating profit dropped 27.1 percent to 257.6 billion won.
Excluding logistics affiliate CJ Logistics, revenue climbed 10.2 percent to 4.20 trillion won and operating profit fell 18.4 percent to 161.9 billion won, the company said.
The food division posted revenue of 2.84 trillion won, up 5.8 percent, but operating profit slid 21.3 percent to 70.9 billion won. Overseas food sales rose 10.1 percent to 1.51 trillion won, led by the company's global strategic products, chiefly frozen dumplings and Hetbahn instant rice.
Growth was broad-based abroad, with sales up 10 percent in the Americas, 19 percent in Europe, 21 percent in the Asia-Pacific region and 5 percent in China. At home, revenue inched up 1.4 percent to 1.34 trillion won as new health-and-wellness products cushioned a weak won and softer selling prices.
The bioscience arm lifted revenue 20.8 percent to 1.35 trillion won on stronger sales of lysine and specialty amino acids such as arginine and isoleucine, though operating profit fell 15.9 percent to 91.0 billion won amid fiercer competition in high-margin tryptophan.
Foreign-exchange and derivative valuation losses pushed the unit-level business to a quarterly net loss of 23.9 billion won.
"We will speed up the expansion of K-food into new global territory with global strategic products such as dumplings and Hetbahn, and focus on improving profitability through wider bioscience sales and cuts in manufacturing and fixed costs," said a CJ CheilJedang spokesperson.
Shares of CJ CheilJedang traded at 192,900 won per stock at 10:51 a.m., 6.13 percent lower than the day before.
AJP Takeaways
• CJ CheilJedang reported on Aug. 11, 2026 that consolidated second-quarter revenue rose 1.7 percent from a year earlier to 7.36 trillion won while operating profit fell 27.1 percent to 257.6 billion won, as weak domestic demand and higher packaging and raw material costs squeezed margins.
• Overseas food revenue rose 10.1 percent to 1.51 trillion won in the second quarter of 2026, with sales up 19 percent in Europe and 21 percent in the Asia-Pacific region, while bioscience revenue climbed 20.8 percent to 1.35 trillion won.
• CJ CheilJedang said it will use a business restructuring taking effect in the third quarter of 2026 to expand global strategic products such as dumplings and Hetbahn instant rice and to cut manufacturing and fixed costs.
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