Hitejinro Co. Ltd. said its first-quarter normalized net income came to 133.46 South Korean won per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 232.64 won per share.
EPS climbed year over year from 6.61 won.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was 9.13 billion won, a gain from 451.8 million won in the prior-year period.
The normalized profit margin climbed to 2.1% from 0.1% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue rose 5.3% year over year to 431.03 billion won from 409.18 billion won, and total operating expenses climbed year over year to 404.78 billion won from 398.62 billion won.
Reported net income totaled 6.22 billion won, or 90.89 won per share, compared to a loss of 1.56 billion won, or a loss of 22.89 won per share, in the prior-year period.
As of May 15, US$1 was equivalent to 1,083.65 South Korean won.
