[Edaily Reporter Shin Yeong-bin ] POSCO DX(022100)announced on the 30th that it posted an operating profit of 9.9 billion won in the second quarter of this year, a 42.3% decrease compared to the same period last year.

Revenue for the same period stood at 232.6 billion won, down 14.8% from the second quarter of last year. For the first half of the year, cumulative revenue totaled 474.1 billion won and operating profit totaled 13.5 billion won, representing year-over-year declines of 16.8% and 66.2%, respectively.

Compared to the previous quarter, profitability improved. Second-quarter operating profit increased by 169.6% from the previous quarter, and the operating profit margin rose from 1.5% in the first quarter to 4.2% in the second quarter. Revenue decreased by 3.7% from the previous quarter due to timing differences in revenue recognition for some projects.

New orders also increased. POSCO DX’s consolidated new orders for the second quarter totaled 230.4 billion won, a 32.8% increase year-over-year. As of the end of the second quarter, the order backlog stood at approximately 960 billion won. The company expects to expand revenue in the second half of the year based on this stable order backlog.

By customer, POSCO accounted for the largest share of revenue at 64%. POSCO FUTURE M accounted for 7%, POSCO Group affiliates for 27%, and external customers for 3%.

In the automation sector, the company is expanding its automation of high-risk steelmaking processes and its unmanned operations for crane and secondary battery material plants. POSCO DX is driving the implementation of “Intelligent Factories” that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, thereby strengthening its role as the POSCO Group’s digital transformation (DX) execution partner.

In the second quarter, the company secured a new order for an automated safety solution for cranes in steelmaking processes as part of its physical AI-based manufacturing site safety automation business. It also continued to supply electrical and automation solutions for the POSCO Group’s secondary battery value chain, securing a new order for stage 5 power distribution panels for cathode materials.

In the IT sector, the company is driving the Group’s digital innovation initiatives—such as procurement DX and the next-generation Enterprise Portal (EP)—based on stable revenue from Service Level Agreement (SLA) projects. POSCO DX plans to accelerate its transformation into an AI-native company by expanding AI agent-based office automation.

The company has also secured new orders for core IT projects, including the Group’s data and AI platforms and the next-generation EP. With the full-scale launch of large-scale Artificial Intelligence Transformation (AX) projects for POSCO Group affiliates, the company expects a recovery in IT sector orders in the second half of the year.