PETALING JAYA: United Plantations Bhd
is staying focused on maintaining operational excellence through disciplined agronomic practices and ongoing mechanisation initiatives to safeguard the group's competitiveness amidst continuing pressure from rising labour, energy and other input costs.
Releasing its results for the second quarter (2Q26) ended June 30 today, United Plantations saw net profit decline by 22.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM194mil, even as revenue remained relatively stable at RM641.8mil.
For the six months ended June, bottomline slid 14.1% y-o-y to RM354.7mil, despite turnover increasing by 10.9% y-o-y to RM1.28bil.
In a bourse filing yesterday, United Plantations attributed the growth in revenue primarily to the refinery segment, which was supported by higher refinery sales volumes.
The softer profitability, however, was attributable to weaker performances in both its plantation and refinery segments, particularly the refinery segment, which recorded a significant decline of 83% in profit before tax.
“Group net interest income was lower by 25.6% to RM7.6mil, compared with RM10.2mil in the corresponding period, mainly due to lower deposit balances during the current period (2Q26),” said United Plantations.
