[EQUITIES] NH Investment forecasts 10% increase in Samsung SDS’ annual profit

[THE INVESTOR] Samsung SDS is expected to manifest solid earnings in the latter half of the year, said NH Investment & Securities on July 29.

For the entire year, Samsung SDS was forecast to post a 10 percent on-year increase in operating profit to 648.2 billion won (US$574.63 million), while sales will rise 4 percent to 8.19 trillion won.

The brokerage also said that the planned split-off of the firm’s logistic business and an overall restructuring in its corporate governance including M&As would ultimately have a positive effect on the share price.

In the second quarter, Samsung SDS recorded an operating profit of 168.4 billion won, up 3 percent from the same period in 2015. Sales rose 5 percent to 2.52 trillion won. The figures exceeded market estimates.

By Kim Ji-hyun (jemmie@heraldcorp.com)