Loc Troi Group (LTG) Q2 profit recovers thanks to profits at affiliated companies
After a forgettable 2022, Loc Troi Group's Q2 business results have had a relatively positive change. Specifically, Q2 revenue reached VND 3,678 billion, a slight increase of 3.7% over the same period. Cost of goods sold did not increase but was reduced, causing gross profit to increase to VND 526.3 billion.
Financial revenue during the period also increased nearly 10 times, to VND49.4 billion thanks to exchange rate difference profits and bank deposit interest.
However, the company's financial expenses also doubled, from VND114.6 billion to VND231.4 billion. Interest expenses even tripled, from VND53.9 billion to VND168.4 billion. In addition, the company also recorded a profit of more than VND326.9 billion at its affiliated company in the second quarter. This was a major driving force for LTG's profit to break out during the period.
In addition, sales expenses were reduced from VND237.2 billion to only VND135.8 billion. On the contrary, business management expenses increased from VND85.6 billion to VND128.4 billion. After deducting these expenses, Loc Troi Group recorded a profit after tax of VND424.7 billion, a strong recovery compared to the loss of VND44.3 billion in the same period and the loss of VND81.2 billion in the first quarter.
Reported large profits but no money collected, Loc Troi's "paper" assets increased to more than 2,746.6 billion VND
If you just look at the business results report, investors will see a bright picture of the results that LTG achieved in Q2. However, the company's asset structure revealed some abnormalities.
First, the proportion of cash and cash equivalents decreased by nearly half, from 799.5 billion to only 440.4 billion VND. Meanwhile, bank deposits also decreased slightly from 130.9 billion to 112.7 billion VND. This shows that the flexibility of assets held by LTG is being greatly affected.
Loc Troi Group (LTG) reported a profit in the second quarter but its cash flow was still negative 3,310 billion VND (Photo TL)
Next, short-term receivables from customers in the first 6 months of 2023 increased 2.34 times compared to the beginning of the year, from 2,310.2 billion to 5,420.7 billion VND. This means that in the first 6 months of the year, up to 3,110.5 billion VND of Loc Troi's revenue was only reported on paper and had not been collected for the company, not to mention the amount of receivables recorded from the previous year.
The amount of short-term receivables currently accounts for 48% of the total assets of Loc Troi Group. In addition, the company's inventory is also increasing from VND 2,112.8 billion to VND 2,714.7 billion. And the total amount of receivables in the second quarter increased by VND 2,746.6 billion.
Short-term debt increased by 3,122 billion in just the first 6 months of the year, business cash flow is still negative 3,310.8 billion despite reporting profits
In Loc Troi's capital structure, the company is showing an increase in debt. LTG's short-term debt index nearly doubled, from VND 3,747.8 billion to VND 6,869.8 billion. Meanwhile, long-term debt decreased very little, from VND 99.4 billion to VND 79.7 billion. This is completely consistent with the situation of interest expenses increasing 3 times, which is weighing on Loc Troi's revenue as mentioned above.
Loc Troi's total liabilities are VND8,791.6 billion, an increase of more than VND3,212 billion compared to the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, Loc Troi's equity is only at VND3,391.9 billion. Liabilities currently account for 72.2% of the company's total assets. In other words, Loc Troi's assets are currently mostly debt.
One thing to note is that although Loc Troi is reporting a profit in the second quarter, the unit's operating cash flow in the first 6 months of the year is still negative at VND 3,310.8 billion. The reason is because the fluctuations in receivables amounted to VND 2,818.5 billion. This has been warned in the above section about the excessively inflated amount of "paper" receivables of Loc Troi.
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