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Inside the 16.9% Operating Profit Margin: Recovery Divided by Company Size and Industry
Breaking down the Bank of Korea's corporate business analysis for the second quarter of 2026 by industry and size. It interprets why non-manufacturing and small-to-medium-sized enterprises are showing different trends amid overall profitability improvements and provides comparison benchmarks to apply to business planning.
According to the corporate business analysis for the second quarter released by the Bank of Korea on September 9, 2026, the ratio of operating profit to sales for companies subject to external audits recorded 16.9%. This is an 11.8 percentage point increase from 5.1% in the same period of the previous year.…
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