Posco Holdings Could Post 4Q Earnings Miss -- Market Talk

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0744 GMT - Posco Holdings could post a 4Q earnings miss, KB Securities analyst Choi Yong-hyun writes in a note. The South Korean steelmaker likely faced lower steel shipments due to a delayed demand recovery while its battery-material segment continued to incur lossesas fixed costs rose, Choi says. Its construction unit, Posco E&C, also likely posted weaker profit because of suspended work following a recent safety accident, he adds. KB expects the company's operating profit to have nearly tripled from a year earlier to KRW274.50 billion for the October-December period but missed the market consensus estimate of KRW459.70 billion.(kwanwoo.jun@wsj.com)

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