Philstar.com
September 8, 2025 | 1:00pm
MANILA, Philippines — LBC Categorical Holdings Inc. (LBC) posted a internet revenue of P181.3 million within the first half of 2025, marking a turnaround from the P190.9 million internet loss recorded in the identical interval final yr.
The outcomes mirror the corporate’s regular progress in strengthening operations and adapting to market situations because it marks its seventy fifth yr of service.
In a disclosure to the inventory change, LBC mentioned service revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2025, reached P6.98 billion, in contrast with P7.13 billion in the identical interval of 2024. Regardless of the slight dip, gross revenue climbed 6% to P1.63 billion, pushed by a 4% discount in service prices and sustained demand throughout its logistics and cash service strains.
Working revenue improved 19% year-on-year to P393.8 million, whereas earnings earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 3% to P562.4 million. Working bills grew modestly by 3% to P1.24 billion.
For the second quarter, LBC booked P132.6 million in internet revenue, reversing a P131.4 million loss in the identical interval final yr. Quarterly revenues reached P3.58 billion, with gross revenue rising to P683.5 million from P663.1 million.
Logistics continued to anchor LBC’s efficiency, delivering 97% of first-half revenues, or P6.75 billion. Retail companies contributed 67%, whereas company answer accounted for 30%. Cash companies generated the remaining 3%, or P232 million.
On a geographic foundation, home operations introduced in 61% of revenues, with the remaining 39% coming from LBC’s worldwide community.
“We’re on monitor and delivering even higher outcomes,” the corporate mentioned. “Over almost 75 years in enterprise, we’ve got confronted our share of challenges, however each has made us stronger. This restoration reveals that our technique is working, and we’re able to construct on this momentum for the years forward,” mentioned Enrique Rey Jr., LBC’s chief finance officer.
Based in 1950, LBC has grown from a small courier service in Manila to one of many nation’s largest logistics, freight and remittance networks. The corporate mentioned it would proceed to spend money on know-how, develop its attain, and strengthen its service portfolio as a part of its imaginative and prescient to serve communities worldwide for many years to come back.
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