Kia Corp. on Thursday reported its fourth-quarter net income of 1.62 trillion won (US$1.2 billion), down 20.5 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 2.46 trillion won in operating profit for the quarter, compared with 2.62 trillion won a year ago. Revenue rose 5 percent to 24.32 trillion won.
The earnings fell short of market expectations. The average estimate of net profit by analysts stood at 2.08 trillion won, according to a survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency.
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Source: Yonhap News Agency