August 2 (SeeNews) - Croatian shipbuilding group Viktor Lenac [ZSE:VLEN] reported a consolidated net profit after minority interests of 24.1 million kuna ($3.8 million/3.2 million euro) for the first half of 2021, lower than the profit of 33.8 million kuna recorded in the same period of 2020.
The company's operating revenue declined to 181.6 million kuna from 188 million kuna in the January-June period of last year, while operating costs went up to 151.9 million kuna from 146.8 million kuna, Viktor Lenac said in an unaudited financial report filed with the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) last week.
The group consists of the shipyard and its 75%-owned subsidiary VL Steel.
The subsidiary recorded a loss of 162,000 kuna for the first half of the year.
On June 30, Viktor Lenac had 389 employees, including 39 employees in VL Steel.
The company's shares traded 5.50% lower at 9.45 kuna intraday on Monday on the ZSE, bourse data showed.
(1 euro = 7.459 kuna)