)
)
Edge16 Oct 2026
Winner, Winner: The Chicken McNugget Story
How a 1940s breeding contest, a Cornell food scientist, and a hedge by Ray Dalio helped McDonald's turn the Chicken McNugget into a fast-food icon.
Kossan Rubber Industries
Kossan Rubber Industries (KLSE) investor relations material
Kossan Rubber Industries Q2 2026 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q2 2026 earnings summary20 Aug, 2026
Executive summary
Revenue for 1H26 rose 19.51% year-over-year to RM1.04 billion, with profit before tax up 45.13% to RM124.4 million and profit after tax up 55.42% to RM104.8 million.
All divisions posted higher revenue and profit, led by the Gloves division, which saw a 21.02% revenue increase and a 58.91% jump in profit before tax year-over-year.
Sequentially, 2Q26 revenue grew 20.95% and profit before tax surged 69.07% from 1Q26, driven by higher average selling prices and improved production efficiencies.
Financial highlights
Net assets per share increased to 150.54 sen as at 30 June 2026 from 146.18 sen at 31 December 2025.
Cash and bank balances stood at RM957.3 million at 30 June 2026, up from RM920.3 million at year-end 2025.
Operating profit for 1H26 was RM124.6 million, up 44.27% year-over-year.
Basic earnings per share for 1H26 was 4.12 sen, compared to 2.63 sen in 1H25.
Outlook and guidance
The glove industry is showing gradual recovery, but faces persistent global oversupply and raw material cost volatility.
The group expects satisfactory performance for FY2026, focusing on operational efficiency, cost competitiveness, and business resilience.
Technical Rubber Products division expected to remain resilient amid mixed market conditions.
Partial view of Summaries dataset, powered by Quartr API
AI can get things wrong. Verify important information.Research faster. Power your platform.
Latest events from Kossan Rubber Industries
- Revenue and profit before tax dipped year-over-year, but EPS and profit after tax improved.KLSE
Q1 2026 - Profit before tax rose 11.29% to RM175.1 million despite an 8.78% revenue decline.KLSEQ4 2025
- Profitability improved despite lower revenue, with a cautiously optimistic outlook for FY2025.KLSEQ3 2025
- 2QFY2025 net profit held steady despite revenue drop from a gas supply disruption.KLSEQ2 2025
- Strong glove sales drove 9M24 profit surge, with US tariffs set to boost future demand.KLSEQ3 2024
- Strong 1H24 profit turnaround driven by glove sales and margin gains amid industry headwinds.KLSEQ2 2024
- Q1 2025 saw higher revenue and profit, but cash reserves declined on capital actions.KLSEQ1 2025
- FY2024 profit soared on glove sales rebound, with cautious optimism for 2025.KLSEQ4 2024
Next Kossan Rubber Industries earnings date
Q3 202620 Nov, 2026
Kossan Rubber Industries
Next Kossan Rubber Industries earnings date
Q3 202620 Nov, 2026
AI chat
Ask anything. Verify everything.
Ask across every event and document from public companies. Each answer links back to the exact line in the transcript, slide or filing it came from.Learn moreFind what matters
AI across all first-party IR material. Live calls, transcripts, slides, filings.)
Trust every finding
50m+ first-party documents. Every output traceable to its source.Find what matters
AI across all first-party IR material. Live calls, transcripts, slides, filings.Trust every finding
50m+ first-party documents. Every output traceable to its source.Automations
Zero in on what matters
Define the prompt once. It runs the moment a company publishes or on a schedule you set. Outputs map to the exact signals you choose.Learn more)
Event-triggered research
Runs when a company publishes new material. Trigger on the first published document for the earliest possible run, or wait for a specific one.)
Scheduled research
Runs on a recurring cadence you set. Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, for aggregate reads across a period rather than a single event.Event-triggered research
Runs when a company publishes new material. Trigger on the first published document for the earliest possible run, or wait for a specific one.Scheduled research
Runs on a recurring cadence you set. Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, for aggregate reads across a period rather than a single event.Live audio & transcripts
Be first
Join any earnings call live in one click, with no manual registration. Follow the transcript as it happens and jump straight to the moments that matter.Learn more)
Live earnings calls
Join any call in one click. The audio keeps playing while you work elsewhere in Quartr.)
Live transcripts
Speaker-by-speaker, in real time. Searchable across every live and historical call.Live earnings calls
Join any call in one click. The audio keeps playing while you work elsewhere in Quartr.Live transcripts
Speaker-by-speaker, in real time. Searchable across every live and historical call.Quartr MCP connects your AI environment to 17K+ public companies
Pull live transcripts, filings, and slides into Claude or Codex via MCP. Combine Quartr's global IR data with any other dataset. Run agentic research and monitoring.
Included with Quartr Pro at no extra cost.Learn more
Quartr's AI stands out because it only pulls clean, first-party data from public companies. In investing, that's everything.
Jamie Ross
Investment Manager, GAM Investments
GAM
GAM
Research that used to take hours now takes seconds with Quartr Pro. Tracking shifts in tone or extracting tables, it's as simple as typing a query.
Tom O'Hara
Investment Director
Ciena
Ciena
Before Quartr we spent hours manually compiling insights through the peer earnings cycle. Now, these tasks are done faster, with greater precision.
Gregg Lampf
VP of Investor Relations
Protean
Protean
Being able to ask specific questions across years of transcripts and reports and instantly get verified answers is a game-changer.
Pontus Dackmo
CEO & Investment Manager
)
)
Frequently asked questions
Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd is a company based in Selangor, Malaysia, specializing in the manufacture, sale, and export of rubber products. The company's product portfolio is diversified into technical rubber products, medical gloves, cleanroom products, and others. It operates under several subsidiaries, including Doshin Rubber Products (M) Sdn. Bhd., Quality Profile Sdn. Bhd., and Premium Medical Products Sdn. Bhd., among others. The company is headquartered in Selangor, Malaysia, and its shares are listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.