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Coupang reports Q4 revenue increase while operating profit sharply declines

Published: 27 Feb. 2026, 09:01 Updated: 27 Feb. 2026, 18:31

The Coupang logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Dec. 3, 2025. [YONHAP]

Coupang posted a fourth quarter revenue of $8.8 billion last year, up 11 percent from $7.97 billion a year earlier, while operating profit plunged 97 percent over the same period, according to its consolidated earnings report submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.

Operating profit for the same quarter fell to $8 million, down 97 percent from $312 million a year earlier. The operating margin stood at 0.09 percent.

Coupang posted a net loss of $26 million in the fourth quarter, compared to a net profit of $131 million in the same period the previous year.

Coupang estimates that the personal data breach incident negatively impacted fourth quarter revenue growth, active customer numbers, Wow membership subscriptions and profitability beginning in December 2025.

However, the company added that the impact on recent growth has stabilized and that a recovery has been observed starting in the first quarter of this year.

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BY KIM EUN-BIN [[email protected]]