Revenue and Profitability - Revenue increased by 10.5% to 815.7million[2]−Netprofitroseby25.661.6 million[2] - Adjusted net profit increased by 24.4% to 61.6million[2]−Grossprofitincreasedby13.2237.3 million to 268.7million,withtheoverallgrossmarginrisingfrom32.161.6 million, up from 49.1millioninthesameperiodof2023,resultinginanetprofitmarginincreasefrom6.687,370 thousand, compared to 67,589thousandintheprioryear,representingagrowthof29.340,795 thousand, compared to 20,744thousandintheprioryear,indicatingasignificantincrease[51]RevenueSegmentation−OutdoorPowerEquipment(OPE)segmentrevenuegrewby10.2490.4 million[4] - Electric tools segment revenue increased by 9.5% to 313.5million[4]−SalesrevenuefromOPEproductsroseby10.2445.2 million to 490.4million,attributedtoacceleratedinventorydestockingandincreasedcustomerorders[12]−Salesrevenuefromelectrictoolsgrewby9.5286.3 million to 313.5million,mainlyduetotherecoveryandgrowthoftheODMbusiness[13]−RevenuefromthePowerToolssegmentreached313.5 million, up 9.5% from 286.299millionyear−over−year[62]−RevenuefromtheOutdoorProductssegmentincreasedto490.421 million, a rise of 10.1% compared to 445.179millioninthepreviousyear[62]−NorthAmericagenerated552.372 million in revenue, representing a 13.8% increase from 485.285millionintheprioryear[63]CashFlowandFinancialPosition−Operatingcashflowimprovedfromanoutflowof86.6 million to an inflow of 119.1million[2]−Thecompanymaintainedastrongfinancialpositionwithcashandcashequivalentsof387.1 million as of June 30, 2024, compared to 296.3millionasofDecember31,2023[25]−Cashgeneratedfromoperatingactivitieswas125,280 thousand, a substantial improvement from a cash outflow of 77,261thousandinthepreviousyear[54]−Thecompanyreportedanetcashoutflowfrominvestingactivitiesof22,309 thousand, compared to 19,624thousandinthesameperiodlastyear[56]ExpensesandInvestments−Researchanddevelopmentcostsincreasedby11.833.5 million to 37.4million,reflectingongoinginvestmentsinresearchandproductdevelopment,particularlyincommercializedapplications[18]−Sellinganddistributionexpensesincreasedby13.594.0 million to 106.7million,primarilyduetoincreasedmarketingexpensesandinvestmentstoexpandthedistributornetwork[16]−CapitalexpendituresforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,were22.1 million, significantly lower than 46.4millionforthesameperiodin2023,primarilyduetoinvestmentsinupgradingsmartmanufacturingsystems[30]−CapitalcommitmentsforpropertyandequipmentasofJune30,2024,totaled87.8 million, up from 67.5millionasofDecember31,2023,mainlyforexpandingproductioncapacityinVietnam[31]InventoryandReceivables−Thecompany′sinventoryasofJune30,2024,was550.1 million, up from 531.0millionasofDecember31,2023,withinventoryturnoverdaysimprovingto178daysfrom209daysyear−over−year[28]−Tradereceivablesamountedto450.234 million as of June 30, 2024, an increase from 351.628millionasofDecember31,2023[76]−Tradereceivablesturnoverdaysincreasedto89daysforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,comparedto63daysinthesameperiodof2023,reflectingstrongsalesperformanceinQ22024[29]CorporateGovernanceandCompliance−Theauditcommittee,consistingofthreeindependentnon−executivedirectors,hasreviewedtheaccountingprinciplesandinternalcontrolsduringthereportingperiod[46]−TheinterimfinancialreportforthesixmonthsendingJune30,2024,hasbeenreviewedbyKPMGaccordingtotherelevantstandards[47]−Thecompanyhascompliedwithallapplicablecorporategovernancecodeprovisionsduringthereportingperiod[42]ShareholderandDividendInformation−ThecompanyhasnotdeclaredaninterimdividendforthesixmonthsendingJune30,2024[42]−Thecompanyhasadoptedashareplanfor2024aimedataligningtheinterestsofshareholdersandemployees,with1,106,100sharespurchasedduringtheplanperiod,representingapproximately0.220.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a foreign exchange gain of $7.2 million in the same period of 2023[36] - The company’s derivative financial instruments primarily include foreign exchange forward contracts, currency options, and foreign exchange swap contracts as of June 30, 2024[74]