Hyundai Motor (005380) reported in a fair-disclosure filing Monday that global sales fell to 288,574 vehicles in August 2026, down 14.2% from August 2025 and down 9.4% from July.
The filing carries no revenue or profit figures, only unit volumes. Domestic (Korea) sales fell hardest: 34,333 units, down 41.1% year over year and 28.6% from July. Overseas sales declined a smaller 8.5% year over year to 254,241 units. Hyundai gave no reason for the decline in the filing itself.
The drop follows a run of production-suspension notices Hyundai filed in July and August covering its Ulsan plant and other Korean sites during a labor dispute; Korean press reported a tentative wage settlement was reached around August 25, near the end of the reporting month. The filing does not link the sales decline to the labor dispute.
Year-to-date through August, cumulative global sales reached 2,575,360 units, down 6.0% from the same period in 2025, with the domestic figure down 15.0% and overseas down 4.1%.
At Hyundai Motor's current market capitalization of KRW 82.0tn, August's sales volume works out to roughly KRW 284m of market value per vehicle sold that month.
Hyundai Motor (005380) said the figures are preliminary and subject to revision.
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| Symbol | Last Price |
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| 005380HYUNDAI MOTOR CO | ₩383,500 +0.0% |