Second half profit will be even stronger

The Impact Of Unusual Items On Profit Importantly, our data indicates that AJ Lucas Group's profit was reduced by AU$38m, due to unusual items, over the last year. It's never great to see unusual items costing the company profits, but on the upside, things might improve sooner rather than later. We looked at thousands of listed companies and found that unusual items are very often one-off in nature. And that's hardly a surprise given these line items are considered unusual. AJ Lucas Group took a rather significant hit from unusual items in the year to December 2020. As a result, we can surmise that the unusual items made its statutory profit significantly weaker than it would otherwise be.