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Hite Jinro's trailing profits are thin and its shares are down 16.5% over the past year, though recent filings and news are mostly routine.

Hite Jinro is a South Korean beer and soju maker with trailing twelve-month revenue of ₩2.45T, an operating margin of 6.8% and a net margin of 1.9% as of H1 2026. Revenue fell 3.9% in 2025 and net income dropped to ₩41B from ₩96B in 2024, while borrowings of ₩921B sit well above cash of ₩194B. The share price closed at ₩15,850 on 2026-10-22, within its 52-week range of ₩13,830 to ₩19,300.

What stands out

• Net income for the trailing period was ₩47B against ₩2.45T of revenue, and return on equity is 4.1%.
• Liabilities are 172.6% of equity, and borrowings of ₩921B are much larger than cash of ₩194B.
• The model's fair value estimate ranges from ₩5,223 (bear) to ₩67,374 (bull), with a base of ₩26,436; the spread is very wide and the model's assumptions are not described in the data.
• Trailing P/E is 23.6 and dividend yield is 4.4%, compared with peers such as Orion (P/E 10.6) and Nongshim (P/E 12.3).
• Foreign ownership rose from 6.7% to 8.5% over about 60 days, while retail investors were net sellers of about ₩9.1B over the last 20 days.

What to watch

• The next results release and whether operating margin holds near the 6.8% trailing level or falls further from 8.0% in 2024.
• Filings on related-party transactions with affiliated companies, three of which were made on 2026-09-29, and the production suspension disclosed on 2026-09-09; the data does not give the reason.
• Debt levels: borrowings of ₩921B against ₩194B of cash, and whether free cash flow of ₩55B keeps pace with them.