HLB Global

003580 · KOSPI · ₩003580 · HLB글로벌

₩1,826▲ ₩9 (0.50%)End-of-day · Oct 27, 2026 · End-of-day prices.
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Valuation model · Discounted cash flow (DCF)

We use a 5-year discounted cash flow: the value of the cash the business is expected to produce, in today's money.

Fair value per share

With these assumptions the model gives no positive value.

Enterprise value
−₩405B
Equity value
−₩424B
WACC
6.9%

Model estimate based on the assumptions shown. Not a price target and not a buy or sell signal. This is not financial advice.

Why the model and the price differ

The model gives no positive value at these assumptions. What we can see:

  • To match today's price of ₩1,826, the model needs an operating margin of 3.0% every year (it uses −15.8%).
  • Margins ranged from −33.1% to −3.7% over the last 5 years, so this is a cyclical business. The model uses the average; the price may be set by where the cycle is now. Try the margin fade option.
  • In the projection, spending on equipment, software and working capital takes most or all of the after-tax operating profit, so free cash flow is thin. Companies that invest heavily often look like this until spending slows.

Treat the model as a starting point: change the assumptions to the story you believe, and compare with the multiples check below.

Bear / Base / Bull

Bear
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Base
—
Bull
—

Bear: revenue growth 3 points lower every year, EBIT margin 2 points lower, WACC 1 point higher. Bull: the opposite.

Assumptions

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Cycle options

Margin path

Every year uses the cycle-average margin (−15.8%).

Revenue growth

  • 25%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (31% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 19.5%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (31% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 14%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (31% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 8.5%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (31% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 3%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (31% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • -15.8%

    Operating profit as a share of revenue.

    Default: through-the-cycle average of the last 12 months and the last 5 annual reports' operating margins.

  • 27.5%

    Share of operating profit paid as corporate tax.

    Default: Korea's top corporate tax rate (25%) plus 10% local income tax.

  • 5%

    The non-cash cost of wearing out equipment, added back to cash flow (% of revenue).

    Default: average of the last 3 annual reports (cash flow statements; equipment and intangibles).

  • 0.9%

    Money spent on factories, equipment, software and other long-term assets (% of revenue).

    Default: average of the last 3 annual reports (cash flow statements; equipment and intangibles).

  • -10%

    Stock and unpaid customer bills, less unpaid supplier bills, as a % of revenue. Each year's extra revenue ties up this much more cash.

    Default: working capital (current assets less cash and deposits, minus current liabilities other than borrowings) as a share of revenue, averaged over the last 3 years.

Discount rate

  • 2%

    How fast cash flows keep growing every year after year 5.

    Default: about Korea's long-run inflation plus real growth.

  • 4.11%

    Yield on Korea's 10-year government bond: the return with almost no risk.

    Default: Korea Treasury Bond 10-year yield on 2026-10-28.

  • 0.6

    How much the share moves when the market moves: 1 means just like the market.

    Default: 105 weeks of weekly returns against KOSPI (official index); raw beta 0.14, adjusted toward 1 and kept between 0.6 and 2.0.

  • 5.5%

    The extra return investors want for owning shares instead of bonds.

    Default: a typical premium for Korean shares.

  • 5.61%

    The interest rate the company would pay to borrow.

    Default: the 10-year yield plus a 1.5% credit spread.

Starting point

Revenue (TTM to H1 2026)
₩107B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩18B
− Minority interests
₩1.1B
Shares
50,663,505
Share price
₩1,826
Market cap
₩93B

TTM = trailing 12 months: the last four reported quarters added together. "TTM to H1 2026" is the 12 months up to the latest quarterly or half-year report (H1 = to the end of June). Year 1 grows from there.

Past years and projection

Grey columns are reported results from the annual reports (after-tax EBIT at the model's tax rate), so you can check the growth and margin assumptions against the past. Years 1–5 are the model.

FY2023FY2024FY2025Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
Revenue₩80B₩98B₩100B₩134B₩160B₩182B₩198B₩204B
Growth79.1%23.0%2.1%25.0%19.5%14.0%8.5%3.0%
EBIT−₩13B−₩3.7B−₩9.9B−₩21B−₩25B−₩29B−₩31B−₩32B
EBIT margin−16.2%−3.7%−9.9%−15.8%−15.8%−15.8%−15.8%−15.8%
After-tax EBIT−₩9.4B−₩2.7B−₩7.2B−₩15B−₩18B−₩21B−₩23B−₩23B
+ Depreciation₩4B——₩6.7B₩8B₩9.1B₩9.9B₩10B
− Capital spending₩629M₩895M₩922M₩1.2B₩1.4B₩1.6B₩1.8B₩1.8B
− Working capital−₩3.3B₩17B−₩3.2B−₩2.7B−₩2.6B−₩2.2B−₩1.5B−₩594M
Free cash flow−₩2.7B——−₩7.2B−₩9.2B−₩11B−₩13B−₩14B
Discount factor———0.9360.8760.8190.7670.718
Present value———−₩6.7B−₩8B−₩9.2B−₩10B−₩10B

Terminal value −₩503B, worth −₩361B today: 89% of enterprise value. It assumes spending settles at 110% of depreciation once growth slows to the terminal rate.

Cross-check: what the market has paid before

For cyclical businesses, analysts check a DCF against the multiples the stock has traded at through past cycles. Price / book is the usual anchor for them: P/E looks highest at the bottom of a cycle, when earnings are smallest, and lowest at the top. The price each band would give today:

LowTypicalHigh
Price / book (book value ₩1,382 a share)Now 1.32×₩1,8861.36×₩4,2493.07×₩9,5636.92×

Low, typical and high are the 10th percentile, middle and 90th percentile of month-end multiples since 2021, each against the latest report out by then, per share at today's share count; loss years and P/E above 100 are left out. Run-rate earnings are one quarter × 4, not a forecast. Model estimate based on the assumptions shown. Not a price target and not a buy or sell signal.

Sensitivity

Fair value per share as two inputs change; the middle is the current case.

WACC ↓ · Terminal growth →1.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%
5.9%—————
6.4%—————
6.9%—————
7.4%—————
7.9%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩93B
Enterprise value
₩109B
P/E
—
P/B
1.3×
P/S
0.9×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩2,320₩4,080₩5,020₩5,470₩21,800
Market cap₩118B₩207B₩254B₩277B₩1.1T
P/E—————
P/B1.6×2.2×5.1×4.3×10.3×
P/S1.2×2.1×3.2×6.2×24.5×
EV/EBITDA—————
Dividend yield0.0%————

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
HLB Global—1.3×0.9×—0.0%
Samsung C&T17.5×0.5×1.1×—0.9%
POSCO International10.6×1.3×0.3×—3.7%
ISC41.4×5.5×11.5×—0.6%
Youngone5.1×0.7×0.7×—3.1%
Dong SUH Companies19.0×1.6×5.1×—4.1%
Shinsegae13.7×0.4×0.3×—2.1%
Similar companies (median)15.6×1.0×0.9×—2.6%

Calculated from end-of-day prices and filed financial statements. Not a recommendation. This is not financial advice.

Also known as: HLB Global / HLB글로벌 / 003580 / KRX:003580

Source: KRX statistical information