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012030 · KOSPI · ₩012030 · DB

₩2,540▲ ₩160 (6.72%)End-of-day · Oct 28, 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

₩3,449

vs the current price (₩2,540)

Enterprise value
₩999B
Equity value
₩694B
WACC
6.2%

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 is 36% away from today's price. A gap this size usually means the market expects something the past figures don't show yet, or the model leaves something out. What we can see:

  • To match today's price of ₩2,540, the model needs an operating margin of 5.5% every year (it uses 6.5%).
  • Or revenue growth −4.3 points a year higher than assumed in each of the 5 years.
  • 50% of the last 12 months' net profit came from outside operations (stakes in other companies, interest, one-offs). The model adds those stakes at book value but doesn't project that income.
  • 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.
  • The group includes a financial business (an insurer, bank or broker), whose investments and minority shareholders are left out here. A sum-of-the-parts view usually fits groups like this better.
  • Today's P/E is 7.5× against a typical 7.5× over the last 10 years.

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
₩432
−83.0%
Base
₩3,449
+35.8%
Bull
₩9,240
+263.8%

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 (6.5%).

Revenue growth

  • 17%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (17% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 13.5%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (17% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 10%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (17% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 6.5%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (17% 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 (17% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • 6.5%

    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.

  • 0.1%

    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).

  • 5.6%

    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).

  • -1%

    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 0.41, 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)
₩748B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩305B
Shares
201,173,933
Share price
₩2,540
Market cap
₩511B

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₩459B₩587B₩643B₩875B₩994B₩1.1T₩1.2T₩1.2T
Growth14.3%28.1%9.5%17.0%13.5%10.0%6.5%3.0%
EBIT₩37B₩30B₩42B₩57B₩65B₩71B₩76B₩78B
EBIT margin8.1%5.0%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%
After-tax EBIT₩27B₩21B₩30B₩41B₩47B₩52B₩55B₩56B
+ Depreciation₩533M₩838M₩1.2B₩875M₩994M₩1.1B₩1.2B₩1.2B
− Capital spending₩3.2B₩91B₩4B₩49B₩56B₩61B₩65B₩67B
− Working capital−₩172B₩260B−₩29B−₩1.3B−₩1.2B−₩994M−₩710M−₩349M
Free cash flow₩196B−₩329B₩57B−₩5.6B−₩6.6B−₩7.6B−₩8.5B−₩9.1B
Discount factor———0.9420.8870.8360.7870.742
Present value———−₩5.3B−₩5.9B−₩6.4B−₩6.7B−₩6.7B

Terminal value ₩1.4T, worth ₩1T today: 103% 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 ₩2,511 a share)Now 1.01×₩1,1510.46×₩1,8100.72×₩2,3630.94×
Price / earnings (last 12 months: ₩338 a share)Now 7.53×₩9252.74×₩2,5297.49×₩10,28630.5×
P/E on run-rate earnings (Q2 2026 × 4: ₩500 a share)Now 5.08×₩1,3702.74×₩3,7497.49×₩15,24630.5×

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%
5.2%₩3,629₩4,389₩5,390₩6,768₩8,783
5.7%₩2,951₩3,538₩4,285₩5,268₩6,621
6.2%₩2,409₩2,873₩3,449₩4,183₩5,149
6.7%₩1,964₩2,340₩2,796₩3,363₩4,083
7.2%₩1,595₩1,904₩2,273₩2,721₩3,278

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩511B
Enterprise value
₩816B
P/E
7.5×
P/B
1.0×
P/S
0.7×
EV/EBITDA
16.9×
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩1,474₩1,304₩1,733₩803₩950
Market cap₩297B₩262B₩349B₩162B₩191B
P/E6.0×2.8×17.2×28.3×8.8×
P/B0.7×0.7×0.9×0.6×0.4×
P/S0.5×0.4×0.8×0.4×0.6×
EV/EBITDA13.3×17.3×8.4×7.3×9.6×
Dividend yield0.0%0.0%———

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
DB7.5×1.0×0.7×16.9×0.0%
Samsung SDS26.5×1.7×1.2×—1.4%
LG CNS15.9×2.5×1.2×—2.3%
Itcenglobal7.1×3.1×0.0×—0.0%
Lotte Innovate15.6×0.6×0.2×—3.9%
Shinsegae Information & Communication6.4×0.4×0.3×0.8×0.0%
Contec19.6×1.5×2.2×—0.0%
Similar companies (median)15.7×1.6×0.7×0.8×0.7%

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

Also known as: DB / 012030 / KRX:012030

Source: KRX statistical information