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Mgen Solutions

032790 · KOSDAQ · ₩032790 · 엠젠솔루션

₩1,213▲ ₩13 (1.08%)End-of-day · Oct 29, 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
−₩31B
Equity value
−₩35B
WACC
6.8%

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 ₩1,213, the model needs an operating margin of 20.3% every year (it uses −13.0%).
  • Margins ranged from −35.9% to 2.7% 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
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Bull
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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 (−13.0%).

Revenue growth

  • -10%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-36.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -6.7%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-36.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -3.5%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-36.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -0.2%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-36.1% 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 (-36.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • -13%

    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.

  • 10%

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

    Default: not in the statements, so 80% of capital spending (most spending replaces equipment that wears out).

  • 12.5%

    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).

  • 14.4%

    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.

  • 4.01%

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

    Default: Korea Treasury Bond 10-year yield on 2026-10-30.

  • 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 0.12, 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.

  • 5.51%

    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)
₩18B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩5.4B
+ Stakes and investments
₩737M
Associates, long-term financial assets and deposits (book value)
Shares
27,144,234
Share price
₩1,213
Market cap
₩33B

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₩91B₩43B₩29B₩16B₩15B₩14B₩14B₩15B
Growth−17.5%−52.9%−33.0%−10.0%−6.7%−3.5%−0.2%3.0%
EBIT−₩6.3B−₩4B−₩10B−₩2.1B−₩1.9B−₩1.9B−₩1.9B−₩1.9B
EBIT margin−7.0%−9.3%−35.9%−13.0%−13.0%−13.0%−13.0%−13.0%
After-tax EBIT−₩4.6B−₩2.9B−₩7.4B−₩1.5B−₩1.4B−₩1.3B−₩1.3B−₩1.4B
+ Depreciation———₩1.6B₩1.5B₩1.4B₩1.4B₩1.5B
− Capital spending₩11B₩8B₩2.1B₩2B₩1.8B₩1.8B₩1.8B₩1.8B
− Working capital−₩13B₩6B−₩6.8B−₩254M−₩153M−₩75M−₩4.1M₩62M
Free cash flow———−₩1.6B−₩1.6B−₩1.6B−₩1.7B−₩1.8B
Discount factor———0.9360.8760.8200.7670.718
Present value———−₩1.5B−₩1.4B−₩1.3B−₩1.3B−₩1.3B

Terminal value −₩33B, worth −₩24B today: 78% 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 ₩1,019 a share)Now 1.19×₩1,2931.27×₩2,2412.20×₩6,6386.52×

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%
5.8%—————
6.3%—————
6.8%—————
7.3%—————
7.8%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩33B
Enterprise value
₩37B
P/E
—
P/B
1.2×
P/S
1.9×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩2,146₩1,894₩3,248₩4,030₩10,660
Market cap₩58B₩51B₩88B₩109B₩289B
P/E—16.6×——36.9×
P/B1.7×1.2×2.4×2.4×6.5×
P/S2.0×1.2×1.0×1.0×4.0×
EV/EBITDA—————
Dividend yield0.0%————

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Mgen Solutions—1.2×1.9×—0.0%
Samsung C&T18.8×0.5×1.2×—0.9%
POSCO International10.5×1.2×0.3×—3.8%
ISC45.4×6.1×12.7×—0.5%
Youngone5.1×0.7×0.7×—3.1%
Dong SUH Companies19.2×1.6×5.1×—4.1%
Shinsegae13.9×0.4×0.3×—2.1%
Similar companies (median)16.3×1.0×1.0×—2.6%

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

Also known as: Mgen Solutions / 엠젠솔루션 / 032790 / KRX:032790

Source: KRX statistical information