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041020 · KOSDAQ · ₩041020 · 폴라리스오피스

₩2,730▲ ₩5 (0.18%)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
₩128B
Equity value
−₩156B
WACC
7.3%

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 ₩2,730, the model needs an operating margin of 8.4% every year (it uses 4.6%).
  • Margins ranged from 1.7% to 10.2% 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.
  • Today's P/E is 18.1× against a typical 20.6× 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
—
Base
—
Bull
₩2,361
−13.5%

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 (4.6%).

Revenue growth

  • 25%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (137.6% 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 (137.6% 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 (137.6% 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 (137.6% 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 (137.6% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • 4.6%

    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.

  • 4.2%

    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).

  • 5.2%

    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).

  • 40%

    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.

  • 4.03%

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

    Default: Korea Treasury Bond 10-year yield on 2026-10-27.

  • 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 0.33, 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.

  • 5.53%

    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)
₩330B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
−₩112B
+ Stakes and investments
₩30B
Associates, long-term financial assets and deposits (book value)
− Minority interests
₩426B
Shares
49,683,793
Share price
₩2,730
Market cap
₩136B

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₩108B₩276B₩324B₩412B₩492B₩561B₩609B₩627B
Growth346.1%156.1%17.4%25.0%19.5%14.0%8.5%3.0%
EBIT₩6.2B₩4.8B₩9.1B₩19B₩23B₩26B₩28B₩29B
EBIT margin5.8%1.7%2.8%4.6%4.6%4.6%4.6%4.6%
After-tax EBIT₩4.5B₩3.5B₩6.6B₩14B₩16B₩19B₩20B₩21B
+ Depreciation———₩17B₩21B₩24B₩26B₩26B
− Capital spending₩9.6B₩17B₩2.5B₩21B₩26B₩29B₩32B₩33B
− Working capital₩70B₩49B−₩17B₩33B₩32B₩28B₩19B₩7.3B
Free cash flow———−₩23B−₩21B−₩14B−₩4.9B₩7.3B
Discount factor———0.9320.8680.8090.7530.702
Present value———−₩22B−₩18B−₩12B−₩3.7B₩5.2B

Terminal value ₩254B, worth ₩178B today: 139% 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 ₩1,818 a share)Now 1.50×₩2,3791.31×₩5,0182.76×₩8,7754.83×
Price / earnings (last 12 months: ₩150 a share)Now 18.1×₩7845.21×₩3,09520.6×₩8,25354.9×
P/E on run-rate earnings (Q2 2026 × 4: ₩186 a share)Now 14.7×₩9685.21×₩3,82020.6×₩10,18754.9×

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%
6.3%—————
6.8%—————
7.3%—————
7.8%—————
8.3%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩136B
Enterprise value
₩24B
P/E
18.1×
P/B
1.5×
P/S
0.4×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩4,490₩5,410₩4,400₩1,300₩2,595
Market cap₩223B₩269B₩219B₩65B₩129B
P/E45.9×38.0×10.3×4.9×—
P/B2.5×3.0×3.4×1.0×3.1×
P/S0.7×1.0×2.0×2.7×5.6×
EV/EBITDA—————
Dividend yield0.0%————

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Polaris Office18.1×1.5×0.4×—0.0%
Hyundai Autoever46.8×4.7×2.0×—0.6%
Krafton10.0×1.2×1.9×—1.2%
NC6.9×1.2×2.0×8.3×0.6%
Netmarble7.1×0.5×1.0×—2.6%
PearlAbyss7.9×2.0×3.0×5.1×0.0%
Shift UP9.0×1.8×7.1×—0.0%
Similar companies (median)8.4×1.5×2.0×6.7×0.6%

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

Also known as: Polaris Office / 폴라리스오피스 / 041020 / KRX:041020

Source: KRX statistical information