Joongang Advanced Materials중앙첨단소재

Joongang Advanced Materials is loss-making and trading halts and a business suspension report are in its latest filings, with the share price down sharply over the past year.

The company makes PVC building products and communication equipment, and its trailing twelve-month revenue to H1 2026 was about ₩18.7B with an operating loss of about ₩5.3B. The share price closed at ₩8,410 on 2026-10-28, down 79.6% over one year and near its 52-week low of ₩7,900. Recent filings include a trading halt and a Major Matters Report on a business suspension, and the data does not explain the details.

What stands out

• Trailing revenue is about ₩18.7B, but operating income is about -₩5.3B and free cash flow is about -₩4.5B.
• Net income was about -₩76.8B in 2024 and -₩5.5B in 2025, and the company has not reported a profitable year since 2023 at the operating level.
• Cash of about ₩13.1B is below borrowings of about ₩16.1B, though liabilities to equity is 24%.
• Trading halts were filed on 2026-09-08, 2026-10-01 and 2026-10-28, and the latest filing reports a business suspension.
• Foreign ownership fell slightly to 3.7% and 20-day flows show foreign net selling of about ₩1.0B, while retail investors were net buyers of about ₩1.0B.
• A Money Today headline from 2026-10-19 asks when funds will return to the company as an affiliates' cash lifeline, but the article text is not in the data.

What to watch

• The full content and timing of the business suspension report and whether trading resumes after the halts.
• The next periodic filings, including the full-year 2026 results, to see whether losses and cash needs have changed.
• Follow-up filings on the largest shareholder change, which was amended on 2026-09-18 and 2026-10-22.