Korea Computer

054040 · KOSDAQ · ₩054040 · 한국컴퓨터

₩3,980▼ ₩40 (1.00%)End-of-day · Oct 30, 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

₩17,943

vs the current price (₩3,980)

Enterprise value
₩295B
Equity value
₩288B
WACC
7.0%

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 351% 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 ₩3,980, the model needs an operating margin of 1.7% every year (it uses 5.6%).
  • Today's P/E is 2.5× against a typical 4.5× 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
₩7,942
+99.5%
Base
₩17,943
+350.8%
Bull
₩35,948
+803.2%

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 (5.6%).

Revenue growth

  • -0.5%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-0.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 0.4%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-0.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 1.3%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-0.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 2.1%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-0.5% 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 (-0.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • 5.6%

    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.

  • 1.6%

    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).

  • 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).

  • 9.2%

    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: 104 weeks of weekly returns against KOSPI (official index); raw beta 0.25, 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)
₩408B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩6.5B
Shares
16,071,290
Share price
₩3,980
Market cap
₩64B

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₩372B₩421B₩418B₩406B₩407B₩413B₩421B₩434B
Growth−12.3%13.3%−0.8%−0.5%0.4%1.3%2.1%3.0%
EBIT₩24B₩12B₩23B₩23B₩23B₩23B₩24B₩24B
EBIT margin6.4%2.9%5.5%5.6%5.6%5.6%5.6%5.6%
After-tax EBIT₩17B₩8.8B₩17B₩16B₩17B₩17B₩17B₩18B
+ Depreciation———₩6.5B₩6.5B₩6.6B₩6.7B₩6.9B
− Capital spending₩7.2B₩8.8B₩8B₩8.1B₩8.1B₩8.3B₩8.4B₩8.7B
− Working capital−₩7B−₩263M₩3.7B−₩188M₩149M₩487M₩797M₩1.2B
Free cash flow———₩15B₩15B₩15B₩15B₩15B
Discount factor———0.9350.8730.8160.7630.713
Present value———₩14B₩13B₩12B₩11B₩10B

Terminal value ₩329B, worth ₩234B today: 79% 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 ₩10,715 a share)Now 0.37×₩5,0380.47×₩5,9640.56×₩7,4590.70×
Price / earnings (last 12 months: ₩1,614 a share)Now 2.47×₩5,2223.24×₩7,2574.50×₩9,7536.04×
P/E on run-rate earnings (Q2 2026 × 4: ₩450 a share)Now 8.84×₩1,4583.24×₩2,0264.50×₩2,7226.04×

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%
6.0%₩18,971₩20,570₩22,565₩25,128₩28,541
6.5%₩17,182₩18,450₩19,997₩21,929₩24,409
7.0%₩15,692₩16,716₩17,943₩19,440₩21,310
7.5%₩14,432₩15,272₩16,263₩17,450₩18,899
8.0%₩13,353₩14,050₩14,863₩15,822₩16,971

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩64B
Enterprise value
₩70B
P/E
2.5×
P/B
0.4×
P/S
0.2×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
7.5%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩5,040₩4,935₩5,280₩4,100₩5,130
Market cap₩81B₩79B₩85B₩66B₩82B
P/E3.9×5.8×3.9×3.9×5.4×
P/B0.5×0.5×0.6×0.5×0.7×
P/S0.2×0.2×0.2×0.2×0.4×
EV/EBITDA—————
Dividend yield6.0%5.7%———

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Korea Computer2.5×0.4×0.2×—7.5%
Samsung Electro-Mechanics88.7×8.7×7.2×—0.2%
Doosan34.5×4.9×0.6×—0.4%
Hanwha Systems65.1×2.5×2.8×—0.8%
LG Innotek11.6×1.2×0.3×—0.6%
Isupetasys30.8×7.2×4.7×—0.0%
Daeduck Electronics38.8×6.0×4.4×—0.4%
Similar companies (median)36.6×5.5×3.6×—0.4%

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

Also known as: Korea Computer / 한국컴퓨터 / 054040 / KRX:054040

Source: KRX statistical information