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087600 · KOSDAQ · ₩087600 · 픽셀플러스

₩3,395▼ ₩195 (5.43%)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

With these assumptions the model gives no positive value.

Enterprise value
−₩65B
Equity value
−₩73B
WACC
6.5%

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 ₩3,395, the model needs an operating margin of 12.5% every year (it uses −4.8%).
  • Margins ranged from −13.2% to 6.6% 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 (−4.8%).

Revenue growth

  • -10%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-12.1% 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 (-12.1% 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 (-12.1% 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 (-12.1% 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 (-12.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • -4.8%

    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.

  • 3.7%

    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).

  • 23.4%

    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.

  • 4.01%

    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 0.14, 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)
₩47B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩8.9B
+ Stakes and investments
₩267M
Associates, long-term financial assets and deposits (book value)
Shares
8,166,558
Share price
₩3,395
Market cap
₩28B

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₩51B₩53B₩43B₩42B₩39B₩38B₩38B₩39B
Growth−19.4%5.5%−20.1%−10.0%−6.7%−3.5%−0.2%3.0%
EBIT−₩6.3B₩846M−₩5.6B−₩2B−₩1.9B−₩1.8B−₩1.8B−₩1.9B
EBIT margin−12.4%1.6%−13.2%−4.8%−4.8%−4.8%−4.8%−4.8%
After-tax EBIT−₩4.6B₩614M−₩4.1B−₩1.5B−₩1.4B−₩1.3B−₩1.3B−₩1.4B
+ Depreciation₩937M₩2.2B₩2.3B₩1.6B₩1.5B₩1.4B₩1.4B₩1.4B
− Capital spending₩16B₩19B₩1B₩9.8B₩9.2B₩8.9B₩8.8B₩9.1B
− Working capital−₩14B−₩5.6B−₩2.7B−₩1.9B−₩1.1B−₩549M−₩30M₩453M
Free cash flow−₩6.6B−₩11B−₩102M−₩7.9B−₩8B−₩8.2B−₩8.7B−₩9.5B
Discount factor———0.9390.8820.8280.7770.730
Present value———−₩7.4B−₩7B−₩6.8B−₩6.8B−₩6.9B

Terminal value −₩41B, worth −₩30B today: 46% 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 ₩9,997 a share)Now 0.34×₩5,3640.54×₩7,1340.71×₩9,8030.98×

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%
5.5%—————
6.0%—————
6.5%—————
7.0%—————
7.5%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩28B
Enterprise value
₩37B
P/E
—
P/B
0.3×
P/S
0.6×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩6,320₩6,490₩6,940₩7,690₩12,150
Market cap₩52B₩53B₩57B₩63B₩99B
P/E—15.3×—253.4×26.5×
P/B0.6×0.6×0.7×0.7×1.2×
P/S1.2×1.0×1.1×1.0×2.0×
EV/EBITDA—19.6×—15.8×21.5×
Dividend yield0.0%————

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Pixelplus—0.3×0.6×—0.0%
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: Pixelplus / 픽셀플러스 / 087600 / KRX:087600

Source: KRX statistical information