Ace Technologies

088800 · KOSDAQ · ₩088800 · 에이스테크

₩1,797▼ ₩43 (2.34%)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
−₩319B
Equity value
−₩383B
WACC
6.4%

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 ₩1,797, the model needs an operating margin of 11.4% every year (it uses −17.1%).
  • Margins ranged from −44.5% to −8.3% 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 (−17.1%).

Revenue growth

  • -9.5%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-9.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -6.3%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-9.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -3.2%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-9.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -0.1%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-9.5% 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 (-9.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • -17.1%

    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.

  • 1.1%

    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).

  • 1.4%

    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).

  • 17.9%

    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.

  • 0.65

    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 0.48, 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)
₩141B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩64B
Shares
75,506,434
Share price
₩1,797
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₩140B₩145B₩178B₩128B₩120B₩116B₩116B₩119B
Growth−41.7%3.6%23.0%−9.5%−6.3%−3.2%−0.1%3.0%
EBIT−₩62B−₩31B−₩22B−₩22B−₩20B−₩20B−₩20B−₩20B
EBIT margin−44.5%−21.5%−12.4%−17.1%−17.1%−17.1%−17.1%−17.1%
After-tax EBIT−₩45B−₩23B−₩16B−₩16B−₩15B−₩14B−₩14B−₩15B
+ Depreciation———₩1.4B₩1.3B₩1.3B₩1.3B₩1.3B
− Capital spending₩2.4B₩1.7B₩2.2B₩1.8B₩1.7B₩1.6B₩1.6B₩1.7B
− Working capital−₩74B−₩43B−₩7.9B−₩2.4B−₩1.4B−₩686M−₩21M₩622M
Free cash flow———−₩14B−₩14B−₩14B−₩15B−₩16B
Discount factor———0.9400.8830.8300.7790.732
Present value———−₩13B−₩12B−₩12B−₩11B−₩12B

Terminal value −₩353B, worth −₩259B today: 81% 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 ₩763 a share)Now 2.35×₩1,5171.99×₩10,15913.3×₩23,44030.7×

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%
5.4%—————
5.9%—————
6.4%—————
6.9%—————
7.4%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩136B
Enterprise value
₩198B
P/E
—
P/B
2.4×
P/S
1.0×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩2,925₩2,182₩6,286₩18,251₩41,194
Market cap₩221B₩165B₩475B₩1.4T₩3.1T
P/E—————
P/B3.1×1.7×20.3×20.2×44.0×
P/S1.2×1.1×3.4×5.7×13.4×
EV/EBITDA—————
Dividend yield0.0%————

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Ace Technologies—2.4×1.0×—0.0%
Samsung Electronics9.1×2.4×2.8×—0.7%
LG Electronics24.3×0.9×0.3×—0.9%
Hanwha Vision20.8×2.6×1.3×—0.0%
RFHIC41.5×3.7×6.8×—0.8%
KMW—5.3×8.6×—0.0%
Intellian Technologies13.9×2.1×1.7×—0.4%
Similar companies (median)20.8×2.5×2.2×—0.5%

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

Also known as: Ace Technologies / 에이스테크 / 088800 / KRX:088800

Source: KRX statistical information