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192250 · KOSDAQ · ₩192250 · 케이사인

₩8,950▲ ₩470 (5.54%)End-of-day · Oct 28, 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

₩110

vs the current price (₩8,950)

Enterprise value
₩47B
Equity value
₩776M
WACC
6.6%

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 99% 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 ₩8,950, the model needs an operating margin of 18.9% every year (it uses 11.1%).
  • Or revenue growth +23.0 points a year higher than assumed in each of the 5 years.
  • Margins ranged from 2.5% to 21.2% 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 11.9× against a typical 26.6× 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
₩110
−98.8%
Bull
₩6,684
−25.3%

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 (11.1%).

Revenue growth

  • 3.9%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (3.9% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 3.7%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (3.9% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 3.4%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (3.9% 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 (3.9% 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 (3.9% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • 11.1%

    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.

  • 24.8%

    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).

  • 31.1%

    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).

  • 24.4%

    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.

  • 4.11%

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

    Default: Korea Treasury Bond 10-year yield on 2026-10-28.

  • 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 -0.65, 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.

  • 5.61%

    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)
₩20B
+ Stakes and investments
₩2.1B
Associates, long-term financial assets and deposits (book value)
− Minority interests
₩29B
Shares
7,067,125
Share price
₩8,950
Market cap
₩63B

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₩47B₩52B₩48B₩49B₩50B₩52B₩54B₩55B
Growth9.1%10.1%−6.7%3.9%3.7%3.4%3.2%3.0%
EBIT₩4.3B₩1.3B₩2.9B₩5.4B₩5.6B₩5.8B₩6B₩6.1B
EBIT margin9.1%2.5%6.0%11.1%11.1%11.1%11.1%11.1%
After-tax EBIT₩3.1B₩947M₩2.1B₩3.9B₩4B₩4.2B₩4.3B₩4.5B
+ Depreciation———₩12B₩12B₩13B₩13B₩14B
− Capital spending₩20B₩12B₩14B₩15B₩16B₩16B₩17B₩17B
− Working capital−₩9.8B₩2.8B₩1.6B₩444M₩438M₩417M₩406M₩393M
Free cash flow———₩403M₩441M₩492M₩532M₩573M
Discount factor———0.9380.8800.8250.7740.726
Present value———₩378M₩388M₩406M₩412M₩416M

Terminal value ₩62B, worth ₩45B today: 96% 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 ₩12,403 a share)Now 0.72×₩8,2500.67×₩12,8011.03×₩28,2022.27×
Price / earnings (last 12 months: ₩754 a share)Now 11.9×₩12,98917.2×₩20,04926.6×₩29,52639.2×
P/E on run-rate earnings (Q2 2026 × 4: ₩685 a share)Now 13.1×₩11,79917.2×₩18,21226.6×₩26,82239.2×

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%
5.6%₩678₩1,379₩2,272₩3,450₩5,074
6.1%—₩389₩1,058₩1,909₩3,031
6.6%——₩110₩746₩1,557
7.1%————₩444
7.6%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩63B
Enterprise value
₩83B
P/E
11.9×
P/B
0.7×
P/S
1.4×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩9,890₩7,840₩12,900₩15,900₩24,549
Market cap₩70B₩55B₩91B₩112B₩173B
P/E29.2×33.2×20.0×22.4×30.2×
P/B0.8×0.6×1.0×1.6×2.6×
P/S1.4×1.1×1.9×2.6×4.7×
EV/EBITDA—————
Dividend yield0.0%0.0%———

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Ksign11.9×0.7×1.4×—0.0%
Hyundai Autoever50.3×5.1×2.1×—0.5%
Krafton10.1×1.2×1.9×—1.2%
NC7.0×1.2×2.1×8.4×0.6%
Netmarble7.0×0.5×1.0×—2.6%
PearlAbyss7.9×2.1×3.0×5.2×0.0%
Shift UP8.9×1.8×7.1×—0.0%
Similar companies (median)8.4×1.5×2.1×6.8×0.6%

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

Also known as: Ksign / 케이사인 / 192250 / KRX:192250

Source: KRX statistical information