Cenotec

222420 · KOSDAQ · ₩222420 · 쎄노텍

₩1,004▼ ₩18 (1.76%)End-of-day · Oct 27, 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

₩130

vs the current price (₩1,004)

Enterprise value
₩37B
Equity value
₩6.3B
WACC
6.1%

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 87% 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 ₩1,004, the model needs an operating margin of 11.3% every year (it uses 5.8%).
  • Or revenue growth +33.8 points a year higher than assumed in each of the 5 years.
  • Margins ranged from −3.4% to 8.9% 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.

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
₩130
−87.1%
Bull
₩855
−14.9%

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 (5.8%).

Revenue growth

  • 0.9%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (0.9% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 1.4%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (0.9% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 1.9%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (0.9% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 2.5%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (0.9% 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 (0.9% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • 5.8%

    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.

  • 11.5%

    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).

  • 5.9%

    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.

  • 4.03%

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

    Default: Korea Treasury Bond 10-year yield on 2026-10-27.

  • 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 0.38, 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.

  • 5.53%

    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)
₩42B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩30B
Shares
48,418,523
Share price
₩1,004
Market cap
₩49B

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₩31B₩32B₩36B₩43B₩43B₩44B₩45B₩47B
Growth−10.4%1.4%13.0%0.9%1.4%1.9%2.5%3.0%
EBIT−₩1.1B₩955M₩3.2B₩2.5B₩2.5B₩2.6B₩2.6B₩2.7B
EBIT margin−3.4%3.0%8.9%5.8%5.8%5.8%5.8%5.8%
After-tax EBIT−₩766M₩692M₩2.3B₩1.8B₩1.8B₩1.9B₩1.9B₩2B
+ Depreciation₩3.8B₩3.4B—₩4.9B₩5B₩5.1B₩5.2B₩5.4B
− Capital spending₩1.2B₩3B₩1.5B₩2.5B₩2.6B₩2.6B₩2.7B₩2.8B
− Working capital₩1.2B−₩1.3B−₩3.1B₩153M₩239M₩329M₩442M₩543M
Free cash flow₩730M₩2.3B—₩4B₩4B₩4B₩4B₩4B
Discount factor———0.9430.8890.8380.7900.745
Present value———₩3.8B₩3.6B₩3.4B₩3.2B₩3B

Terminal value ₩26B, worth ₩20B today: 54% 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 ₩868 a share)Now 1.16×₩9251.07×₩1,5581.79×₩2,4712.85×

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%
5.1%₩230₩260₩299₩353₩432
5.6%₩160₩179₩203₩234₩277
6.1%₩103₩115₩130₩148₩171
6.6%₩56₩63₩72₩82₩95
7.1%₩17₩21₩25₩30₩36

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩49B
Enterprise value
₩79B
P/E
12.9×
P/B
1.2×
P/S
1.1×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩835₩618₩1,611₩1,685₩1,750
Market cap₩40B₩30B₩78B₩82B₩85B
P/E30.0×———67.1×
P/B1.1×0.9×2.1×2.2×2.7×
P/S1.1×0.9×2.5×2.3×2.6×
EV/EBITDA—17.3×44.5×25.9×21.0×
Dividend yield0.0%————

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Cenotec12.9×1.2×1.1×—0.0%
Tokai Carbon Korea30.7×4.3×7.0×—0.7%
Hanilcementco12.1×0.7×0.9×—6.0%
Wonik QnC13.8×1.2×0.7×—0.5%
Sampyo Cement16.9×0.8×0.9×6.0×2.2%
Hanil Holdings9.5×0.3×0.3×—5.9%
IS Dongseo5.2×0.3×0.4×—3.5%
Similar companies (median)13.0×0.7×0.8×6.0×2.8%

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

Also known as: Cenotec / 쎄노텍 / 222420 / KRX:222420

Source: KRX statistical information